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36-578: The Stadio Nazionale was constructed in 1911, and was renovated in 1928 for the Italy–Hungary international match. The stadium closed in 1953 and was replaced by the Stadio Flaminio in 1957. Stadio Nazionale PNF hosted three games of the 1934 FIFA World Cup, including the final matches. 41°55′38″N 12°28′20″E  /  41.92722°N 12.47222°E  / 41.92722; 12.47222 This article about an Italian sports venue

72-520: A band, with the help of classical and electric guitar , pianola , piano , synthesizer and MIDI , a technology never tested at the time. The live album Assolo is based on the concert at the stadium in the city of Milan , the triple album was a commercial success in Europe . The success of Claudio in this decade is so high that around the end of 1985 the first collection for the European market of

108-455: A concept album about waiting, based on Giacomo Leopardi 's poems. In 1977, the album Solo ; was the first in which he made lyrics, music and production on his own. In 1978, comes the incredible success with the album E tu come stai? . In 1981, he produced the hugely successful album Strada facendo the first Italian album to reach one million copies. The following year the Alé Oó tour starts,

144-470: A concert in Vatican Square. In the summer of 2000, he brought the tour Acustico. Sogno di una notte di note to the amphitheatres , rearranging all his most famous songs in an acoustic key, in 2001 he was the first artist to bring pop music to traditional theaters with the tour Incanto tra pianoforte e voce performing completely alone accompanied by just the piano. In 2003 the album Sono io

180-721: A film and a series of concerts. In 2010, he did a series of concerts around the world, the last concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London was recorded and broadcast on Sky and transposed onto the live album World Tour which met with incredible success. On New Year's Eve 2011 he held a concert at the Imperial fora in Rome which attracted over 300,000 people. In 2013 he released the album Con voi . In 2019, to celebrate 50 years of career, he realizes an incredible concert at

216-468: A stage, the concert tour is called Tour Giallo . Subsequently, the 1996 tour called Tour Rosso began in the palasport with the stage in the center without barriers between the public and the artist with the band, with over 51 dates it became an incredible success. On 6 June 1998, he held the concert event of the year at the Olympic stadium in Rome , the concert totaled over 100,000 spectators thanks to

252-401: A traveler's journey between space and time. The album sells half a million copies in a month . Baglioni will subsequently declare that the three albums ( Oltre , Io sono qui and Viaggiatore sulla coda del tempo ) make up a trilogy of time where each represents the past, present and future respectively. The tour that follows this album made between January and March 2000, called Tour Blu , it

288-455: A unique moment in the work of Pier Luigi Nervi, unanimously recognised as the most ingenious Italian engineer and a pioneer of the study and use of reinforced concrete. Abandoned for years, the stadium is now in an advanced state of decay. This degeneration can be traced back to three principal causes: improper interventions that failed to respect the characteristics of the original structure, widespread deterioration caused by years of neglect and

324-535: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Stadio Flaminio The Stadio Flaminio is a stadium in Rome. It lies along the Via Flaminia , three kilometres northwest of the city centre, 300 metres away from the Parco di Villa Glori. The interior spaces include a covered swimming pool, rooms for fencing, amateur wrestling , weightlifting , boxing and gymnastics. Pier Luigi Nervi designed

360-478: Is a remarkable example of different ways to use concrete: in situ castings, prefabricated elements, undulating slabs of ferrocement. The Flaminio Stadium is a unique work that offers a highly original union between form and structure and between architecture and engineering. It testifies to a special and internationally recognised period for Italian architectural culture, characterised by a highly fertile relationship between different disciplines. The project also frames

396-409: Is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and musician. His career has been going on for over 50 years. Considered one of the most successful pop rock singer-songwriters in the history of Italian music, he has sold over 60 million records, among which Questo piccolo grande amore from 1972 stands out, of which the song of the same name was awarded «song of the century», Strada facendo from 1981, one of

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432-418: Is an actor or a spectator of life. The album is structured as if it were a film with a beginning, an end, the interlude and then the first, second, third and fourth time which anticipate the subsequent songs by describing them as cinematic scenes. The album has sold 1.5 million copies to date. Baglioni initially presents the album with a series of surprise concerts held on a yellow truck which once opened became

468-400: Is characterized by a futuristic cut like the 1999 album with projection screens and laser lights, the concerts began with a sort of three-dimensional hologram that had the appearance of a robotic face named Claud ; an alter ego of the artist who announced that he came from the future and appeared between one song and another to tell his story accompanied by thoughts and messages from the future,

