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Toto will perform on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, starting with 8.30 pm, in Piazza Napoleone, in Lucca, as part of the Lucca Summer Festival 2024.
On that occasion, the band will share the stage with the American musician Marcus Miller.
TOTO
Toto was formed in 1976, in Los Angeles, and the band became known for a combination of musical styles, with elements of pop, rock, soul, funk, progressive rock, hard rock, R&B, blues and jazz.
The band enjoyed commercial success in the late 1970s and 1980s, beginning with the band’s debut album released in 1978, Toto.
With the release of their fourth album, Toto IV, in 1982, the band became one of the best-selling music groups of their era.
Toto is widely known for hits like Hold the Line, Rosanna and Africa. To date, the band released 17 studio albums and sold over 40 million records worldwide.
The group received several Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame in 2009.
Toto released their Greatest Hits album, titled 40 Trips Around the Sun, on February 9, 2018. The same year, they embarked on a world tour promoting the album and celebrating 40 years of playing music.
LUCCA SUMMER FESTIVAL
The first edition of the Lucca Summer Festival was held in 1998, when Bob Dylan, George Benson and Joe Cocker attended the event.
Over time, important artists performed at the festival, such as David Bowie, James Brown, Ray Charles, Elton John, Paul Simon, The Rolling Stones, Sting, and Scorpions.
As usual, the Lucca Summer Festival 2024 will take place during the month of July, in Lucca.
The concerts of the Lucca Summer Festival 2024 will be held in Piazza Napoleone, Piazza San Martino, Piazza dell’Anfiteatro, or in the former Campo Balilla, located outside the historic walls of Lucca.
Besides Toto, other artists announced for the 2024 edition of the Lucca Summer Festival are Rod Stewart, Lenny Kravitz, Diana Krall, The Smashing Pumpkins, Sam Smith, Mika, and Ed Sheeran.
PIAZZA NAPOLEONE
Piazza Napoleone is the main square of Lucca, and one of the venues where, every year in the summer, is held one of the most important music festivals in Italy, the Lucca Summer Festival.
Piazza Napoleone is located inside the city walls of Lucca, about 650 meters away from the Lucca railway station.
The closest bus stop is Napoleone, located in the northwestern corner of the square, on the bus Lines 5, LAM Blu and LAM Verde.
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