German singer-actress Ute Lemper's April 20th, 2026 show in Rome

German singer-actress Ute Lemper played to a sold-out audience in Rome’s Parco della Musica Auditorium.  Ute Lemper was born in Munster, Germany in 1963. 

She first joined the jazz-rock music group known as the “Panama Drive Band” at the age of 16.  Lemper’s diverse credits include musicals, such as her breakthrough role in the original Viennese cast of “Cats”, the title role in “Peter Pan”, a recreation of the “Marlene Dietrich”-created Lola in “In The Blue Angel”, the original European Sally Bowles in a Paris production of “Cabaret” and Velma Kelly in “Chicago”.  

She also dubbed the singing of Esmeralda in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”.  Lemper, who was named “Billboard’s” “Crossover Artist of the Year” for 1993/1994, is a prolific recording artist, appearing on numerous compilation concerts, including Roger Water’s “The Wall” concert in 1990.   

For her Rome performance Lemper was joined on stage by three outstanding musicians.  Her splendid repertoire included songs by Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel, Léo Ferre, Charles Trenet and also a magnificent version of John Lennon’s “Imagine”.

 

I Nomadi in concert at Rome’s Parco della Musica, March 7th, 2026.

I Nomadi (The Nomads) is among some of the world’s oldest pop-rock-folk bands as they came into being in 1963.  They played to a quasi-sold out concert at the Parco della Musica music hall.  

 
Original band member Beppe Carletti, the only one left of I Nomadi, joined his five other fellow musicians on stage for the Rome concert. 

Their message since the beginning has always been that of denunciation and social commitment.  I Nomadi’s sound is instantly recognisable for simplicity even if some arrangements on the old albums tended to be a bit overblown as was generally typical of the music in the the 1963 formation of six was founded in the Italian town of Reggio Emilia by singer Augusto Daolio, Carletti, Franco Midili on guitar, Leonardo Manfredini on drums, Gualtiero Gelmini on sax and Antonio Campari on bass.

 

 

“Motodays 2026” at Rome’s fairgrounds, March 6th, 2026

The 14^th edition of the “Motodays 2026” motorcycle fair took place at Rome’s Fiera di Roma.   

The theme of the three-day event, which ended on March 8^th, 2026, was “Young Riders, You’re Welcome”!

The spin-off “Young Academy” was instead aimed at encouraging young motorcycle aficionados to have a proper understanding of both the two-wheelers that they wish to buy and at the same time also highlighting the importance of proper road safety rules, especially for the under-30 generation. 

A wide array of motorcycle companies (Kawasaki, Honda, Royal Enfield, Triumph, Ducati, etc.) were on hand at the fair, including state-of-the art electric motorcycles.