So let's speak of the evening. What Zucchero really wanted was an atmosphere of joyful rave, a spectacular and wild dance involvement. That, as a matter of fact, hit the target, mostly after that. At the halfway stage the star clearly invited the fans to go beyond the security service and reach the edge of the stage.

Starting at 20.30 the acoustic and refined Chieftains incited in their style, the fans feet and hands with sparkling Irish dances, even if it was disheartening to see this team of star musicians (As well as very nice and pleasant persons) able to give lessons to anyone compelled to play as underestimated supporter, while the crowd went inside the amphitheater, desperately looking for seats in the darkness.

Only at 21.40, after a long break, Zucchero appears, announced by a deadly shower of guitar and dance rhyme of "You make me feel loved", an impetuous fall of sounds, timbres and beats. One of the most representative and beautiful from the last album "Blue Sugar", a game of contrasts typical of Fornaciari (Zucchero's surname) between care free dance'rhyme, tuneful refrain and lyrical and tender words, which is really sexy and erotic (Even if the song was dedicated to his country, Emilia Romagna, one of the most beautiful provinces in Italy. Well as it often happens in Zucchero's life, theres blues but you don't feel it a lot, it's above all a declaration of purpose, an inner value, more than a clear structure, except for some songs, (Blu, Dopo di noi, the new arrangement of Con le mani) and for the intense presence of the highly regarded english harmonist Mark Feltman (formerly of the group Nine Below Zero). As well on this tour rock has been prefered, together with a touch of old funky, the 70's dance music and his up to date 90's techno version.

Faithful accomplices for all are Mario Schiliro's guitars (among them a double neck Gibson, got from a Veronese amateur), and the bass guitar of Dywane Thomas (he came from Memphis to replace Gail Ann Dorsey, otherwise engaged doing her own album), Luciano Luisi's,electronic guitar, Derek Wilson's battery of drums. As already mentioned Mark Feltman, the sax of James Thompson, the trumpet of Massimo Greco. Also a pretty string quaret wearing short skirts, (Federica Bergamaschi, Gaia Mecocci, Claudia Pedrani, Benedetta Chiari). But yesterday evening there was someone else to accompany Zucchero, the sparkling Chieftains of Paddy Moloney, wickedly missed earlier by the fans who came late, they came back to duet with Zucchero in two pieces. The first was Van Morrison's "Have I told you lately" and secondly "Va Pensiero", already performed together at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Also his friend, rival singer Pino Daniele who some time ago did disagree with Sugar and now in the name of common love for the blues, made peace with him and they sang a triple duet in the middle of the performance. Zucchero risked in Napoletan dialect "Quanno chiove; Daniele's version quite different, so peaceful and quite, so musical, able to offer with his songs something free and passionate. Not only rock and swing, rhyme and blues and unconventional honky tonky (even with ass'bray included).