Repetto, the other 883 at San Marino Comics: "I seek empathy with the audience."

San Marino, August 28, 2025 – From dancer with Max Pezzali to fugitive in search of the American dream. Tomorrow at the Bruno Reffi field at San Marino Comics (at 6 pm) Mauro Repetto , the other 883, will arrive. He, along with his high school classmate, wrote the history of Italian music in the 1990s. On San Marino, Repetto, fresh from the release of his latest album, DJ Sole , will retrace those years, through music and dance, interviewed by journalists Fabrizio Basso and Paolo Giordano .

How did your summer go?

"Very well, busy with the summer tour and eager to meet people and put on some great evenings. I want to connect with the audience, like at a dinner party, even if there are thousands of people."

Last year you toured Italy with the show 'The Search for Spider-Man'. Who is Spider-Man in your opinion? Have you found him?

"He's Peter Parker, a normal city boy who happens to be a superhero. We all have the potential to be one: to shoot webs or have super strength. In the end, the best superpower is the ability to overcome life's many difficulties and get home at night knowing we've given it our all."

Let's take a step back, after leaving 883 you moved to America, what was the goal?

"To fulfill my American dream, to make it big in the States. Ultimately, for us in the '90s, that was the dream. I tried, but it didn't go well."

Back in Italy he then published 'Zucchero filato nero'.

“The album truly represents the end of the stars and stripes dream, a clean break with a previous life: I hadn't managed to launch a career in the States, and this was the end of a musical dream. A sad album.”

How did you experience the unexpected success of the first 883s?

"We hadn't changed. We lived with our parents; we were 'normal' kids from Pavia. We'd go home in the evenings as if nothing had happened, but little by little, success overtook us."

Just a stone's throw from San Marino, there's Riccione with its Walky Cup at Aquafan, the stage where you've performed so many times.

We all lived in a villa, along with Fiorello, Amadeus, Franchino, Savino, and others. It's a wonderful memory, full of laughter. We lived it all like a vacation. The watchword was carefree, in a magical place, Riccione and Aquafan. In the end, we didn't have a solid personal conscience; we were all very young.

You and Pezzali started out making music at home, sort of like a "training ground." Over the years, how have you seen music change?

"More than the music itself, it's the audience's attention span that has changed. Now you have to move very fast. Once upon a time, you could make seven-minute pieces with three different choruses, but now that would be unthinkable, and that's why artists have adapted. Attention spans have dropped, and as a result, art has changed as well."

What awaits spectators at the San Marino Comics?

“I will bring my desire to tell stories, dance, and sing. Laughter and sometimes a few tears.”

Who is Repetto off stage?

"A lover of sports, both playing and watching. Tennis and running first and foremost. Then a passionate guitar player, my great dream that has now come true."