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Moments Lab Secures $24 Million to Redefine Video Discovery With Agentic AI

Moments Lab, the AI company redefining how organizations work with video, has raised $24 million in new funding, led by Oxx with participation from Orange Ventures, Kadmos, Supernova Invest, and Elaia Partners. The investment will supercharge the company’s U.S. expansion and support continued development of its agentic AI platform — a system designed to turn massive video archives into instantly searchable and monetizable assets.

The heart of Moments Lab is MXT-2, a multimodal video-understanding AI that watches, hears, and interprets video with context-aware precision. It doesn’t just label content — it narrates it, identifying people, places, logos, and even cinematographic elements like shot types and pacing. This natural-language metadata turns hours of footage into structured, searchable intelligence, usable across creative, editorial, marketing, and monetization workflows.

But the true leap forward is the introduction of agentic AI — an autonomous system that can plan, reason, and adapt to a user’s intent. Instead of simply executing instructions, it understands prompts like “generate a highlight reel for social” and takes action: pulling scenes, suggesting titles, selecting formats, and aligning outputs with a brand’s voice or platform requirements.

“With MXT, we already index video faster than any human ever could,” said Philippe Petitpont, CEO and co-founder of Moments Lab. “But with agentic AI, we’re building the next layer — AI that acts as a teammate, doing everything from crafting rough cuts to uncovering storylines hidden deep in the archive.”

From Search to Storytelling: A Platform Built for Speed and Scale

Moments Lab is more than an indexing engine. It’s a full-stack platform that empowers media professionals to move at the speed of story. That starts with search — arguably the most painful part of working with video today.

Most production teams still rely on filenames, folders, and tribal knowledge to locate content. Moments Lab changes that with plain text search that behaves like Google for your video library. Users can simply type what they’re looking for — “CEO talking about sustainability” or “crowd cheering at sunset” — and retrieve exact clips within seconds.

Key features include:

AI video intelligence: MXT-2 doesn’t just tag content — it describes it using time-coded natural language, capturing what’s seen, heard, and implied.

Search anyone can use: Designed for accessibility, the platform allows non-technical users to search across thousands of hours of footage using everyday language.

Instant clipping and export: Once a moment is found, it can be clipped, trimmed, and exported or shared in seconds — no need for timecode handoffs or third-party tools.

Metadata-rich discovery: Filter by people, events, dates, locations, rights status, or any custom facet your workflow requires.

Quote and soundbite detection: Automatically transcribes audio and highlights the most impactful segments — perfect for interview footage and press conferences.

Content classification: Train the system to sort footage by theme, tone, or use case — from trailers to corporate reels to social clips.

Translation and multilingual support: Transcribes and translates speech, even in multilingual settings, making content globally usable.

This end-to-end functionality has made Moments Lab an indispensable partner for TV networks, sports rights holders, ad agencies, and global brands. Recent clients include Thomson Reuters, Amazon Ads, Sinclair, Hearst, and Banijay — all grappling with increasingly complex content libraries and growing demands for speed, personalization, and monetization.

Built for Integration, Trained for Precision

MXT-2 is trained on 1.5 billion+ data points, reducing hallucinations and delivering high confidence outputs that teams can rely on. Unlike proprietary AI stacks that lock metadata in unreadable formats, Moments Lab keeps everything in open text, ensuring full compatibility with downstream tools like Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Brightcove, YouTube, and enterprise MAM/CMS platforms via API or no-code integrations.

“The real power of our system is not just speed, but adaptability,” said Fred Petitpont, co-founder and CTO. “Whether you’re a broadcaster clipping sports highlights or a brand licensing footage to partners, our AI works the way your team already does — just 100x faster.”

The platform is already being used to power everything from archive migration to live event clipping, editorial research, and content licensing. Users can share secure links with collaborators, sell footage to external buyers, and even train the system to align with niche editorial styles or compliance guidelines.

From Startup to Standard-Setter

Founded in 2016 by twin brothers Frederic Petitpont and Phil Petitpont, Moments Lab began with a simple question: What if you could Google your video library? Today, it’s answering that — and more — with a platform that redefines how creative and editorial teams work with media. It has become the most awarded indexing AI in the video industry since 2023 and shows no signs of slowing down.

“When we first saw MXT in action, it felt like magic,” said Gökçe Ceylan, Principal at Oxx. “This is exactly the kind of product and team we look for — technically brilliant, customer-obsessed, and solving a real, growing need.”

Bucky “Let me float you a hypothetical” Barnes.

Sam “Keep talking but I want it on the record that I objected to this plan” Wilson

Damn Zemo got a whole ass jet and garage of cars. How is it that his assets were still intact after he was arrested? Can you get Sam his loan please, daddy?

On a serious note, to all those saying the stakes in Civil War were fake bc tony and Steve made up I demand you look at all the ways team cap was affected by the accords.

The theme of “doing the right thing above all else” is clearly so important to both Sam and Bucky. Goddamn I love team cap 😪

Sharon is a wealthy art dealer and I love it!

People including me were so worried about her being just another love interest but she literally saves their asses twice!!! She has agency and motives entirely her own.

The entire Madripoor sequence was gorgeous. Nothing was half assed set and cinematography wise.

The baby bois all dressed up and ready to kill people 🔪

Sam caring and being worried about Bucky like 🥺

I am honestly so fucking proud of Bucky for being strong through Zemo’s orders. It had to be so hard. Can someone tell bucky “I’m proud of you”?

Goddamnit take your eyes off Zemo for one second...oh wait he didn’t betray them yet...

No! Sharon come back! *grabby hands*

Anyone notice how the CIA was the first to try and make the serum after Siberia. The CIA who literally locked up and hunted Bucky another super soldier then tried to lock up cap. Same agency. No wonder the world hates American imperialism jezusssss

Sam: “I made a mistake (with the shield)...” yes! Say it! “I should have destroyed it.” Goddamnit smdh.

I get the shield is a mixed legacy but you can’t also destroy the good and the potential for good. One of the examples is sitting right in front of you, Sammy. Also I REFUSE to believe that SAM “on your left” WILSON would destroy his one gift from cap. I suppose “I should have kept it in my house” doesn’t sound as dramatic🙃

Bucky says he’d take over the shield before letting it be destroyed. Hopefully as Sam warms to Bucky he’ll see how the shield can symbolize good.

Truly I believe symbols/mantles are just tools that you can use for good or evil. I believe that in Sam’s hand it could be used for good. It’s a lot to ask but I forget the saying but something like: “those who fear power are the best people to hold it”

It’s so hard to know who is the “bad guy” in this show. Probably the point I know. The freedom fighters have a seemingly good agenda but then they blow up a building. Smdh we don’t trade lives dontcha know...

