Laura Pausini - Io Canto

Laura Pausini - Io Canto

Laura Pausini was never just a pop singer. Since her breakthrough in 1993 at the Sanremo Festival with "La solitudine", she has developed into an icon who combines Italian melancholy, international charisma and an almost uncompromising closeness to her audience. More than 75 million records sold, a Grammy, four Latin Grammys, plus Golden Globe and Oscar nominations: Pausini has long been not only Italy's most successful pop voice, but also a global ambassador for her country's music.

Now she is back - with a project that sounds like both a retrospective and a new departure. Her new single "La mia storia tra le dita", a reinterpretation of the 1994 classic by Gianluca Grignani, will be released in four languages and marks the start of a covers album with the simple but programmatic title "Io Canto 2 / Yo Canto 2". Almost twenty years after the first part, Pausini once again dedicates herself to the songs that have shaped her, but this time expands her horizons to include the Iberian and Latin American music world. It is a work that does not rely on self-dramatization, but on what she herself calls "service to the song", a bow to her idols.

But for Laura Pausini, every studio album inevitably leads to another stage: the live stage. "For me, every new song is only complete when I can share it with the people who hear it," she says. And so the next chapter is already waiting in the wings. From March 2026, she will embark on her eleventh world tour. From Spain to Latin America to the USA, from Milan to São Paulo - the "Io Canto World Tour 2026/2027" is a mammoth project that will once again encompass the whole world.

Her fans have known for decades that Pausini doesn't just perform songs on tour, she creates events. Her concerts are not slick pop shows, but emotional condensations in which pathos, closeness and professionalism come together. Anyone who has ever heard tens of thousands singing along in a stadium or arena will understand why she herself says: "It's less a schedule than a date with every single fan."