One no one hundred thousand: the best moments of the event in Campovolo

Seven female pop superstars, one hundred thousand spectators, two million collected and donated to support centers for women victims of violence. To “make noise”, because a concert cannot solve the problem overnight, but music in making people feel part of a larger community can help them to be less alone and give a voice to those who thought they didn’t have it. A. None. One hundred thousand sends on the stage of the Rcf Arena in Campovolo, in order of appearance because there are no headliners and shoulder artists but all have the same space, Fiorella Mannoia, Emma, Alessandra Amoroso, Giorgia, Elisa, Gianna Nannini e Laura Pausini. Seven pop godmothers who had already spent together for this and other causes, but never in an event of such proportions, with the arena filled in its hundred thousand seats.

“There will be others,” promises Mannoia, who pulls the reins and inaugurates the marathon. Next to her appears Caparezzain a duet never seen on Generaluseful for saying no to war too, e Come to dance in Puglia. Each of the seven divas has summoned a male colleague to act as a shoulder man for a couple of songs, to amplify the message. “The problem mainly concerns men, we must face it first”, the surprise guests, but not posted, of the party reiterate the concept. Also giving musically intense moments, for the exclusive use of those present in Reggio Emilia: no deferred TV or celebratory DVDs, “to reward with something that only here you could see those who have kept their tickets for two years”, says promoter Ferdinando Salzano. Amorous and Diodato they launch into an intense Make noisesuggesting a spontaneous feeling, Emma e Brunori Sas perhaps no one would ever have thought of seeing them together and instead they play as consummate friends. Tommaso Paradiso that reaches Elisa appears more canonical and in the order of things, while in the rear the heavyweight duo Pausini-Ramazzotti are The best thing it is a moment of glory that all of Campovolo was waiting for. The Romagna set is the one most explicitly centered on the underlying theme: it opens with a phone call to the police from a woman asking for help, sees actresses on stage telling stories from anti-violence centers, brings video contributions of Roberto Bolle, Alessandro Cattelan, Luca Argentero.

“We need to talk but also add the facts, and tonight we have created a beautiful event”, harangues Emma, ​​who during It is like this every time interrupts the concert to allow aid to a person who is a victim of a slight illness under the stage. As Giorgia will have to do later before Of Sun and of blue. It is a concert, but also a manifesto and not just a platonic one: the artists had already donated 200,000 euros for the Pangea project for Afghanistan and 200,000 euros for Cadmi, the first home for women born in Italy in Milan, while to seven other centers anti-violence in areas at risk of the South will go 228 thousand euros each thanks to box office receipts. This is the meaning of the day beyond the ultra-pop that invades the stage once the spotlights are turned on. Even earlier, as the show starts at 7.30pm when it’s still broad daylight. Northern European times for a river concert, 62 songs and over four hours of music with fast-paced stage changes, each bringing their own band before the grand finale all together.

Among a sea of ​​songs and repeated messages so as not to forget why we are here, from the stage there are women’s voices that speak mainly to women’s ears. On the lawn, the audience is mostly female, but as the arena fills the proportion between genders becomes more balanced than the afternoon appearances. And it is useful to the cause that there are men on the stage with the duty to speak and men on the lawn with the duty to listen.

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