Who is the power broker? What’s his plan? We haven’t met him/her yet...

Bucky likes 40s music and is PROUD of it. He wrote his redemption list in Steve’s notebook 😭

Fake!cap gets 0.0001% of the screen time 🤣😂(which I find so mf comforting 😘, maybe that’s why I like this episode so much). That being said gotta analyze the small time he did have... he literally thinks he’s TOO GOOD to speak in another language than English. Forces his friend to do the talking but still expects respect 😬. Fuuuuck u fake!cap 🖕🏻. I’m sorry my non American friends. We don’t know this white man 🙇🏻‍♀️

The ending THE ENDING had me YeLLiNg at the screen. Fakdkwbfjw I’m not gonna spoil it but I just-

On the writing/directing- I feel this episode had better pacing of rising action and drama. More showing less exposition dump which honestly is hard in marvel (some audience are walking encyclopedias and some just started watching this year).

The traumaaaaaaa in this whole show. I just wanna give everyone a 1 minute hug. Godddamn. Especially given the context of this show coming during the covid pandemic hits so hard 🙃

Fr though I know the topics in this show are triggering for some people so please take care of yourself ❤️

On another level I think it’s kinda funny how Steve thought he was so special for having the serum then it was like ACTUALLY Bucky is a super soldier OH AND there are more super soldiers in Siberia. OH and like 8 more super soldiers in TFAWS. Oh there’s ALSO a black super soldier. 😂 like Steve is still special because of his morals and personality but yeah... love you cap 😘

Please feel free share your thoughts! Would make my day! Love ya’ll💕

My episode 2 review:

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So this April would not quit - quiet like these non stop school zoom sessions. Goodbye goodbye already! This Laurel & Hardy goodbye clip sums it up for me

https://youtu.be/wlVu7Y5m5JQ

It’s leaving us with Uranus in Taurus meeting Mercury. Uranus in Taurus was also key aspect embedded in the Taurus new moon of 22 April which we will continue to feel in May. Uranus in Taurus is all about breaking out of the fixity of life - actions taken for freedom & individuality, a break from tradition, a break far from tradition. Uranus creates volatility & surprise - bring sudden changes - changes that bring us closer to our authentic self. Uranus is our brilliance - the lightening that zaps us & sets us free as well as gives us the brilliant brainwave.

But inherently Uranus in Taurus has a conflict - Taurus archetype in our chart represents our place of safety, security, stability, fixity, tradition, persistence, stubbornness. Yes it’s a textbook sign of “fall” for Uranus - “fall” the word I despise so much in astrology - cause there is no fall just a failure to leverage it well. Uranus in Taurus is here to bring innovation in all the things this archetype represents - Finance, money, assets, ways of making money, ways of using our natural resources, arts, music, creativity, sex, food, taste, our physical strength & stamina, stock market, earth. At an individual basis basis we would strive for independence & innovation and experience sudden shifts in our financial situation, attitude to money & resources, need for material security, sense of worth, values, usage of our resources - mental physical - our personal energy, sexual freedom.

Taurus gifts us determination & this fixity of purpose and in Uranus we can use that to complete change our worth, ego, values, assets & ways to achieve them or release them. This is long term transit all the way to April 2026. Why we are talking of this now is because this April just won’t quit without another dramatic aspect.

Every month Moon meets Uranus in Taurus - whenever that happens a wave of water chips away an edge off our rock - slight loss of old behavioural pattern happens opening us to new possibilities. But once a year Uranus meets Sun, Venus & Mercury in Taurus when a tangible shift which is outer manifestation of this slow monthly inner chipping away shows up in our physical existence - through shifts in job, relationships, communication. This aides this quest for material freedom we are all on - an idea suddenly comes, a discussion suddenly happens, an old device suddenly cracks cause it’s outdated for your new expansive endeavour - you ask for more & more is delivered through a crack in the floor beneath our feet. Not all of us experience the earthquake but if you are at 6° or early degree of fixed signs (Scorpio, Leo, Taurus, Aquarius) you are probably experiencing a shock wave - that’s last ten days of the month if you are looking at your sun sign.

Separating wheat from the chaff as unnecessary this additional restlessness & commotion feels to all of us, it’s the most significant economic event that happens to most of us in the year. Shakes up our talents, resources, stock market, body - it feels like beating the mattress to get the dust out kind of situation. But then from that comes a brainwave when Mercury meets Uranus like tonight - weird bazarre ahead of time , alien landing on our rooftop kind of ideas come. You see those AI beams running on your face into your brain - it just lights all your bulbs. Many of us dismiss it but what if we don’t - if someone told Abraham Lincoln you would be tweeting shutting down your economy or a bunch of algos will loose or gain majority of financial markets in a day - you would have been institutionalised but here we are.

The thing with “fall” of Uranus In Taurus is that you fall cause you aren’t walking - much like the concept of inertia - proactive shifts planning in that area of our life can help prevent a lot of that fall. Though Uranus is a wild card much like existence of Kim Jong-un.

So if you want to take one thing from April, which won’t quit, take this dogged determination to shift things in this area of your life where Uranus is chipping away your rock

“We only discover what supports us, when everything else we thought supported us doesn’t support is anymore” ~ Jung

Jung saw this moment like he saw most of the universal truths - this has become my mantra for Taurus season now instead of “I Have” cause Uranus transit changes the whole existence of that sign forever - Aries know what I am talking about. Taurus is our ego, our distinct identity & if we are labelling our sense of “I” through any external object / status / person - Uranus releases that cause it wants us to create “Independent Worth”

The degree of Uranus currently being activated is of immense importance - why - cause that’s where Uranus went retrograde in August 2019. Remember 2019 - Hong Kong protests, Amazon fires, Epstein died, Peso crashed, India floods, Nuclear accident in Russia, India revoked Article 370 ... I can go on but you get the picture - volatile times. Second contact of Uranus isn’t that dramatic - especially in transit (it’s not turn retrograde or direct right now).

But it will be standing still exactly where it stands now in Jan/Feb 2021. Uranus will turn direct on 1 Feb 2021 standing exactly at this point and it would be squaring Saturn starting a new 14 years cycle which is the key theme of 2021. Infant in Jan 2021 there will be 5 planets, yes 5! Squaring Uranus in Taurus which is a recipe for perfect political & weather storm. This is tremendous tremendous conflict - I referred to it in my eclipse note cause this is in direct interaction with the US country chart. Uranus in such aspects normally stimulates the collective to revolt through a catalyst to create radical change in existing bureaucracy, to free those suppressed or held in bondage. There is normally a rude collective awakening - in Taurus it will have financial underpinnings too - people no longer acquiesce to entrapment of our current financial system where resources are manipulated by a few. Higher manifestation of it is stimulation of new discoveries & tech that supports people to function in a new way.

