Tonino Carotone

Tonino Carotone
Carotone performing on 13 December 2007
Carotone performing on 13 December 2007
Background information
Birth nameAntonio de la Cuesta
Born (1970-01-09) 9 January 1970 (age 54)
Burgos, Spain
OccupationMusician
InstrumentVocals
LabelsVirgin, Bloom Produzioni
WebsiteOfficial Website (in Italian)

Tonino Carotone (born Antonio de la Cuesta, 9 January 1970) is a Spanish singer-songwriter. His stage name "Tonino Carotone", which is translatable in English as Tony Pokerface, is inspired by his great idol, the Italian pop pianist and singer Renato Carosone. The majority of his childhood and adolescence were spent in Pamplona, Spain. In 1995, Tonino moved to Italy, where he gained success five years later after releasing the single Me cago en el amor (a slang idiom from Spain meaning "I curse love", but literally translatable as "I shit on love") from his debut album Mondo difficile ("Difficult World"). In 2003, Tonino released another album, Senza Ritorno ("With No Return").