In doing so, he aims not only to make music but to answer what he describes as the “cloud of depression” hovering over our times with movement, connection and joy.
Due for release on November 20, the album Niuiorcherubini was recorded in just six days of jam sessions in New York, captured live with no overdubs or corrections.
Jovanotti emphasises the immediacy of the process: the music was found, not polished; it was built on instinct, on collaboration with local musicians recruited via social media.
From February through July 2026, the tour will travel the globe. In Australia, he’s confirmed shows in Brisbane and Adelaide, and hopes to add others.
Jovanotti speaks openly about the emotional impetus behind the project. He senses a global mood of impending catastrophe, a collective gloom that he refuses to passively accept.
Instead, he chooses to “react, go look for the world and not wait for it to come to me”.
The tour, the recording method and the choice of locations all reflect a desire to move, connect and share rather than withdraw.
For Jovanotti, who will turn 60 next September, this will be his first time in Australia.
