Tax-dodge trial requested for rocker Giannini - update

(ANSA) - Milan, January 21 - Milan prosecutors on Wednesday asked that rocker Gianna Nannini be sent to trial for allegedly evading 3.75 million euros in taxes. A preliminary hearing was set for March 3.
    Nannini, 60, is the elder sister of former Formula One racing driver Alessandro Nannini. The singer-songwriter, probably best known for her 1986 song, 'Bello e Impossibile' (Handsome and Impossible), has had hits in various European countries.
    Among her international collaborations, in 1987 she performed Brecht and Weill's Threepenny Opera with Sting and Jack Bruce in Hamburg. In 1990 she and Edoardo Bennato sang 'Un'Estate Italiana' (An Italian Summer), the official song of the soccer World Cup Italia '90. In September 2006 she recorded the single 'Ama Credi e Vai' (Love, Believe and Go) with Andrea Bocelli.