Malika Ayane he returns to Sanremo after five years in which his presence was invoked several times: an absence that, in some way, was felt, even if the music was never lacking.
Now he returns to the race with a richer baggage and with Nocturnal animalsa song that promises to move her away from the Sanremo image of emotional “ballads”. In short: one Malika Ayane unpublished.
Tour dates
Sunday 01 November 2026 – 9.00 pm
FERMO · THEATER OF THE AQUILA
Tuesday 03 November 2026 – 9.00 pm
ROME · CONCILIATION AUDITORIUM
Wednesday 04 November 2026 – 9.00 pm
FLORENCE · VERDI THEATER
Tuesday 10 November 2026 – 9.00 pm
MILAN · ARCIMBOLDI THEATER
Wednesday 11 November 2026 – 8.30pm
TURIN · COLISEUM THEATER
Monday 16 November 2026 – 9.00 pm
BITRITTO (BA) · PALATOUR
Tuesday 17 November 2026 – 9.00 pm
NAPLES · AUGUSTEO THEATER
Thursday 19 November 2026 – 9.00 pm
CATANIA · METROPOLITAN THEATER
Friday 20 November 2026 – 9.00 pm
PALERMO · GOLDEN THEATER
Tuesday 24 November 2026 – 9.00 pm
PADUA · GRAN TEATRO GEOX
Wednesday 25 November 2026 – 9.00 pm
BOLOGNA · DUSE THEATER
Friday 27 November 2026 – 9.00 pm
SENIGALLIA (AN) · LA FENICE THEATER
Saturday 28 November 2026 – 9.00 pm
PESCARA · THEATER MASSIMO
Malika Ayane: the interview
She told our microphones about her experience of these five years, in which – as she says – she did many things:
“It's been five full years, two theater shows, a book, I've been around the world and now the right time has come, I feel there's a different alignment.
The best way to start was to introduce myself to the other guys competing who I didn't know. At my sixth Sanremo I understood that the basic Festival shouldn't be missed, amidst all the controversies.”
Will we be able to talk only about music in Sanremo?
“No. There are two lines of people, those who do and those who talk. Those who do, do with each other, while those who talk it's right for them to talk and that's fine. As long as the discussion on superficial things gives color and a contribution it's always fine. If we just talked about music we'd be bored. We're welcome for people to talk about the festival.”
How has the festival changed from that famous sheet music launch in 2010 to today?
“I saw some videos from 2013 and I seemed dressed in a very traditional way. In my first one there was a certain authority, something official. Over the years I have seen it become the mirror of the present, so probably my debut coincided with something very rigorous which then faded away.
Maybe it's my sixth and, probably, I know a few traps but I like that everything is very free and open.”
The song you present shows a totally new Malika in Sanremo:
“I put aside the perception that I always make people cry (laughs, ed.). Jokes aside, it's a piece that I really like and we decided that it could only be this one but I hate talking about the songs, they have to be listened to.”
What would you like people to say about you after the festival is over?
“I would like them to talk little about Nocturnal Animals and use it for their moments and that this state of peaceful coexistence with my thoughts could become contagious”
