Bruce Springsteen, the concert in Monza is at risk due to bad weather

It was a difficult night, the one just spent in Lombardy. The devastating storm that hit the region has caused damage and fear, and the situation has far from returned to normal, after it has been raining heavily for several days in the province of Monza and Brianza. Wind, hail and pouring rain have been causing damage since Friday 21 July, and among the places affected there is certainly also the monza park, where this evening, Tuesday 25 July, he is expected Bruce Springsteen for the final leg of his European tour.

The fans, in these hours, are holding their breath: will the concert take place or not, given the situation? “It’s a contradictory choice, whichever way I decide,” he said the mayor of Monza, Paolo Pilottowho is trying to better evaluate the question and who will decide in the next few hours on the fate of the Boss and the 70,000 people expected from all over Italy to listen to him.

The issue isn’t just making the area safe, which has been battered by bad weather for days. The question here is also not to repeat the error of evaluation committed in Emilia Romagna, when Springsteen performed in Ferrara in front of 50,000 spectators despite the fact that the region had just been devastated by floods. Criticism rained down, in those days just a few months ago, on the organizers – who had potentially endangered tens of thousands of people forced to move despite the considerable inconvenience – and also on the Boss, accused of not having said a single word about the situation.

Now Bruce Springsteen arrives in Lombardy, and the feeling is that of a terrible déjà vu not easy to manage. With the addition that, in this case, the concert area – the city park – had already been the subject of second thoughts and controversies in recent days. Fallen trees, muddy ground, general emergency situation had resulted Bianca Montrasio, the president of the Park Committee, to ask the City to rethink the location for the Springsteen concert. «Hosting an event like the Bruce Springsteen concert in our Park after what has happened in the last few hours is really unconscious. No one is asking the question of what could happen? », She said, referring to the bad weather in recent days. However, the administration had then managed to clean up the park, leaving it – says Mayor Pillotto – in order and in safety. Before last night’s storm, which shuffled the cards again. “Now I have to balance the issue of public order and security and the issue of convergence of forces,” said the mayor, adding that he had requested reinforcements from the Civil Protection.

Meanwhile, Barley Arts, the organizer of the event, ensures that tonight’s concert is currently confirmed.