Mick Jagger 'crowned' Maneskin as the
kings of European rock after the Eurovision winners supported
the Rolling Stones in Las Vegas at the weekend.
Coming onto the stage after a belting show from the Roman
rockers, the veteran star said, in Italian, "Grazie mille
ragazzi!".
It was the icing on the cake of the first US tour by the Italian
band after triumphant sets in New York and Los Angeles, heralded
by an appearance on the iconic Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
"What an evening. Thanks to the Rolling Stones, the best memory
ever," said the foursome after the concert next to a photo of
them with a smiling Jagger.
Maneskin opened their show with their single Nel nome del Padre
and their Eurovision winner Zitti e Buoni, and followed them up
with a dozen tracks by the four - Damiano, Victoria, Thomas and
Ethan - wearing star-spangled costumes.
Then their cover of the Four Season's 60s hit Beggin', which
has taken the US charts by storm, sent the crowd even wilder.
They closed the set with a classic by their idol and mentor Iggy
Pop, I Wannna Be Your Dog and then Wanna Be Your Slave - as lead
singer Damiano said, "our favourite song".
Social media buzzed with praise for the four young people from
the Roman quarter of Monteverde: "Amazing boys!", "They were
great, frantastic, they give off positive energy", "I like how
they fuse rock, funk and R&B" and even one fan who said "I came
for the Rolling Stones, but I discovered I was here for the
Maneskin guitarist!".
Now an Italian tour awaits, culminating at the Circus Maximuns
in Rome in July, before flying to the Lollapalooza Festival in
Paris.
And then, who knows, their first Coast to Coast American tour?
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