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Megadeth announced the dates for a 33-show U.S. fall tour on Tuesday (April 23). The Live Nation-produced Destroy All Enemies outing will feature support from Mudvayne and All That Remains and is slated to kick off on August 2 at the Walmart AMP in Rogers, AR.
“Our ‘Crush The World’ tour has been a tremendous experience for the four of us,” said singer/guitarist Dave Mustaine in a statement. “We are all playing tight, and that has made it possible for me to really focus on solos and singing, we are playing more songs than ever before, and we are closer to each other, onstage AND off. I’m excited to see Mudvayne, and All That Remains. Join us as we DESTROY ALL ENEMIES.”

The two-month run will include shows in Houston, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Charlotte, Boston, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Minneapolis, before winding down on Sept. 28 with a gig at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium. Tickets for all the dates will go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. local time on Friday (April 26), with a presale for Cyber Army/Megadeth Digital members kicking off today at noon local time here.

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According to a release, the outing will feature Mustaine and company playing classics from their beloved albums Rust in Peace, Countdown to Extinction and others, including their most recent studio LP, The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead!

Check out the dates for the 2024 Destroy All Enemies U.S. tour below.

August 2 — Rogers, AR @ Walmart AMP

August 3 — Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall

August 5 — Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheatre

August 6 — Denver, CO @ Ball Arena

August 8 — Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre

August 9 — Los Angeles, CA @ YouTube Theater

August 10 — Concord, CA @ Toyota Pavilion at Concord

August 12 — Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre

August 13 — Bend, OR @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater

August 16 — Las Vegas, NV @ Bakkt Theatre at Planet Hollywood

August 17 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Maverick Arena*

August 20 — Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory

August 21 — Austin, TX @ Germania Insurance Amphitheater

August 23 — Macon, GA @ Atrium Health Macon Amphitheater*

August 24 — West Palm Beach, FL @ IThink Financial Amphitheatre

Sept. 3 — Tinley Park, IL @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre

Sept. 5 — Huntington, WV @ Marshall Health Network Arena*

Sept. 6 — Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion

Sept. 7 — Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek

Sept. 9 — Reading, PA @ Santander Arena*

Sept. 10 — Albany, NY @ MVP Arena*

Sept. 11 — Boston, MA @ Leader Bank

Sept. 13 — Bethel, MY @ Bethel Woods Center For The Arts

Sept. 14 — Wantagh, NY @ Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater

Sept. 15 — Richmond, VA @ Virginia Credit Union Live!*

Sept. 17 — Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center

Sept. 18 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE

Sept. 20 — Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center

Sept. 21 — Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre

Sept. 24 — Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory

Sept. 26 — St Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre STL

Sept. 27 — Southaven, MS @ Bankplus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove*

Sept. 28 — Nashville, TN @ Nashville Municipal Auditorium       

*Non Live Nation Dates    

Idina Menzel is heading back out on the road.
The superstar announced her Take Me or Leave Me Tour exclusively via Billboard on Tuesday (April 23), marking her first tour in nearly eight years. “I was really missing the connection with my fans,” she tells Billboard of the decision to tour again. “I have my new musical Redwood at La Jolla Playhouse that I’m passionate about, and it’s been occupying me. I thought, if that goes through another iteration, I wanted to make sure I got my time with my fans from a personal perspective as opposed to through a character.”

The North American run kicks off July 19 in Seattle, Wash., before stretching throughout the summer, hitting venues in Los Angeles, New York, Las Vegas and more before wrapping up on August 18 in Greensboro, NC. The tour title, of course, is inspired by the beloved song, “Take Me or Leave Me” from the musical Rent, in which Menzel made her Tony-nominated Broadway debut as Maureen Johnson in 1996.

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“Maureen was always uninhibited and extremely comfortable in who she was, maybe to the fault [laughs],” Menzel says. “I’ve always loved that song and I miss that character, but I would say I’m naming the tour this from a different perspective. Obviously, many, many years later, it’s about who I am in this point in my life. I haven’t seen my fans in a long time, and I want to show them how I’ve changed, and how I haven’t. I want to show them my experiences and hopefully, they’ll love me no matter what.”

