Romances Tour

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Romances Tour
Tour by Luis Miguel
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Associated album
Start dateSeptember 12, 1997
End dateMay 13, 1998
Legs2
No. of shows
  • 61 in North America
  • 9 in South America
  • 9 in Europe
  • 79 total
Luis Miguel concert chronology

The Romances Tour was a concert tour performed by Luis Miguel during the years 1997 and 1998 to promote his new album Romances . [1] To present this album, two press conferences were held, one at the Rainbow Room in New York City [2] [3] [4] and another at the Casino de Madrid, Spain. [4]

Contents

On this tour, Luis Miguel perform his last back-catalogue and also his last pop songs. Pollstar mentioned this tour as one of the Top 20 All-Time Grossing, and one of the 20 artists that most tickets have sold in one same scenario in the history of the music. The tour consisted of 79 concerts and was attended by approximately 1 million fans.

History

This tour began in September in United States where he made a total of 9 concerts in Las Vegas and Los Angeles. [1]

Then in October he began his concert season in Mexico, specifically in Monterrey and Mexico City. [1]

In November he travels to South America (Argentina and Chile) then to Puerto Rico and then begins an extensive series of concerts by United States in the following cities: Orlando, Miami, San Antonio, El Paso, San Diego, Tucson, Houston, South Padre, New York, Rosemont, Fairfax, Atlantic City, Anaheim, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Jose, Sacramento and Las Vegas for a total of 32 concerts. [1]

Then in the month of May close the tour in Spain (country to which returns after 6 years of absence since its presentation at the Seville Expo '92) with 9 concerts. [1]

Critical reception

The performances featured Miguel performing dance-pop and bolero arrangements for two-and-a-half hours. [5] Adam Sandler of Variety expressed a mixed reaction to the concert in the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. He noted that Miguel rarely acknowledged his audience or ventured out from center stage. [6] Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times had a more positive reaction, which he described as a "marvelously designed and wonderfully executed blend of Latin music tradition". [5] Another Times contributor, Ernesto Lechner, wrote that Miguel's bolero performance at the Arrowhead Pond arena in California "brought the house down" and stated that the experience at the concert was "pretty close" to Beatlemania. [7] In New York City, Miguel performed five consecutive shows in the Radio City Music Hall. In Mexico City he performed seventeen consecutive concerts in the National Auditorium, where it was the highest-grossing concert by a Latin artist that year. [8] The tour also traveled to South America; including Chile, and Argentina; and continued until May 1998, when Miguel performed throughout Spain. [9] Miguel was the first Latin artist to be inducted to the Pollstar "Top 20 All-Time Grossing Tours" for most tickets sold for consecutive concerts at one venue in 1997. [10]

Set list

This set list is from the September 12, 1997, concert in Las Vegas. It does not represent all dates throughout the tour. [11]

  1. "Si Te Vas"
  2. "Que Tú Te Vas"
  3. Up-tempo Medley:
    • "Un Hombre Busca Una Mujer"
    • "Cuestión De Piel"
    • "Oro De Ley"
  4. Ballads Medley:
  5. "Todo Por Su Amor"
  6. "Tú y Yo"
  7. "Voy a Apagar la Luz / Contigo Aprendí"
  8. "La Gloria Eres Tú"
  9. "Encadenados"
  10. "El Reloj"
  11. "De Quererte Así"
  12. "Somos Novios"
  13. "Sabor a Mí"
  14. "El Día Que Me Quieras"
  15. "Uno"
  16. "Inolvidable"
  17. "No Sé Tú"
  18. "Por Debajo de la Mesa"
  19. "Nosotros"
  20. "Bésame Mucho"
  21. "La Media Vuelta"
  22. "Y"
  23. "Que Seas Feliz"
  24. "Échame A Mí La Culpa"
  25. "Mi Ciudad"
  26. "La Bikina"
  27. "Sueña"
  28. "Dame"
  29. "Suave"
    Encore
  30. "Como Es Posible Que A Mi Lado"
  31. "Será Que No Me Amas"
  32. "Cuando Calienta El Sol"
Notes