Harnessed correctly Saturn Uranus cycles help us manifest our creative & inventive ideas into substantial achievements cause we are given the discipline to bring our intuition home. Give form or structure to our uniqueness in a productive way like Rihanna or Barbara Streisand do - we can harness our inner tension into a passion. There is tremendous tension in this aspect but it’s an endless source of spontaneous energy, creativity & freshness but you can use it or misuse it. George Eliot & Thomas Hardy are Saturn square Uranus as are Putin & Harvey Weinstein - I mean you get my drift.

So in May we don’t need to look at a oracle to see future of 2021 - it will be playing out in front of us - the preview of what’s coming in 2021. The innovation in field of finance, money, food, art, creatives , our value system. As well as our need for freedom from tradition & fixity (Uranus in Taurus) clashing with suppression of air in Saturn in Aquarius. All tangible strides in evolution of our civilisation has come through Saturn Uranus cycles and you are watching a live preview of that as Saturn stands still about to go retrograde on 11th standing in loose square to Uranus right now & playing out through their aspects to Sun, Mercury & Venus.

In this tension, these two parts of us at war - the people who will create solutions blending the best of the old world with the best of the new will thrive. That’s why with nodes in mutable sign - the road to success is adaptability - as always it’s not the survival of the fittest but of the one who can evolve. New skills, sources of income, diet, physical upkeep, new concept of “fixed” assets - Uranus in Taurus & by square to Saturn in Aquarius - necessary compulsory evolution in tech, social media, tech in your industry, new way to network, new supply chains, pooling resources - “shared/preloved” economy.

Importance of cyber security will go immensely up - the first computer virus was uncovered during the last Saturn Uranus conjunction in 1988 - the Internet worm. Things that were birthed in the cycle will come to question like the EU / Euro. WHO also came to focus at the time with eradication of polio. NASA Scientists testified first time to US Senate that man made global warming has begun. Abortion drugs were launched & it was opposed though inline with ideology of sexual freedom it was launched. Topic of gun control which never went away since the unfortunate Columbine High School Massacre in 1999 during Saturn Uranus square will take on more speed. Topics essentially that are clearly dividing forces in society will play out & those who can mesh the two conflicting forces win 2021.

Right now with the preview - I am warning you people in 40s having both your Uranus opposition & your Saturn oppositions - they are getting triggered by both Saturn & Uranus. In large scale despite the economic crisis or may be due to it - we would see dramatic shifts in careers / home / relationships.

Uranus in Scorpio generation is getting their Uranus opposition if you are 1975/76 born to be exact - Saturn & Mars in Aquarius are making T-Square to your Uranus opposition pushing you to make a structural shift. Saturn being the apex you know what change you have to make but you are evaluating the cost of it all - is it worth it ? Taurus season is best to figure it out - cause this aspect will on,y become stronger in Jan/Feb 2021.

The 1976/77 born are having their Saturn opposition forming t square to Uranus - so wherever Taurus falls in your chart - you are ready to break free - this is much more dynamic & dramatic though it’s not exact yet, it will be in 2021.

In my view, during the transit of Saturn in Aquarius as a society we create what we can hold onto in face of volatility - we are all just starting to create that now. And we have to develop a purpose which permits our wacky innovative unique ways to be a participant in a larger expression - else we will feel lost like any Saturn in 11th house or Saturn in Aquarius person.

On a lighter note in May we have a few fabulous days like 9/10/15/17 May when Sun and Mercury form a positive aspect with Jupiter & Pluto - a gift of growth and focus in volatile times - I’ll take it! Good dates for ideas, negotiations & financial ventures.

I haven’t had this issue with my theme but I saw people talking about it! There’s a post floating around somewhere, but I saw people saying that you should go into your HTML, copy/paste your theme or whatever, and then hit CTRL F. Then replace all the http’s in your theme with https like this:

We’ve finally got a complete-enough Knight Princess rescue ready to be released, along with numerous other fixes and improvements.  Note that the Roll Tower and Main Menu are still missing some assets, which we will work on adding in ASAP.  Here’s the combined patch notes since 0.129

Towergirls 0.130

Major Changes: When an enemy territory is attacked they can now reinforce siege units from other adjacent garrisons in order to participate in the siege. Reinforcing units will gain a 'Forced March' debuff which reduces their speed during the siege. Once the UI is worked out, and programmed, the player will be able to do the same with their own garrisons. The automatic downloader has been depreciated; we'll look at making a new, better one in the future. Until then there is the Mediafire method. Knight Princess' tower has been completed and activated!  It is still somewhat WIP, as we are missing both proper dungeon clutter and the main menu Knight Princess.  We will be including those ASAP.

Minor Changes: Archer 'Volley Fire' once again has a Confirm button while targeting. Fixed a crash caused by changing party member order in the overmap characters screen. Fixed the crash upon finishing the post-penguine-siege dialogue. Mysterious Knight will now refuse to enter a dungeon that is not the Tower of Rolls. Some code has been optimized; performance should be improved as a result. Fixed a crash caused by applying buffs to units in sieges. Fixed a crash causing by VIEWING buff tooltips on siege units. Front-rank enemy siege units can once again attack exposed rear-rank units. Non-persistant siege unit buffs are now cleared at the end of a siege. Fixed a crash caused by 'like/dislike' dialogue option tags for princesses. After exiting out of a shop in High Forest, you are now given the option to go to the Town Square, if applicable, in addition to returning to the Overmap. We've added sound effects for clicking buttons and for when characters are talking, courtesy of Unyin. The latter of the two can be disabled in options. Fixed one bit of Kobold Princess dialogue that played twice. Asking Kobold Princess what she knows about the current location will no longer crash the game. You can no longer click on NPC's and start dialogue while the game is paused. Removed 'Dragon Watch' from the overmap, as it was overlapping with 'Wyrm Watch'. Fixed a bug that made all characters refuse to enter a dungeon after at least one did, requiring reopening the pre-dungeon screen. Actually fixed the 'remove party character' and 'shift party character' crashes in the characters screen. Rly, this time. Fixed a crash caused by changing the party order while inside of a dungeon. A new type of dungeon room has been added- tall rooms. Especially large units in sieges no longer lose sprites unless they have few soldiers remaining. Fixed a crash upon entering the Kompound. Dialogue composed entirely of elipses will no longer play a talking sound. Enemies that reinforce a territory for a siege will now send their units back after the siege is completed. The three types of walls now finally buff units in sieges. Might have more wild gameplay effects later on. Unit morale tooltips of siege units will no longer appear off the screen. Regrouping siege units will no longer change their soldier's sprites at random if they have multiple variants. Militia have been nerfed. Smarmy peasant bastards. Dragon Watch will no longer spawn on the overmap. Rly. We've added another battle theme. The game will randomize between the two. Fixed a crash when quiting the game caused by the new perspective engine object. Special encounters should now be more responsive about starting the battle. Items can now be used on allies in battle correctly. During Kobold Princess' High Forest conversation, all the lines should refer to the correct player origin now. Fixed a crash caused by army shenanigans when reaching Cave Canopy with Kobold Princess. Removed debug text from armies on the overmap. The correct enemy will flinch when damaged in a battle that has no background. Magic Poison correctly ticks in dungeons after the battle. After the penguine siege the party will be hidden on the overmap like intended. When loading a game, if any characters in a dungeon have DoT's they will now resume applying. You can no longer click a territory through the 'test army' interface. Army total costs are now displayed in the test army interface. You can no longer dogpile the High Forest steward. Ser Knight is once again smashed at the start of a new game- the buff has been restored. Ale Knight and Wine Knight have been given unique* voices**. The Main Menu has been adjusted a bit to make room for a second table. Items 'of the Wyrm' now properly display how much resistances they offer. Endless Fields Dire Wolves have been given a finished sprite. Damage-over-time effects have been restored. On-hit effects have been restored. (Septic Blade, Everharsh Great Club, etc) Highlighting particular alternate image enemies in battle will no longer wonkily highlight them. You can no longer click on a territory through the leveling-up interface. Mysterious Knight's talents will no longer be overwritten when loading a save game. Fixed a crash caused by viewing shop weapons with the poisoned prefix. Conversations will no longer sometimes fail to transition. Several Band of the Moon siege units have been given finished sprites. Fixed a typo that was causing a crash when fighting Sepermuertomuerte. A special overmap encounter has been added, courtesy of one of our patrons.

