Afterhours – August 1, 2025 – Arena in Fiera, Cagliari

20 years after its first publication, “Ballate per Piccole Iene”, one of the most iconic and representative albums of Italian music, will be reissued in the spring in a special edition released by USM / Universal Music Italia.

For the occasion Manuel Agnelli decided to return to the stage with the band of the time, composed of Andrea Viti (bass), Dario Ciffo (violin, guitar) and Giorgio Prette (drums).

A few months ago, when the possibility of republishing “Ballate per Piccole Iene” emerged – says Manuel Agnelli – I continued to receive requests to listen to it live again, in its entirety. It was at that moment that the idea came to me that playing it live, with the band at the time, would give a deeper meaning to everything. A phone call to his traveling companions from that season was enough. After two hours, the band was back together.

This is a bit of the “magic” of the Afterhours project. It has been so many things, it has had so many formations, that it allows you to get back on the road without contacting nostalgia but only new energies.

The historic line-up will be on tour in the summer to bring the spirit and strength of “Ballate per Piccole Iene” back live.

Published in 2005 by Mescal and distributed worldwide in its English version by One Little Indian (the British label of the Icelandic artist and performer Björk), the album reached second place in the Italian sales charts and led Afterhours on tour in Europe, the United States, Canada and China.

“Ballate per Piccole Iene” contains masterpieces such as “Ballata per la mia piccola iena”, “Ci sono molti modi”, “Carne fresca” and “La vedova bianca”, still today an important part of the live repertoire of Agnelli as a soloist and of the Afterhours.
Its iconic cover is made in four versions with photos by Guido Harari and artwork by Thomas Berloffa.