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| Italian Punk Singer banned from Italian Sanremo Festival for Admitting Crack Use |
 One of the Italy's top artists has been dropped from the Sanremo melodic musical festival for admitting, during an interview, that he used crack. Morgan, singer and leader of Blue Vertigo, an alternative Italian punk band, declared during an Interview to Max Magazine, that he preferred crack over anti-depressant drugs.“If I could have smoked crack instead of anti-depressant drugs, I would have done better”. “The interview was a trap,” Morgan later said. But it was too late, Italian Minister for Relations between Parliament and Low Chamber, Carlo Giovanardi, said he was shocked from such a statement, and when it reached the political stage for Morgan, he was banned from the music stage.Mauro Masi, General Manager of the first Italian Channel Rai1, followed by excluding Morgan from the competition. “The Festival of Sanremo is a product for families and young people. We cannot accept that anybody who wants to perform in such event could announce they like to smoke crack.” Morgan tried to step back but it was too late, Max Magazine repsonded that the interview was regular and normal done and was not a trap as Morgan said. The artist can only accept that he will not be a participate at Sanremo Festival 2010. Considering, maybe next time... he should smoke camomile rather than crack. The Festival della canzone italiana (in English: Italian song festival) is a popular Italian song contest running since 1951 and held annually from Teatro Ariston in the city of Sanremo. Usually referred to as Festival di Sanremo, or outside Italy as Sanremo Music Festival, it was the inspiration for the Eurovision Song Contest. For some years (from 1953 to 1971, except for 1956) each song was sung twice by two different interpreters (singer or band), each one using an individual orchestral arrangement to illustrate the meaning of the festival as a composers' competition, not a singers' competition. During this era of the festival, it was custom that one version of the song was performed by a native Italian artist while the other version was performed by an international guest artist. The festival has been used as the way of choosing Italy's Eurovision entry from 1956 to 1966, in 1972 and 1997. The festival has also launched the careers of many very famous italian singers, most notably Andrea Bocelli, Giorgia, Mietta, Laura Pausini and Eros Ramazzotti The Festival is broadcast live on TV Rai Uno in Eurovision Network since 1955. From 1951 to 1954 it was transmitted only on radio RAI. Related Articles: Italian Promoter to Test Dynamic Ticketing According to the Italian music press, and following the success of Andrea Pieroni from Live in Italy's dynamic model for ticketing campaign in August this year with the artist W.A.S.P., another test for their dynamic ticketing model will be held for the Italian Gods of Metal, all-Italian branch of... One Man Monopoly, Sead Dizdarevic, Set to Make Fortune from Winter Olympic Tickets in USA Sead Dizdarevic is the official ticket scalper for the 2010 Winter Olympics for the US secondary ticketing market. And he's spent tens of millions to ensure his monopoly. At least that what the Seattle Times is saying in a recent article about the upcoming winter olympics to be held next door in... Singer Lhasa de Sela Dies of Cancer - European Tour Cancelled The 37-year-old singer Lhasa de Sela passed away in her Montreal home on the night of January 1st 2010, just before midnight, succumbing to breast cancer after a twenty-one month long struggle, which she faced with courage and determination.
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