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue [1]
DateCityCountryVenueAttendanceRevenue
North America [12]
September 12, 1997 Las Vegas United States Circus Maximus Showroom [11] ——
September 13, 1997
September 14, 1997
September 15, 1997
September 18, 1997Los Angeles Universal Amphitheatre 30,263 / 30,263$1,655,588
September 19, 1997
September 20, 1997
September 21, 1997
September 22, 1997
October 2, 1997 Monterrey Mexico Auditorio Coca-Cola ——
October 3, 1997
October 4, 1997
October 5, 1997
October 9, 1997 Mexico City National Auditorium [13] [14] 159,878 / 166,617$6,766,366
October 10, 1997
October 11, 1997
October 12, 1997
October 16, 1997
October 17, 1997
October 18, 1997
October 19, 1997
October 23, 1997
October 24, 1997
October 25, 1997
October 26, 1997
October 29, 1997
October 30, 1997
October 31, 1997
November 1, 1997
November 2, 1997
South America [15]
November 6, 1997 Santiago Chile Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo ——
November 7, 1997
November 9, 1997 Viña del Mar Quinta Vergara Amphitheater
November 14, 1997 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio Velez Sarsfield
November 15, 1997
November 16, 1997
November 18, 1997 Rosario Estadio Gigante de Arroyito
November 20, 1997 Córdoba Estadio Chateau Carreras
North America II
November 26, 1997 San Juan Puerto Rico Roberto Clemente Coliseum [16] ——
November 29, 1997 Orlando United States Orlando Arena
December 3, 1997 San Antonio Alamodome
December 5, 1997 El Paso Don Haskins Center
December 6, 1997
December 9, 1997San DiegoSan Diego Sports Arena$641,620 [17]
December 10, 1997
January 30, 1998 Tucson TCC Arena [18] —
February 2, 1998 Houston Compaq Center
February 3, 1998 South Padre Island SP Convention Center [19]
February 4, 1998
February 7, 1998 [lower-alpha 1] Miami Miami Arena [20]
February 8, 1998
February 11, 1998New York City Radio City Music Hall
February 12, 1998
February 13, 1998
February 14, 1998
February 15, 1998
February 17, 1998 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon [21] [22] 10,852 / 10,852$624,103
February 19, 1998 Fairfax Patriot Center ——
February 21, 1998 Atlantic City Mark G. Etess Arena [23]
February 26, 1998 Anaheim Arrowhead Pond [24]
February 28, 1998Los AngelesUniversal Amphitheatre
March 1, 1998 Phoenix America West Arena 6,122 / 12,447$330,031
March 6, 1998 Fresno Selland Arena 5,626 / 7,073$246,945
March 7, 1998 San Jose San Jose Arena [25] 11,301 / 11,301$557,545
March 8, 1998 Sacramento Memorial Auditorium ——
March 9, 1998
April 9, 1998Las VegasCircus Maximus Showroom [26]
April 10, 1998
April 11, 1998
April 12, 1998
Europe [27] [28] [29]
May 1, 1998 Madrid SpainPalacio de Congresos [30] ——
May 2, 1998
May 3, 1998
May 4, 1998
May 8, 1998 Málaga Plaza de toros de La Malagueta 12,000
May 9, 1998 Murcia Plaza de Toros de Murcia —
May 10, 1998 Valencia Velódromo Luis Puig 10,400
May 12, 1998 Barcelona Palau Sant Jordi 16,418
May 13, 1998Madrid Palacio de Deportes —
79 Concerts32 cities6 countries33 venues224,042 / 232,637 (96%)$10,123,052

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation
DateCityCountryVenueReason
September 25, 1997 Santa Barbara United States Santa Barbara Bowl Illness [31] [32] [33]
September 26, 1997 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
September 27, 1997
September 30, 1997 Dallas Starplex Amphitheatre
November 23, 1997 Caracas Venezuela —Unknown
November 30, 1997 Miami United States Miami Arena Delays in transportation [34] [35]
January 31, 1998 Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum Poor ticket sales [36]
April 4, 1998 Dallas Starplex Amphitheatre Scheduling conflict [37]

Band

Source. [6] [38]

Notes

  1. ↑ The February 7, 1998 concert at Miami Arena in Miami was originally scheduled to take place on November 30, 1997, but was postponed due "delays in transportation".

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