Naples: Franco Ricciardi's seaside concert cancelled

Napoli. The Franco Ricciardi seaside concert scheduled for Sunday, August 25 in the body of water near the Diaz roundabout will not take place.

The singer was supposed to perform on board a barge. This morning, during the Provincial Committee for Public Order and Safety convened by the prefect Michele of Bari and chaired by the deputy prefect Gaetano Cupello, the issue of the possible holding of the concert was discussed, in the presence of the provincial commander of the Fire fighters, of the director of the Port System Authority of the Tyrrhenian Sea, of the representative of the Port Authority and of one of the organizers of the event.

“The Committee – it is stated in a note from the Prefecture – took note of the declarations of the authorities present regarding the absence of a specific request for authorization, accompanied by suitable investigative documentation, in order for the demonstration, which therefore cannot take place”.

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He expresses his regret anyway Franco Ricciardi, who in a statement addressing fans explains: “Those who know me know how sorry I am, you cannot understand how much I wanted to hold this concert in the Gulf of Naples with all of you.

But the authorities in charge of the safety of our city asked us not to do it, because there were not all the conditions to ensure the safety of all the participants who would have certainly been too numerous. I have to be honest, as soon as I heard doubts about the safety of the boats and dinghies and also for the swimmers who would arrive in canoes, I also took a step back.

We have to have fun at concerts as we always have and always will. And if the prefecture didn't have the conditions to guarantee everyone's safety, I can't do the concert", concludes the Neapolitan artist.