9176 Musician seeking music venues in Italy

Hello Forum land

A friend of mine has purched a small house in Abruzzo. He is a full time musician playing acoustic contemporay music - everything from Jack Johnson through to U2 and Bryan Adams etc he has a covers set list of some 500 songs. He is also a prolific writer and his own songs are very strong and in great demand in the top quality restaurants,bars and clubs in the South of England . He is looking to perform in Italy for 6 months of the year and I wondered whether any of you had any contacts /ideas for venues. Obviously Abruzzo would be the preferred starting area but he is prepared to travel anywhere.

He performs solo or with a band - his musician friends include people who play with jamiraquai and Jamelia and he is also able to sing a complete set in Spanish ( he's working on his Italian )
His website is [url=http://www.jclive.co.uk]Jonathan Cotton // SINGER / SONGWRITER / PERFORMER[/url] or on [url=http://www.myspace.com/jonathancotton]MySpace.com - Jonathan Cotton - Bournemouth UK, Abruzzo, IT - Acoustic / Folk Rock / Pop - www.myspace.com/jonathancotton[/url]

any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Kind regards

kevin