CSI: the reunion is official, here are the tour dates for In viaggio by Ferretti and co.

After months of rumors, it's now official. Twenty-five years after Montesole, the C.S.I. – Consorzio Suonatori Indipendenti are back with Giovanni Lindo Ferretti, Massimo Zamboni, Gianni Maroccolo, Ginevra Di Marco, Francesco Magnelli and Giorgio Canali. The tour, titled In viaggio, is produced and organized by Otr Live, and will kick off on August 28 in Marzabotto (Bologna), continuing through August and September across several Italian cities. After the opening date in Marzabotto, at Montesole – Festival Lupo, the band will carry on the tour on August 31 at the Castello Scaligero in Villafranca (Verona), on September 2 at the Egnazia Archaeological Park – Locus Festival in Fasano (Brindisi), on September 4 at Villa Fidelia in Spello (Perugia), on September 8 in Piazza Medford in Alba (Cuneo) as part of the Festival resistente, and on September 12 in Catania, Villa Bellini, at the Sotto il vulcano fest. Pre-sales will open on January 23 at 11am on Ticketone and the usual outlets. 

The anniversary

The reunion arrives on the thirtieth anniversary of the landmark album “Gothic Line“, released in 1996 following their debut with “Ko del mondo”. A symbolic anniversary for one of the most influential bands of the Italian rock scene of the Nineties. But the event also comes after the return of Cccp – Fedeli alla linea, the band featuring Giovanni Lindo Ferretti and Massimo Zamboni, who wrapped up their “last call” with a tour following their 2023/2024 reunion. Memorable shows, including their final date in Taormina this past July 30th.

Fans had hoped for a C.S.I. reunion from the start, and rumors grew more persistent when, in October, Gianni Maroccolo posted on Instagram a photo alongside his now-reunited former bandmates.

Talk of a reunion had already been fueled by Giovanni Lindo Ferretti, who some time ago, on stage at the “Degustare Books” festival in Rubiera (Reggio Emilia), told Andrea Scanzi: “The reunion is in the air.” Since then, small clues and crossed appearances have kept the curiosity alive, reinforcing the sense that something was really happening.

The Consorzio

C.S.I. was born in 1990 from the meeting between Ferretti and Massimo Zamboni — the "Emilian core" of CCCP — and the group of Tuscan musicians who had just left Litfiba: Gianni Maroccolo, Francesco Magnelli and Giorgio Canali. Ginevra Di Marco joined them, initially as a backing vocalist. The name, "Consorzio Suonatori Indipendenti" (Independent Players' Consortium), ironically echoed the Commonwealth of Independent States formed after the dissolution of the USSR, just as "CCCP" had already evoked the acronym for the Soviet Union.

During the press conference for CCCP's farewell tour last April, Annarella Giudici chose not to comment on rumors of a possible C.S.I. reunion, saying only that "it wasn't the time to talk about it". A response that today looks more like caution than an outright denial.

The CCCP reunion

After the exhibition “Felicitazioni! CCCP – Fedeli alla linea 1984-2024”, the “Gran Gala Punkettone di parole e immagini”, the three sold-out dates at Astra Kulturhaus in Berlin with the “CCCP in DDDR” concert and the release of the previously unheard live album “Anything but new, new“, marking 40 years since the release of the first Ep “Ortodossia”, Giovanni Lindo Ferretti, Massimo Zamboni, Annarella Giudici and Danilo Fatur, together with the band made up of Luca Rossi, Simone Filippi, Ezio Bonicelli, Simone Beneventi and Gabriele Genta, took to the stages of Italy's major festivals and squares, cementing themselves as one of the most anticipated events of summer 2024.

But the reunion between Giovanni Lindo Ferretti, Massimo Zamboni, Annarella Giudici and Danilo Fatur also produced three new albums by CCCP – Fedeli alla linea. After the collection accompanying the exhibition “Felicitazioni! CCCP – Fedeli alla linea 1984-2024” and the previously unheard live album “Anything but new, new“, released 40 years after the debut Ep “Ortodossia”, CCCP have now released the audio and video recording of the “Gran Gala Punkettone”, the CCCP – Fedeli alla linea show of words and music (USM / Universal Music Italy).

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