After two years “remotely”, due to a pandemic, the May Day Concert is back as usual in San Giovanni in Rome. And the largest square in the capital should accommodate up to 300,000 people, with no more capacity limits and no restrictions. «A warm best wishes to young people» came from the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella who recalled how «May 1st is a good day to celebrate the values inscribed in our Constitution. Values that it is up to all of us to bring to life every day ».
The cast
To do the honors of the event promoted by the unions will be Ambra Angiolini for the fifth consecutive time, flanked by Bugo (live from 15.30 on Rai3, Radio2, Rai Play and Rai Italia). The showgirl and actress left the organizers with bated breath until the last, due to the positivity to the covid found in recent days: the negative molecular swab arrived on the eve has removed any doubt about her presence. “After two years it would have been a joke if I had stayed at home and they had stayed in the square,” said Amber.
The cast includes Gazzelle and Riccardo Cocciante with the artists of Notre Dame de Paris which celebrates 20 years of success. In all there will be about 50 artists who will take turns on the stage of San Giovanni for what wants to be a collective management, in which everyone will have space for a thought or reflection. The slogan chosen this year by the event is “To work for peace”, because as the organizers explained, if on the one hand there is the joy of returning to the streets after two years of pandemic, on the other there is the anguish of what is happening a few steps away from us. The war in Ukraine cannot leave us indifferent and as the only symbolic international guests – thanks to the collaboration of Siae – there will be Go_A, the Ukrainian band that represented the country at the last edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.
The artists expected on stage
Marco Mengoni, Go_A, Gazzelle, Carmen Consoli, Ariete, The Representative of the list, Luchè, Coez, Venerus, Mace feat. Rkomi, Venerus, Gemitaiz, Colapesce, Joan Thiele, Psychologists, Rancore, Mara Sattei, Bresh, Tommaso Paradiso, Rkomi, Ornella Vanoni, Rovere, Fabrizio Moro, Orchestraccia, Sinkro, Enrico Ruggeri, Deddy and Caffellatte, Mobrici, Coma_cose, Max Pezzali , Fasma, Bigmama, Mecna, Vibrazioni, Claver Gold, Luca Barbarossa and Extraliscio, Angelina Mango, Hu, Notre Dame de Paris with Riccardo Cocciante, Mr. Rain, Bandabardò & Cisco, VV. The three winners of the 1MNEXT 2022 contest Giorgieness, Mille, Mira will also take the stage.
Music will be the host but there will be moments of reflection, on the themes of work, rights, war, social policies, entrusted to Giovanna Botteri, Marco Paolini, Riccardo Iacona, Stefano Massini, the influencer Federica Gasbarro, Francesca Barra and Claudio Santamaria and the youtuber Barbascura X. There will also be the irony of Valerio Lundini with the Vazzanikki. From the square – explain CGIL, CISL and UIL – must start «a message of hope and a restart after a period of unrest that involved everyone. Music becomes a vehicle for talking about rights, but also about safety and protection. Work – decent and stable – shapes the future of the country and can build a more just and dignified society ».