With “Io canto 2”, out on February 6, Laura Pausini returns to tackle the riskiest and most revealing act of her pop career: the cover as indirect autobiography.
The album was presented in Milan during a showcase-meeting that took on the contours of a collective ritual: a close encounter with the press, an emotional immersion with the fans, a direct account of a project that looks forward while rereading the past.
An opportunity to focus not only on Io canto 2, but also on the next movements of an artist who, between the Olympics, Sanremo and the world tour, continues to treat pop as a living, demanding, never pacified language.
Io Canto arrives twenty years after the first. Twenty years in which we have changed, grown, still fallen in love with music. Today, as then, there is only one reason why people choose to pay homage to a song, its author or its performer: love.
In these difficult times where hate is the order of the day, I sing to put music at the center.
We sing to express a powerful feeling. We accept taking a step back as authors, to take a giant step forward as human beings. We do it for a real, visceral reason: to defend what we believe in.
In this album I feel like Joan of Arc, without armor but with the microphone in my hand, because when the music calls, I answer. Ready to fearlessly defend everything I love, and I believe in songs. I believe in music, which must be protected by those who live for it.
Music can be accused, judged, misunderstood, underestimated, but we artists are here to shield it. We are an unarmed army, armed only with the beauty of art, which remains the most revolutionary weapon of all.
In a verse by Gialal al-Din Rumi we read 'Out there, beyond what is right and wrong, there is an immense field. We'll meet there.'
Life brings you to know many things, some beautiful, others difficult to accept, words and judgments that you don't recognize yourself in and that hurt you, and when you understand that you have to defend yourself it's painful but you have to do it, finding a way without hurting those who hurt you. I do it with music. Make music, not war.”
THE DISC
It is a real tribute to the singer-songwriters, performers and composers of the history of Italian music, with a broader horizon that also includes songs in foreign languages with a particular connection with Italy: from a Portuguese adaptation by Ana Carolina of La mia storia tra le dita, to a success by the Tribalistas, Ja sei namorar, whose front woman and author, Marisa Monte, has Italian roots; from the French version of Due vite, by Marco Mengoni to the adaptations in German, Portuguese and English of Il cielo in una stanza by Gino Paoli, originally sung by Mina; up to the tribute to one of the greatest pop stars of all time, Madonna, also of Italian origins, of which Laura reinterprets the evergreen La isla bonita.
The songs range from 1960 to 2023, including Felicità, a song in which Laura combines her voice with that of the great late pillar of songwriting, Lucio Dalla.
Laura has chosen to include songs that cover a wide range of time, from the 1960s to the present day. Among the most recent successful songs is the focus track from the launch of this album: 16 MARZO with Achille Lauro, the new single in radio rotation from next Friday 6 February.
Lauro struck me from his first Sanremo – says Laura Pausini.
I wrote to him immediately and over the years a special relationship was born. I like his way of approaching our profession, passionate and obsessive in his attention to detail. '16 Marzo' among his songs particularly struck me, I spoke to him about my desire to make a cover and that I would have loved to duet, and he immediately became involved in the whole project. We worked together on an arrangement that represented both, starting from his world and arriving at a world of ours, we wanted it to unite us and bring contemporaneity and classicism together.”
Ours is a relationship born from mutual respect – continues Achille Lauro.
Getting to know her on a human level was wonderful, we found each other on so many things. I'm very flattered that he chose one of my songs, and this collaboration really enhanced the song.
Laura is an iconic artist, she represents a very focused way of singing and identity; Italian music has an important, melodic value that should not be overlooked, and in an era where globalization tends to flatten everything, '16 Marzo' performed by a world star like her is a great means of bringing all our cultural background to the world. I respect her for the courage, dedication and love she has had in undertaking an international path and a global career for more than 30 years. It is an honor to share this journey with her.”
The song is accompanied by a video clip directed by Gabriele Savino (xPuro), a Borotalco production, available from 2pm on February 6th, together with the release of the song and the album.
OLYMPICS AND SANREMO
Laura Pausini, who will be the protagonist of the Opening Ceremony of the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympics at San Siro on February 6th, is expected on the stage of the Ariston Theater to lead the 76th edition of the Sanremo Festival together with the artistic director Carlo Conti.
