The Embrace Your Light Tour was the thirty-fourth concert tour of North America by Santana in 2005.
Tour band Andy Vargas – lead vocals Carlos Santana – lead guitar, percussion, vocals Tommy Anthony – rhythm guitar Chester D. Thompson – keyboards, vocals Salvador Santana – keyboards Benny Rietveld – bass guitar Dennis Chambers – drums William Ortiz – trumpet Jeff Cresman – trombone Bobby Allende – percussion, vocals Karl Perazzo – timbales, percussion, vocals Raul Rekow – congas, bongos, percussion, vocals (since August 31)
Set list An average set list of this tour was as follows:
"Jin-go-lo-ba" (Babatunde Olatunji) "Hermes" (Carlos Santana, S. Jurad) "Concierto de Aranjuez" (Joaquín Rodrigo) "I Am Somebody" (William Adams Jr., George Pajon) "El Fuego" (Santana, Jean Shepherd, Richard Shepherd) "Maria Maria" (Santana, Karl Perazzo, Raul Rekow, Wyclef Jean, Jerry Duplessis) "Foo Foo" (Yvon André, Roger Eugène, Yves Joseph, Hermann Nau, Claude Jean) "Intimo" "Brown Skin Girl" (Jamie Houston) "Sun Ra" "Hey Boogie Woman" (Bill Bartlett) "Spiritual" (John Coltrane) "(Da Le) Yaleo" (Santana, Shakara Mutela, Christian Polloni) "I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love" (Henry Garza, Ringo Garza, Joey Garza) "Apache" (Jerry Lordan) "Smooth" (Itaal Shur, Rob Thomas) "Dame Tu Amor" (Abraham Quintanilla, Ricky Vela, Richard Brooks) "Corazón Espinado" (Fher Olvera) "Evil Ways" (Clarence "Sonny" Henry) Encore "Black Magic Woman" (Peter Green) "Gypsy Queen" (Gábor Szabó) "Oye Como Va" (Tito Puente) "A Love Supreme" (John Coltrane)
Tour dates
Leg 1 (May 3 – July 3, 2005) +List of tour dates with date, city, country, venueDate(2005)CityCountryVenueMay 3KahuluiUnited StatesMaui Arts & Cultural CenterMay 21MontrealCanadaBell CentreMay 30TampaUnited StatesFord AmphitheatreJune 1MiamiAmerican Airlines ArenaJune 3AtlantaChastain Park AmphitheaterJune 4June 5CharlotteVerizon Wireless AmphitheatreJune 7ColumbiaMerriweather Post PavilionJune 8PhiladelphiaPenn's LandingJune 11Atlantic CityBorgata Event CenterJune 12June 14Holmdel TownshipPNC Bank Arts CenterJune 15New York CityMadison Square GardenJune 17MansfieldTweeter Center for the Performing ArtsJune 19Wallingfordcareerbuilder.com Oakdale TheatreJune 21MontrealCanadaBell CentreJune 22Quebec CityColisée PepsiJune 24TorontoMolson AmphitheatreJune 25ClarkstonUnited StatesPine Knob Music TheatreJune 26Cuyahoga FallsBlossom Music CenterJune 29Saint PaulXcel Energy CenterJuly 1NoblesvilleVerizon Wireless Music CenterJuly 2ChicagoGrant ParkJuly 3MilwaukeeMarcus Amphitheater
Leg 2 (September 15 – October 16, 2005) +List of tour dates with date, city, country, venueDate(2005)CityCountryVenueSeptember 15San JoseUnited StatesHP PavilionSeptember 16SacramentoARCO ArenaSeptember 17RenoReno Events CenterSeptember 19PortlandRose GardenSeptember 20EverettEverett Events CenterSeptember 21VancouverCanadaGeneral Motors PlaceSeptember 23EdmontonRexall PlaceSeptember 24CalgaryPengrowth SaddledomeSeptember 27MorrisonUnited StatesRed Rocks AmphitheatreSeptember 28September 30Grand PrairieNokia LiveOctober 1October 2The WoodlandsCynthia Woods Mitchell PavilionOctober 4Corpus ChristiAmerican Bank Center ArenaOctober 5HidalgoDodge ArenaOctober 6San AntonioSBC CenterOctober 8El PasoDon Haskins CenterOctober 9AlbuquerqueABQ Journal PavilionOctober 11TucsonAnselmo Valencia Tori AmphitheaterOctober 12Chula VistaCoors AmphitheatreOctober 14CarsonHome Depot CenterOctober 16ConcordChronicle Pavilion
Box office score data +List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, referencesDate(2005)CityVenueAttendanceGrossMay 21Montreal, CanadaBell Centre8,000 / 9,000$445,704May 30Tampa, United StatesFord Amphitheatre14,134 / 19,440$491,418June 1Miami, United StatesAmerican Airlines Arena9,761 / 11,982$498,659June 4Atlanta, United StatesChastain Park Amphitheater6,700 / 6,700$536,135June 11Atlantic City, United StatesBorgata Event Center4,432 / 4,604$446,722June 12June 14Holmdel Township, United StatesPNC Bank Arts Center7,276 / 16,988$346,075June 15New York City, United StatesMadison Square Garden12,730 / 14,114$768,327June 17Mansfield, United StatesTweeter Center for the Performing Arts10,030 / 19,900$438,369June 21Montreal, CanadaBell Centre8,451 / 9,000$484,824June 22Quebec City, CanadaColisée Pepsi8,504 / 9,000$465,823June 25Clarkston, United StatesPine Knob Music Theatre15,274 / 15,274$445,185September 15San Jose, United StatesHP Pavilion8,718 / 12,900$476,867September 16Sacramento, United StatesARCO Arena8,666 / 9,500$445,303September 17Reno, United StatesReno Events Center6,491 / 6,491$478,021September 27Morrison, United StatesRed Rocks Amphitheatre16,083 / 18,000$979,577September 28September 30Grand Prairie, United StatesNokia Live6,460 / 7,068$452,328October 1October 2The Woodlands, United StatesCynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion11,110 / 15,715$405,828October 4Corpus Christi, United StatesAmerican Bank Center Arena7,809 / 7,809$427,926October 5Hidalgo, United StatesDodge Arena5,451 / 5,451$484,065October 8El Paso, United StatesDon Haskins Center8,023 / 8,023$396,820October 16Concord, United StatesChronicle Pavilion10,758 / 12,500$419,191TOTAL194,861 / 239,459 (81%)$10,333,167
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References
External links Santana Past Shows 2005 at Santana official website