Alberto Angela had nothing to do with it. That's why Beyoncé couldn't shoot her video at the Colosseum.

As we had told you in this news story, Beyoncé wanted to shoot a new video clip at the Colosseum in Rome following the success that the video for "Apeshit, " set entirely in the halls of the Louvre museum, had on Youtube (it would have exceeded 107 million views at the moment), but the request was denied her. The reason seemed to be the dates requested by the singer (July 7 and 8), which clashed with those for the filming of a new documentary by Alberto Angela, as well as the fact that the request was received shortly in advance (July 2), but it seems to be mostly a matter of... a money problem.

As stated in a statement from the Colosseum Archaeological Park: “It should be noted that a request was received by this office on June 26 from a private tour operator agency to open the Colosseum at night in order to film a music video on July 7, 9, 10 on behalf of a world-class record company whose name was not specified. On the dates indicated in the request by the agency, the monument appeared to be used for long-scheduled television filming, as well as affected by the evening enhancement activities organized by this Park (Blood and Arena; Moon at the Colosseum). The agency, which only later, on July 2, reported that it was acting on behalf of Beyoncé’s record company, was informed that, in view of the monument’s complexity and international visibility, the process had to provide for the presentation well in advance of a detailed project in line with the Park’s cultural policies.”

“For the realization of such filming,” the note continues, "the practice, in addition to the concessionary fee (250,000 euros for the Colosseum), necessarily provides for the identification of a charitable cause to which additional specific funds are to be donated, in a manner to be agreed upon.
Bottom line: the impractical timeframe and steep costs imposed by Italian bureaucracy perhaps convinced the “If I were a boy” singer to give up. A missed opportunity forItaly?

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Alberto Angela had nothing to do with it. That's why Beyoncé couldn't shoot her video at the Colosseum.

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