“I would say breakfast at Chris Martin and Dakota Jones’ house,” chuckles De Angelis. Were there any other super surreal moments with the glitterati’s best and brightest?
“He was there in the crowd!” beams Torchio. Even Hollywood megastar and Thirty Seconds To Mars frontman Jared Leto was queuing up for a selfie. Their rock’n’roll spirit, glam look and no-fucks-given attitude have been getting them a hell of a lot of attention Stateside.
“At Coachella there were like three other bands.” “Everyone who came to our gigs was saying: ‘We’ve seen no bands like this’,” says bassist De Angelis. They were one of the most talked-about acts at the festival on a line-up largely dominated by pop and solo acts including Billie Eilish, Harry Styles and Megan Thee Stallion. The flamboyant rock band, completed by bassist Victoria De Angelis, guitarist Thomas Raggi and drummer Ethan Torchio, previously played two back-to-back weekend slots at Coachella in California. “It’s going to be our biggest gig here in Italy, or anywhere.” “It’s cool and weird in the best way possible,” frontman Damiano David tells NME in their backstage dressing room ahead of the show, puffing a cigarette and sipping an espresso with an almost cartoon level of Italian cool. All day, fans have lined up around the sun-soaked Piazza Bra central square in scenes you might expect of the Pope coming to town. Having not played a show on home turf in two-and-half years, Italy’s Eurovision Song Contest 2021 victors Måneskin, who already had two albums to their name when they smashed the competition, have returned as bona fide global superstars. Built in 30AD, the Arena Di Verona has seen much drama play out within these ancient walls – from gladiator battles and medieval jousts to opulent performances of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, the latter of course set in this palatial city of romance.
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene: 22,000 howling teenagers have packed out the city’s pristine Roman amphitheatre.
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