The Mis Romances Tour was a concert tour performed by Luis Miguel during the year 2002 to promote his 2001 album Mis Romances (during the second half of the tour he also promote his compilation Mis Boleros Favoritos). The tour consisted in 63 concerts and ran through US, Mexico, Argentina, Spain, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. In February he performed at the Universal Amphitheatre in for six consecutive sold-out nights drawing more than 32,000 spectators, beating his previous record of five consecutive concerts in this venue, he played also two more concerts in September. Miguel performed at Mexico's Aztec Stadium for first time in his career in front of 80,000 spectators, and also gave twelve nights at National Auditorium in Mexico City.
History To promote Mis Romances, Luis Miguel began his Mis Romances Tour on 24 January 2002 in San Diego, California. After touring in the United States for a month, he performed one show in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. Afterwards, he presented 13 shows in Mexico, including 12 consecutive shows at the National Auditorium. He also performed five shows at the Auditorio Coca-Cola in Monterrey, Mexico. Luis Miguel continued touring in the United States and ended the first leg of the tour 13 April 2002.
Luis Miguel commenced the second leg of his tour on 12 September 2002 in Chula Vista, California and presented three more shows in the United States. Luis Miguel's concerts in North America grossed over $16 million, the highest-grossing tour of the year by a Latin artist. After his performances in the United States, he made five recitals in Spain. He continued the second leg in South America performing in Chile, Peru, Uruguay, and Argentina. The tour concluded on 14 December 2002 in the Dominican Republic.
The Los Angeles Times editor Agustin Gurza compared Luis Miguel's box office sales at the Universal Amphitheater to Julio Iglesias and noted that it contrasted with the low sales of Mis Romances. The set list consisted of boleros from Mis Romances and its predecessors, as well as pop tracks and ballads from his music career.
Set list
Tour dates + List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenueDateCityCountryVenueAttendanceRevenue North America - Leg 1North American Leg 1 boxscore data:January 24, 2002San DiegoUnited StatesCox Arena13,101 / 17,004$988,165January 25, 2002January 26, 2002Las VegasMandalay Bay Events Center8,227 / 8,227$715,980January 29, 2002Los AngelesUniversal Amphitheatre32,294 / 32,294$2,593,010January 30, 2002January 31, 2002February 1, 2002February 2, 2002February 3, 2002February 7, 2002HoustonCompaq Center10,138 / 10,577$628,870February 9, 2002Grand PrairieDallas NextStage5,851 / 5,851$361,080February 11, 2002RosemontAllstate Arena7,170 / 10,000$561,950February 13, 2002LowellTsongas Arena3,662 / 5,762$178,335February 16, 2002MiamiMiami Arenarowspan="7" rowspan="7" February 17, 2002February 18, 2002OrlandoTD Waterhouse CentreFebruary 20, 2002Santo DomingoDominican RepublicEstadio QuisqueyaFebruary 23, 2002San JuanPuerto RicoHiram Bithorn StadiumFebruary 27, 2002GuadalajaraMexicoEstadio Tres de MarzoMarch 2, 2002Mexico CityAztec StadiumMarch 6, 2002National Auditorium112,974 / 118,872$6,178,203 March 7, 2002March 8, 2002March 9, 2002March 10, 2002March 13, 2002March 14, 2002March 15, 2002March 16, 2002March 17, 2002March 19, 2002March 20, 2002March 22, 2002MonterreyAuditorio Coca-Colarowspan="5" rowspan="5" March 23, 2002March 24, 2002March 25, 2002March 26, 2002March 29, 2002El PasoUnited StatesDon Haskins Center12,684 / 14,176$798,713March 30, 2002April 1, 2002San AntonioFreeman Coliseum5,934 / 6,564$409,758April 2, 2002McAllenVilla Real Convention Centerrowspan="2" rowspan="2" April 3, 2002April 6, 2002TucsonAnselmo Valencia Amphitheater4,455 / 4,455$132,930April 7, 2002TempeGammage Auditoriumrowspan="2" rowspan="2" April 9, 2002DenverMagness ArenaApril 12, 2002New York CityMadison Square Garden13,029 / 13,742$1,123,980April 13, 2002PhiladelphiaFirst Union Spectrum3,079 / 15,000$256,460 North America - Leg 2North American Leg 2 boxscore data:September 12, 2002Chula VistaUnited StatesCoors Amphitheatre7,590 / 8,908$500,668September 13, 2002Las VegasMGM Grand Garden ArenaSeptember 14, 2002Los AngelesUniversal Amphitheatre11,157 / 12,796$1,002,240September 15, 2002 EuropeOctober 8, 2002BenidormSpainEstadio Municipal Benidorm9,943€397,720October 9, 2002BarcelonaPalau Sant Jordi18,937€672,086October 11, 2002MadridPalacio Vistalegrerowspan="3" rowspan="3" October 12, 2002October 13, 2002 South AmericaNovember 16, 2002SantiagoChileEstadio Nacionalrowspan="6" rowspan="6" November 18, 2002Centro San Carlos de ApoquindoNovember 20, 2002LimaPeruLima Polo ClubNovember 22, 2002Punta del EsteUruguayHotel ConradNovember 24, 2002Buenos AiresArgentinaJosé Amalfitani StadiumNovember 25, 2002 North AmericaDecember 14, 2002La RomanaDominican RepublicAltos de ChavónTotal251,345 / 271,432 (92,6%)$16,430,342
Band Vocals: Luis Miguel Acoustic & electric guitar: Todd Robinson Bass: Lalo Carrillo Piano: Francisco Loyo Keyboards: Arturo Pérez Drums: Victor Loyo Percussion: Tommy Aros Saxophone: Jeff Nathanson Trumpet: Francisco Abonce Trombone: Alejandro Carballo Mariachi 2000
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