360:, which involved their unreleased track "Gente di merda" included in the compilation" Afterhours presents: "The Country is Real (19 artists for a better country?)." At the 2010 Italian Independent Music Awards, Zen Circus won the award for "Best Tour", due to their 110 tour dates. On 2 March 2011, the band loaded a documentary by Annapaola Martin on their YouTube channel celebrating the 10 years of the Zen Circus. The documentary announced to fans the band's decision to re-release their first four albums.
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Appino was forced to return home because of civil service obligations. Teschio's friend convinced him to involve a third collaborator, Massimiliano "UFO" Schiavelli. The band was then renamed "The Zen Circus." A real turning point for the band was winning the regional selection of Arezzo Wave and
156:. As of 2019, in addition to founding member, lead singer, guitarist and harmonica player Appino, the band consists of Massimiliano "Ufo" Schiavelli (bass guitar and backing vocals), Karim Qqru (drums and backing vocals), and Francesco "Il Maestro" Pellegrini (guitar, backing vocals).
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The album contains the ballad "Sweet Me," produced in collaboration with the Rivoli Group, and "Sailing Song," often shown in video rotations on music TV. The album was well received by fans and critics and the
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Italian. After a trip to Paris to record the video of Les poches Sont Les Gens Sont Fous Vides, The Zen Circus Tour departed for Scarpellini in 2005 and 2006.
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on 14 April 2012, during their "Busking Tour". The
Busking Tour ran from 16 March 2012 to 5 May 2012, during which the band played acoustic versions of their songs. On 21 April 2012, the band released
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in 2004 and thanks to their superlative live performances, the band become one of the paramount names in the
Italian rock scene.
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in the recording of his last solo album . UFO and Qqru also participated in the 2009 project "Il paese è reale" designed by
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was acclaimed as one of the best albums of the year, and appeared on the cover of
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in 1998 as The Zen, the band changed its name to Zen Circus, a mashup between the titles of the albums
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241:In 2001, they released their first album,
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