Vasco Rossi: the official tour set list. Every song performed at the soundcheck in Rimini in front of 24,000 fans, with a surprise appearance from Golinelli

Vasco Rossi lights up Rimini. Ahead of tonight's concert on May 30, officially kicking off the 2026 tour, the singer-songwriter from Emilia turned the traditional soundcheck — usually reserved for fan club members — into an event that drew around 24,000 people to the Romeo Neri stadium, plus thousands more spectators in the streets and on the balconies surrounding the venue.
The atmosphere feels like a major occasion right from the first notes. At 8:47 pm the band kicks off with "Vado al massimo" and the stadium erupts. It's a choice that surprises many fans given the statements made in the run-up to the show, and it immediately sets the tone for the evening. Vasco walks on stage to a roar of approval and leads the crowd through a dress rehearsal that feels far less like a technical run-through and much more like a full-blown concert.
After the opening track, Rossi takes a moment to greet the crowd: "Hi Rimini! Christmas has come and gone, Easter has come and gone, and now it's time for our party..." before diving into a set list that looks firmly back to the Eighties and the roots of his catalogue.

The most interesting part of the show is in fact the recovery of songs that haven't held a central place in his concerts for a long time. Room is found for "Ormai è tardi", "Fegato, fegato spappolato" and "Una nuova canzone per lei", alongside other significant returns such as "Alibi", "Sono ancora in coma", "Tango… (della gelosia)" and "Lunedì". More than a mere nostalgia exercise, the selection seems to tell of a desire to reconnect with a crucial phase of his artistic history.
Alongside these returns from the past come the new tracks too, with performances of "Bolle di sapone" and "Marea", set within a show that constantly shifts between memory and the present.

Among the most emotional moments of the evening is the surprise appearance of longtime bassist Claudio Golinelli. The musician, who in recent weeks had announced he would miss the tour's opening dates after being hospitalised with bronchopneumonia, walks on stage for the finale and is met with a long ovation. His presence during "Siamo solo noi" gives the crowd one of the most intense passages of the entire soundcheck.
Meanwhile, the show isn't confined to the stadium alone. Hundreds of people follow the concert from the surrounding streets and from the terraces of buildings near the Romeo Neri. Some residents host friends and family, others make their balconies available, even going so far as to rent them out to fans left without access to the event, just so they too could take part in the evening.

The closing is entrusted to three unmissable classics from Vasco's catalogue: "Vita spericolata", "Canzone" and "Albachiara", sung in unison by a stadium already fully immersed in the tour's mood.
This dress rehearsal in Rimini, then, shows off a set built on a return to his roots, on the strength of the songs themselves, and on a relationship with the audience that keeps renewing itself without losing any of its intensity. And for Vasco Rossi, the real start has already begun.

Last night's live dress rehearsal thus revealed what the set list for Vasco Rossi's 2026 tour will look like — here it is below.

Vado al massimo
Ormai è tardi
Fegato, fegato spappolato
Una nuova canzone per lei
Bolle di sapone
Alibi
Sono ancora in coma
Ciao
Domani sì, adesso no
Tango… (della gelosia)
Lunedì
Interludio 2026
Marea
Siamo soli
Se ti potessi dire
(per quello che ho da fare) Faccio il militare
Gli spari sopra
C'è chi dice no
….Stupendo
Rewind
Un mondo migliore
Light
La noia
Sally
Siamo solo noi
Vita spericolata
Canzone
Albachiara

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