American rapper unexpectedly announced a concert in Rome

Travis Scott and more Circus Maximus it’s not a utopia, to quote the title of the latest album from the American rapper, who has been conquering the world charts day after day, collecting millions of streams and breaking records since the release last Friday. The official announcement was made just last night, shortly after 8 p.m., when the rapper and his US entourage gave the go-ahead for the news to spread: more than a surprise, it’s confirmation. In fact, for several hours, all the details regarding the show surfaced on the net after spoilers that appeared by mistake on the websites of companies selling and distributing tickets to events were removed when it was too late, and some users took pictures of the pages from all the details, including ticket prices, and then shared the pictures on social networks.

Maurizio Battista, the first Roman comedian to appear on the stage of the Circus Maximus.

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That’s right: Travis Scott will perform live at Circus Maximus on Monday August 7th, exactly four days from now, at the first worldwide show since the release of his new album. Tickets for the concert (organized by Live Nation in conjunction with The Base), which, despite the short time frame, is intended to attract thousands of spectators in the ancient Roman stadium (also taking advantage of the presence of tourists in the city these days), will be on sale from tomorrow at 10, with a pre-sale for My Live Nation users starting today. Rome prepares to welcome the contemporary rapper whose new album Utopia has racked up over 300 million streams worldwide in four days on Spotify: that Rome is becoming more and more attractive to world stars. The stage on which he will perform will be the same as the Imagine Dragons concert on Saturday night (they share the company that organizes concerts, Live Nation): with his hits he will close the triumphant season – only performances in Circus Maximus in total exceeded 230 thousand spectators – in anticipation of a concert at which on September 2, upon returning from vacation, Max Pezzali will see how Max Pezzali will turn the stadium into his Max Circus (among the last guests are also announced Gazzel and Riccardo Zanotti from Nuclear Tactical Penguins). ).

REFUSAL

Forced to pull out of the live show in the shadow of the Pyramids of Giza in Cairo, originally scheduled for last Friday, the day of Utopia’s release, due to a social media boycott campaign (also linked to old conspiracy theories). who called him a Satanist while talking about the tragedy at his AstroWorld festival in Houston in 2021, in which 8 people died, as if it were about human sacrifice), Travis Scott has sowed clues in recent days regarding the show in Pompeii, where, in addition to In addition, he was, he was also notified on July 16 and 17 last year, along with a film crew: at the excavation, the rapper filmed several scenes from the film Circus Maximus, created to accompany the release of Utopia and shown in theaters in the United States on Thursday night to Friday. In the CD’s song of the same name, Travis Scott describes himself as a gladiator forced to entertain the crowd, which is exactly what he will do as a rap star in the ancient Roman stadium on Monday night, conquering the arena.

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