2014 kicks off on a North American note for Gigi D'Alessio. The Italian superstar will release his 18th studio set Ora via Sony Music on February 4th, followed by the kick off of his world tour with a seven city concert run of the continent on February 7th.

One of Italy's most popular recording artists, the Naples-born D'Alessio has sold 12 million copies and achieved 100 platinum awards during a 20 year career.

Ora features D'Alessio in collaboration with Neopolitan musician Enzo Avitabile on the track Notte di lune storte. Avitabile recently came to the attention of American audiences through a documentary by Jonathan Demme; D'Alessio and Avitalile were childhood conservatory classmates. Serpente e sonagli features words penned by the legendary Italian lyricist Mogol and includes the voice of Anna Tatangelo, D'Alessio's life partner who will be joining him on stage in the US and Canada.

Canadian audiences will be treated to the first two stops of the Gigi World Tour on February 7th at Montreal's Place Des Arts and February 8th at Toronto's Roy Thompson Hall. US dates begin on February 9th at Atlantic City's Tropicana Casino Resort. D'Alessio's February 12th Miami concert at the Fillmore Jackie Gleason Theater comes on the heels of Primera Fila, a 2012 Spanish language CD/DVD project recorded live in Mexico City that put the Italian artist in the front row of live performers throughout Latin America with releases in 22 countries. New York's Italian, Italian-American and Italophile communities will be offered a special Valentine's Day concert event at Queens College's Golden Auditorium. On February 15th the Neopolitan singer-songwriter heads north to Rochester's Kodak Center before finishing at Connecticut's Mohegan Sun Casino on February 16th.

For more information: http://gigiworldtour.com