Lucca Summer Festival – Blanco

Blanco, the winner of the last Sanremo Festival moves from Piazza Napoleone to the Walls of Lucca.

Following the extraordinary victory at the 72nd edition of the Italian Song Festival of Sanremo with the song Shivers together with Mahmood, Blanco announced the summer dates of the BLU CELESTE TOUR that will lead him to perform live also on the stage of Lucca Summer Festival. =

 Blanco is ready to bring all his punk attitude, raw and provocative of his debut album, “Blu Celeste”, certified triple platinum with over 370 million streams made on the platforms digital and 160 million views on YouTube. In addition to having collected 28 platinum records, 7 gold records and more than 1 billion total streaming in less than a year, Blanco is the youngest Italian artist to have positioned himself for 18 weeks at the top of the Fimi / GfK ranking of best-selling singles and the second most listened to 2021 artist on Spotify.

Rolling Stone Italia defined him as “genreless” Claudio Cabona of Rockol commented on how Blanco is capable of mixing rap with a “nihilistic punk attitude”.

La Repubblica described him as “the new face of the post-rap”. While talking about his way of delivering his lyrics, heavily inspired by his personal experiences, Blanco said: “I don’t sing, I shout with the heart”.