'Sopranos' star to make musical debut in Portugal

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2006

LISBON (AFP) — "The Sopranos" star Michael Imperioli, who won an Emmy for his role of Christopher Moltisanti in the hit US mob drama, is to make his musical debut in Portugal with the first performance by his punk-rock band "La Dolce Vita".

The 40-year-old actor, in Portugal filming a movie, said he decided to stage the three-man band's first show at a Lisbon bar Friday instead of in his hometown New York because it was easier to find a place to take a chance on a new group.

"New York can be indecent. There the musical world is saturated, especially for someone who comes from another area like me. They can be a bit unpleasant," he told daily Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manha.

Imperioli is the main vocalist and guitarist of the band, which was named after...