Vasco Rossi: the setlist rehearsed in Rimini before the tour kicks off, between hidden gems and revivals of classic tracks

A less predictable setlist than usual, built from rarities, unexpected revivals and songs that longtime fans had been waiting years for. Anticipation is building for the new tour by Vasco Rossi, as the first concrete leaks emerge from Rimini about rehearsals ahead of the May 30 opening night at Stadio Nereo Rocco. Just days before the general rehearsal open to official fan club members, several videos circulating on social media have already revealed some of the songs being tested by the rocker from Zocca.

Among the titles that have surfaced are "Una nuova canzone per lei", "Ciao", "Mi si escludeva", "(Per quello che ho da fare) faccio il militare", "Alibi" and "Bolle di sapone": a selection that hints at a desire to build a show less tied to the usual stadium staples and more focused on lesser-visited corners of his catalogue. The biggest surprise is "Una nuova canzone per lei", absent from live shows for forty-one years. Vasco had only ever performed it during the 1985 tour tied to "Cosa succede in città", the album that featured the track. "(Per quello che ho da fare) faccio il militare" is also a rare comeback: it had been missing from setlists for sixteen years. Its last appearance dates back to 2010, at a show at the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence. Before that, it had only been performed sporadically between the mid-1990s and a 1997 concert at the Fillmore in Cortemaggiore, remaining one of the least-performed songs of Blasco's career.

"Ciao", taken from "C'è chi dice no", also returns after eight years: it last appeared during the 2018 tour, following an absence that had already lasted over a decade. These are choices that seem to speak directly to the most devoted fans, the ones who know even the least-travelled corners of Vasco Rossi's repertoire by heart and have long been asking for more variety in the setlists.
Alongside the rarities, rehearsals also revealed several unmissable staples of the live repertoire, from "Ogni volta" to "Siamo soli", as well as "Rewind", "Un mondo migliore", "Ti prendo e ti porto via", "Sally" and "Albachiara". But it was the most unexpected revivals that really set fans' comments online alight.

In a post published on Instagram, Vasco talked about the work behind building the setlist: "The setlist will surprise you… it opens with a song nobody expects, reworked. It'll be quite a punch". For the singer, the opening track is crucial: "Once you've chosen the first song, it's like the opening line of a book — the rest of the songs follow naturally".
The singer-songwriter from Emilia then explained the emotional mechanism driving the concert: "The first three songs have to be strong, driving, with no pauses. The fourth brings the emotional ballad. The songs have to form a mental wave, both in the lyrics and in the music". Vasco also stressed the importance of balance between the songs, including consistency of key and the alternation between more energetic moments and more intense passages.
In recent days Vasco Rossi has also shared some rehearsal videos from Rimini: "Hours and hours at the stadium… sun on my face, music in my ears and rock in my veins. You try it, try it again, change it, start over". And again: "The energy builds, the sound tightens up, the concert takes shape".

Here is the full tour schedule:

June 29 – Udine – Bluenergy Stadium
May 30 – Rimini – Stadio Romeo Neri
June 5 – Ferrara – Parco Urbano G. Bassani
June 6 – Ferrara – Parco Urbano G. Bassani
June 12 – Olbia – Arena
June 13 – Olbia – Arena
June 18 – Bari – Stadio San Nicola
June 19 – Bari – Stadio San Nicola
June 23 – Ancona – Stadio Del Conero
June 24 – Ancona – Stadio Del Conero
June 28 – Udine – Bluenergy Stadium

Looming in the background is the already-announced grand celebration planned for 2027, when Vasco aims to mark fifty years of his career in front of half a million spectators.

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