Rome’s crumbling ancient monuments still have some star wattage. Two weeks after welcoming Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, the Circus Maximus is getting ready to rock to the sound of The Boss. The next concert in Bruce Springsteen’s River tour takes place in the 600m-long Roman chariot-racing stadium, now reopened to the public after a seven-year conservation project, on 16 July. Meanwhile, the Italian fashion house Fendi celebrated its 90th anniversary last week by staging a fairytale-themed show at the Trevi Fountain. Models sashayed across the water on a transparent catwalk reminiscent of the panoramic bridge spanning the (empty) fountain during its €2m Fendi-sponsored renovation, completed last November. Next up: the Colosseum. Unveiling the €25m restoration (courtesy of Diego della Valle, CEO of the luxury brand Tod’s) of the first-century amphitheatre’s façade earlier this month, the Italian culture minister Dario Franceschini said the plan to rebuild the floor for cultural events was “already funded” and “should be complete in 2018”.