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Diego Spagnoli leaves Vasco Rossi’s team after more than 40 years
Diego Spagnoli is leaving Vasco Rossi’s concert team after more than 40 years working with the Italian singer.
Spagnoli was the team’s stage manager, helping run concerts and backstage operations.
The split follows an argument during rehearsals, which Rossi says left Spagnoli feeling offended.
Spagnoli says the decision to leave was his alone, while Rossi says they discussed it several times over the past three months and that Spagnoli’s choice was firm.
The departure comes before ten concerts in Rome in June 2027, planned to mark 50 years of Rossi’s music career.
Rossi says he has started looking for a replacement and that the commitments to the audience will be kept.
Diego Spagnoli is leaving Vasco Rossi’s team after more than 40 years as the singer’s stage manager.
Rossi said a disagreement during rehearsals led Spagnoli to feel offended, while Spagnoli said the decision was his alone and did not give a personal reason.
The split comes ahead of 10 concerts planned in Rome in June 2027 to mark Rossi’s 50 years in music.
Rossi said Spagnoli completed the 2026 tour professionally and that he had begun looking for a replacement.
The two exchanged comments on social media about how Spagnoli’s departure should be understood.
- Who
- Diego Spagnoli, Vasco Rossi’s longtime stage manager, and singer Vasco Rossi.
- What
- Spagnoli is leaving Rossi’s team after more than 40 years. The two gave differing accounts of the departure.
- When
- The split was reported on October 16 and 17, 2026, ahead of concerts planned for June 2027.
- Where
- The disagreement happened on stage during rehearsals. The upcoming concerts are planned for Rome.
- Why
- Rossi said an argument during rehearsals offended Spagnoli. Spagnoli said the decision was his alone and described his reasons as personal.
Vasco Rossi
Diego Spagnoli
Reason for departure
Vasco Rossi
Rossi said a rehearsal argument upset Spagnoli, but also said Spagnoli had repeatedly confirmed his decision to leave over the previous three months.
Diego Spagnoli
Spagnoli said no one else decided that he would not take part in the 2027 event and that the decision was his alone; he did not publicly explain his personal reasons.
How the departure was presented
Vasco Rossi
Rossi described Spagnoli’s account as too “victimistic” and rejected the suggestion that the departure was an act he had been forced to take.
Diego Spagnoli
Spagnoli said not to look for someone else responsible and wished the event well.
Spagnoli began accompanying Rossi as his stage manager, according to Corriere di Bologna.
Rossi and Spagnoli had a disagreement on stage in front of two people.
Spagnoli completed the tour, then sent Rossi a video explaining his reasons for leaving.
Rossi said he and Spagnoli spoke several times and that Spagnoli repeatedly confirmed his decision.
Rossi and Spagnoli publicly exchanged comments about the departure on social media.
Ten concerts are planned in Rome to mark Rossi’s 50 years in music.
- Time working together
- More than 40 years; Corriere di Bologna says 44 years
- Spagnoli’s role
- Stage manager
- Start of collaboration
- 1982
- Planned Rome concerts
- 10, in June 2027
- Occasion
- Rossi’s 50 years in music
- Replacement search
- Rossi said he had begun looking for a replacement
3 sources
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What people are saying
I was nervous and tense, but that is no justification. I told him what I thought and he felt offended. I’m sorry.
Diego is not replaceable. Diego is Diego.
There is no one other than me who decided not to take part in the next event scheduled in Rome in 2027.
When there is a Jubilee, I go to visit the Pope, who is in the Vatican.