THE TRACKLIST
1. RETURN TO LOVE
Biagio Antonacci (Biagio Antonacci) – 2001
2. WHEN KEYS
Pino Daniele (Pino Daniele) – 1980
3. QUEM DE NÓS DOIS with…
Ana Carolina (Gianluca Grignani, Massimo Luca, Ana Carolina Souza, Dudu Falcão) – 2001
4. DETAILS
Ornella Vanoni (Roberto Carlos, Erasmo Carlos, Bruno Lauzi) – 1973
5. IMMENSELY
Umberto Tozzi (Umberto Tozzi, Giancarlo Bigazzi) – 1987
6. MARCH 16th with…
Achille Lauro (Matteo Ciceroni, Lauro De Marinis, Davide Petrella, Daniele Dezi, Daniele Mungai) – 2020
7. YOU CHOSEN ME
Zucchero (Sugar) – 1987
8. THE ISLA BONITA
Madonna (Bruce Gaitsch, Madonna, Patrick Leonard) – 1986
9. AND THEN
Giorgia (Giorgia Todrani, Massimo Calabrese, Marco Rinalduzzi) – 1994
10. HAPPINESS with Lucio Dalla
Lucio Dalla (Lucio Dalla) – 1988
11. JÁ YOU ARE NAMORAR
Tribalistas (Marisa De Azevedo Monte, Antonio Carlos Santos de Freitas, Arnaldo Augusto Nora Antunes Filho) – 2002
12. BUT HOW COLD IS IT with…
Nada (Franco Migliacci, Claudio Mattone) – 1969
13. ONE MEANING
Vasco Rossi (Vasco Rossi, Saverio Grandi, Gaetano Curreri) – 2004
14. I AM NOT A LADY Loredana Bertè (Ivano Fossati) – 1982
15. WE WOULD LIKE THE SEA
Marco Masini (Giancarlo Bigazzi, Gianna Albini, Marco Masini) – 1990
16. LA DERNIÈRE CHANSON (TWO LIVES) with…
Marco Mengoni (Marco Mengoni, Davide Petrella, Laurent Damien Lescarret, Davide Simonetta) – 2023
17. WENN DU AN WUNDER GLAUBST
Mina (Gino Paoli) – 1963
+ (ONLY IN THE DELUXE VERSION)
18. BROTHER SUN SISTER MOON
Claudio Baglioni (Katyna Ranieri, Riz Ortolani) – 1972
19. O CÉU INSIDE THE FOURTH
Laura Pausini (Gino Paoli, Laura Pausini) – 2026
20. THE SKY IN A ROOM
Mina (Gino Paoli) – 1960
21. THIS WORLD WE LOVE IN
Mina (Gino Paoli, Don Raye) – 1960
YO SINGING 2
1. OYE MI CANTO with…
Gloria Estefan (Gloria M. Estefan, Jorge Alberto Casas, Clay Ostwald, Richard Duarte Roque) Cuba/USA – 1989
2. HIJO DE LA LUNA
Mecano (José María Cano) – España – 1986
3. MI HISTORY ENTRE TUS DEDOS
Gianluca Grignani (Gianluca Grignani, Massimo Luca, Ignacio Diaz Ballesteros) – Italy – 1995
4. HASTA LA RAÍZ
Natalia Lafourcade (Leonel Garcia Nunez de Caceres, Maria Natalia Lafourcade Silva) -México – 2015
5. PINK BACHATA
Juan Luis Guerra (Juan Luis Guerra) – Santo Domingo – 1990
6. GRACIAS A LA VIDA with…
Violeta Parra (Violeta Parra Sandoval) – Chile – 1966
7. MARIPOSA TECKNICOLOR
Fito Paez (Rodolfo Paez) – Argentina – 1994
8. PAUSE with…Izal (Mikel Izal Luzuriaga) – España – 2018
9. ANTHOLOGY
Shakira (Luis Fernando Ochoa, Shakira Mebarak) – Colombia – 1995
10. WHY DO YOU GO?
Jeanette (Jose Luis Perales Morillas) – España – 1974
11. CUANDO NADIE ME VE
Alejandro Sanz (Alejandro Sanchez Pizarro) – España – 2000
12. ESO Y MÁS with Yami Safdie
Joan Sebastian (Joan Sebastian) – Mexico – 2006
13. HOY
Gian Marco (Gian Marco J Zignago Alcover) – Peru – 200314.
14, EL TALISMÁN Rosana (Rosana Arbelo Gopar) – España – 1996
15. TOURIST
Bad Bunny (Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, Roberto Jose Jr Rosado Torres, Marco Daniel Borrero, Scott H Dittrich, Jonathan Asperil) – Puerto Rico – 2025
16. LIVIN' LA VIDA LOCA (SPANGLISH VERSION)
Ricky Martin (Desmond Child, Robi Rosa, Luis Gomez Escolar Roldan) – Puerto Rico – 1999
17. CUANDO NACEN AMORES with…Ricardo Montaner (Franco Ciani, Adelio Cogliati, Piero Cassano, Ricardo Montaner) -Venezuela – 1992
18. THE PATIO
Pablo Lopez (Pablo Jose Lopez Jimenez) – España – 2017
+ (ONLY IN THE DELUXE VERSION)
19. NO SOY UNA SEÑORA
Maria José (Ivano Fossati, Jaime Compaire) – México – 2009
20. ENTRE SOBRAS Y SOBRAS ME FALTAS
Antonio Orozco (Antonio Jose Orozco Ferron) – España – 2020
21. CUANDO NACEN AMORES solo version
Ricardo Montaner (Franco Ciani, Adelio Cogliati, Piero Cassano, Ricardo Montaner) – Venezuela – 1992
THE FORMATS
The album will be released in the following physical formats: deluxe CD (also in an autographed version), standard double vinyl (in 3 colors – red, pearly and black), deluxe double vinyl, in an autographed limited edition, in silver colour.