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The beloved actress’ tour will feature a career-spanning setlist of hits, which she’s currently putting together and stays “up all night thinking about,” and she promises an “eclectic” mix of hits from her own albums and jazz standards as well as musicals she’s performed in like Wicked, Rent and, of course, Frozen. “I often wrestle with the fact that I often assume that people will be bored if I sing the same songs over and over, like ‘Let It Go’ or ‘Defying Gravity,’” she shares. “I’m always trying to rewrite things, discover or cover new songs, reinterpret them and then I always get this feedback of ‘No, we want to hear these songs!’ I’m trying to strike a balance between performing songs the way I think my audience would want to hear them and feeling like, as an artist, that I’m growing and singing the songs in a way that their lyrics resonate with me. I juggle it and then I sit with my band and we play with it and assess it and sort of see what kind of floats to the top.”

She concludes in theme with the tour’s “Take Me or Leave Me” title, “I’ve always said back in the day that versatility was my curse. Now, I embrace my versatility. It makes me who I am.”

Artist presale tickets for Menzel’s tour as well as VIP packages will be available starting on Wednesday (April 24) at 10 a.m. local time. General on-sale for tickets begins Friday (April 26) at 10 a.m. local time. See the full list of dates below, and check out the venues and ticket information here.

July 19 – Seattle, WashingtonJuly 21 – Oakland, CaliforniaJuly 23 – Los Angeles, CaliforniaJuly 25 – Mesa, ArizonaJuly 26 – Highland, CaliforniaJuly 27 – Las Vegas, NevadaJuly 30 – Austin, TexasJuly 31 – Dallas, TexasAugust 2 – Atlanta, GeorgiaAugust 3 – Charleston, South CarolinaAugust 4 – Orlando, FloridaAugust 6 – Auburn, AlabamaAugust 7 – Greenville, South CarolinaAugust 9 – Chicago, IllinoisAugust 10 – Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaAugust 11 – Detroit, MichiganAugust 13 – Toronto, Ontario, CanadaAugust 15 – New York, New YorkAugust 16 – Hershey, PennsylvaniaAugust 17 – Washington, DCAugust 18 – Greensboro, North Carolina

After telling fans during her Coachella performance with Bizarrap last weekend that she would be touring this year, Shakira has announced the first leg of her 2024 Live Nation-promoted North American tour.

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Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour — named in honor of her new album of the same name — will play 14 arena shows across North America, beginning Nov. 2 in Palm Desert, California, and ending December 15 in Detroit, Michigan. Tickets for the tour will be available beginning Wednesday (April 17) via a Citi presale, with an artist presale beginning on Friday (April 19) at 10 am. The general onsale begins on April 22 at 10 a.m. local time here.

This is Shakira’s first tour since her 2018 El Dorado World Tour, which took her to stadiums and arenas around the world. Shakira first hinted that she would be touring this year during her Q&A at Billboard Latin Music Week and her Billboard cover story last October. At the time, she said she would “definitely” tour in 2024, but provided no details.

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Then, last month, following the release of Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, she performed in New York City’s Times Square for a crowd of more than 40,000 fans. During her new tour, Shakira is expected to perform her new hits, as well as her iconic global chart stoppers. Find all announced dates below:

Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour Dates:

Nov 2 – Palm Desert, CA @ Acrisure Arena

Nov. 7 – Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center

Nov. 9 – Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum

Nov. 16 – San Antonio, TX @ Frost Bank Center

Nov. 17 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center

Nov. 20 – Miami, FL @ Kaseya Center

Nov. 23 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center

Nov. 25 – Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena

Nov. 30 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena

Dec. 5 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center

Dec. 8 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden

Dec. 10 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre

Dec. 14 – Chicago, IL @ United Center

Dec. 15 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena

Five of late reggae icon Bob Marley‘s musical scions announced their first joint tour in nearly 20 years on Monday (April 15), an outing they’re calling The Marley Brothers: The Legacy Tour.
Teaming up for their first extended run of joint dates since 2007, brothers Ziggy, Stephen, Julian, Ky-Mani and Damian will celebrate their beloved father’s music and legacy on the outing that a release promised would feature both their individual hits and classic Bob Marley songs.

The 22-date Live Nation-promoted North American trek is slated to kick off Sept. 5 with a show at the Festival Lawn at Deer Lake Park in Vancouver, then hitting Phoenix, Dallas, Cincinnati, Toronto, Atlanta and Tampa before winding down at Miami’s FPL Solar Amphitheatre on Oct. 5.

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April 20 will mark an expansion of screenings of the biopic Bob Marley: One Love, while the 40th anniversary of the “Could You Be Loved” singer’s landmark 1984 greatest-hits compilation Legend will be celebrated next month; in addition, 2025 marks what would have been Marley’s 80th birthday.

