Legendary opera singer Andrea Bocelli will be hosting a concert during the Easter long weekend.
Normally, this type of event would be sold out in a heartbeat and people would be scalping and selling tickets for much more than cost-price.
However, the 61-year-old has decided to live-stream the whole concert for free.
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Held at the historic Duomo, the cathedral of Milan, Bocelli will perform on Easter Sunday in front of empty seats, due to coronavirus-related restrictions.
He said: "The generous, courageous, proactive Milan and the whole of Italy will be again, and very soon, a winning model, engine of a renaissance that we all hope for.
"It will be a joy to witness it, in the Duomo, during the Easter celebration which evokes the mystery of birth and rebirth."
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The opera singer was invited by the City of Milan to do the one-off concert to lift the spirits of Italians and people around the world.
Italy, particular the country's north, has been hit hard by the coronavirus. There have been more than 135,000 cases in the country, the third highest in the world.
It's hoped the likes of 'Time To Say Goodbye', 'La Voce del Silenzio' and 'Sogno' will help during this time.
Mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, said: "I am happy Andrea has accepted our invitation. This year, Easter will be very different for all of us.
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"The joyous serenity that usually comes with this day, has been greatly troubled by the pandemic we are experiencing. I am sure that the extraordinary voice of Bocelli will be the embrace we are missing these days, a strong, special hug, capable of warming the heart of Milan, Italy and the world."
Mr Sala's word were supported by Monsignor Gianantonio Borgonovo, Archpriest of the Duomo of Milan, who said: "Our 'Hallelujah' is an invitation that we placed in the ark forty days ago and that the flood, which has overwhelmed us all, almost made us forget the joy of expressing it on the day of Easter.
"The voice and word of Andrea Bocelli reminds us that the reason for our hope does not come from us but it is a gift that comes from God.
"This is what it means to promote, from our Duomo - the home of the people of Milan - and through the voice of Bocelli, the confidence that the Spirit of the Risen Crucifix will help us shape the days granted to us in the Kingdom of the One who wanted a new humanity, united and fraternal."
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It will be live streamed on the singer's YouTube channel from 6pm UK time, 10am PST, 1pm EST.
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