Zucchero returns with new album Black Cat

[RoadWarrior]

Italy’s biggest music artist, Zucchero, returns with his new international album, BLACK CAT, on June 10th. With more than 60 million record sales, BLACK CAT has a rock-blues flavour recalling the atmosphere and the spontaneity of ORO, INCENSO E BIRRA, one of the best-selling Italian records worldwide and among the most significant in the history of Italian music.

The album recorded during 2015 in X Y Z, sees Zucchero collaborate with producers. T-Bone Burnett (Elvis Costello, Elton John, Tony Bennett), Brendan O'Brien (Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam, Bob Dylan) and Don Was (Rolling Stones, Iggy Pop, Bob Dylan).

Amongst the collaborators, BLACK CAT sees Zucchero team up with Bono who wrote the lyrics for "Streets of Surrender (S.O.S.)” after the Bataclan Paris tragedy in November 2015, and Elvis Costello who penned first single “Turn The World Down”.

The album also features the extraordinary guitar work of Mark Knopfler, who plays on both "Streets of Surrender (SOS)" and “Ci Si Arrende”. BLACK CAT is his twelfth studio album.

Among the greatest interpreters of Italian blues, Zucchero (born Adelmo Fornaciari) is the biggest selling Italian artist of all time. His album ORO, INCENSO E BIRRA sold more than eight million copies and was for a long time the biggest selling album in the history of Italian pop music worldwide.

In a career spanning three decades, he has achieved international success, not least through his collaborations with artists including Eric Clapton, Miles Davis, Ray Charles, B.B King, Sting, Bono, Jeff Beck and Andrea Bocelli. He has been nominated for a Grammy and won two World Music Awards, four Festivalbar awards and six Wind Music Awards in his homeland Italy.

Zucchero will be returning to the UK for a special concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall on October 20th, his fifth time at the prestigious venue.

Track listing

Partigiano Reggiano
13 Buone Ragioni
Ti Voglio Sposare
Streets Of Surrender (S.O.S)- feat. Mark Knopfler,
Ten More Days
L’Anno Dell’Amore
Hey Lord
Fatti Di Sogni
La Tortura Della Luna
Turn the world down
Terra Incognita
Voci (Namanama version)
Ci Si Arrende” - feat. Mark Knopfler.
Zucchero 2016 European Dates

16 September Verona, Italy Arena di Verona
17 September Verona, Italy Arena di Verona
18 September Verona, Italy Arena di Verona
20 September Verona, Italy Arena di Verona
21 September Verona, Italy Arena di Verona
23 September Verona, Italy Arena di Verona
24 September Verona, Italy Arena di Verona
25 September Verona, Italy Arena di Verona
27 September Verona, Italy Arena di Verona
28 September Verona, Italy Arena di Verona
01 October Stuggart, Germany Scheleyerhalle
02 October Dornbin, Austria Haus Der Messe
04 October Vienna, Austria Stadthalle
05 October Innsbruck, Austria Olympiahalle
07 October Salzburg, Austria Arena
08 October Llubjana, Slovenia Arena Stozice
09 October Graz, Austria Stadthalle
11 October Warsaw, Poland Torwar
12 October Prague, Czech Republic Forum Karlin
14 October Eshalzette, Luxembourg Rockhal L’Esch Alzette
15 October Brussels, Belgium Forest National
17 October Amsterdam, Holland Ziggo Dome
20 October London, England Royal Albert Hall
24 October Oberhausen, Germany KoePi Arena
25 October Hamburg, Germany Barclaycard Arena
26 October Frankfurt, Germ Festhalle
28 October Berlin, Germany Mercedes-Benz Arena
29 October Munich, Germany Olympic Hall
31 October Zurch, Switzerland Hallenstadion
02 November Geneva, Switzerland Arena
06 November Paris, France L’Olympia
07 November Paris, France L’Olympia
08 November Paris, France L’Olympia
10 November Dresden, Germany Messe Halle
15 November Sofia, Bulgaria NDK Arena
16 November Russe, Bulgaria Bulstrad Arena