Mick Hucknall on stage at Marostica with Simply Red (Photo Marco Petenuzzo)
Hucknall, Simply Red’s “Red”, frontman and unmistakable vocalist of the British pop soul group on the crest of the wave for forty years – was born in 1983 and had his first worldwide hit, money is tight (to mention)Has been around since 1985 -, speaks our language.
Always a lover of Italy, in the past he invested a part of his money (referring to “money”) to buy a luxurious property in Taormina, renamed Villa “Il Cantante”, where he lived for years Spent moments of rest and also produced wine.
British pop star stuff, like Sting.
It was heartening to hear Mr. Simply Red say that Marostica is a “nice place”. Touring bands find themselves in a different city and a different country every day, sleeping from hotel to hotel, encountering a routine that’s always the same despite the different locations they encounter. Usually, at the start of the concert the focus is on the performance they are about to perform on stage and there is probably little mental space to admire the scenery.
But Scaliger’s walled town of Marostica, with its chess square packed with public and lighted upper palace, has its own reasons.
Just marostica.
The Simply Red concert is another sold-out event at the Marostica Summer Festival, organized by Duponti Eventi. 4500 viewers.
Like the previous evening’s concert “Sold Out”, The Hollywood Vampires with Johnny Depp, Alice Cooper, Joe Perry & C., mentioned in my article “Johnny Guitars”.
But in terms of general atmosphere, the two concerts are starkly different.
The evening was marked by the most unbridled “rock’n’roll” with Johnny Depp and Friends, with a little hand with the thumb outstretched and the forefinger and little finger pointing up at the horn mark. Was.
The crowd of 6500 spectators was almost entirely standing, so the capacity was higher than at the next evening’s concert.
And with all the visuals, and if we want, even the practical elements of the affair: bandanas, pirate earrings, muscles in full view, draft beer poured into decaliters on the spot from a special kiosk, heavy make-up, rock T-shirts, Vertiginous miniskirts, wild selfies, assembly totals (yes, the pandemic is officially over) and free dancing.
Instead, the Simply Red show is a show with a completely “bourgeois” atmosphere, almost in line with the refined music of the performers on stage: all seats are numbered, the ladies are well dressed Keep Circumstances, the executives sat in the front row and did not mingle with the rocky crowd as they had the previous night (but only at the beginning, because then the applause and applause would be one after the other) at the Ariston Theatre.
So, yes to true enjoyment of the concert, but without overdoing it.
when mick hucknall did the vocals sunriseIn one of the group’s sexiest hits (see the song’s famous video), a woman a few meters away from me gets up to start dancing and within five seconds a member of the dining room staff invites her to sit down. Have to leave
Apparently the sun can rise (“sunrise”) but not the viewer.
The concert lineup is an overview of the key classic songs from Simply Red, one of the group’s only five Italian dates, presented good with you Which is his song of this time.
Also an opportunity to rediscover many of the well-known hit songs that the British band has managed to place in the international charts over the course of their long career.
I’m only mentioning a few, in addition to what’s already mentioned sunrise, holding back the Years, it’s only Love, Stars, come to my aid, Isn’t that a lot of love?, something got Me started, fairgrounds,
Bandleader Mick is in great shape: despite being 63, his powerful soulful voice, his singing prowess and his ability to empathize with the public remain the same.
This band is also of the highest level in terms of musical performance.
The current line-up was born in 2003, but one of the artists on stage is saxophonist Ian Kirkham, who has been playing with Simply since 1986.
The show runs smoothly like oil, all pop, swing and soul. The public appreciates and the group does everything to get the appreciation.
it’s still missing in itself money is tight (to mention), the first success that made Mick known around the world as “Red”, when he was still a 25-year-old boy with auspicious rings on his head. Hopefully it will be featured during the replay.
But at the exact moment when the re-performance takes place, the sky is struck by lightning and the magical atmosphere of the concert is shattered.
Simply Red only plays one song, which isn’t Wealth but equally famous if you don’t know me by now, He then leaves without saying goodbye, leaving the audience on stage for several minutes in anticipation of his final return. The only disorganized moment in a program devoted to seven voices.
The lineup of pieces performed, as distributed to the press at the rehearsal, included three pieces for encores. In order: already mentioned money is tight (to mention), nutbush city limitstribute cover of a classic by the great Tina Turner, who recently passed away and really if you don’t know me by now,
But something improbable causes the band to perform only one take and end their performance prematurely.
Hucknall probably has a barometer in his pocket, because shortly after the first drops begin to fall and soon turn into intense Slavery summer evening.
Sudden unrest is affecting the area and Simply Marostica is no exception: 4500 spectators leave the square and go back to their cars to go home god of water (“Dio d’Acqua”, as macaronically translated from Venetian in English).
From thunderous applause we turned to real rain: but it was another evening to remember.
Even though many will remember it because of its abrupt ending, it is not included in the ticket price.