The Radio Italia Live concert was held last night in Piazza del Duomo, Milan, attended by, among others, Angelina Mango, Mahmood, Gianna Nannini, Geolier, Gazzelle, Annalisa. It is one of the first free national popular street events of the season.
Ghali was also there and sang the new single Paprikathe piece taken to Sanremo My home And Good Times. Between one song and another, Ghali asked for “a minute of silence, just a minute, for all the victims in Palestine”, a minute of silence which was actually respected by the square which was also there to hear Ultimo, Alessandra Amoroso, Noemi, Kolors, Emma.
“This is the only silence we have to do,” Ghali said at the end of the minute, later reiterating it on social media, “for the rest, never be afraid to speak out against any type of injustice.”
This is the only silence we have to do, for the rest never be AFRAID* of speaking out against any type of injustice pic.twitter.com/UO9lTwK6d4
— Ghali (@GhaliFoh) May 15, 2024
A couple of months ago, Ghali said he was “disappointed by Italian artists” who don't talk about Gaza and by “fake fame-hungry activists” who according to him are “bent by the fear of being cut off from something. For years I surrounded myself with people who I never imagined would remain silent in the face of the genocide in Palestine.”
After the Met Gala she wrote on Instagram stories that “nobody said anything about Palestine, it's just a big distraction right now. No one has spent even a second to show their support for what is happening in that land. Fuck your clothes, which were disgusting anyway. You were there like zombies, damning yourself to collect some crumbs of fame that fell from a table higher than you. Stop using us only when it's convenient for you. We keep our eyes on Rafah.”
Ghali is working on a new album which, he told Radio Italia, “is something I've never done before and I'm happy to bring something like this to Italy.” Between October and November the rapper will be in the sports halls of Milan (two sold out dates on 28 and 29 October and a third on 15 November), Florence (4 November), Rome (6), Bologna (10), Naples (12 ).