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Translation of the interview to Il Volo, on Radio2 Social Club, on February 15th, 2017. With Luca Barbarossa and Andrea Perroni. The program name is “Social Club”

Link for listen it all: http://www.radio2socialclub.rai.it/dl/portaleRadio/media/ContentItem-99a4d441-4992-4f40-a3fa-1995c46d0071.html#

 After the last interview (on RTL102.5), here's another! the boys do not come immediately, but after a while… short while (after second photo if you want to jump)! It was a good interview, and the boys seem to have a lot of fun, as we had listening to them.  They sang good songs (link at the bottom), and improvised some other ones. They talked a bit about the Album, relationships, and food. Then they joked a little about the criticism that are sometimes made to them.

 Some info before you start:

Luca Barbarossa is an Italian singer/songwriter and radio host, who wrote songs like "Il Canto" sung by Pavarotti before of Il Volo, and "Portami a ballare" of which Piero makes an impromptu cover here accompanied by Gian, Ignazio and the other. Andrea Perroni is an Italian actor, comedian and imitator.

In this program there is a band playing live, that accompanies the various guests. The Social Band consists of: Stefano Cenci (Musical Director, Piano, Keyboards); Meki Marturano (Drums, Percussion); Claudio Trippa (Electric Guitar)

 Let’s start!!! (sorry for the mistakes)

 LB: Here we are at Radio 2 Social club, live from the C room of Via Asiago in Rome, with our audience for great occasions, because today is a great occasion, then I will tell you why. Here with us, exceptionally, almost awake Andrea Perroni! AP: Thank you, huh, almost awake, it’s true. It’s 14:35 …I spent a great S. Valentine- LB: You? But you are single! AP: -What? LB: You are single. What have you done? Invited yourself to dinner? AP: No, I invited a friend of mine ... a meeting ... LB: Ah! (to the audience) Did you understand?! AP: I make a gift- LB: a gift? AP: a little something LB: Ah, what did you buy? AP: Well, you know these shops where they sell these particular things... LB: Oh, I see... AP: No! What did you understand ?! Lingerie LB: Ah, I thought a sex shop ... So an outfit for the night... AP: Yes. I have to say that the Romans are brilliant, because coming out of the store with the envelopes in hand... there was a gentleman leaning against the wall, you know those- LB: Those who watch. AP: That's right! In Rome they take confidence, you know. I went out with the envelopes with the brand of the store- LB: So one could guess what you bought. AP: Yes, the man connected store and S. Valentine day, and told me ''ah, Peró- [“Peró” short with Roman accent for Perroni]

LB: he had also recognized you? AP: Yes. "ah Peró, first you put them on, than you put them off… You could have saved the money! " LB: Ahahahah! What you call privacy! AP: But the concept is very nice ... to save money. LB: Things that can happen only in Rome. Theme song!

Radio2SocialClub theme song AP: However, I want to clarify, it was a total failure. I’ve not put them on, nor I put them off. It was a total failure because she has not even get to dinner Laughter in studio LB: Now we do not want to go into details ... we are not like the gentleman that stopped you. AP: But now I’ve lingerie complete, size 38, and I do not wear them. LB: How much? (money for buy it) AP: I paid 25, and give it for 10. It’s cute, it has little zebra and camels on it. LB: To get me going little zebra are not enough. There is a beautiful thing that happened in a wine bar/restaurant in Padova: the owner has done a discount on dinner bill for "polite child". Because it was a table with 5-6 adults and some more children between 4-8 years old, and he was pleased that children not only had no phones tablet and stuff, they were so well mannered that, at the end, he did not know how to express his pleasure, how to thank them, and so he made the discount " polite children." Now it will be full of parents, out there, who give slaps to their children " shut up!" AP: imagine the looks on the fathers faces at dinner now. LB: Today we will have as guests, at Radio2 Social Club, some singers who have assets in their career even a victory at the Sanremo Festival. When they passed in Italy won the festival, then they recur to go around the world.   And (now a song of) another friend of ours, who was a protagonist of this festival, very well in both the cover-evening and the evenings for the new songs, our friend Paola Turci with “fatti bella per te” [really nice song title more or less “make you beautiful for yourself”] Song “fatti bella per te”