Tickets for the tour will start with pre-sales kicking off Tuesday (April 16), including a Citi presale beginning at 10 a.m. local time through Thursday (April 18) at 10 p.m. local time here. A general on-sale will kick off Friday (April 19) at 10 a.m. local time with information available here.

Check out the dates for the 2024 Legacy Tour below.

Sept. 5 — Vancouver, BC @ Festival Lawn at Deer Lake ParkSept 6 — Ridgefield, WA @ RV Inn Style Resorts AmphitheaterSept. 8 — Auburn, WA @ White River AmphitheatreSept. 10 — Concord, CA @ Toyota Pavilion at ConcordSept. 11 — Chula Vista, CA @ North Island Credit Union AmphitheatreSept. 12 — Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort AmphitheatreSept. 13 — Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta AmphitheaterSept. 15 — Austin, TX @ Germania Insurance AmphitheaterSept. 16 — Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis PavilionSept. 18 — Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music CenterSept. 19 — Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music TheatreSept. 22 — Queens, NY @ Forest Hills StadiumSept. 23 — Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts CenterSept. 25 — Bridgeport, CT @ Hartford HealthCare AmphitheaterSept. 26 — Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity CenterSept. 27 — Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube LiveSept. 29 — Toronto, ON @ Budweiser StageSept. 30 — Laval, QC @ Place BellOct. 2 — Wilmington, NC @ Live Oak Bank Pavilion Oct. 3 — Atlanta, GA @ Lakewood AmphitheatreOct. 4 — Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union AmpOct. 5 — Miami, FL @ FPL Solar Amphitheatre

Maggie Rogers is heading back on the road, this time in arenas.
The star announced on Thursday (April 11) her first-ever arena tour, dubbed the Don’t Forget Me Tour Part II, to celebrate the release of her third studio album, Don’t Forget Me. The Live Nation-produced outing will kick off on Oct. 9 at Moody Center in Austin, Texas, before it hits cities like Philadelphia, Boston, New York City, Chicago, Seattle and more before wrapping up on November 2 in Los Angeles, Calif. Ryan Beatty will join Rogers as the opening act on her fall tour dates.

The previously announced first leg of the Don’t Forget Me Tour kicks off May 23 in San Diego, Calif., and wraps in Miami, Fla., on June 22. The Japanese House is slated as the supporting act.

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In addition to the arena tour, Rogers also announced Box Office Week, which will include pop-up events and special shows taking place over the course of the week at intimate venues in four U.S. cities. Additionally, Rogers will continue her commitment of in-person ticketing from April 13 to 20, where fans can go to the box office of any arena she’s playing at and buy tickets for $25 with no added fees. At her pop-up events, she’ll be selling the tickets herself.

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“On the last album, Surrender, I decided to go old school and sell tickets in-person in an effort to reduce fees, combat bots and get tickets directly into the hands of fans,” the singer explained in a press statement. “That process was so fun, this year I’m hosting ‘Box Office Week,’ where I’ve set some special prices for fans who want to come purchase tickets in person.”

See the full list of Box Office shows and Don’t Forget Me Tour Part II dates below. For ticket purchasing information, refer to Rogers’ website here.

Box Office Week/Release Shows04-13 New York, NY – Irving Plaza        04-14 Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts/The Fillmore     04-16 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club04-19 Chicago, IL – House of Blues                        

Don’t Forget Me Tour Part II10-09 Austin, TX – Moody Center10-15 Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center10-17 Boston, MA – TD Garden 10-19 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden 10-22 Toronto, Ontario – Coca-Cola Coliseum 10-24 Chicago, IL – United Center 10-25 Minneapolis, MN – Target Center 10-29 Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena 10-30 Portland, OR – Moda Center 11-01 San Francisco, CA – Chase Center 11-02 Inglewood, CA – Kia Forum

Bad Bunny‘s Most Wanted Tour is in high gear, bringing his latest album, Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana, to life across various U.S. cities. Meanwhile, he has invited multiple surprise guests along the way. The Puerto Rican superstar kicked off his 2024 tour in Salt Lake City, Utah on February 21, promoted […]

The Roots are hitting the road this summer with some special friends. The Tonight Show house band will take a break from playing celebrities onto stage and doing bits with host Jimmy Fallon to play a run of dates from May through September with kindred spirit hip-hop experimentalists Digable Planets and Arrested Development.

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After announcing an initial slate of dates for the Hip-Hop Is the Love of My Life outing last week with the message “This is for the ones that really fell in LOVE with this,” the band has filled the roster out with a more robust run. The mostly weekend shows will commence on May 11 with a gig at the Mountain Winery Concert Series in Saratoga, CA and a spot on the Wonderfront Festival in San Diego on May 12 before setting up shop in Philadelphia for this year’s edition of their Roots Picnic festival.

