The Romances Tour was a concert tour performed by Luis Miguel during the years 1997 and 1998 to promote his new album Romances.Romances Tour Dates 1997 - 1998 To present this album, two press conferences were held, one at the Rainbow Room in New York CityThe romance is on tourLuis Miguel released Romances and another at the Casino de Madrid, Spain.Luis Miguel present "Romances" (1997/1998)
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.
Then in October he began his concert season in Mexico, specifically in Monterrey and Mexico City.
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.
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.
Critical reception The performances featured Miguel performing dance-pop and bolero arrangements for two-and-a-half hours. 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. 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". 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. 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. The tour also traveled to South America; including Chile, and Argentina; and continued until May 1998, when Miguel performed throughout Spain. 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.
Set list This set list is from the September 12, 1997, concert in Las Vegas. It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.
"Si Te Vas" "Que Tú Te Vas" Up-tempo Medley: "Un Hombre Busca Una Mujer" "Cuestión De Piel" "Oro De Ley" Ballads Medley: "Yo Que No Vivo Sin Ti" "Amante Del Amor" "Culpable O No" "Mas Allá de Todo" "Fría Como el Viento" "Entrégate" "Tengo Todo Excepto a Ti" "Hoy El Aire Huele A Ti" "La Incondicional" "Todo Por Su Amor" "Tú y Yo" "Voy a Apagar la Luz / Contigo Aprendí" "La Gloria Eres Tú" "Encadenados" "El Reloj" "De Quererte Así" "Somos Novios" "Sabor a Mí" "El Día Que Me Quieras" "Uno" "Inolvidable" "No Sé Tú" "Por Debajo de la Mesa" "Nosotros" "Bésame Mucho" "La Media Vuelta" "Y" "Que Seas Feliz" "Échame A Mí La Culpa" "Mi Ciudad" "La Bikina" "Sueña" "Dame" "Suave" Encore "Como Es Posible Que A Mi Lado" "Será Que No Me Amas" "Cuando Calienta El Sol"
Notes "Contigo (Estar Contigo)" was performed on the first Miami show. "De Quererte Así" and "Inolvidable" were performed only on selected dates. "Un Mundo Raro" was performed in San Diego, on the Mariachi section. "La Media Vuelta" and "Mi Ciudad" were the only two Mariachi songs sung in all the concerts of the tour. The rest of Mariachi's songs were performed on selected dates. In the Spain tour the Mariachi section was excluded.
Tour dates + List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenueDateCityCountryVenueAttendanceRevenue North AmericaNorth American boxscore data:September 12, 1997Las VegasUnited StatesCircus Maximus Showroomrowspan="4" rowspan="4" September 13, 1997September 14, 1997September 15, 1997September 18, 1997Los AngelesUniversal Amphitheatre30,263 / 30,263$1,655,588September 19, 1997September 20, 1997September 21, 1997September 22, 1997October 2, 1997MonterreyMexicoAuditorio Coca-Colarowspan="4" rowspan="4" October 3, 1997October 4, 1997October 5, 1997October 9, 1997Mexico CityNational Auditorium159,878 / 166,617 $6,766,366October 10, 1997October 11, 1997October 12, 1997October 16, 1997October 17, 1997October 18, 1997October 19, 1997October 23, 1997October 24, 1997October 25, 1997October 26, 1997October 29, 1997October 30, 1997October 31, 1997November 1, 1997November 2, 1997 South AmericaNovember 6, 1997SantiagoChileEstadio San Carlos de Apoquindorowspan="8" rowspan="8" November 7, 1997November 9, 1997Viña del MarQuinta Vergara AmphitheaterNovember 14, 1997Buenos AiresArgentinaEstadio Velez SarsfieldNovember 15, 1997November 16, 1997November 18, 1997RosarioEstadio Gigante de ArroyitoNovember 20, 1997CórdobaEstadio Chateau Carreras North America IINovember 26, 1997San JuanPuerto RicoRoberto Clemente Coliseumrowspan="18" rowspan="5" November 29, 1997OrlandoUnited StatesOrlando Arena December 3, 1997San AntonioAlamodomeDecember 5, 1997El PasoDon Haskins CenterDecember 6, 1997December 9, 1997San DiegoSan Diego Sports Arena$641,620December 10, 1997January 30, 1998TucsonTCC ArenaCRAZY for Luis Miguelrowspan="11" February 2, 1998HoustonCompaq CenterFebruary 3, 1998South Padre IslandSP Convention CenterFebruary 4, 1998February 7, 1998MiamiMiami ArenaFebruary 8, 1998February 11, 1998New York CityRadio City Music HallFebruary 12, 1998February 13, 1998February 14, 1998February 15, 1998February 17, 1998RosemontRosemont Horizon10,852 / 10,852$624,103February 19, 1998FairfaxPatriot Centerrowspan="3" rowspan="3" February 21, 1998Atlantic CityMark G. Etess ArenaFebruary 26, 1998AnaheimArrowhead PondFebruary 28, 1998Los AngelesUniversal Amphitheatre6,044 / 6,044$325,520March 1, 1998PhoenixAmerica West Arena6,122 / 12,447$330,031March 6, 1998FresnoSelland Arena5,626 / 7,073$246,945March 7, 1998San JoseSan Jose Arena11,301 / 11,301$557,545March 8, 1998SacramentoMemorial Auditorium3,061 / 3,500$204,895March 9, 1998rowspan="5" rowspan="5" April 9, 1998Las VegasCircus Maximus ShowroomApril 10, 1998April 11, 1998April 12, 1998 EuropeMay 1, 1998MadridSpainPalacio de Congresosrowspan="4" rowspan="9" May 2, 1998May 3, 1998May 4, 1998May 8, 1998MálagaPlaza de toros de La Malagueta12,000May 9, 1998MurciaPlaza de Toros de Murcia May 10, 1998ValenciaVelódromo Luis Puig10,400May 12, 1998BarcelonaPalau Sant Jordi16,418May 13, 1998MadridPalacio de Deportes 79 Concerts 32 cities 6 countries 33 venues 233,147 / 242,181 (96%) $10,653,467
The second Santiago show was partially recorded for its transmission in Chile by UC13.* The second Buenos Aires show was partially recorded for its transmission in Argentina by Canal 13.
Cancelled shows + List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation Date City Country Venue ReasonSeptember 25, 1997Santa BarbaraUnited StatesSanta Barbara BowlIllnessCancellation of Santa BarbaraCancellation of San DiegoDallas canceledSeptember 26, 1997San DiegoSan Diego Sports ArenaSeptember 27, 1997September 30, 1997DallasStarplex AmphitheatreNovember 23, 1997CaracasVenezuela —UnknownNovember 30, 1997MiamiUnited StatesMiami ArenaDelays in transportationJanuary 31, 1998AlbuquerqueTingley ColiseumPoor ticket salesApril 4, 1998DallasStarplex AmphitheatreScheduling conflictLuis Miguel cancels rescheduled show
Band
Luis Miguel – vocals Kiko Cibrian – guitar (1997) Todd Robinson – guitar (1998) Francisco Loyo – piano, keyboards Victor Loyo – drums Gerardo Carrillo – bass Tommy Aros – percussion Arturo Pérez – keyboards Jeff Nathanson – saxophone Francisco Abonce – trumpet Juan Arpero – trumpet Alejandro Carballo – trombone Antonio González – requinto Shana Wall – backing vocals (1997) Francis Benitez – backing vocals (1997) Sara LaPorte – backing vocals (1997) Alice – backing vocals (1998) Unique – backing vocals (1998)
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