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Ligabue
Luciano Ligabue in a press conference in Varese
Background information
Birth name	Luciano Riccardo Ligabue
Born	(1960-03-13) 13 March 1960 (age 64)
Origin	Correggio, Province of Reggio Emilia, Italy
Genres	Rock
Occupations	Singer songwriter composer multi-instrumentalist film director screenwriter producer author
Instruments	Vocals guitar piano bouzouki banjo
Years active	1986–present
Website	www.ligabue.com

Luciano Riccardo Ligabue (born 13 March 1960), commonly known as Ligabue or Liga, is an Italian singer-songwriter, film director, and writer.

Biography

Ligabue was born in Correggio, in the province of Reggio Emilia (Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy). Before becoming a successful singer, he held various jobs, working in agriculture and in factories. He entered the music world in 1987 when he founded the amateur band Orazero. For this band, he wrote several original songs, with which they participated in several local and national contests. The following year his fellow Emilian singer-songwriter Pierangelo Bertoli was the first to discover Ligabue's writing talents, and included one of Ligabue's songs, "Sogni di Rock'n'Roll" ("Rock n roll dreams"), in his new LP.

The following year Bertoli introduced him to producer Angelo Carrara, to finish an LP of his own, Ligabue, which was released in May 1990. Ligabue soon gained fame as one of the most successful Italian rock stars, finding fans mainly among younger audiences. His most famous hits include Balliamo sul mondo (Let's Dance on the World), Ho perso le parole (I've lost words) and the most successful of all, Certe Notti (Certain Nights), which was voted as "Italian song of the 1990s" in a poll held by a popular music magazine. He also collaborated with another famous singer-songwriter, Francesco Guccini, who also had a part in Ligabue's first movie.

Ligabue directed his first movie, Radiofreccia, in 1998, a semi-autobiographical story of a local radio station. Critics acclaimed it as surprisingly well shot for a newcomer, and the film received three David di Donatello Awards (the highest award in Italian cinema). He also composed the soundtrack. Four years later he shot Da zero a dieci ("From Zero to Ten"): however, it was not as well-received as the first work, by both critics and fans.

On 10 September 2005, Ligabue held a concert in Reggio Emilia to celebrate his first 15 years of activity. The audience of around 180,000 set a European audience record for the one, non-free event for a single artist. However, due to problems with the audio system, several thousand people were unable to listen to the music and left the concert early. Ligabue later apologized for the problems.

Ligabue has also published a short story collection, Fuori e dentro il Borgo ("In and out the village"), which won several literary awards, a science fiction novel La neve se ne frega ("Snow doesn't care") (2005), and collections of poems Lettere d'Amore nel frigo ("Love Letters in the fridge") (2006).

He considers himself a "believer", even if he shows strong criticism towards the traditional teachings of the Catholic Church.

He is a passionate Inter Milan fan.

Political involvement

In the 1980s Ligabue was a member of the communal council of his native Correggio, elected for the Italian Communist Party. Though he no longer assumes a public high-level political position, Ligabue, together with Jovanotti and Piero Pelù, released in 1999 the single "Il mio nome è mai più" ("My Name Is Never Again"), a song against the Kosovo War to collect funds for the Italian NGO Emergency.

Discography

• Ligabue (1990)
• Lambrusco coltelli rose & popcorn (1991)
• Sopravvissuti e sopravviventi (1993)
• A che ora è la fine del mondo? (1994)
• Buon compleanno Elvis! (1995)
• Su e giù da un palco (1997)
• Radiofreccia (1998)
• Miss Mondo (1999)
• Fuori come va? (2002)
• Giro d'Italia (2003)
• Nome e Cognome (2005)
• Primo tempo (2007)
• Secondo tempo (2008)
• Sette notti in Arena (2009)
• Arrivederci, mostro! (2010)
• Campovolo 2.011 (2011)
• Mondovisione (2013)
• Giro Del Mondo (2015)
• Made in Italy (2016)
• Start (2019)
• 7 (2020)
• Dedicato a Noi (2023)