This year’s June 1-2 Picnic will feature André 3000 and his bag of magical flutes, Jill Scott, Lil Wayne, Gunna, Victoria Monét, Method Man, Nas, Redman and Sexyy Red, and others performing in The Mann in Fairmount Park.

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A quick pop-in at the Reggae Rise Up Maryland 2024 festival in Baltimore on June 23 will be followed by a June 29 gig at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles and then a pair of dates in July in Denver and Seattle, before a hop over the Atlantic for a couple of dates in England and Germany before a return to U.S. shores in August for shows in Houston and Irving, Texas, Highland Park, IL, Sterling Heights, MI, Atlanta, Vienna, VA and a Sept. 1 show at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway in Boston.

In keeping with their job supporting Fallon since 2009 — on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and then, beginning in 2014 on The Tonight Show — the majority of this summer’s dates will be weekend gigs that will allow the group to be in their spots in Studio 6B in Rockefeller Center in New York for their nightly gig.

Check out the dates for the Roots’ Hip-Hop Is the Love of My Life 2024 tour below.

May 11 – Saratoga, CA @ The Mountain Winery Concert Series

May 12 – San Diego, CA @ Wonderfront Festival

June 1 – Philadelphia, PA @ Roots Picnic 2024

June 2 – Philadelphia, PA @ Roots Picnic 2024

June 23 – Baltimore, MD @ Reggae Rise Up Maryland 2024

June 29 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl *^

July 20 – Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom

July 21 – Seattle, WA @ Woodland Park Zoo

August 1 – Tower Of London, UK @ Crystal Palace Bowl

August 2 – Margate, UK @ Dreamland

August 5 – Berlin, DE @ Uber Eats Music Hall

August 16 – Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall *^

August 17 – Irving, TX @ The Pavilion At Toyota Music Factory *^

August 24 – Highland Park, IL @ Ravinia Festival *^

August 25 – Sterling Heights, MI @ Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill *^

August 29 – Atlanta, GA @ Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park *^

August 31 – Vienna, VA @ Filene Center at Wolf Trap *^

Sept. 1 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway *^’July 20 – Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom

* = w/ Arrested Development^ = w/ Digable Planets

More than three decades into her storied career, Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott is gearing up for her first-ever headlining tour. On Monday morning (April 8) the “Work It” rapper announced the dates for her Out of This World – The Missy Elliott Experience 2024 North American arena tour, which is slated to kick off on on July 4 in Vancouver at Rogers Arena, and include stops in Seattle, Oakland, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Denver, Houston, Tampa, Atlanta, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston, Brooklyn and Detroit before winding down on August 22 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL.

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The summer outing will feature support from Busta Rhymes, Ciara and Elliott’s longtime musical partner producer Timbaland. The poster for the tour features Missy, Busta and Ciara dressed in Mad Max-style futuristic leather outfits standing in front of a giant space ship.

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“This is an incredible time in my life as I am experiencing so many milestone ‘firsts.’ Being the FIRST female Hip Hop artist to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and now going out on my FIRST headline tour,” Elliott said in a statement about the 24-city tour co-produced by Live Nation and Elliott’s longtime manager Mona Scott-Young. “Fans have been asking me to tour forever but I wanted to wait until I felt the time was right because I knew if I was ever going to do it, I had to do it big, and I had to do it with family! So get ready to be taken OUT OF THIS WORLD with me, Busta Rhymes, Ciara, and Timbaland! We can’t wait to share this experience with the fans!”

In keeping with Elliott’s legendarily out-there music videos, the tour announce was accompanied by a short teaser video helmed by another one of Missy’s frequent collaborators, director Dave Meyers. “In 2024, these three icons come together to show you something you’ve never seen before,” Elliott says in voiceover in the clip in which she, Busta and Ciara emerge from the spacecraft.

“Something not right,” Elliott says at one point as the shoot is interrupted by confusion. “This is not Earth!” That leads to Busta busting out a paper celestial map only to discover that he took a “wrong turn” at Mars, a revelation that makes Ciara short of breath. Missy then calls Timbaland on her old school brick cell phone to complain about Busta’s terrible sense of space direction.

