Tony Bellotto

Until 2012, Tony Bellotto kept a column called "Cenas Urbanas" ("Urban Scenes") at Brazilian magazine Veja. Since June 2013, he has been writing for the newspaper O Globo every Sunday.

In September 2011 he lost his father, one day prior to the opening of Rock in Rio 2011, in which he performed with Titãs.

And as for the books, in 1994, during one of the breaks of the band, Bellotto wrote and released for the publishing company Cia. Das Letras his book Bellini e a Esfinge (Bellini and the Sphinx), the story of a detective who lives in the suburbs of São Paulo. Two years later, Bellini reappeared in the second book, Bellini e o Demônio (Bellini and the Devil). In 2001, he released two more books: "BR 163 – Duas História na Estrada" (BR 163 – Two Stories on The Road) and "O Livro do Guitarrista" (The Book of The Guitarist), with clues, discographies and curiosities of the history of the rock. In 2002, the first adventure of Bellini was adapted for the movies, starring Fábio Assunção as the main character. In 2008, the second book was also adapted with Assunção reprising his role. On the television, he began to appear in 1999, on the TV Futura, on the program Afinando a Língua (Tuning the language), an informal electronic class of Portuguese language. In August 2014, he released the fourth book of his Bellini series: Bellini e o Labirinto (Bellini and the labyrinth).

Married since 1990 to the actress Malu Mader, Bellotto had with her two more sons, João (born in 1995) and Antônio (born in 1997). All of them live in Rio de Janeiro.

In 1985, Tony and his then bandmate Arnaldo Antunes were arrested for possession of heroin. Tony is now a supporter of drug liberalization. He is an atheist.

With his guitar, he toured colleges and bars singing and playing, with his own compositions, and opening shows of well known MPB names, like Jorge Mautner. With the help of Carlos Barmack, he got to know Branco Mello and Marcelo Fromer. The three formed the group Trio Mamão. At that time, Bellotto attempted to enter an architecture course at a college in Santos, but he quit it to dedicate his life only to music and writing. In 1982, little before the first performances with Titãs do Iê-Iê, his first daughter, Nina, was born to him and his wife Ana Paula Silveira.

Antonio Carlos Liberalli Bellotto (Portuguese pronunciation:  [ˈtonɪ beˈlotʊ] ; born June 30, 1960) is a Brazilian musician and writer, best known as the lead guitarist of Brazilian rock band Titãs. He has also written and released several books.