LB: Paola Turci! We wait her here in the studio! AP: come when you want! LB: I do not know how many singers in history can boast a calendar like this (dates and locations of the Il Volo tour), today they come from Berlin... to make you understand who they are… I only say that they didn’t go to Trump, but here to me, President of the Nazionale Cantanti [the “national singers” football team that in Italy play for  beneficence] they are coming! applause AP: Il Volo! LB: Here they are, welcome back! GG: Hello everyone! PB: Goodmorning President! GG: but do you really want to put on the same level a nice football game and that? [the political event] L B: Are we kidding? GG: And we love Mexicans too. LB: you are for the overthrow of the walls IB: For par condicio I have the mustache AP: like Zorro LB: Yes, Ignazio has mustache like Zorro. Guys, today you come from Berlin, what have you done there? IB: eh, we knocked down the last piece of wall LB: laughs GG: We are promoting the new CD. Which is a rock'n'roll CD, more than ever. It is a tribute to the three tenors. AP: laughs LB: Notte Magica, a tribute to the Three Tenors. I have lived through that period because is the period when I wrote for Pavarotti “Il Canto”, that you have sung fantastically with Placido Domingo. Things return home. I had written, only the text because the music is written by Maestro  Musumarra, and it was for Domingo at the beginning, then the project went to Pavarotti and now you've brought it home- PB: But tell me one thing, Do you got the money for it? AP: But what do you care? Laughter in the studio AP: Looks how he’s cynical, materialist… LB: I have to ask my wife about it, because money don’t ever pass from me… PB: great loud laugh LB: Love (to his wife, that is in studio) what have you done-? AP: to the money from Il Canto laughter

LB: So, Notte Magica is dedicated to the Three Tenors. Why, young tenors like you [poor Gian LOL], did a tribute to three tenors of this level? Are you not afraid of confrontation? PB: (uncertain) yes- IB: Afraid of confrontation, No. Because we don’t want to compare with them, but from the beginning it was conceived as a way to remember these great of international music. We've grown a bit with them, watching videos of the three tenors, and we said “we're young-”…  for good or for bad the repertoire was almost equal, to 70% of Neapolitan and Italian classics, missing just a few opera aria… and we said “why don’t we do it? Why don’t we remember those who have been our idols?” And we decided to do this project. GG: Then, vintage always comes back... for example, also, I have very much appreciated “De Gregori canta Bob Dylan”… is beautiful. Italian artists do a lot of tribute. LB: surely GG: I think it is beautiful to sing not only your own songs, but also do tribute to great artists AP: In this case is perfectly right. Who, if not them, could do it? Even among Italians actors there is this fashion, perhaps because when one stands still- LB: when one does not work for a while AP: when one does not work for a while FB: recycled AP: like “how are you?” “I'm doing a tribute” FB: to whom? AP: Do not know... Gaber LB: you're talking about Neri Marcorè, I get it! AP: Neri Marcorè does just tributes, everything rather than staying at home! [he’s an Italian actor who is doing now a show in which he tribute Gaber, among other.] LB: Stop it! GG: You said Gaber! Stacchetto! (Start singing and the audience begins to clap and the band to play) “io non mi sento italiano ma per fortuna o purtroppo lo sono” [an Italian song by Gaber that says “I do not feel Italian, but fortunately or un fortunately I am”]

The band and audience go on but Gian stops

GG: … just that.

laughter LB: ... just that! Improvised! I want to hear these three magical voices sings “Libiamo”, but we are also going to listen to absolutely unusual things, live, by Il Volo. song “Libiamo” from Notte Magica LB: We must say that they surely have voices! The guys of the playlist -studio are pointing the rifle on us (because the piece is not very radio) AP: they’re pointing I to us. LB: we are also live on Facebook now! Radio2 Social Club, with Il Volo. As we said before, dear Ignazio, now you make us this gift, to make us listen a little things that are beyond your [of the group] musical repertoire. IB: Yes, because all three of us have passions, idols, for different musical genres. One of my biggest idols was Pino Daniele... about who will also coming soon a movie, I can not wait... we will be in America, but I will find a way to see it sooner or later ... PB: also my idol was Pino: Pino granita IB: ... come on, really… LB: Who is he? IB: At his home there is one who is called Pino and that makes granite... never mind. So I decided to sing a few pieces of my great idol... he (pointing Piero) still thinks of granita. LB: Live, Ignazio, "Annarè" and “'O Scarrafone”, on Social Club. Ignazio sings So energetic! Great acute, as always. Applause at the end.

GG: (fan-boy mood) Have you heard his clear voice? The high notes! I can’t get there even if- IB: If you squeeze certain things you can do it [talking about testicles] GG: wrists! IB: wrists! sure. AP: (with a tablet in his hands) Here they greet us even from Miami! We are getting good visibility from this... LB: (in English) Thanks guys! GG: (in English) Thank you so much for following us! AP: What did you say? LB: Gianluca, it was your birthday recently, among other things. GG: I turned 22 three days ago! LB: (to the audience) Got it? These twenty years old are already touring the world. AP: (joking) a shameful thing. LB: There are many who are writing us, because you can hear and watch us live, on web, they are writing to us from around the world. How many followers do you have? Gianluca greets in Spanish some fans following from Argentina and Mexico etc. AP: here you have to speak Italian! LB: He is gone! [“lo abbiamo perso” way for saying “we lost him”] AP: What did you say? Who you greeted? IB: (joking but with a serious tone) Here if you want there is Piero who can speak Chinese. LB: Come on Piero let us hear it. PB: no, I can’t do it on radio [because he used to imitate Chinese’s eyes to complete the imitation. Before haters start, it's not something offensive: it's like putting glasses to mimic Piero...or putting a broom on your hair to mimic me…. Even if: Piero there was the live video on FB!!] LB: Don’t say “involtini primavera” cause everyone know it! Laughs AP: here they  write "great, beautiful, talented, please," this is a prayer “stay simple" LB: “stay simple"... Why? What did they do? AP: People are afraid that they might get big-head. GG: (speaking of followers) there is a video that has made many views on my personal facebook, usually they have not so many views because it is a personal thing. That video has made so many because in China I made a Chinese girl speaks Abruzzese. I said, “Gnà ‘sti?” and she said (imitating girl’s voice) “Stìnghe bbon' ” [“come stai? -How are you?” and “sto bene.- I’m good.”] Laughter and congratulations. AP: Here someone is writing also from Costa Rica, Angelica…  Angelica, I must come soon to Costa Rica, if you could be my guest it would be great! LB: Sometimes, usually when someone get successful so young, the concern of everyone is "will they get big-head?" "Will they be able to stay down to earth?" Apart from the fact that there are Michele Torpedine, Danilo Ciotti, true professionals behind you- Applause

LB: -I believe that you have behind you, all of you, very strong families and very affectionate too, and every time I see you I always find you in great shape, with the humility of all time before and with the same passion for music. PB: But you say so- Andrea interrupted him with one hand AP: sorry but there is a request "Gian, sing Can’t stop the feeling" IB: I’m with you .... Are you ready? GG: Wait! (to the audience) …Because I love Justin Timberlake! and then I do a little imitation- IB: (drawing his attention to) Give me the rhythm! GG: ... but the tone- IB: What does it matter?!  Give me the rhythm!! Laughs GG: (Insecure)... ... ... ... Do I go? All: GO!

