Johnny Marr

As part of the "musical contaminations" festival, the Estate Teatrale Veronese returns to fill the Teatro Romano with a long-awaited return: Johnny Marr, British guitarist and songwriter, an iconic figure in independent music and co-founder of the unforgettable The Smiths, will perform on the Scaliger stage on thursday, july 16.

Johnny Marr has written some of the most important pages in the history of alternative music; his creative journey has seen him at the center of fundamental projects like The The, Electronic, Modest Mouse, and The Cribs, along with collaborations with artists such as Pretenders, Talking Heads, The Avalanches, and composer Hans Zimmer, with whom he worked on the soundtrack for the latest James Bond film, No Time To Die, co-signing the Oscar-nominated title track with Billie Eilish.

The live return comes at a particularly happy moment in his career, after Marr celebrated ten years of solo activity through a personally curated collection that retraces the most significant moments of his journey as a frontman.
A work that presents the portrait of an artist in continuous evolution, capable of renewing himself without ever losing a strong melodic and emotional identity.