Morgan, judge of X Factor 2023 from 14 September

9 years after his last participation, Morgan returns to X Factor, historic judge of the program for which he wrote an important page, with competence, originality and energy. The singer-songwriter, between 2008 and 2014, participated in seven editions of the show, winning five of them: an absolute record that earned him a place in the Guinness World Records as the judge who, among all the editions of

X FACTOR 2023, from 14 September on Sky and Now the lights will be turned back on and dreams will be released

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Already last year Morgan returned to the stage of the Sky Original show produced by Fremantle for two highly appreciated live performances, with Somewhere else And The crisis by Bluvertigo

Morgan, the release date of the new album …And so, in short, that is

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At the table of the Sky Original show produced by Fremantle, Morgan (in the photo) joins Fedez, Ambra Angiolini and Dargen D’Amico

X Factor 2023, judges announced: Morgan returns, Fedez, Ambra and Dargen confirmed

Morgan, in addition to being a historic judge of XF, was the leader of Bluvertigo, founded in 1991 together with Andrea Fumagalli, Marco Pancaldi (later replaced on guitar by Livio Magnini) and Stefano Panceri. Following Panceri’s abandonment, Sergio Carnevale became the new drummer

Over the years Morgan has alternated his solo career with that of frontman of Bluvertigo, with whom he created 3 studio albums: “Acids and bases”, “Metallo non metallo” and “Zero”

Marco Castoldi (Milan 23 December 1972) was born with music in his blood and in a recent interview given to Corriere della Sera he talked about his love for notes born even before reading the pentagram

Crazy about Elvis, Little Richard and Bob Marley and seduced by Depeche Mode, Brian Ferry, Simple Minds, Dire Straits, Vasco, Venditti, Battisti and Gaber during nights at the piano bar, which caused him to fail in high school, Morgan founded his first band with friends of the palace at just sixteen years old

It was his father who passed on his passion for music to him, as he recalls in the aforementioned interview: “He was an intelligent, sensitive, refined, cultured man in his own way. He passed on to me his passion for music. He was a knight, one of those who open the doors to the ladies. A little vain: he had many ties, which I keep as heirlooms: from him I learned something that no one knows how to do, tie my own bow tie”

The singer-songwriter had three daughters, the eldest Anna Lou with his ex-partner Asia Argento. The other two from subsequent relationships: Lara, 10 years old, and Maria Eco, the youngest, 3

Morgan in one of his many X Factor poses paying homage to David Bowie with an eccentric and original look (remember that the artist has five victories to his credit). In the photo we see him next to Mika, Simona Ventura and Elio

Morgan has repeatedly declared that he cares about music more than himself, and his artistic journey demonstrates all his passion for the seven notes

In addition to his music and albums, Morgan has made several soundtrack collaborations. In the photo, together with Arisa, Alessandro Cattelan, Simona Ventura and Stefano Belisari in a shot dating back to 2011

Morgan live on the Fabrique stage in a shot from 2015

Morgan in the cast of ‘Dancing With the Stars in 2021 with his dance partner Alessandra Tripoli

The former Bluvertigo frontman will release the album in September, the result of the collaboration with the lyricist Pasquale Panella, who worked on Lucio Battisti’s last five albums

Morgan, the release date of the new album …And so, in short, that is