THE Mayor of NichelinoGiampiero Tolardo, has decided to cancel the Povia Concert from the billboard of the celebrations of the Patronal feast – San Matteo – even if it was already programmed. His motivations are very clear and concern precisely the ideas expressed over the years by the artist of The children are leaving oh which are going in a very specific direction. “Unacceptable ideas, far from the values of democracy,” explained the First Citizen, thus cancelling show number 40 by Giuseppe Povia, who has already given a hundred concerts.
Povia concert cancelled, response on social networks
“Concert number 40, in Nichelino, in the province of Turin, is cancelled. The organiser of a talent show had called me, we had so many things contract signedwith the municipality logo, patronage and all that. Someone stepped in to veto it. I tell you without controversy, I don’t like to suffer in silence. This year I’ve done almost a hundred concerts, in right-wing and left-wing councils, yesterday we had a lot of fun and I’m someone who has a clear conscience. I’m an honest person. But there always comes the rotten cherry on this cake and a concert is cancelled. It hurts inside,” Povia said on social media, adding that it wasn’t the first time. In fact, there would be 40 concerts cancelled this season, while they performed on many other stages.
“In the world there is war, there is general discontent, there are places where children lose their lives, but here many are filled with slogans: freedom, democracy, especially those who boast of being democratic, of being inclusive, but then we tend to exclude those who think differently from you. There democracy “It should make people smile,” he concluded, visibly annoyed by what happened.
Povia responds to the mayor of Nichelino
“I am a person who has ideas, I do it with songs and when we deviate for a moment from someone else’s idea, and perhaps that other person has the power of decision, it turns out that a concert that had already been contracted is cancelled overnight. They tell me: “But look, I’ll pay you the same.” I don’t want money for what I have not finished,” continued the artist, obviously responding to the motivations of the mayor of Nichelino who clearly spoke of divergent ideas.
“It hurts to see a concert canceled for the usual ideological reasons. They labeled me ‘the one on the right’ and there’s nothing to be done. I always answer that between the right and the left I’m from the historical center,” Povia continued, also returning to the classifications that have been attributed to him over the years and that he has never really denied. His return to San Remo is only a mirage: since his last victory in 2006, which came with the song I wish I had a beakhe never returned to the stage Ariston Theatre. It has often been talked about but in reality, nothing has ever come to fruition. Like the Nichelino concert, cancelled even though it was already scheduled.