The Neapolitan singer-songwriter, a finalist in the Targhe Tenco awards, talks about his latest album, *Dduje paravise*, and his next one, which draws on influences from the Mediterranean, the Maghreb and Mali

Gnut: ‘Neapolitan songs as World Heritage? Yes, but they always have been’

Gorillaz at La Prima Estate: Damon Albarn brings the world to the stage in Lido di Camaiore

On 10 July, the 25th album by the longest-running rock band of all time is due for release. We’ve had a sneak listen: here’s what we made of it

The Rolling Stones: a review of ‘Foreign Tongues’ – will the blues bury Trump?

In Macerata, the 37th edition of the festival is reviving Italian singer-songwriter and folk music, featuring young songwriters and new musical horizons

Musicultura: Italian song as a living heritage

CEO Roberto De Luca: “Outstanding performances from Ferro, Cremonini and Blasco. The international players have done well too, but this is the Italians’ summer”

Live Nation, from Vasco Rossi to Bruno Mars: the summer brings in 2.1 million paying attendees

In Puglia until 2 September with the Locus Festival; in Milan, the I-Days kick off with Maroon 5

The 69th Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto

The 26–27 season will feature great classics from Verdi to Rossini (who will return to the reopened Teatro Valle), contemporary dance and special events. Superintendent Giambrone said: “We are closing our 12th financial year in the black.”

The Rome Opera House presents its new season and continues its journey through the history of music

*La Traviata* at the Arena Opera Festival

Directed by Gianluca Capuano and staged by Davide Livermore, the production runs until 25 June

George Frideric Handel’s *Julius Caesar in Egypt* at the Teatro del Maggio

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