- Born
- Height1.70 m
- Born in Correggio, a small town in Northern Italy, Luciano Ligabue switches different jobs (fruit gatherer, worker at a plant, accountant, deejay, salesman, promoter...) before publishing his first record ('Ligabue') as a rock songwriter in 1990. He quickly becomes one of the most famous Italian rock stars and his fourth record ('Buon compleanno Elvis') is a bestseller in 1995; his live shows also are between the most loved from the Italian rock audience, as shown in the following live album 'Su e giù da un palco'. In 1997 he publishes the book 'Fuori e dentro il borgo', a collection of short stories about his hometown (that he never left), his young days and his present career: from this stories comes the film Ligabue signed as a director, 'Radiofreccia (1998)', which portrays Correggio in the '70s.- IMDb mini biography by: Alessio F. Bragadini <alessio@dsnet.it>
- SpouseDonatella Messori(1991 - 2003) (separated, 1 child)
- Children: Lorenzo Lenny (b.1998) from his former wife Donatella and Linda (b. August 30th, 2004) from his present companion Barbara.
- His fiancée Barbara was the physiotherapist touring with Luciano and his band.
- Ligabue has also published a short story collection, Fuori e dentro il Borgo ("In and out the village"), which won several literary awards.
- In the 1980s Ligabue was a member of the communal council of his native Correggio, elected for the Italian Communist Party.
- He entered the music world in 1987 when he founded the amateur band Orazero.
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