Laughs

Gianluca sings and Ignazio does the beatbox! Very funny, as always... at some point:

GG: (still on rhythm with music) I do not remember the words... LB: in Abruzzese! GG: (still on rhythm with music) Nun te preoccupà! Choir that get a tone higher every time: Nun te preoccupà! Nun te preoccupà! Nun te preoccupàÀÀÀÀÀÀÀ! [means “don’t worry” in dialect] Gian continues with the song while Ignazio laughs his shit off. Applause at the end LB: Il Volo, with Justin Timberlake! GG: I'm sorry, I did not remember the words! I'm sorry! LB: It was fantastic, especially the part in Abruzzese. We are going to air it every day! AP: Nun te preoccupà! LB: Now commercial break and then we’ll come back. AP: (to the boys) Greet! Ignzio goes to the camera to say hello, the camera runs on Piero (which is almost always shot out for reasons of space) and he sends a kiss.

commercial break

a song by Ermal Meta

LB: Ermal Meta which was hosted by us yesterday and who finished 3th in Sanremo. We are in studio with Il Volo, we are discovering sides of Il Volo we didn’t know. GG: We followed Sanremo this year and I cheered for Ermal Meta. Among other things is a friend and I have supported him on socials [we noticed!] and I’m happy for the result because it came out greatly. I am very happy for Ermal… Ciao Ermal! I love you! You are great! Applause PB: Who will be tomorrow's guest here? LB: Eros Ramazzotti PB: (making fun of Gianluca's fan-boy behavior) So I must say that in this Sanremo festival I cheered so much for Ramazzotti- AP: He was not there LB: there wasn’t Eros. PB: Oh really? (Joking of course) LB: but also that tomorrow there will be Ramazzotti here it’s not true! Laughter (Piero's laugh is unmistakable) LB: listening you singing Justin Timberlake I have to say that gone are the days when the tenors did not know how to go in time with music. Because many tenors, old school’s ones, had a tendency to dilate, and the orchestra had to adapt to the singer-timing PB: Let's say, in the French way, “andavano per I cazzi loro” [a vulgar way for saying “for they own way” and we use to say, ironically, "francesismo" when we use a dirty word because French is considered an elegant language, so… for jokes. But in an interview Piero said that the first time they sing together “’O sole mio” he told the Orchestra to stop at his point, let him sing, and follow him…he was 16 LOL ] Laughs with strumental "applause" from the band behind LB: Exact... French definitely often use this expression hahaha Laughs LB: Listen Gianluca, but I know you've also liked Fiorella Mannoia, that in the evening dedicated to cover chose a stratospheric song of Francesco De Gregori. GG: Yes I loved her too [we understand this too from your tweets] I’m also a fan of her, in particular one of her songs, called “In Viaggio”, in the 2014 disc, which is beautiful. Then thanks to my father I grew up listening to De Andrè, De Gregori... Gaber. (joking) Il Volo can be radical chic sometimes... [in reference to the criticism of being radical chic that they received] laughs GG: It is not just pizza and mandolino. Not so. AP: why pizza and mandolin? [Is what some haters write] LB: and why radical chic excuse me? singing De Gregori became radical chic? GG: ... no no ... in fact. LB: you have refined tastes, Stevie Wonder and Pino Daniele, for Ignazio. And now we listen, in a new guise for us, Gianluca in "Sempre e per sempre", live with the Social Band, Francesco de Gregori. Applause Song "Sempre e per sempre"

 Applause

LB: the version of Gianluca of Il Volo, "Sempre e per sempre”, beautiful voice. …Beautiful voice, charming indeed, but have you seen... there Sebastianello [the cameraman] is shooting... have you seen how Gianluca looks at the camera? Huh? AP: acchiappesco. [it’s a word that does not exist but sounds like “That Catch” in a funny way] LB: Watch Sebastianello’s belly…. He’s pregnant! Laughs GG is laughing in the background for the word "acchiappesco" AP: he remained pregnant for acchiappesco look. But who is the lover of the three of you? LB: eh come on! Here the cleanest has the mange! [literally. It’s a way of saying that who’s better is still bad. In this case to say that who pick up less girls still pick up a lot.] AP: but who pick up more? LB: if anything, who is the fastest? Because sooner or later they all pick up. IB: He! Laughs LB: he has indicated them both! IB: I’m neutral LB: but there is one of three that maybe is a little more romantic? who falls in love, that would like- PB: in the middle! LB: Ignazio! IB: Yes, it's true LB: the one that says "no, let’s not leave, let’s stay here. I found the woman of my life…" AP: romance is Calabrian IB: (grumpy) you are Calabrian LB: he is Sicilian! AP: yes, ok, but is not an offense! we greet the Calabrian! IB: no, but there you eat nduja and we eat the cannoli, it is different. LB: here [in the messages], are loudly asking Gianluca to do an imitation of Tiziano Ferro GG: (surprised) really? IB: (acute and desperate voice) but why ?! Why, I ask you? LB: (to Gianluca) you steal the job to Perroni. Music starts GG: ... but what song is this? LB: "La differenza tra me e te", do you know it? Gianluca sing, sometimes with Andrea IB: (in the middle of the song) Go Calabria!!! LB: why?? Ignazio long laugh long funny suffered final note LB: possessed! Laughs AP: because he [Tiziano Ferro] on the end calls the gulls, generally. IB: seemed more Roby Facchinetti PB: (imitating him) Thanks! LB: The nice thing about these guys is that they play, joke, but then they sing “Nessun Dorma” and kill you.

AP: Exactly IB: but for the voices or for the breath? Laughter musical applause from the band LB: a little for both GG: This was funny! [Ignazio’s joke] LB: So Piero, we know that he eats granite, I understood, from his friend Pino- PB: (quietly and sadly) the nutritionist has forbidden me everything. LB: everything? PB: everything. LB: But why? You're in good shape! AP: but granita is water! LB: yes! Then Ignazio instead goes from pasta to sushi, I understand ... IB: I'm like this ... I alternate periods of diets to... LB: you ate everything, an omnivore. IB: Yes, however, I eat only healthy foods: an healthy whole baking sheet of pasta, a healthy whole rabbit... Laughs IB: it's all healthy LB: You don’t do portion IB: no no no LB: you eat the whole baking sheet IB: the nutritionist told me to eat healthy. LB: and you, Gianluca? What do you eat? Italians have this problem, when around the world, for a few days we'll get it on well, eating foreign food, but then there is nostalgia for the Italian one [this is Piero, in fact, he said it on the interview to Rolling Stone Italy] GG: but Can I say it?... I don’t want doing commercial to Ferrero…. Nutella! Can I tell it, right? LB: Yes, cause Nutella did not need advertise GG: I ate so much Nutella, an excess of Nutella, that I became lactose intolerant! Think of it. Because the fans around the world, give me big jars of Nutella and in two months of touring in America we brought home 40 jars of Nutella! IB: (joking) a Montepagano opened a Nutella Store. Laughs AP: Gianluca no longer grow hair, grow oil palm leaves. Laughs  GG: Unfortunately, they told me that I became lactose intolerant ... do you realize it? I am suffering! LB: But there are some imitation brands that I can not mention, who do the simil-nutella lactose free. I know. GG: I know. LB: I know because I eat a lot of it GG: Me too. IB: Lately when fans brought him Nutella he said "No, no! I’m  intolerant, give me something else…" Laughs GG: ... I did not understand this... Laughs AP: (laughter) What a bastard! Laughs LB: I think the fans bring Nutella to spread it on him and massage him! Now, we will listen to another star of this festival which we liked very much AP: When will she comes here to see us? LB: Are you in love? Elodie, "Tutta colpa mia" [“all my fault”, beautiful voice!] Song "Tutta colpa mia"