Tour and live

Filmography

Year	Title	Credited as				Role	Notes
		Writer	Director	Actor	Soundtrack
1997	Partigiani					Himself	Documentary film
1998	Radiofreccia					Deejay	Debut as director and screenwriter
2002	Da zero a dieci					—	Second film as a director and writer
2010	Niente Paura					Himself	Documentary film
2018	Made in Italy					—	Third film as a director and writer

Bibliography

• Fuori e dentro il Borgo ("In and out the village") (1997)
• La neve se ne frega ("Snow doesn't care") (2004)
• Lettere d'amore nel frigo ("Love Letters in the fridge") (2006)
• Made in Italy (2018)

References

1. Used during 2011 acoustic tour.
2. Used during "Arrivederci Mostro – acoustic's recording session.
3. "Ligabue: da oltre un mese con dieci dischi in classifica". La Voce d'Italia (in Italian). 13 August 2011. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
4. Passarin, Sara Greta (15 May 2022). "Luciano Ligabue: la biografia dell'artista emiliano". True News. (in Italian). Retrieved 17 May 2022.
5. Brighenti, Flavio (8 May 2013). "Intervista a Ligabue" [An Interwiew to Ligabue]. Repubblica XL (in Italian). Rome. Retrieved 27 May 2015.

External links

• Official website
• Ligabue on AllMusic.com

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Performers 1960s Bobby Solo Petula Clark Caterina Caselli Rocky Roberts Salvatore Adamo Lucio Battisti 1970s Lucio Battisti Demis Roussos Mia Martini (Mia Martini, Marcella Bella) Claudio Baglioni (Drupi, Gloria Gaynor) Gianni Bella Umberto Tozzi (Alunni del Sole, Kate Bush) Alan Sorrenti 1980s Miguel Bosé Donatella Rettore (Loredana Bertè, Miguel Bosé, Ron) Vasco Rossi Gianna Nannini Righeira Tracy Spencer Spagna Scialpi / Scarlett Raf 1990s Francesco Baccini / Ladri di Biciclette Gino Paoli Luca Carboni Raf Umberto Tozzi 883 Eros Ramazzotti Pino Daniele Vasco Rossi Jovanotti 2000s Lùnapop Vasco Rossi Luciano Ligabue Eros Ramazzotti Zucchero Fornaciari Nek Luciano Ligabue Negramaro
Songs 1960s "Credi a me" "Ciao ciao" "Perdono" "Stasera mi butto" "Affida una lacrima al vento" "Acqua azzurra, acqua chiara" 1970s "Fiori rosa fiori di pesco" "We Shall Dance" "Piccolo uomo" ("Minuetto", "Io domani") "E tu..." ("Due", "Reach Out I'll Be There") "Non si può morire dentro" "Ti amo" ("Liù", "Wuthering Heights") "Tu sei l'unica donna per me" 1980s "Olympic Games" "Donatella" ("Non sono una signora", "Bravi ragazzi", "Anima") "Bollicine" "Fotoromanza" "L'estate sta finendo" "Run to Me" "Dance Dance Dance" "Pregherei" "Ti pretendo" 1990s "Sotto questo sole" "Quattro amici" "Mare mare" "Il battito animale" "Io muoio di te" "Tieni il tempo" "Più bella cosa" "Che male c'è" "Io no" "Un raggio di sole" 2000s "Qualcosa di grande" "Ti prendo e ti porto via" "Tutti vogliono viaggiare in prima" "Un'emozione per sempre" "Il grande Baboomba" "Lascia che io sia" "Happy Hour" "Parlami d'amore"
Category

• 1960 births
• Living people
• People from Correggio, Emilia-Romagna
• Italian deists
• Italian rock singers
• Italian male singer-songwriters
• Italian singer-songwriters
• Italian male singers
• Italian film directors
• Italian male writers
• David di Donatello winners
• Nastro d'Argento winners
• Ciak d'oro winners