Legendary Italian pop music icon Iva Zanicchi ("Non pensare a me, Zingara, Ciao, cara, come stai?"), the only female vocalist to win Italy’s famed San Remo Music Festival three times is a row, is returning to the United States on Saturday, April 22, 2017, to kick off Festa della Liberazione, a multi-city, North American tour in celebration of Italian-American pride and culture at Boston’s Historic Faneuil Hall. Co-headlining with Ms. Zanicchi will be her American hosts, the Rock & Roll, Vocal Group and Grammy Halls of Fame vocalists, The Platters ("Only You," "Great Pretender," "My Prayer," "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"). Ms. Zanicchi and The Platters represent the multi-generational kinship that symbolizes the unity of the Italian and American people via the universal language of music.

The purpose of the tour is threefold. One: to celebrate and thank the American people for liberating Italy from Nazi occupation under reviled Italian dictator Benito Mussolini on April 25, 1945. Two: to raise awareness of Italian arts and culture in honor of the international release of the new, critically acclaimed Italian comedy-drama Briciole Sul Mare. The motion picture is currently under consideration as an official nominee for a prestigious David di Donatello Award. Three: to raise funds for the Italian Red Cross to help the victims of central Italy’s recent earthquakes.