 In studio we hear Piero singing Elodie’s song (greatly! The song fits his voice well!) LB: It was me! I was singing like this! This is my voice! ....No, it is not true: it was Piero who sang with the harmonization of his friends. IB: At last we tried to. GG: We should greet Elodie too, and she is not just a good singer ... [is also a beautiful girl] AP: But stop it! LB: ammazza! [literally “kill” an exclamation used like “Oh my God!”] GG: -and she wore a beautiful Armani white dress... oh my God! Sorry! I am saying a bit of brands name! AP: Do not worry. LB: It was stitched together by Armani and Nutella. Laughs PB: (making fun of Gian’s habit of saying brand name) she also wore Victoria's secret underwear. Laughs LB: Do you want to say some other brand? Laughs LB: Do you want to greet the FIAT? IB: No, he says it just because it does it as a sponsor LB: Piero, testimonial of Vistoria's secret! Laughs LB: Piero: a tenor with thong. Piero’s laughter LB: Listen, when you are around the world what is that you miss most about home? PB: Everything. We’re Italians in the blood and can’t wait to return to Italy from the tour... we haven’t said the dates ... LB: We’ll say it at the end. PB: I know them all, because, you have to know, I’m the PR of the group. In fact, my name is Piero. IB: These are his consonants. LB: Now we have the meteo, and then we’ll come back with Il Volo that will tell us also the stages of their world tour.

Jingle of the program sung by Gianni Morandi LB: Morandi’s voice brings us together! Yesterday he made on Social a dedication to his wife, Anna, and has become viral. For Valentine he was singing "Senza te", of Baglioni, and you saw all the photos, marriage etc. Now, Il Volo with Placido Domingo, Notte Magica. In how many song Domingo was director, in this album? PB: We allowed ourselves to do this tribute because, somehow, there was the participation of all three. Placido Domingo, as you saw, was on stage with us, he has directed seven songs and sung "Non ti scordar di me" with us. We received the "good luck" by José Carreras, but mostly we had the cooperation and support of Fondazione Pavarotti- IB: Nicoletta Mantovani [the widow of Luciano] Applause LB: What kind of person is Domingo? PB: Placido is a character... last year we were in Taormina, we were in the pool, getting tan- GG: Listen how he tells all the details "we were in the pool… relaxing" PB: laughs -we were in the pool, Michele comes with a suggestion, how about doing a tribute to the three tenors? Our first thought was to call Domingo and see what he thought of this project. He said (in Spanish) "is a wonderful idea, and I want to be on stage with you!" So I was just like "Michele, let’s start working". Just like that. Laughs. LB: Just like that. You see, while they are in the pool how many things happen... but many other good things will happen because you have three magical voices- AP: for me at the pool came the police instead LB: …Did you made an abusive pool!? AP: no is that I had not paid the entrance

LB: ah, not in your garden ?! AP: no no. LB: Piero, out of the three, you are the most... classic, the most- IB: laughs LB: Ignazio why are you laughing? No, seriously. I ask because it seems to me so. PB: I have always studied and are more inclined to opera, classical music, that is my greatest passion. You never stop learning, to achieve the objectives, and of setting goals in life- AP: But you've pointed out: "I have always studied” like saying that instead the others two... Laughs GG: But it's true. For example, I have always listen Bocelli, but the more pop side of him, then as a child I listened to Alex Baroni... And actually (voice that says he doesn’t like it), when I am called Baritone…it’s not..

LB: You don’t find yourself in it. GG: I like to be called a singer, not a tenor or a baritone. Of the three, probably, I’m who feel less classical. IB: yes GG: Then, I'm wrong because I do not study. And this is a big mistake. I'm not proud of it, I should not say it, but I want to be honest with you, I don’t study a lot, especially lirica. IB: Only honest with you and a few million that are listening. Laughs IB: Is a reserved thing. Laughs LB: (to Gianluca) but it seems to me that you aren’t lacking in something. But now, Piero, with your classic setting, we do an experiment never attempted. Here on Radio2 Social Club, Piero will do a cover, with Maestro Cenci at the piano, of a great song of Riccardo Cocciante, of which there is also a famous version of Rino Gaetano, that everyone knows. The song is "A mano a mano", Piero, Il Volo, live here. Song "A mano a mano"

 Applause

 LB: "A mano a mano" by Piero. The audience here is listening a real unreleased concert because the boys of Il Volo are venturing in an unusual repertoire  compared to the classics. Compliments. -Here Andrea Perroni does the imitation of a very unfriendly critic (not Sgarbi, another one, because sadly we have a lot of that) named Cruciani. He immediately starts with vulgar criticism and a series of insults that are usually said to Il Volo by some critics and haters. The boys joke with him a little when AP/Cruciani asks:

AP: why do you not answer me? IB: Because we are waiting some help from uncle Luca (Luca Barbarossa, who is not really their uncle) who knows you more and knows how to talk with you... AP/Cruciani goes on with criticism PB: But who the fuck are you? AP: Oh, I like that, I like it! GG (joking softly): ah, you have to be friendly with him… Some other rant, and then: AP: Sanremo is the tomb of a singer’s career. Hear what wikipedia says about you three "a trio composed of three twenty-somethings who seem your grandfather" What hobbies do you have? Bowls? GG: yours sister’s ones [“Bocce” means bowls, a stuff sometimes considered for old people, but is also a slang used to say tits] Laughs AP: oh, I like it! I like battles! Who said it? GG: Me… Gianluca ... if you dare speak like that I can answer… can’t I? AP: Yes! I like confrontation! Some other rant, and then: AP: How did it go this story with Trump? IB: So the tour...uhm… AP: It was all a fake! PB: you talk just for envy, because you wanted to go there, but because his wife is beautiful! Laughs AP: There’s Torpedine? Then listen to what he said of these three "they are a big mistake, that can’t sing karaoke to school party! In two years I’ll send them to fuck off! I already spotted an eight year old who sings like Callasi" he said so. [Below you understand why instead of Callas he says Callasi] IB: (joking) It was Torpedine or Sgarbi? MT: (Michele enter) Must have been that comedian who do imitations of Sgarbi and Cruciani… Jingle of Radio2 Social Club Song by Marco Masini "spostato di un secondo" LB: Marco Masini at Radio 2 social club, with Il Volo. Now advertising, then we will be back.

