It took thirteen years for the immense New York rap collective of WU-TANG CLAN to return to Italian stages.
The wait ended last night at the Unipol Arena in Casalecchio di Reno, with a two-hour concert that literally sent the audience into ecstasy.
Crossing the entrance to the Unipol Arena was like stepping back into the 90s. Last night in the room there were all the former teenagers who grew up on bread, rap and Wu-Tang Clan, some even with their children with them. All again under the same sky listening to those who rap transformed him.
Many still similar to the past, in that look made up of baggy jeans, perhaps a little less low crotch, wool or baseball caps, strictly hooded sweatshirts and that unique and historical symbol, yellow. The Wu-Tang one.
The same one that immediately appeared on the stage screen with a fixed projection, almost as if to say: yes, here we are.
Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber was more than a concert: it was a reunion between similar people, between all those who still feel the rap of the golden age flowing through their veins and spirit. A reunion of the collective with its fans, still faithful after thirty years, still with their arms raised and moving to the sound of bass, with their hands forming the W. Because yes, Wu-Tang is forever.
The air you breathe is warm, but the lights go out at 9pm sharp. The chants begin: “Wu-Tang, Wu-Tang”. Then the arena goes dark and a projection of a Shaolin temple appears on the screen. The signal that we are starting, that soon, one after the other, the members of the clan will arrive. The bass rises and the magic begins.
A beautiful intro by RZA, with the backdrop of a rising sun, kicks off the concert. Gradually all the members of the clan make their entrance: GZA, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, U-God, Masta Killa and Cappadonna. They intersect in a fil rouge of two hours straight, each with their own rap, in an alternation that leaves the audience breathless on “Ice Cream”.
From the historic songs of the first album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) – “Bring Da Ruckus”, “Clan in Da Front”, “Tearz” – up to the splendid “Ice Cream”, accompanied by the historic video clip, and then moving on to the pieces from Wu-Tang Forever and several solo songs.
Dominating the scene was RZA and a super fit Method Man, who brought the audience “Bring the Pain”, “Grid Iron” and “CREAM (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)” to the audience with a very charged flow, culminating with “All I Need”, while the images of the video clip with Mary J. Blige scrolled on the screen.
And then again “Reunited” from Wu-Tang Forever, with all the emotion of its sound and the feeling of seeing the clan perform on stage as if it were still something between friends.
Two hours of concert, of flow, of rap. Of “beautiful, everything is fine”, exclaimed by Method Man with his sly smile. Two hours of videos of New York, medleys and tributes, with a “memento” moment dedicated to the faces of those who left us too soon and who, together with them, wrote the history of rap.
One above all Ol' Dirty Bastard, whose son Young Dirty Bastard rapped on “Shimmy Shimmy Ya” and “Got Your Money” (featuring Kelis). Then the tribute to Mobb Deep, with Havoc present on stage, and the memories of Tupac Shakur, The Notorious BIG and Oliver “Power” Grant, who recently passed away. And more chills with “Can It Be So Simple”.
Last night's concert was a show that brought together everything that was possible to bring together in just two hours after more than ten years of absence from Italy. An evening slipped away between one flow and another, interspersed with some screenings: from RZA's 2025 short One Spoon of Chocolate to the adv for the video game Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver, a sign of their historic passion for cartoons and gaming.
Then the Purple Tape Files video, on the history of rap told by Raekwon, and even two QR codes to vote for entry into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
In short, let's hope that this Final Chamber Tour isn't really the last. There is still a great desire to get together and raise our hands for Wu-Tang.
THE LADDER
Sunlight
Bring da Ruckus
Clan in da Front
From Mystery of Chessboxin'
Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta F' Wit
Method Man
Shame on a Nigga
Protect Ya Neck
Rainy Dayz
(Ghostface Killah and Raekwon cover)
Criminology
(Raekwon song)
Incarcerated Scarfaces
(Raekwon song)
Holla
(Ghostface Killah song)
Glaciers of Ice
(Raekwon song)
Eye for an Eye (Your Beef Is Mines)
(Mobb Deep cover) (with Havoc)
Shook Ones (Part II)
(Mobb Deep cover) (with Havoc)
Quiet Storm (Remix)
(Mobb Deep cover) (with Havoc)
Survival of the Fittest
(Mobb Deep cover) (with Havoc)
Ice Cream
(Raekwon song)
Grid Iron Rap
(Method Man song)
Bring the Pain
(Method Man song)
All I Need
(Method Man song)
Liquid Swords
(GZA/Genius song)
Duel of the Iron Mic
(GZA/Genius song)
Gravel Pit
4th Chamber
(GZA/Genius song)
No Said Date
(Masta Killa song)
Above the Clouds
(Gang Starr cover) (Inspectah Deck Verse)
Tearz
Can It Be All So Simple
Reunited
Shimmy Shimmy Ya
(Ol' Dirty Bastard song)
Got Your Money
(Ol' Dirty Bastard song)
CREAM
Triumph
(Full song)
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