Tour by Lila Downs | |
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Associated album | Balas y Chocolate |
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Start date | September 9, 2015 |
End date | March 20, 2016 |
Lila Downs concert chronology |
Balas y Chocolate World Tour was the fifth concert tour of the Mexican singer Lila Downs in support of her eighth studio album, Balas y Chocolate (2015).
Lila Downs Album Balas y Chocolate recently premiered, in the year 2015. This album is very personal and full of tradition, which is the winner of the Grammy UN I returned paragraph denounce the violence and corruption of Country do, like explores related to personal tragedies topics, feeding in the ways of the Day of the Dead. The First Bullet is simple and Chocolate "Patria Madrina" That motivates us to fight passionately one defender Our Land Our Nation and Our screens come when one through the UN Cuyo luxury short film shooting took place in Mexico. [1] These ideas were reflected in their participation in the International Festival of Arts & Ideas in New Haven. [2]
Within the tour, Lila Downs was recognized by the DePaul University in Chicago. [3]
The tour ends in November 2016 with two presentations in Mexico City.
Dates | City | Country | Venue |
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North America | |||
March 26, 2015 | Mexico City | Mexico | El Plaza Condesa |
March 28, 2015 | Xilitla | Plaza Principal | |
April 6, 2015 | Ixmiquilpan | Plaza Principal | |
April 12, 2015 | Austin | United States | Long Center for the Performing Arts |
April 14, 2015 | San Luis Obispo | Performing Arts Center San Luis Obispo | |
April 17, 2015 | San Diego | Copley Symphony Hall | |
April 18, 2015 | Rohnert Park | Weill Hall | |
April 21, 2015 | Modesto | Gallo Center for the Arts | |
April 22, 2015 | San Francisco | Nourse Theatre | |
April 24, 2015 | Calgary | Canada | Jack Singer Concert Hall |
April 26, 2015 | Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | |
April 28, 2015 | Seattle | United States | Neptune Theatre |
May 1, 2015 | Washington, D.C. | Lisner Auditorium | |
May 2, 2015 | Durham | Carolina Theatre | |
May 6, 2015 | Chicago | Auditorium Theatre | |
May 29, 2015 | Tehuantepec | Mexico | Explanada Municipal |
June 25, 2015 | Toronto | Canada | Nathan Phillips Square |
Europe | |||
July 18, 2015 | Cartagena | Spain | Auditorio Parque Torres |
July 20, 2015 | Madrid | Real Jardín Botánico Alfonso XIII | |
July 21, 2015 | Valladolid | Estival UVa-Campus de Valladolid | |
July 23, 2015 | Valencia | RealRent Jardines de Viveros | |
July 24, 2015 | Barcelona | Teatre Barts | |
July 25, 2015 | Huesca | Auditorio Natural Lanuza | |
July 27, 2015 | Santiago de Compostela | Plaza de la Quintana | |
July 29, 2015 | Seville | El Verano de Malandar | |
July 30, 2015 | Málaga | Teatro Cervantes | |
August 1, 2015 | Pamplona | Zentral Pamplona | |
South America | |||
August 8, 2015 | Quito | Ecuador | Teatro Villa de las Artes |
August 14, 2015 | Rosario | Argentina | Teatro El Círculo |
August 15, 2015 | Córdoba | Quality Espacio | |
August 17, 2015 | Mendoza | Auditorio Ángel Bustelo | |
August 19, 2015 | Santiago | Chile | Teatro Nescafé de las Artes |
August 21, 2015 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Teatro Gran Rex |
August 22, 2015 | |||
August 27, 2015 | La Paz | Bolivia | Teatro al Aire Libre Eduardo Laredo |
August 29, 2015 | Montevideo | Uruguay | Auditorio Nacional del Sodre Dra |
North America | |||
September 5, 2015 | Monterrey | Mexico | Auditorio Banamex |
September 9, 2015 | Dallas | United States | House of Blues |
September 10, 2015 | Houston | House of Blues | |
September 19, 2015 | Los Angeles | Pantages Theatre | |
September 22, 2015 | Tucson | Fox Tucson Theatre | |
September 24, 2015 | El Paso | Plaza Theatre Performing Arts Center | |
October 1, 2015 | New York City | Apollo Theater | |
October 5, 2015 | Miami Beach | The Fillmore Miami Beach | |
October 25, 2015 | Costa Mesa | Segerstrom Center for the Arts | |
October 30, 2015 | Guadalajara | Mexico | Diana Theatre |
November 1, 2015 | Mexico City | National Auditorium | |
November 7, 2015 | San Francisco | United States | Davies Symphony Hall* |
November 7, 2015 | |||
November 13, 2015 | Puebla City | Mexico | Complejo Cultural Universitario |
December 5, 2015 | San José del Cabo | Festival Sabor a Cabo | |
January 20, 2016 | León | Foro del Lago, Feria de León | |
South America | |||
March 7, 2016 | Salta | Argentina | Teatro Provincial de Salta |
March 9, 2016 | Córdoba | Espacio Quality | |
March 11, 2016 | Buenos Aires | Teatro Gran Rex | |
March 15, 2016 | Lima | Peru | Gran Teatro Nacional del Perú |
Europe [4] | |||
May 20, 2016 | Barcelona | Spain | Barts – Banc Sabadell 17è Festival Mil·lenni |
May 22, 2016 | Gijón | Teatro Jovellanos | |
May 26, 2016 | Cádiz | Gran Teatro Falla | |
June 1, 2016 | London | United Kingdom | Royal Festival Hall |
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