Zucchero & Mana at Pavarotti and Friends April 28, 2003
It´s official: Zucchero will be present at this years Pavarotti and Friends concert in Modena, Italy, on may 27th he will sing Eres mi religion his duet with Mexican band Mana. For tickets check Pavarotti´s web site www.pavarottiandfriends.it. The show will be broadcasted live on RAI uno. Other artists scheduled to appear are amongst others Bono, Eric Clapton and Lionel Richie.
Most likely no American tour April 24, 2003
The Concertsource thing going around (see below) seems to be false: the concerts concerned are called 'Sanremo World Tour' and Zucchero is not mentioned on the posters. For more info check this site.
Clapton, Zucchero at Pav. and friends 2003 April 24, 2003
According to Rockol Zucchero will perform during this years Pavarotti and Friends gala on May 27th in Modena, Italy although he's not confirmed yet, guitar hero Eric Clapton is however and will be part of the gala for the second time. Other names mentioned for this years show are Ricky Martin (*shiver*), Liza Manelli (*shiver pt. 2*), Lionel Richie and others. U2's Bono will also be performing. For information on tickets please visit the Pavarotti and Friends site.
´Eres mi religion´ single in stores may April 09, 2003
´Eres mi religion´ the song Zucchero recorded with Mexican band Maná (best known internationally for their ´duet´ with Carlos Santana on Supernatural) will be released as a single in (Italian) stores in may. Zucchero also recorded a new version of Baila (in Spanish) with the leadsinger of Maná, this version should be included on a South-American version of Shake.
Bono at Pavarotti and Friends 2003 April 09, 2003
U2 frontman Bono will be one of the artists appearing next to Luciano Pavarotti at this years Pavarotti and Friends on may 27 in Modena, Italy. It is unclear if Zucchero will be appearing this year; throughout the years Zucchero has only missed two years (´93 and ´01) but last year he didn´t seem very interested at first. The show will be broadcasted live on RAI 1.
Live album "2nd part 2003" (?) April 07, 2003
A live album might be on the way! In a Vivendi Universal financial report Zucchero is listed as one of the top artists releasing new material in the 2nd halve of 2003, noted next to Zucch´s name is ´(live)´, since the other artists named in the list (Ryan Adams, U2, Sting) are indeed planning on releasing albums this year it might actually happen :-D.
Peace Concert changed into "World Peace Music Awards" + new date April 07, 2003
The World Peace Concert that was scheduled to happen on April 22nd has been moved to june 14 and the name of the entire thing was changed into the World Peace Music Awards. Zucchero will receive a special life time achievement award from president Megawati of Indonesia herself. News on what stations will broadcast the event should come in around may.
Zucchero to participate in World Peace concert Bali, april 22nd April 02, 2003
Zucchero will be one of the artists, together with acts such as INXS, Moody Blues´ Justin Hayward, former Police member Stewart Copeland, Mark Anthony, Sheryl Crow and many others, performing in Bali during a World Peace concert on April 22nd. Anggun is also one of the artists scheduled to appear so maybe they´ll play World together. The concert is organised partly by president Megawati. It is unclear if the show will be broadcasted in Europe or the US but the intention is there and there also seem to be plans to broadcast the show live on the internet. For more information check the site!.
North-American tour (??) March 25, 2003
Several American Zucchero fans received the following e-mail:
ATTENTION ZUCCHERO FANS:
ZUCCHERO IS CURRENTLY PLANNING HIS 2003 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR!!!
FOR ADVANCE TICKET SALES AND DATE & VENUE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT ALESSANDRO
DIMAGGIO AT CONCERTSOURCE@AOL.COM
(PLEASE SPECIFY YOUR CITY)
BEST,
ALESSANDRO DIMAGGIO
CONCERTSOURCE
The official fanclub hasn´t replied to a question about this e-mail yet and the sender hasn´t send any information to those who replied to him, we´ll keep ya updated but it looks very hoaxy right now.
GAÏA: World on sale 28th of march (?), pre-order album on Amazon March 25, 2003
According to an Anggun fansite the Gaïa duet Zucchero and Anggun recorded together will be on sale as a single on march 28 (it´s unclear if this is worldwide or only in Italy). The Gaïa album will be released worldwide between now and may (release dates change per country) you can (pre-)order the album on the French Amazon.
GAÏA: album in march, concert in september March 03, 2003
From March 17 a special album called "Gaïa" will be on sale. The album, a charity event, features 350 world artists and 20 guests including Australian band Midnight Oil, (former) Fleetwood Mac members Mick Fleetwood and Jeremy Spencer, Moody Blues member Justin Hayward, Billy Preston (who worked with Clapton on his latest live album), several Supertramp members. Zucchero is also one of the artists working on the album and he recorded a duet with singer Anggun called World (you can listen to a sample of the song on the radio Capital playlist). This september the Gaia artists are supposed to perform together in Paris and a live cd (and possibly a dvd) should be made out of that performance.
Solomon Burke to appear on Portretta Soul March 03, 2003
Soul legend and recent Grammy winner (by the way his first ever, how´s that for a disgrace!) Solomon Burke will be one of the artists to appear on this years version of the Portretta Soul Festival (in, surprise! :-D, Portretta). Not really Zucchero related, even though Zucchero has apperead as a special guest on the festival and Burke will pay tribute to Rufus Thomas who was, as most of us know, a good friend of Zucch, but if you´re in the area July 5th I´d suggest you go check it out!