In an additional statement about her client’s first-ever headlining tour, Scott-Young said, “Missy has always been an iconic groundbreaker and continuously pushes herself to be bolder and go where she has never been before – and surprisingly, one of those places is headlining her own tour! For decades, fans and peers worldwide have clamored for Missy to tour and they’re finally going to get what they’ve been asking for as she teams up with Ciara, Busta, and longtime partner-in-rhyme Timbaland, to deliver a start-to-finish, nonstop, high-octane, OUT OF THIS WORLD concert experience. This will be one for the books, so trust me, you don’t want to miss it!”

Tickets for the tour will go on sale first through a Verizon presale that kicks off on Tuesday (April 9) beginning at 10 a.m. local time through Thursday (April 11) at 10 p.m. local time; click here for more details. Following additional presales throughout the week, the general onsale for the tour will begin on Friday (April 12) at 10 a.m. local time here.

Check out the dates for the tour and the teaser video below.

Missy Elliott 2024 Out of This World dates:

July 4 — Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena

July 6 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena

July 9 — Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena

July 11 — Los Angeles, CA @ Crypto.com Arena

July 13 — Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena

July 16 — Denver, CO @ Ball Arena

July 18 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center

July 20 — Houston, TX @ Toyota Center

July 21 — Fort Worth, TX @ Dickies Arena

July 24 — Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena

July 25 — Sunrise, FL @ Amerant Bank Arena

Saturday, July 27 — Atlanta, GA — State Farm Arena

August 1 — Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena

August 2 — Hampton, VA @ Hampton Coliseum

August 3 — Belmont Park, NY @ UBS Arena

August 5 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center

August 8 — Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena

August 9 — Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center

August 10 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden

August 12 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center

August 15 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena

August 17 — Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre

August 19 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena

August 22 — Rosemont, IL @ Allstate Arena

Gilberto Santa Rosa brought his class and elegance to New York’s Radio City Music Hall on Saturday (April 6), where he made it clear once more why he is considered El Caballero de la Salsa (The Gentleman of Salsa).

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Accompanied by a stellar orchestra of 15 musicians — including brasses, keyboards, strings, percussion, and backup singers — the Puerto Rican icon delighted a mostly Latino audience in New York City with classics from his repertoire such as “Derroche,” “Conciencia,” “Conteo Regresivo” and “Perdóname.”

He also performed a set of boleros, which he introduced with an anecdote told with his characteristic grace and charm.

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“My life has gone between bolero and salsa, and I say it in that order because the first thing I started singing was bolero,” he remembered. “I started singing bolero because I suffered a very strong love disappointment… at the age of 6,” Santa Rosa continued, making the audience burst in laughter.

With the idea of winning over a girl, he said, the singer teamed up with a buddy who also sang and played the guitar.

“I thought, ‘When I start singing, that girl is going to go crazy for me’. Well, guess what? I went out to sing on the first school program that I could, and the girl didn’t even look at me. But she gave me a profession, and thanks to that, you and us we are here tonight.”

On his third occasion at the Radio City Music Hall, this time as part of his Auténtico Tour, Santa Rosa recalled his long history with New York City, where he began playing as a teenager in the 1980s at the Corso nightclub as part of Willie Rosario’s orchestra, and where he recorded his iconic 1995 live album En Vivo Desde El Carnegie Hall.

“Tonight we come to give you everything here at Radio City Music Hall, which is an iconic place in New York City and the United States,” he said with a smile. “This is our third time on this stage and we are happy about that.”

One of the most joyful moments was led by conguero Gerardo Rivas, a former member of the musical duo NG2 who also has a solo career as a singer. The son of Jerry Rivas from El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, Gerardo momentarily left the congas to take center stage, where he first sang “Suma y Resta” with Santa Rosa — who originally recorded this song with El Micha — and then a track from his own repertoire, “Happy”, which got everyone dancing.

The orchestra, whose talent was matched by their grace and elegance, includes veteran musicians such as musical director and trombonist Georgie Torres, pianist Luis Marín, bongo player Rafael Echeverría, backup singer Gino Ramírez and trumpeter Rebeca Zambrana, many of whom have been playing with Santa Rosa for decades. They all spread their enthusiasm with amusing choreographies, and Santa Rosa took the time to introduce each one of them with great affection and admiration.

With an uninterrupted and successful decades-long career, Gilberto Santa Rosa continues to be one of the undisputed references of salsa. His Auténtico Tour began last year in Puerto Rico and arrived in South America in February. His U.S. stint continues next week in Charlotte, N.C., and also includes stops in cities such as El Paso, Houston, and Dallas, before moving on to Europe. (For a full list of dates, click here).

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