Sanremo, the Stato Sociale brings the drama of entertainment workers to the festival stage

It was defined by many as the most touching performance of the third night of the 71st Sanremo Festival: last night, in fact, on the evening dedicated to duets and covers, the Stato Sociale chose to perform the song Non è per sempre by Afterhours from 1999 together with actors Emanuela Fanelli and Francesco Pannofino and the show business workers, bringing to the Ariston stage the drama of the show business workers themselves, who removed the summer interlude have been practically at a standstill for a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Just before the song ended, the Stato Sociale, Emanuela Fanelli, Francesco Pannofino, and the show business workers listed the names of a number of Italian theaters and cinemas that are either closed temporarily due to the pandemic or closed permanently because they have been in crisis for some time. Thousands of live stopped and ten thousand people stopped for more than a year, the message, however, is that soon finally the show will be able to start again: “it won’t be forever” is the phrase that closed the recitation, on the standing ovation of the Ariston orchestra.

This is the passage recited on stage: “Alcatraz, Milan: opened in 1997 closed in February 2020, we don’t know when it will reopen. Teatro dell’angelo, Rome: opened in ’94, closed forever. Cinema Iris, Messina: don’t know when it will reopen. In the 1990s a musician opens the Cage in Livorno because, he says, cities without clubs are uglier and emptier: we don’t know when it will reopen. The Mandrioli cinema in the province of Bologna continues to show films during the lockdown, behind closed doors, so that the city will not lack character voices. And we don’t know when it will reopen. Hiroshima, Turin: We don’t know. Teatro Massimo, Palermo. Adriano Cinema. Sherwood festival, Miami, Dances with Boars: suspended. May Day: no audience. Salone Margherita theater: closed permanently. Sanremo Festival 2021: 26 singers, between them alone over 50,000 concerts, over a thousand live clubs, over 10,000 people who have been out of work for a year. But it won’t be forever. Believe us, our flowers are not ruined yet.”

Only one jarring note, noted by many, both among the audience and insiders: the Stato Sociale were among the last artists to perform, at about 1:30 a.m. Consequently, their act would have reached many more people had it been scheduled at a less late hour.

A video of the performance can be seen on the RaiPlay portal.

Sanremo, the Stato Sociale brings the drama of entertainment workers to the festival stage

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