Luciano Ligabue celebrates 30 years of happy birthday Elvis: “With my lives I hope to give a sense of belonging, against today’s isolation”

On the day of his 65th birthday and 30 years of the album Happy birthday Elvis, Luciano Ligabue He announces a work omnia of that iconic disc in 6 and 8 cds (there are also vinyls). With remastered and “naked” versions, «or versions very similar to how I had conceived them in the creation phase. Only with the acoustic guitar, “says Liga. The 1995 album, among the best sellers in the history of Italian discography, which contains HIT as Some nights, Light, Do you have a moment, God?, I live dead or x etc., it rises.

“We give him a new life,” says Correggio’s rocker, “there are improbable demos that make tenderness. Some rarities that we didn’t even know existed. For example, a funky version of The strength of the banda version of Kay was here that has nothing to do with the original, then ended up in Miss World. There is also the stranger Sorry I’m this here which contained the germ of the text of On my way».

And then there are the versions of the songs recorded in some live of the 90s, the most recent ones of the concerts in the theaters of 2024 and the “Tales”, that is, the tracks commented by Luciano Ligabue himself. The first physical versions will be released from 18 April. The party for the celebrations of the 30 years of Happy birthday Elvis Start from now on, and then continue with the live a Campovolo (June 21) and at Royal Palace of Caserta (September 6). “They will be two concerts with many surprises, but with an identical ladder,” assures Liga.

Luciano Ligabue (Photo Guido Harari)

Will there not be the nostalgia effect? “Happy birthday Elvis After a critical moment, after the dissolution of the illegal immigrants, the breakdown with a manager and an album gone badly (Survivors and survives, editor’s note) », says Ligabue,” it could have been the disk of you come or go. I consider it a timeless album. I like to think so ».

On the nostalgia effect he says instead: “I hope not, but even if it were … when I see my concerts of the nineties, there is a lot of fun. Here, I would like to continue playing. Today in the spirit I don’t recognize myself in number 65, laughs. «As long as I do it I will continue to look for a band with which to do the studio tests for a live. Today I feel the need for the sense of belongingof a “us”, the conditions have worsened compared to two years ago (When his latest album came out entitled Dedicated to us, editor’s note)we are more isolated and seagauritthe. Seeing many people in front of me in the live for a few hours, allows me to think that that sense belonging is a possibility ».

Source: Vanity Fair

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