One year after the release of the unreleased album 'The keys to my house' (an operation made possible thanks to the raising of more than 10,000 euros with the crowdfunding), already in its first reissue, and grinded out another hundred or so performances in the streets all over Italy, ONLY is ready for the first experience in clubs with the bandafter the successful concerts at Salumeria della Musica and Officine Creative Ansaldo in Milan, and after the prestigious Milanese opening of Tom Odell's concert.
"It will be a very special tour: for the first time I will bring the intimacy of the road into Italian clubs, accompanied by a band of musicians (Andrea Brussolo, Andrea Gobbi, Andrea Bruzzone) with whom I grew up and playing really feels like home."
"A new adventure in which we will experiment a lot, dressing up the songs again, because they, like us, have grown up in this wonderful year, have met many new faces and have many new stories to tell."
Supported by an ever-growing fan base (over 25 thousand copies of the cover EPs in the 'In strada' series, as well as 30,000 views of the video 'The Keys to My House' and 150,000 total views of the YouTube channel, 25,000 followers total on social networking pages), Only will be in concert in Rome, Naples, Modena and Turin for four dates in March.
Monday 17/03 h. 21 - Rome
Teatro Studio c/o Auditorium Parco della Musica
Viale Pietro de Coubertin 30 - Rome
www.auditorium.com | Ticket 12 € | Advance sales at www.listicket.it
Tuesday 18/03 h. 21 - Naples, Galleria19
Via San Sebastiano 18/19 - Naples
www.galleria19.it | Ticket 10 € (no presale, for reservations [email protected])
Friday 21/03 h. 22 - Modena, Mr. Muzik OFF
Via Morandi, 71 - Modena
www.stoff.it | Ticket 10 € at the box office, 12 € in advance on www.mailticket.it
Friday 28/03 h. 22 - Turin, Lapsus
Via Principe Amedeo, 8 - Turin
www.lapsustorino.it | Ticket 10 € in advance sale www.ticketone.it
THE STORY OF ONLY
In the summer of 2010, he hitchhiked from Milan with no money, a backpack, a tent, a guitar and the sole objective of sharing his happiness (playing music) in the truest and most direct way: becoming a street musician. After six months spent between France and Spain, sleeping in tents outside the cities or hosted by people he met along the way, he decided to return home and start playing in his Milan, because 'music is important, but it is equally important to share it with your loved ones'.
In the spring of 2012, Soltanto began travelling all over Italy (thanks to word-of-mouth on social networks, people helped him organise the trips, offering him board and lodging), creating a road-tour through the streets of major cities.
During these early years of busking, Matteo distributed more than 25,000 copies of cover demos on the streets (free of charge) to self-finance his expenses (now turned into the EP series 'On the Road'now in its third volume). A truly remarkable achievement that also transpires from theincessant increase in the number and interaction of fans on the various social networks (now about 25,000 in total), through which he constantly communicates his concerts around Italy, as his fans want to follow him as much as possible on the road.
This is how Matteo found himself experiencing moments of pure emotion, which inspired him to write his first songs. Like the time when he felt like the protagonist of 'Into the wild', forced to take refuge for three days in an abandoned van in the woods of Ardeche (France). Or when an old man who seemed annoyed by his music returned with a bag of stuffed sandwiches made especially for him. Or that little girl who, on a day of despair, asked him for a hug, urging him to overcome his difficulties and move on, until he published his first record of unreleased works entitled 'The Keys to My House'.made by involving more than 300 people who donated 10,000 euro through crowdfunding and went into reprint within eight months, driven by the title track whose video has surpassed 30,000 views (the Youtube channel has 150,000 total views). In the summer of 2013, Soltanto kicked off a new national road-tour on board a small camper van, passing the three hundredth performance in three years of activity.
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