504-668: The Vatican City in the presence of 300,000 people including the Pope. In 2006 he was officially the first Italian artist to perform at the Brussels European Parliament . Around 1968 he composed the Annabel Lee musical suite, based on a poem by Edgar Allan Poe . In 1969, he released his first single and recorded the single Signora Lia ; a comic song that tells of a lady's marital infidelity. Over time

540-647: The Verona Arena which for the first time is open to the public in its entirety. With the stage in the center and the spectators filling the entire arena in the round. In 2020 the last album In questa storia, che è la mia was released . In the summer of 2022, he made the Tutti su! tour in the amphitheaters and in the summer of 2023 aTuttoCuore tour with an incredible concert at the Foro Italico in Rome then continued in 2024 around Italy in palasport and in

576-535: The Flaminio Stadium with his son, the architect Antonio Nervi, between 1957 and 1958. The structure was built for the XVII Olympic Games in Rome (1960) and inaugurated in 1959. The Stadio Flaminio was built on the site of the previous Stadio Nazionale PNF . It was mostly devoted to football matches and served as the venue for the football final in the 1960 Summer Olympics . This stadium

612-546: The Flaminio once the project is completed. The stadium was originally slated to become the home of Praetorians Roma, a newly formed team that would be one of Italy's two representatives in the Celtic League . However, it was later decided that Benetton Treviso would replace Praetorians. In 1989–90 season both Roma and Lazio played at Stadio Flaminio during the renovations of Stadio Olimpico. Stadio Flaminio

648-547: The albums the artist's most successful album and La vita è adesso from 1985 which is the best-selling album of all time in Italy. In the 90s he experiments world music with the discs of the time trilogy , which began with Oltre (1990) considered his masterpiece, continued with one of the best-selling albums ever in Italy Io sono qui (1995) and ended with Viaggiatore sulla coda del tempo (1999). In 2006 he composed

684-420: The anthem of the 2006 Winter Olympics . Also an innovator in the field of live performances, Baglioni achieved over a million total spectators with the tours Alé Oó in 1982 and Notti di note in 1985. In 1986 he invented a new method of live performance, with the tour Assolo where he performed completely alone accompanied by electric guitar , piano , sequencer and MIDI , a technology never tested at

720-554: The center of the stadium, with the audience completely surrounding it, filling the stadium in every sector. The event, which attracted 90,000 spectators, was broadcast live on television by RAI and awarded by Billboard as the best concert of the year worldwide. It was the home of Italy rugby union national team for Six Nations tournament home matches from Italy's entry in the competition in 2000 until 2011 . The Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) announced, in January 2010, that

756-486: The crowd. Jackson also performed another sell-out concert on 4 July 1992 during the Dangerous World Tour , in front of 40,000 fans. An amateur recording can be found on YouTube for both concerts. David Bowie played in front of 45, 000 people in 1987. On 3 July 1991 Claudio Baglioni held the concert Oltre una bellissima notte . For the first time in the history of pop concerts, the stage is positioned in

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792-462: The first tour of an Italian singer in the big stadiums. The name of the tour in fact takes its cue from a typical chorus of football matches. In June of the same year (1982) Claudio at the age of 31 becomes a father and in one day writes the worldwide hit song Avrai dedicated to his son. In 1985, comes the incredible success of the album La vita è adesso , the best-selling album of all time in Italy with almost 4 million copies sold, immediately after

828-743: The national team would move to Genoa or to the Stadio Olimpico di Roma . This change was confirmed with the Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) becoming upset at broken promises of renovations. It was initially reported that the FIR would move Six Nations matches to Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence . However, when the city finally began the promised renovations, FIR announced that it would instead keep its Six Nations home fixtures in Rome at Stadio Olimpico, and that it would return to

864-462: The participation of great international artists; the album will radically change the Italian music industry. The concert of 1991 will be decreed by Billboard magazine as the best concert of the year in the world, thanks to the stage that is located in the center of the stadium with the public surrounding it in the round. In the same year the European version of the record Oltre is marketed. In 1992

