“I am writing a book on my 50 years of activitywhen I finish it I send it to you and tell me what you think. But I publish it only after I stop, because I will tell so many unpublished things and someone won’t like it … so once I withdraw I can do it … come on see you next week in Messina, go to lunch and so we start talking about the Agreements for concerts this summer. Mengoni, Vasco Rossi, Cesare Cremonini, But you know how many readers of the south gazette we make it happy… but you have to make me the usual interview, you see that this time I want the opening of the page. Indeed I want the whole page: this year we bring 175 thousand people to Messina … Mauro but you realize … and who could do it if not me “. Carmelo Costa was so, direct, Sure of himself and his career to be trespassing often in arrogance and antipathy. But a professional like few others, maniacal precision, maximum seriousness. I can’t say how many times I heard him scream against someone as if there was no tomorrow and how many times after 5 he said “forward, now let’s do this …”. Vasco Rossi, Tiziano Ferro, the Pooh, the Negramaro, Ligabue, Jovanotti: Thanks to you, many readers of Gazzetta del Sud met their idols and thanks to you and Lello Manfredi – together with the municipal administrations of the last 15 years – the city of Messina has become the capital of southern Italy of the great concerts. I look at that photo with Jovanotti who in these hours many are publishing to give the news of your death and I remember that afternoon. The meeting of 20 readers of Gazzetta del Sud with Jovanotti was scheduled, we arrived in 35 … You wanted to overwhelm me, your screams resonated throughout the San Filippo valley. “Mauro we don’t make more than these agreements.” In reality it was the first of a very long series. And then the photo and your happiness when I sent it to you: “Thanks Mauro, but you know I don’t have many photos with the artists. Once I took many, but they were other times. But now things have changed. Thanks, mi You made a nice gift …. but now I want the interview, the whole page! “. Thanks to you, Carmelo.
The memory of the commissioner Finocchiaro
“I would never have thought of writing what I am writing, but life, sometimes, is truly incredible. On Wednesday I was waiting for you in my office, we had an extraordinary appointment, I have been chasing me for days because you had to give me an” international announcement “. We had to To tell the mayor … but you never arrived, indeed, unfortunately, I had to reach you, chasing the ambulance that transported you to the hospital. Case. you were in fibrillation, you were persecuting me with your projections and your analysis on sales, with your usual anxiety of having to plan everything in time, obsessed with perfection and hospitality you had to guarantee your spectators; You spy on enthusiasm as you were a child, because you had to “celebrate” your 50 years of activity … with a bang … and you were doing it very well. reference for many. You were not an easy one, let’s face it, but we respected and had found more than one meeting point and together, in great harmony, we did and organize many events. This year we had scheduled the concerts of Vasco Rossi, Marco Mengoni and Cesare Cremonini, and we already worked on the dates that you had already set for 2026. Your work and passion have deeply marked the Sicilian music scene and your disappearance represents A huge loss for the culture and show of the whole island. It was an honor to meet you and work with you, you have been a real legend in the sector and you will remain in the history and hearts of all of us. Tonight I hugged your Anna with all my affection and in that embrace … I also tightened you … make a good trip “: the memory that the city councilor Massimo Finocchiaro has entrusted to social media.
Gallo: “The largest event organizer in Sicily”
“Carmelo Costa, the largest organizer of events in Sicily (and not only) unfortunately today left us. To him they link me many memories in a path of almost twenty years in which he helped me to bring (in 2007) and a Bringing (after 2020) the great events in Messina.
You were really great, you didn’t forget “the words of the national deputy Francesco Gallo, former councilor for events of the Municipality of Messina.
The greeting of colleagues: “undisputed protagonist of music”
“Live music cries the disappearance of Carmelo Costa. The world of entertainment loses an undisputed protagonist, one of the most prepared and visionary Italian promoters. His passion and talent have made it possible to arrive in Sicily of great international stars such as Bob Dylan, Sting, Peter Gabriel and many others. His 50 years of career, a goal that tells his immense dedication.