Lugano. Hit Week is back, the most important Italian music festival in the world. The 2017 edition of the Festival will take place from November 1st to the 19th: 12 live concerts in major cities in = Europe, the United States and Canada, opening in Lugano on November 1st. The headliner for this new edition is Ermal Meta: the protagonist of 2017 with a long series of sold out concerts that began in April and closing in Turin on October 19th – the artist was awarded in Faenza by RAI Radio Live for Best Tour and at the same time Vietato Morire’s video, which has abundantly exceeded 41,000,000 views, won the 2017 MEI Video Indie Music Like. Over 100 artists involved, 14 world tours, 40,000,000 contacts, 650,000 viewers, 232 venues, 9,407 meals for workmen, 14,000 bottles of Italian wine, 46 distribution contracts, 644 airplanes, 22 containers, 232 air freight shipments, 37 professional panels: here are just some of the numbers of HIT WEEK which in 2018 will celebrate its 10th anniversary. Ermal Meta’s shows are realised with the contribution of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Tourism and SIAE (Italian Society of Authors and Publishers) Sillumina – Private Copy for the young and for culture.
