When I was backpacking in Europe back in the summer of ’96, Jovanotti, one of my favorite musicians was touring his home country. Things didn’t work out back then – I had to “settle” for a Luciano Pavarotti.

Fast forward to 2012 and Lorenzo Cherubini comes Austin for ACL 2012. In Italy, I’d be standing behind 30,000 tall Italians. In the U.S. however… well, just look closely in the left bottom corner of the photo at the handsome guy with the hat.