Romances Tour

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]

Romances Tour

Tour by Luis Miguel
Associated album	Romances Todos Los Romances
Start date	September 12, 1997
End date	May 13, 1998
Legs	2
No. of shows	62 in North America 9 in South America 9 in Europe 80 total
Luis Miguel concert chronology

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 80 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:
   • "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"
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

• "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, amount of available tickets, and gross revenue[1]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Revenue
North America[12]
September 12, 1997	Las Vegas	United States	Circus Maximus Showroom[11]	N/A	N/A
September 13, 1997
September 14, 1997
September 15, 1997
September 18, 1997	Los 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	N/A	N/A
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	N/A	N/A
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]	N/A	N/A
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, 1997	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena		$641,620[17]
December 10, 1997
January 30, 1998	Tucson		TCC Arena[18]		N/A
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, 1998	New 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	N/A	N/A
February 20, 1998	Atlantic City		Mark G. Etess Arena[23]
February 21, 1998
February 26, 1998	Anaheim		Arrowhead Pond[24]
February 28, 1998	Los Angeles		Universal 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	N/A	N/A
March 9, 1998
April 9, 1998	Las Vegas		Circus Maximus Showroom[26]
April 10, 1998
April 11, 1998
April 12, 1998
Europe[27][28]
May 1, 1998	Madrid	Spain	Palacio de Congresos[29]	N/A	N/A
May 2, 1998
May 3, 1998
May 4, 1998
May 8, 1998	Málaga		Plaza de toros de La Malagueta
May 9, 1998	Murcia		Plaza de Toros de Murcia
May 10, 1998	Valencia		Velódromo Luis Puig
May 12, 1998	Barcelona		Palau Sant Jordi
May 13, 1998	Madrid		Palacio de Deportes
80 Concerts	32 cities	6 countries	33 venues	224,042 / 232,637 (96%)	$10,123,052

• 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	Reason
September 25, 1997	Santa Barbara	United States	Santa Barbara Bowl	Illness[30][31][32]
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[33][34]
January 31, 1998	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum	Poor ticket sales[35]
April 4, 1998	Dallas		Starplex Amphitheatre	Scheduling conflict[36]

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)

Source.[6][37]

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".

References

1. Romances Tour Dates 1997 - 1998
2. The romance is on tour
3. Luis Miguel released Romances
4. Luis Miguel present "Romances" (1997/1998)
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7. Lechner, Ernesto (February 28, 1998). "Luis Miguel's Crossroads". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
8. Lannert, John (January 10, 1998). "Latin Notas: En Concierto". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 110 (2): 26. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
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14. "El romance está de gira". La Nación (in Spanish). November 1, 1997. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
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30. Cancellation of Santa Barbara
31. Cancellation of San Diego
32. Dallas canceled
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36. Luis Miguel cancels rescheduled show
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