The legendary Italian musician Vasco Rossi celebrated 40 years of career in the most powerful way - with a super concert in his birthplace, Modena, where he was heard by an incredible 220,000 people.
With this, the 65-year-old Vasco also set a record of entertaining music, as it has never happened that a musician would sell so many tickets for one concert, Italian media say. "Today Modena is the capital of rock. We want to show with this concert tonight that we are not afraid, and I am here to bring you joy," Vasco said before the concert. After arriving at the venue, where the fairies of the crowd were crowded, he joked: "Very good my friends, we filled the bar"
At 130 meters wide stage, at the last exodus of daylight, he stepped on at 9 pm, and the crowd fell into delirium already at the first steps of the introductory song "Colpa d'Alfredo". "Welcome to the epic party in Modena. Welcome to a concert that has no end. Welcome to the story that writes the world record," Vasco greeted the crowd, waiting for hours to watch the beginning of a musical event.
Vasco excelled 40 songs from an extremely rich career, which he sang at the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the music career. He divided them into strings, he started with songs from the 80's of the last century, such as Alibi, Blasco Rossi, Anima Fragile. The songs from the 90s followed: Gli spari sopra, Stupendo, Vivera, Liberi Liberi ... The Rewind composition was so warm to the audience that some women were throwing bras on the stage. Following were the songs: Siamo soli, I soliti, Un mondo migliore, Come nelle favole, Un senso, Siamo solo noi, Vita Spericolata. And for the conclusion? In his manner, Vasco made a farewell to his loyal audiance with his Albachiara song and a magnificent firework at the very end.
Thanks to the Italian national television, four hours of rocking spectrum listened to many more people - as many as five million people watched the concert through small screens.