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Ligabue
Setting out to give Italy its own, distinct form of rock and roll, Luciano
Ligabue established himself as one of the nation's favourite songwriters and
performers in the 1990s, later turning his hand to film-making, short story
writing and political activism.Born in the small northern town of Correggio, on
March 13, 1960, Ligabue worked in factories, as a farmhand and as an accountant
after leaving school, but started pursuing music with his first band Orazero in
the mid-1980s. Things took off for them when they won a prestigious talent show
in 1988, and singer-songwriter Pierang...
