Bologna, 16 December 2020 – Vasco Rossi receives today a Bologna the Golden Neptune, “the highest honor that the mayor can award to whoever honors the city,” said the mayor Virginio Merola on the occasion of the announcement. As soon as he arrived at Palazzo d’Accursio, the rocker greeted the Stefano Bonaga and a few other special guests, including Gaetano Curreri of the Stadium e Gian Luca Farinelli, director of the Cineteca di Bologna. I pass to the Vasco we know well, goggle, Black sheepskin, shirt and Nike Air, the rocker arrived in the hall of honor to receive the award. “” Here I am, bye. We are few but good. Thanks. Bolognese are born, but not made, it is easier to become American citizens if you marry an American than Bolognese, “he says.
Blasco, 68, has linked much of his professional history to Bologna since the early years. “We have finally come full circle, we all know that Vasco studied here, lived here, played here”, comments Merola, also underlining the common past: “I was at Radio Città, you director of Punto Radio”.
Vasco said to himself “honored and happy to receive this award from the city that welcomed me and it has nourished my soul and my spirit, in which I grew up, in which I have lived many different lives, in which I live and which in the end adopted me. I arrived in Bologna when I was 16, to attend the Tanari technical institute, the one to become accountants, and there I discovered my artistic career “.
The Komandante is nostalgic for the stage and the hope is to return soon: “I look forward to returning to live concerts, to be able to embrace each other again, for me the concert is that, you can do the concerts in streaming, you can do everything, but without the real audience in front it is very different, there is no comparison. “For the rocker from Zocca, it was a difficult year:” I was used to traveling and moving around a lot and Covid has put me in a lot of crisis “.
Even if some lessons can be learned from 2020: “I appreciated some things that I didn’t notice before: my home, the city where I live. I hope to learn something from this experience”. Now, the hope of seeing the light at the end of the tunnel: “I am sure that next year will be the year of rebirth”.
On November 24th the rocker from Zocca shot his own under the Due Torri next video clip, the transposition in images of his first single of new album to be released on January 1st 2021, entitled “A love song thrown away”. Launch on RaiUno in the frame of ‘Balla con me’ by Roberto Bolle. A ‘musical’ return of Blasco has long been expected, in fact six years have passed since the release of the last album of unreleased songs “Sono Innocente”.
Emotions for filming in the shadow of San Petronio with a small troupe, in the video Vasco Rossi could also dance or at least hint at dance steps, something exceptional for him.
“I gave this song to Bolle so that he could interpret it with his greatness – says Kom today -: it’s not that I participate in the transmission, I’m in the opening theme, I sing the song, he interprets it. For me he is a great dancer , also beautiful as a person “.
In the following days the Kom was in Fonoprint at work on the new record with his assistants and his musicians, as evidenced by the photos posted on his profile Instagram.
What is the Golden Neptune
The Golden Neptune is the highest honor conferred by the mayor of the Municipality of Bologna since 1974 to citizens, institutions, companies and associations who have honored the city of Bologna with their professional and public activity. The prize, awarded by decree of the mayor, consists of a reproduction of the statue of Neptune placed on the fountain of the same name, one of the symbols of the city.
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