Italian band Negramaro's debut concert in Japan attracted a big crowd at the Arena Matsuri at Expo 2025 Osaka.
    During a two-hour-long concert, the band from Salento performed some of their most well-known hits in Italy and beyond, making the public sing and dance to a repertoire offering a unique combination of electro-pop, rock and romanticism.
    The concert included 'Ricominciamo tutto' (Let's start everything all over again), a single debuted at the 2024 Sanremo Song Festival which is part of the 'Free Love' album released last November, as well as Italian pop-rock classics like 'Estate' (Summer) and 'Parlami d'amore' (Tell me about love).
    The band also performed 'Mentre tutto scorre' (While everything flows) which launched them to stardom in 2005 at the Sanremo annual music extravaganza.
    Other songs included 'Nuvole e Lenzuola' (Clouds and bedsheets), 'Marziani' (Martians) and 'Meraviglioso' (Marvelous).
    At the Arena Matsuri, which can host up to 16,000 people, Negramaro also paid homage to late Italian singer and song-writer Lucio Dalla with two of the Bologna native's masterpieces: 'Canzone' (Song) and 'Com'è profondo il mare' (How deep is the sea).
    And the band's frontman Giuliano Sangiorgi repeatedly sang a hymn to peace, in Italian and in English, accompanied by the public.
    Meanwhile singer and song-writer Elisa made an impromptu appearance at the concert to sing 'Via le mani dagli occhi' (Hands off the eyes) with the frontman, cheered on by the public.
    "The queen of Italian music", as described by Sangiorgi, will be the protagonist of the Arena Matsuri on Wednesday, August 20.
    The following day, on August 21, Achille Lauro will perform to close the series of concerts organized as part of the Italy Pop-Music Fest by the Italy Pavilion.

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