San Remo
Sanremo 2011 Opening Night
The Sanremo Music Festival opened last night with introductions by Italian comedians Luca Bizzarri and Paolo Kessisoglu and appearances by showgirls Elisabetta Canalis and Belen Rodriguez.
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Sanremo storm over World War II songs
There are three months to go before the 61st edition of the Sanremo Song Festival [15th – 19th February 2011] but there has already been an argument about its contents....
Read MoreSanremo - an eventful last night
There has never been a Sanremo last night like it: a Prince was openly booed, the orchestra threw their music on the floor, the entire audience stood up at one point to protest and now the police may be involved in investigating the vote..
Read MoreBloom, ballads and bikinis at Sanremo
We explore the faded glories of San Remo, the ‘pearl of the Italian Riviera’
Read MoreDialect to be allowed at Sanremo
In previous years, it has been permissible for some words or expressions in dialect to feature in submitted songs, but the 2010 Festival will be the first to allow whole songs in dialect. This change has been broadly welcomed, not least by the separatist Lega Nord, whose leader, Umberto Bossi, has said that, prior to this move, the Sanremo Festival was a “symbol of centralisation”
Read MoreSanremo songfest enjoys audience boost
State broadcaster RAI breathed a sigh of relief Wednesday after the first night of the Sanremo songfest reversed a chronic downward trend in viewing figures.
Read MoreSanremo songfest to open amid protests
The curtain is about to go up on Italy's biggest musical event of the year, the Sanremo songfest, amid furious polemics from gay rights groups and consumer associations.
Read MoreStars to wow Sanremo for Bono charity
A charity founded by the U2 vocalist Bono is set to inject a dose of Hollywood glamour into the Sanremo Festival, organisers of Italy's biggest musical event of the year said Thursday.
Read MoreMina to 'open' San Remo
Reclusive Italian singing legend Mina is to open this year's Sanremo Song Festival with a video tribute to Italian music.
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