Edoardo Bennato returns live with “Quando sarò grande”, four event-concerts

Edoardo Bennato returns to the stage with "Quando sarò grande," a tour of four special dates in Italy's most beautiful arenas, backed by his Be-Band and the string quartet Quartetto Flegreo.

Here are the dates: 6 July in Piazza San Marco, Venice, as part of the Festival della Bellezza (with the Venice Symphony Orchestra conducted by Diego Basso); 20 July at the Circo Massimo in Rome; 3 September at the Parco di Serravalle in Empoli; 12 September at the Teatro Grande in Pompei.

Tickets are available on TicketOne and through authorized outlets.

The tour takes its title from "Quando sarai grande," a 1977 track that closes the extraordinary concept album "Puppet without strings." It's about the difficulty of growing up, of entering the mechanisms of modern life, gradually abandoning the purity, carefree spirit, wholesome naivety and freedom that children have. A critique of a society that doesn't take young people seriously, the very ones holding the keys to the world's future.

The concert setlists draw on the historic repertoire, with stripped-down reinterpretations of the best-known songs. Bennato maintains his own distinctive authorial approach, between rock and blues, with forays into folk and pop. Across the shows he alternates between an electric band setup and string arrangements.

One notable precedent remains: in July 1980 the Neapolitan artist played a consecutive run of fifteen stadium concerts across Italy within the space of a month.

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