(by Elisa Cecchi).
A number of Italian pop and rock stars are set to perform across the country at the weekend and into next week.
Rock singer/songwriter Elisa plays the MediolanumForum in Assago, Milan on Friday and Saturday, followed by concerts Monday and Tuesday at Padua's Kioene Arena.
Pianist and songwriter Raphael Gualazzi plays Galleria di Legnano near Milan on Saturday, the Lyrick Theater in Assisi near Perugia on Tuesday, and Rome's Auditorium della Conciliazione on Wednesday.
Goth metal band Lacuna Coil will be in Pordenone on Saturday for a concert at the Palatenda Centro Sportivo Armando Lupieri, on Sunday at the Orion concert hall in Ciampino, near Rome, on Monday at the Live Club in Trezzo d'Adda near Milan and on Tuesday at the club Circolo Arci in the Roveri area of Bologna.
On Sunday, rock star Ligabue will play songs from his new album 'Made in Italy' at Florence's Nelson Mandela Forum indoor sports arena.
On Friday night, pop singer Marco Mengoni kicks off an Italy tour at Rome's PalaLottomatica indoor arena, to be followed by concerts at PalaMaggio in the southern town of Castel Morrone near Caserta on Monday and at PalaCalafiore in the southern city of Reggio Calabria on Wednesday.
Rock band Modà plays the Pal'Art Hotel in the Sicilian town of Acireale on Sunday, going on to the Palaflorio concert hall in the Puglia city of Bari on Wednesday.
Singer/songwriter Noemi performs in Rome Friday at the Spazio Novecento.
Historic pop band Pooh - which reportedly sold over 100 million record since forming in Bologna in 1966 - perform Friday and Saturday at Turin's Pala Alpitour arena.
Folk/electronica pop band Tiromancino play Bologna on Friday and Milan on Tuesday.
Italian rock and pop icon Renato Zero performs Friday at the Unipol Arena in the town of Casalecchio di Reno, near Bologna.
He will also be in Turin for concerts on Monday and Wednesday at the Pala Alpitour.
Three-man pop/rock band Thegiornalisti in Pozzuoli, near Naples, on Friday and at the Atlantico Live in Rome on Saturday.
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