CONFORT FESTIVAL 2025 # 4: WARREN HAYNES BAND - ANA POPOVIC - BETTE SMITH ~ La Villa Casati Stampa. Cinisello Balsamo. Milano. Italia.

 

*** CONFORT FESTIVAL 2025 — 4th Edition — NEW LOCATION - CITTÀ METROPOLITANA DI MILANO ***

 

*** The American WARREN HAYNES BAND (former guitarist of the Allman Brothers Band), one of the best Southern blues-rock bands that’ll stand the test of time performs live on stage, announces Million Voices Whisper 2025 Tour, in Milano for a only concert in Italia. ***· 

 

*** CONCERT DAY 1 # 5 -- JULY 4 - 5 - 9 - 11 - 13, 2025  ***

 

 *** PRESALE "Warren Haynes.com": 14/12/2024 - 11h ***
*** UP FOR SALE : 16/10/2024 - 10h ***

 

🕖 Set Times:
5:00 pm — Doors Open
6:30 pm — Bette Smith USA)
7:30 pm — Ana Popović (SRB)

 9:30 pm — Warren Haynes Band (USA)

Support Act: ANA POPOVIC - BETTE SMITH

 

~ MILLION VOICES WHISPER EUROPEAN TOUR 2025 ~

 

(Warren Haynes Band, led by GRAMMY® Award-winning vocalist, songwriter, guitar legend, and Gov’t Mule front man Warren Haynes, has announced the Million Voices Whisper Spring Tour 2024 in continued support of Haynes’ newest, chart-topping solo album, "Million Voices Whisper".)  

 

 

 

Million Voices Whisper is the fourth solo studio album (his first solo album in 9 years « Ashes & Dust ») by American (Asheville, North Carolina) southern blues-rock musician guitarist, singer and songwriter Warren Hayne (He is best known for his work as longtime guitarist with the Allman Brothers Band and as founding member of the jam band Gov't Mule). Released on November 1, 2024. Producer Warren Haynes (with a few tracks co-produced by DerekTrucks). The album is dedicated to Allman Brothers co-founder Dickey Betts, who left us on April 18, 2014. It debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Blues Albums Chart. 

Power is the 14th studio album (since Hometown in 1998) by Serbian from Belgrade)  blues rock funky guitarist singer Ana Popović, released on May 5, 2023. Producer Ana Popović - Buthel Burns. The Blues Foundation nominated Popovic for the seventh time as the “Blues Rock Artist of the Year“. The album reached #1 on the Billboards Blues Charts USA! THE list of best selling albums nationwide.
 

 Goodthing is the sixth studio album by American (from Brooklyn, New York) soul rock blues gospel funk singer Bette Smith, released on July 2, 2024. Producer Jimmy Hogarth (Amy Winehouse, James Bay, Paulo Nutini, Sia). Sensation soul de Brooklyn, solidify her position as an authentic and dynamic rising soul artist, an iconic force in music.
 

WARREN HAYNES (Band)

 

Warren Haynes (founding member of the jam band Gov't Mule - ex The Allman Brothers - The Dickey Betts Band - Phil Lesh and Friends - The Dead) — lead guitar, lead vocal (1982–present)
Kevin Scott (ex Gov’t Mule) — bass (2023–present)
Terence Higgins (of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band) — drums (2023–present)
John Medeski — keyboards (2023–present)
Greg Osby — sax (2023–present)

 

 ANA POPOVIC (Band)

Ana Popović — lead vocals, lead electric-slide-acoustic guitar (1995–present)
Buthel Burns — bass, backing vocals (2020-present)
Jerry Kelley – drums, backing vocals (2019-present)
Michele Papadia — keyboards (1976-present)
Davide Ghidoni — trumpet (2017-present)

 Claudio Giovagnoli — sax (2017-present)

BETTE SMITH (Band)

Sharon Meriel Kathleen Smith "Bette Smith" — lead vocals (2005–present)
Curtis J. Brewer — guitar
Stephan Kondert — bass,
Peter Kronreif — drums
Jim Piela — sax
Michael Sarian — trumpet
Matt Podd — keyboards

 

The Setlist

 WARREN HAYNES

 

 WHB Intro > 

> Tear Me Down (Gov’t Mule cover - The Deep End Volume 1 - 2001)
River's Gonna Rise (Warren Haynes song - Man in Motion - 2011))
Go Down Swinging (Warren Haynes song - Million Voices Whisper - 2024)
This Life as We Know It (Warren Haynes song - Million Voices Whisper - 2024)
Fire in the Kitchen (Warren Haynes song - Tales of Ordinary Madness - 1993)
Banks of the Deep End (Gov’t Mule cover - The Deep End Volume 1 - 2001)
Terrified (Warren Haynes song - Million Voices Whisper - 2024)
You Ain’t Above Me (Warren Haynes song - Million Voices Whisper - 2024)
Instrumental Illness (The Allman Brothers Band cover - Hittin' the Note - 2003)
Big Legged Woman (Freddie King cover - Texas Cannonball - 1972) (With A Short Mini Skirt)
It's My Own Fault (John Lee Hooker cover - Single - 1959)
These Changes (Warren Haynes song - Million Voices Whisper - 2024)
Thorazine Shuffle (Gov’t Mule cover - Dose - 1998))
Invisible (Warren Haynes new song)

Encore

Soulshine (The Allman Brothers Band cover - Where It All Begins - 1994) 

 

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 Time Set: 2h00