The album Ballads for small hyenas of the Afterhours It turns 20 and one of the most iconic and representative albums of Italian music, will be reprinted in the spring in a special edition to be released for USM / Universal Music Italia.
Manuel Agnelli he decided to return to the stage with the band of the time, made up of Andrea Viti (Bass), Dario Ciffo (violin, guitar) e Giorgio Prette (battery), and declares:
“A few months ago, when the possibility of republishing 'ballads for small hyenas' emerged I continued to collect requests to listen to it again live, in full.
It was at that moment that the idea came to me that playing it live, with the band of the time, would have given a deeper meaning to the whole. A phone call was enough for the street companions of that season.
After two hours, the band was reunited again “
“This is a bit the” magic “of the Afterhours project.
It was so many things, he had so many formations, that it allows you to put you back on the street without contacting nostalgia but only new energies “.
The historical formation of Afterhours He will be on tour in summer for 16 dates.
Afterhours – ballads for small iene tour 2025
June 26 – Bologna – Sequoie Music Park
June 28 – Florence – Amphitheater of the Cascine Ernesto de Pascale
July 2 – Genoa – Balena Festival – Porto Antico
July 3 – Turin – Flowers Festival
July 6 – Rome – Rome Summer Fest – Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone – Cavea
July 8 – Milan – Carroponte
July 9 – Padua – Sherwood Festival
July 15 – Brescia – Brescia Summer Music – Arena Campo Marte
July 19 – Pordenone – Pordenone Blues & C. Festival
July 23 – Naples – Noisy Naples Fest – Arena Flegrea
July 25 – Servigliano (FM) – Nosound Fest – Peace Park
July 26 – Bellaria Igea Marina (RN) – Beky Bay
August 1 – Cagliari – TBA
August 3 – Assisi (PG) – Rocca Maggiore
August 8 – Locorotondo (BA) – Locus Festival
August 13 – Zafferana Etnea (CT) – Amphitheater Falcone and Borsellino
Ballads for small hyenas
Ballads for small hyenas was published in 2005 by Mipal and, distributed all over the world in its English version from One Little Indian.
The album reached second place in the Italian sales charts and brought the Afterhours On tour in Europe, in the United States, Canada and China.
Its iconic cover is made of four versions with photos of Guido Harari and artwork of Thomas Berloffa.