900-902: The physiological aging of materials and plant systems. In July 2017, with the cooperation of the Municipality of Rome, Sapienza University, Pier Luigi Nervi Project Association and DO.CO.MO.MO. Italy received a grant from the Getty Foundation and its Keeping it Modern program to prepare a conservation plan for the Stadio Flaminio . As of August 2021, much of the main stadium is in a state of disrepair. Pink Floyd performed two concerts on 11 and 12 July 1988 during their A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour . U2 performed there in 1987 in front of 45 000 fans. Bruce Springsteen played two sellout concerts in June 1988 both concerts

936-456: The release of the album begins the 1985 stadium tour began which totaled over 1.5 million spectators with the final concert in Rome which was the first concert in the history of Italian music to be broadcast live on TV. The overwhelming success of the album kicks off another big tour the following year; Assolo a sensational tour consisting of over 30 concerts in the great stadiums of Italy where Claudio Baglioni performs completely alone, without

972-480: The singer-songwriter was released, entitled Claudio Baglioni , containing the best ten songs of the singer-songwriter of the 80s. In 1988, he participated in a concert of the Human Right Now! tour with Peter Gabriel , Sting and Bruce Springsteen . In 1990, after 3 years of work he released the double album Oltre , an ambitious project with 20 songs that contains experiments with world music and

1008-406: The song became a cult of Italian pop music despite its poor initial success. He collaborated with Italian singer Mia Martini for her debut album. Success came only in 1972, with the album Questo piccolo grande amore ; the homonymous song in 1985 will be awarded as the Italian song of the century. In 1974, he recorded the album E tu ... with Vangelis . In 1975, it comes out Sabato pomeriggio ;

1044-500: The stadium would undergo an expansion, that will increase its capacity to 42,000, before the 2012 Six Nations Championship. A failure to progress these plans has been cited as the reason for moving Italy's home Six Nations games from 2012. With a capacity of 32,000 (8,000 covered), it was the smallest of the Six Nations stadiums. It is no longer considered big enough for the Italian national team and there were frequent reports that

1080-409: The stage in the center and the spectators who filled the stadium, still this record remains undefeated by any event, both musical and sporty. And in 1999, the album Viaggiatore sulla coda del tempo , with the imminent arrival of the new millennium, considered one of the most ambitious, complex and cultured projects of the musician's entire recording work, it marks the passage of the millennium through

1116-462: The time. In 1991 he was the first artist in the world to realize a concert with the stage in the centre, awarded by the magazine Billboard as «the best concert in the world», on 6 June 1998, again with the same concept of the stage in the centre, he set the record for attendance at a higher event ever; 100,000 spectators at the Olympic stadium in Rome , in 2000 he will perform in St. Peter's Square in

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1152-414: The tour Oltre il concerto began, held in palasport with the stage in the centre, marking the return of Baglioni throughout Italy, with over 50 dates it was a huge success. In 1995, the album Io sono qui was released, which marks Claudio's return to the scene, the disc deals with the theme of comedy, everyday life is in fact a bit of a comedy for everyone where everyone wears a mask without knowing if he

1188-460: The virtual image mentions that as long as his music is listened to the traveler will not he will have left in vain. On 31 December 1999, for New Year's Eve, he performed in the last concert of the millennium in St. Peter’s Square , in the Vatican , in the presence of approximately 380,000 spectators including the Pope and on live national TV, he is the first and only artist in history to have held

1224-595: Was also the home of Atletico Roma F.C. , an association football club who played in Lega Pro Prima Divisione , but were dissolved in 2011. In 2021, Italian newspaper Leggo reported that Lazio president Claudio Lotito had made an 'important and serious proposal' to increase the capacity of the stadium to 40,000 and to return the club to the stadium on a permanent basis. Claudio Baglioni Claudio Baglioni OMRI ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈklaudjo baʎˈʎoːni] ; born 16 May 1951)

1260-491: Was attended by a crowd of 40,000 Fans at a total of 80,000 people for his Tunnel of Love express tour having opened his European tour in Turin in front of 65 000 people with one concert at Stadio Communale. Michael Jackson performed two sell-out concerts on 23 and 24 May 1988 during his Bad World Tour . Each concert was attended by a crowd of 40,000 fans. Police and security guards rescued hundreds of fans from being crushed in

1296-414: Was released which sold 300,000 copies in just one month, followed by the stadium tour with the stage at the center. In 2005 his first official collection Tutti qui was released which soon became a commercial success and from which the tour which lasted from 2006 to 2007 began in palasport with the stage at the centre. In 2009 he launched the ambitious Q.P.G.A. project which includes a novel, an album,

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