Il Volo made sure their 2016 NorthAmerican tour stopped in theirfavorite city of Detroit where they“lit” up the stage at the Fox Theateron Saturday, February 27th.

Gianluca and Antonio breakingbread together

Downtown traffic could haveinterfered providing stand still trafficas fans crawled their way to thetheater, but nothing stopped the soldout crowd from seeing GianlucaGinoble, Piero Barone and IgnazioBoschetto take the stage accompaniedby an orchestra and a rock band toopen the show with their album titlesingle “Grande Amore.” Il Volo, anItalian pop trio, delighted hundreds ofscreaming fans singing pop, operaticand international classic songs. Thetrio joined together for duets and alsohad solos. They dazzled the audiencewith their fun-loving personalities andtheir passion for music and Italy.

Since Il Volo’s first visit to Detroitin 2010, when Antonio Rugieroadvocated for these brilliant youngsingers to come to his city and theDetroit Opera House to do their firstperformance in America, they took the

audience in their first concert and sincehave become international artists.

In their short time together they havereleased four albums with the newest,“Grande Amore,” hitting #1 on thebillboard charts. They have toured withBarbara Streisand in 2012, won twoLatin Grammy Awards. In 2015 theywon the celebrated San Remo MusicFestival and represented Italy in theEurovision Song Contest in Vienna.They continue to grow as artists whileremaining the same grounded youngmen that came to Detroit to follow theirdream to bring the classic music of Italyto the world.

Piero and everyone complementedMama Rita for the great meal.

The Rugiero Family and Il VoloFamily together again in 2016.

After the concert, Il Volo wanted tocatch up and visit with their friendAntonio, so together the Rugiero familyand the Il Volo family gathered atRugiero’s restaurant and Mama Ritaprepared their favorite dishes. They ate,sang, laughed, shared a wonderful mealand celebrated till 3:00 a.m. Maestro,the conductor traveling with Il Volo,proclaimed it was the best Italian foodhe had had since leaving Italy. With lotsof hugs and love the family said their

goodbyes as Il Volo boarded their tourbus for the next stop in Nashville.They have 35 stops on their NorthernAmerican tour before they leave fora tour in Latin America and Europe.Bravo Il Volo!

“I have always been so proud of theseboys and honored to call them myfriends,” said Antonio. “It is such a joyto watch Il Volo achieve well-deservedInternational stardom. They remain thesame fresh-faced boys that came in2010. They are kind, thoughtfulindividuals that have a passion formusic, family and their fans.”

Piero, Ignazio, Antonio andGianluca spending time together

after the concert at his restaurant.

Il Volo comes home to Detroit“It all started here. We Love You DETROIT.” ~Il Volo