Ring in the new year this time around with the best form of entertainment: music. Italy, being the great cultural country that it is, attracts talents in every genre—which means that there are concerts available for everyone, from the classic rock connoisseur to the lover of girl band pop. 2017 is a great year for music—so read up, mark your calendars, buy your tickets, and rock on.
JANUARY
Green Day, 10 January in Turin at Pala Alpitour, 11 January in Florence at Nelson Mandela Forum, 13 January in Casalecchio di Reno at Unipol Arena, & 14 January in Assago at Mediolanum Forum
Skunk Anansie, 28 January in Assago at Mediolanum Forum
Sum 41, 28 January in Padova at Gran Teatro Geox, 29 January in Assago at Mediolanum Forum, & 31 January in Rome at Atlantico Live
The Flaming Lips, 30 January in Milan at Alcatraz
Dream Theater, 30 & 31 January in Rome at Auditorium Parco della Musica
FEBRUARY
Dream Theater, 1 February in Padova at Gran Teatro Geox & 4 February in Assago at Mediolanum Forum
Biffy Clyro, 2 February in Milan at Fabrique, 6 February in Rome at Atlantico, & 7 February in Padua at Gran Teatro Geox
Ligabue, 3, 4, 6 & 7 February in Rome at Palalottomatica, 14, 15 & 17 February in Acireale at Pal’Art Hotel, 20 & 21 February in Reggio Calabria at Palacalafiore, 23, 24 & 25 February in Bari at Palaflorio, 27 & 28 February in Eboli, Palasele
Art Garfunkel, 13 February in Trieste at Teatro Rossetti, 15 February in Milan at Linear Ciack, 16 February in Padua at GranTeatro Geox, & 18 February in Rome at Auditorium Parco della Musica
The xx, 22 February in Assago at Mediolanum Forum
Jack Savoretti, 24 February in Milan at Fabrique & 26 February in Genoa at Teatro Carlo Felice
Alvaro Soler, 22 February in Milan at Fabrique & 24 February in Rome at Spazio 900
MARCH
Ligabue, 3 & 4 March in Castel Morrone at Palamaggiò, 6 & 7 March in Perugia at PalaEvangelisti, 10 March in Livorno at Modigliani Forum, 13 & 14 March in Assago (Mi) at Mediolanum Forum, 17 March in Trieste at Palatrieste, 20 March in Pesaro at Adriatic Arena, 22 & 23 March in Florence at Nelson Mandela Forum, 28 & 29 March in Turin at PalaAlpitour
Alvaro Soler, 8 March in Lugano at Padiglione Conza (Palazzo delle Esposizioni) & 10 March in Nonantola at Vox Club
Macy Gray, 11 March in Rome at Auditorium Conciliazione, 12 March in Padua at Gran Teatro Geox, 14 March in Florence at OBIHall, & 29 Milan at Alcatraz
Sting, 23 March in Milan at Fabrique
Tini, 28 March in Milan at Mediolanum Forum & 30 March in Rome at Palalottomatica
Steve Hackett, 29 March in Turin at Teatro Colosseo, 30 March in Legnano at Teatro Galleria, & 1 April in Rome at Auditorium Conciliazione
2 Cellos, 30 March in Milan at Forum di Assago
APRIL
Ligabue, 1 & 2 April in Brescia at Fiera di Brescia, 4 & 5 Aprile in Assago (Mi) at Mediolanum Forum, 7 & 8 Aprile in Casalecchio di Reno (Bo) at Unipol Arena, 10 Aprile in Rimini at Stadium 105, 19 April in Bolzano at Palaonda, 21 & 22 April in Padova at Arena Spettacoli Padova Fiere, 24 April in Ancona at PalaPrometeo
Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds, 4 April in Turin at Teatro Colosseo, 6 April in Padova at Granteatro Geox, & 7 April in Milan at Teatro Degli Arcimboldi
Simple Minds, 21 April in Turin at Teatro Colosseo, 22 April in Ancona at Teatro delle Muse, 23 April in Rome at Auditorium Conciliazione, 25 April in Bologna at Teatro Manzoni, 26 April in Florence at Teatro Verdi, & 27 April in Milan at Teatro degli Arcimboldi
MAY
Bryan Ferry, 11 May in Milan at Teatro degli Arcimboldi
Patti Smith, 13 May in Rome at Auditorium Parco della Musica
Kiss, 15 May in Turin at Pala Alpitour & 16 at Casalecchio di Reno in Unipol Arena
Enrique Iglesias, 19 May in Casalecchio di Reno at Unipol Arena & 20 May in Assago at Mediolanum Forum
Little Mix, 30 May in Assago at Mediolanum Forum
JUNE
Guns ’N Roses, 10 June in Imola at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Tiziano Ferro, 11 June in Lignano (Ud) at Stadio Teghil, 16 & 17 June in Milan at Stadio San Siro, 21 June in Turin at Stadio Olimpico, 24 June in Bologna at Stadio Dall’Ara, 28 June in Rome at Stadio Olimpico
Bruno Mars, 12 June in Bologna at Unipol Arena & 15 June in Milan at Mediolanum Forum
Radiohead, 14 June in Florence at Visarno Arena – Parco Delle Cascine & 16 June in Monza at Autodromo Nazionale
Ariana Grande, 15 June in Rome at Palalottomatica & 17 June in Turin at Pala Alpitour
Linkin Park & Blink-182, 17 June in Monza at Autodromo Nazionale
Deep Purple, 22 June in Rome at Palalottomatica, 26 June in Casalecchio di Reno at Unipol Arena, & 27 June in Milan at Mediolanum Forum
Aerosmith, 23 June in Florence at Arena Visarno
System of A Down & Prophets of Rage, 25 June in Florence at Arena Visarno
Depeche Mode, 25 June in Rome at Stadio Olimpico, 27 June in Milan at Stadio San Siro, & 29 June in Bologna at Stadio Dall’Ara
JULY
Vasco Rossi, 1 July in Modena at Modena Park
Coldplay, 3 July & 4 July in Milan at Stadio San Siro
Imagine Dragons, 3 July in Verona at Arena & 4 July in Lucca at Piazza Napoleone
Tiziano Ferro, 5 July in Bari at Arena della Vittoria, 8 July in Messina at Stadio San Filippo, 12 July in Salerno at Stadio Arechi and 15 July in Florence at Stadio Franchi
Elton John, 14 July in Mantova at Piazza Sordello
Robbie Williams, 14 July in Verona at Stadio Bentegodi
U2, 15 & 16 July in Rome at Stadio Olimpico
Kasabian, 19 July in Taormina at Teatro Antico, 21 July in Rome at Ippodromo delle Capannelle, 23 July in Lucca at Piazza Napoleone
Red Hot Chili Peppers, 20 July in Rome at Ippodromo delle Capannelle & 21 July in Milan at Ippodromo SNAI
Marilyn Manson, 25 July in Rome at Ippodromo delle Capannelle & 26 July in Villafranca at Castello Scaligero