THE TOUR
SPAIN + LATAM LEG
27 MARCH 2026 – PAMPLONA (SPAIN) @ NAVARRA ARENA
29 MARCH 2026 – ARONA – TENERIFE (SPAIN) @ ESTADIO ANTONIO DOMINGUEZ
2 APRIL 2026 – BARCELONA (SPAIN) @ PALAU SANT JORDI
4 APRIL 2026 – VALENCIA (SPAIN) @ ROIG ARENA
6 APRIL 2026 – MADRID (SPAIN) @ MOVISTAR ARENA
10 APRIL 2026 – MONTEVIDEO (URUGUAY) @ ANTEL ARENA
12 APRIL 2026 – BUENOS AIRES (ARGENTINA) @ MOVISTAR ARENA
15 APRIL 2026 – SANTIAGO (CHILE) @ MOVISTAR ARENA
16 APRIL 2026 – SANTIAGO (CHILE) @ MOVISTAR ARENA
18 APRIL 206 – LIMA (PERU) @ ARENA 1
22 APRIL 2026 – BOGOTÁ (COLOMBIA) @ MOVISTAR ARENA
24 APRIL 2026 – QUITO (ECUADOR) @ COLISEO RUMINAHUI
29 APRIL 2026 – SAN JOSÉ (COSTA RICA) @ ESTADIO NACIONAL DE COSTA RICA
2 MAY 2026 – MEXICO DF (MEXICO) @ ARENA CDMX
5 MAY 2026 – GUADALAJARA (MEXICO) @ ARENA GUADALAJARA
7 MAY 2026 – MONTERREY (MEXICO) @ ARENA MONTERREY
10 MAY 2026 – SANTO DOMINGO (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) @ ARENA SANTO DOMINGO
14 MAY 2026 – SAN JUAN (PUERTO RICO) @ COLISEO DE PUERTO RICO
16 MAY 2026 – MIAMI (FLORIDA) @ KASEYA CENTER
21 MAY 2026 – ORLANDO (FLORIDA) @ KIA CENTER
23 MAY 2026 – DALLAS (TEXAS) @ TEXAS TRUST CU THEATER
28 MAY 2026 – LOS ANGELES (CALIFORNIA) @ PEACOCK THEATER
30 MAY 2026 – CHICAGO (ILLINOIS) @ ROSEMONT THEATER
4 JUNE 2026 – TORONTO (CANADA) @ COCA-COLA COLISEUM
JUNE 6, 2026 – NEW YORK (NEW YORK) @ THE THEATER @ MSG
ITALIAN + EUROPEAN INDOOR LEG
1 OCTOBER 2026 – MANTOVA @ PALA UNICAL DATA ZERO (NEW DATE)
4 OCTOBER 2026 – MILAN @ UNIPOL FORUM
6 OCTOBER 2026 – MILAN @ UNIPOL FORUM
7 OCTOBER 2026 – MILAN @ UNIPOL FORUM 11 OCTOBER 2026 – STUTTGART (GERMANY) @ SCHLEYER-HALLE
13 OCTOBER 2026 – OBERHAUSEN (GERMANY) @ RUDOLF WEBER-ARENA
15 OCTOBER 2026 – ZURICH (SWITZERLAND)@ HALLENSTADION
17 OCTOBER 2026 – TURIN @ INALPI ARENA
22 OCTOBER 2026 – LISBOA (PORTUGAL)@ MEO ARENA
25 OCTOBER 2026 – BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) @ FOREST NATIONAL
27 OCTOBER 2026 – LUXEMBOURG @ ROCKHAL
30 OCTOBER 2026 – NICE (FRANCE) @ PALAIS NIKAIA
1 NOVEMBER 2026 – GENEVE (SWITZERLAND) @ ARENA
3 NOVEMBER 2026 – BOLOGNA @ UNIPOL ARENA
6 NOVEMBER 2026 – FLORENCE @ NELSON MANDELA FORUM
BRAZIL
27 FEBRUARY 2027 – SAO PAULO (BRAZIL) @ MERCADO LIVRE ARENA PACAEMBU
ITALIAN LEG (STADIUMS)
2 JUNE 2027 – LIGNANO SABBIADORO @ GUIDO TEGHIL STADIUM (NEW DATE)
12 JUNE 2027 – MESSINA @ FRANCO SCOGLIO STADIUM
19 JUNE 2027 – BARI @ SAN NICOLA STADIUM
26 JUNE 2027 – PESCARA @ ADRIATIC STADIUM (NEW DATE)
3 JULY 2027 – ROME @ OLYMPIC STADIUM
ITALIAN + EUROPEAN INDOOR REPRISE LEG
28 OCTOBER 2027 – LONDON @ THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL (NEW DATE)
9 NOVEMBER 2027 – EBOLI @ PALA SELE
12 NOVEMBER 2027 – LYON-DÉCINES (FRANCE) @ LDLC ARENA
14 NOVEMBER 2027 – PARIS (FRANCE) @ ACCOR ARENA
21 NOVEMBER 2027 – GOTEBORG (SWEDEN) @ SCANDINAVIUM
24 NOVEMBER 2027 – AMSTERDAM (HOLLAND)@ ZIGGO DOME
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