«I'm not leaving there!» . Paraphrasing one of his most famous lines, Benito Urgu has made it known that his farewell to the stage is postponed . Sine die. In April he announced it , yesterday - after a huge crowd at the celebration of Maria Ausilia Ausiliatrice in Lanusei - he explained that perhaps, at the age of 85, it is still too early to leave the scene. «At most I leave out dinner, I only eat fruit, vegetables and a bit of pasta. But never before the show. Proteins? No more cheese on spaghetti."
The cabaret artist from Santa Giusta is still in great shape. And it continues to conquer the public. From Sexy Fonni to the present day, from Barritas to the times of social media he is always different but always the same. The character Desolina Farris has extra white hair, in the meantime she has set up the widows' association (“Sole twenty-four hours”), the Urgu singer, imitator and except for conventions everything remains capable of filling the squares. The Maria Ausiliatrice committee of Lanusei, many women alongside the president Giandomenico Contu, achieved their objective by hiring him for the party . Other than Go back. Despite some parish priests who see him as the devil, he is still there. And he doesn't retreat from there.
