Keanu Reeves’ ears were ringing at the love bombing he got at his exclusive concert for us in LA… party on Italian dudes.
Classy Keanu, unlike his alter ego Wyld Stallyns‘ William S Preston Esq., prefers to blend in at the back of his band DOGSTAR, as the bass guitarist.
But the giddy senorinas at the front at the lunchtime entertainment between meetings at our American Travel Fair, IPW, wanted a shout-out.
And hollered Keanu to come to Italy with them which he acknowledged with a soft ‘grazie’.
La Musica
Now we all know from growing up with Italian-Scots their passion for music, food, football, life.
But we’ll keep our eyes peeled now for Italians at gigs.
And we’ve been fortunate enough to take them all over Britain and Ireland, and in America, the Caribbean and the High Seas.
Particularly as we’re told that they’re continental Europe’s biggest concert travellers.
Of course, gigs are on all our minds with the circus around Oasis’s reunion.
With the chat among our circle on first and last gigs with mine The Wombles and The Stranglers certainly not as cool as others.
Have tickets, will travel
EDreams and online travel agent, Opodo have done the heavy lifting for us in tracking concertgoers’ travel trends.
Between July and August this year and the same months next year.
And there has been a significant uptick in tourism to tour destinations.
So that on the day of the Oasis announcement, August 27, global searches to Oasistown, or Manchester as it’s also known, rose by 700%.
While for Dublin they increased 635%, with Edinburgh 557% and London 212%.
Searches to Cardiff increased by 12,186% from a low search base in 2024.
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Now while British fans are spoiled with the range of bands on our doorstep our European friends often have to travel here.
With Italians leading the pack in searches for all tour destinations in 2025.
Cardiff: Italy – 24%, France – 17%, Germany – 16%.
Manchester: Italy – 25%, Spain – 13%, Germany – 13%.
London: Italy – 23%, Spain – 11%, Germany – 10%.
Edinburgh: Italy – 29%, Germany – 14%, Spain – 13%.
Dublin: Italy – 24%, UK – 14%, Germany – 12%.
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