 Jingle of Radio2 Social Club LB: Radio 2 Social Club, with Il Volo! AP: (who is now not doing imitation, just himself) With two-thirds of Il Volo, because sometimes Gianluca disappears... I don’t know where he goes, sometimes he get lost in the corridors of Radio2 LB: He go getting phone numbers from girls GG (from distance): No, it is not true! LB: I've seen it, I see it all... and one of them was my wife. laughter LB: I suffered in silence... because I understand- AP: Well, he gives much of himself [idk how translate it. “si dà molto” is literally “he gives much of himself” and it’s used to say that someone is really warm-hearted and loving] LB: -a younger singer who already has more success- GG (now again near the microphone): I'm just- LB: -how can I don’t understand it? But, you know,  you should take 3 children, the dogs, the cat and the Romanian nanny [if he steals his wife] GG: I'm just very loving. Just that. LB: OK… This comforts me! Before we didn’t say the Italian dates. Who want to say them? IB: Piero tells them, he is the PR LB: Piero you tell them… Do you know them by heart? PB: (tells the dates and the band start playing suspense music, like TV program where you have to guess the answer... he skips a few dates) IB: (in Sicilian) and all those in between? AP: laughs –Can you repeat? IB: those in between! PB: (goes on) GG: (adds some forgotten) LB: and if you want to go to London (-dates) IB: and by the way in London there will be a friend of our. PB: Tall GG: with glasses and beard IB: tall but short [like for the RTL102.5 interview…idk how translate it: “basso” in Italian is used for both “short” and “deep”, like “alto” is used for both “tall” and “high”. He is tall but with deep voice] GG: bald PB: (to AP) You guess who, Cruciani!

laughter GG: we summarize. Tall, bald, beard, glasses. IB: Has six children- PB: seven IB: -no television at home AP: Mario Biondi! LB: Ciao to Mario Biondi! Who also made a beautiful cover of "portami a ballare" [lit. “take me to dance”, by Barbarossa] .... When will you three make a cover of "portami a ballare" for me? PB: Do you know that I listen it while I shower? At home I did the sound system and it is in my playlist… The band start playing PB: I do not remember the text though (start singing "portami a ballare", confusing some word) LB suggests the text to Piero so he can sing GG and IB join singing doing some background music. Ignazio is doing a sound similar to a trumpet. LB: Ignazio is doing the trumpet... he is destroying it hahaha [actually was “me la sta uccidendo” which is used when someone is killing/destroying  something yours] Piero sings. There is a choir, and in background Ignazio start joking screaming random stuff They get on tune with each other but with Ignazio that every time the song says "ciao Mamma" he says "ciao" to some Italian cities, like “ciao Milano” or “ciao Roma”.

Result: Well singed and funny af. At the end PB don’t remember how to finish and just said "ahhmahah" IB: (joking) the  last sentence was really beautiful! LB: (laughing) No, it was very good, apart from that scoundrel Ignazio! GG: he did Fabrizio Bosso [Italian trumpeter] LB: You have to do a cover! I am convinced that with three voices would be a splendid job! PB: Do you know why he says it? For SIAE rights! [kind of copyright that would give the author some money] Laughs LB: Sure, what else? AP: that’s why he asks it to everybody. LB: Now Jax Jones "you do not know me" Song "you do not know me" At the end of the song you can hear "The callasi" mixed in, with Andrea’s voice when he imitated Cruciani LB: (laughing) I want an applause! Because there are people, not here, that when read “Callas!” read it like “Callasi”, reading the “!” like an “I” AP: The Callasi Applause IB: I defend it because it sound like a Sicilian thing AP: thanks Ignazio! LB: Do not defend this clown, take the distances, remember that is who did imitation of Cruciani AP: a joke is a joke, is something else! LB: let’s end it reminding the dates (dates of the tour) And now we wish you good luck for this tour. When will you get a break? PB: In August. I want to say that the repertoire of this tour will be the one of this album, a tribute to the three tenors [I hope they are ready, it is a difficult one to sing so often!] GG: I can, if you allow me, greet my beloved land, Abruzzo, which has not passed a delightful time in this last month. Applause LB: and you were also particularly attached to the structure in Rigopiano GG: yes .. LB: It was a wound for the whole country. And with the Nazionale Cantanti we are organizing initiatives. The other night, in Sanremo, we met for dinner with the Mayor of Amatrice [one of the Italian towns destroyed by the earthquake] for initiatives that we will do all together, and I invite you already if you are available- IB: we always are PB: ok President! LB: the Partita del Cuore [lit. “Game of heart”] this year will be in late May at the Juventus Stadium, a portion of the profits will be donated to scientific research and another for earthquake victims. GG: we too are organizing an event, still in early stage… let's see what we can do for my land. LB: The boys are, among other things, also good football players, what do you want more? [well, Piero not so much LOL but he’s good with tennis!] IB: Before leaving, however, we want to say thank you- GG: (joking) only to you but not to Andrea [because Piero said “tu” -second person singular- and not “voi” -second person plural. In English both “you”] IB: to you both, because you feel like home. Before we were talking... seriously, a friend, but not only that. More than that. GG: (joking) you're not like a father, you are like a grandfather! PB: (joking) And you Andrea, really, you're more than a man IB: you're not even a woman[the joke is a bit lost on the translation because we say like “you are not even a-” to say “you are more than-”, so it sound like “you are not even a man, nor even a woman”] Laughs LB: we end with “Nessun Dorma” by Il Volo GG: "Nessun dorma" get up! [again: “nessun dorma” lit. means “nobody sleep” like an order] IB and PB: bye! song “Nessun dorma”

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Link!!!

Ignazio singing Pino Daniele:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPL450ZCsFQ

Piero singing “A mano a mano”:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl-C2nv_VWo

Gian singing “Sempre e per sempre”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PWii0Vb_a4

Link with translation of “Sempre e per sempre”: http://tiretochooseanotherusername.tumblr.com/post/157605094258/sempre-e-per-sempre-di-francesco-de-gregori

Gian teaching a Chinese girl to speak abruzzese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7u2czxcGwo