Here comes the stage Summer workers at work in Piazza Napoleone The Kiss begin the dance

Summer music equals summer festivals. A sweet blunder that leads the town to an almost fainting countdown. And finally yesterday morning the wait achieved the first important milestone: the great assembly maneuvers of the Super Stage of the Summer Festival have begun in Piazza Napoleone. About two weeks to set up the square and prepare it for the first events on the bill, with a band that is a hero in the history of world rock and roll and that next year will celebrate half a century of a respected career: the legendary Kiss. The members of the band Starchild, Damon, Spaceman and Catman are therefore eager to celebrate with the energy that has always been characteristic of them, for one of the most unmissable live shows of the whole season. Pay attention because on the same day, as supporting artists, Skid Row will also take the stage, a band symbol of American hard rock and heavy metal who for the occasion will perform live in our country for the first time, all the best pieces contained in the latest album ” The Gangs All Here”, in addition to other hits such as “Youth Gone Wild”, “18 and Life”, “Slave to the Grind”. Tickets are hard to hunt down, the ticketon circuit has been sold out for days.

Almost No Breaks: Chronologically speaking, the second title is Simply Red by Mick Hucknall, the only occasion in Italy to perform live all of the band’s greatest classics, from “Stars” to “Holding Back the Tears”. Will return “Fairground” and “Money’s Too Tight (To Mention)” via: The Concert for Saturday 1 July. Also attending this case is nice but at least seems impossible: it’s another sold out date of the Summer.

Meanwhile, Mimmo D’Alessandro, patron of the festival, announces some good news: Oscar Jerome will be the special guest of the Norah Jones concert at the Lucca Summer Festival. An evening of great music fueled by the refined sound of the British artist who makes his own fusion of jazz, funky, soul and hip-hop. The appointment in this case is for July 14.

Other dates are July 4th with Generation Sex, or the extravagant quartet composed of Billy Idol and Tony James of Generation X and Steve Jones and Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols. Then Icelandic band Sigur Rós on Wednesday 12 July, Placebo on Thursday 13 July, OneRepublic on Sunday 16 July, Pat Metheny on Monday 17 July, Lil Nas X on Thursday 20 July, Cheeko Zallon on Friday 21 July (very last seats), I Blur on Saturday 22 July, The Chemical Brothers on Sunday 23 July, Jacob Collier & Snarky Puppy on Tuesday 25 July, Robbie Williams + Diodato on Friday 28 July.

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