Romances Tour

Romances Tour

Tour by Luis Miguel
File:Romancestour97.jpg
Associated album	Romances Todos Los Romances
Start date	September 12, 1997
End date	May 13, 1998
Legs	2
Number of shows	66 in North America 9 in Europe 9 in South America 1 Cancelled 84 total
Luis Miguel concert chronology

Romances Tour was a concert tour performed by Luis Miguel during the years 1997 and 1998 to promote his new album Romances. On this tour, Luis Miguel perform his last back-catalogue and also his last pop songs. This was the longest tour of the artist until Mexico En La Piel Tour, with 17 consecutive sold-out concerts in the National Auditorium, and 5 times in the Radio City Music Hall from New York, with sold-out concerts, to put a new record. Also he toured for first time Spain. 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 84 concerts and was attended by approximately 1 million fans.

Set list

Romances Tour: (75 shows) Sep/12/1997 - Apr/12/1998
No.	Title	Original album	Length
1.	"Introduction"
2.	"Si Te Vas"	Nada Es Igual
3.	"Que Tu Te Vas"	Nada Es Igual
4.	"Medley" (Un Hombre Busca Una Mujer / Cuestión De Piel / Oro De Ley)	Busca Una Mujer, 20 Años
5.	"Medley" (Yo Que No Vivo Sin Ti / Amante Del Amor / Culpable O No / Mas Allá / Fría Como El Viento / Entrégate / Tengo Todo Excepto A Ti / Hoy El Aire Huele A Ti / La Incondicional)	Soy Como Quiero Ser, 20 Años, Busca Una Mujer
6.	"Todo Por Su Amor"	Nada Es Igual
7.	"Tu Y Yo"	Aries
8.	"Voy A Apagar La Luz / Contigo Aprendi"	Romances
9.	"La Gloria Eres Tú"	Romances
10.	"Encadenados"	Romances
11.	"Inolvidable"	Romance
12.	"Contigo"	Romances
13.	"El Reloj"	Romances
14.	"De Quererte Así"	Romances
15.	"Somos Novios"	Segundo Romance
16.	"Sabor A Mí"	Romances
17.	"El Día Que Me Quieras"	Segundo Romance
18.	"Uno"	Romances
19.	"No Sé Tú"	Romance
20.	"Por Debajo De La Mesa"	Romances
21.	"Nosotros"	Segundo Romance
22.	"Bésame Mucho"	Romances
23.	"La Media Vuelta"	Segundo Romance
24.	"Y"	never released by the artist
25.	"Que Seas Felíz"	never released by the artist
26.	"Échame A Mi La Culpa"	never released by the artist
27.	"Mi Ciudad"	never released by the artist
28.	"La Bikina"	never released by the artist
29.	"Sueña"	Nada Es Igual
30.	"Dame"	Nada Es Igual
31.	"Suave"	Aries
32.	"Cómo Es Posible Que A Mi Lado"	Nada Es Igual
33.	"Será Que No Me Amas"	20 Años
34.	"Cuando Calienta El Sol"	Soy Como Quiero Ser

Romances Tour: (9 shows) May/01/1998 - May/13/1998
No.	Title	Original album	Length
1.	"Introduction"
2.	"Si Te Vas"	Nada Es Igual
3.	"Que Tu Te Vas"	Nada Es Igual
4.	"Medley" (Un Hombre Busca Una Mujer / Cuestión De Piel / Oro De Ley)	Busca Una Mujer, 20 Años
5.	"Medley" (Yo Que No Vivo Sin Ti / Amante Del Amor / Culpable O No / Mas Allá / Fría Como El Viento / Entrégate / Tengo Todo Excepto A Ti / Hoy El Aire Huele A Ti / La Incondicional)	Soy Como Quiero Ser, 20 Años, Busca Una Mujer
6.	"Todo Por Su Amor"	Nada Es Igual
7.	"Tu Y Yo"	Aries
8.	"Voy A Apagar La Luz / Contigo Aprendi"	Romances
9.	"La Gloria Eres Tú"	Romances
10.	"Encadenados"	Romances
11.	"Inolvidable"	Romance
12.	"El Reloj"	Romances
13.	"De Quererte Así"	Romances
14.	"Somos Novios"	Segundo Romance
15.	"Sabor A Mí"	Romances
16.	"El Día Que Me Quieras"	Segundo Romance
17.	"Uno"	Segundo Romance
18.	"No Sé Tú"	Romance
19.	"Por Debajo De La Mesa"	Romances
20.	"Nosotros"	Segundo Romance
21.	"Bésame Mucho"	Romances
22.	"Sueña"	Nada Es Igual
23.	"Dame"	Nada Es Igual
24.	"Suave"	Aries
25.	"Como Es Posible Que A Mí Lado"	Nada Es Igual
26.	"Será Que No Me Amas"	20 Años
27.	"Cuando Calienta El Sol"	Soy Como Quiero Ser

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance
North America
September 12, 1997	Las Vegas	United States	Circus Maximus Theatre	4,000
September 13, 1997				4,000
September 14, 1997				4,000
September 15, 1997				4,000
September 18, 1997	Los Angeles		Universal Amphitheatre	6,189
September 19, 1997				6,189
September 20, 1997				6,189
September 21, 1997				6,189
September 22, 1997				6,189
September 25, 1997	Santa Barbara		Santa Barbara Bowl	4,562
September 26, 1997	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena	15,000
September 27, 1997				15,000
The show scheduled for September 30 in the Starplex Amphitheatre of Dallas was cancelled; rescheduled for April 4, 1998
October 2, 1997	Monterrey	Mexico	Auditorio Coca-Cola	8,000
October 3, 1997				8,000
October 4, 1997				8,000
October 5, 1997				8,000
October 9, 1997	Mexico City		National Auditorium	10,000
October 10, 1997				10,000
October 11, 1997				10,000
October 12, 1997				10,000
October 16, 1997				10,000
October 17, 1997				10,000
October 18, 1997				10,000
October 19, 1997				10,000
October 23, 1997				10,000
October 24, 1997				10,000
October 25, 1997				10,000
October 26, 1997				10,000
October 30, 1997				10,000
October 31, 1997				10,000
November 1, 1997				10,000
November 2, 1997				10,000
November 3, 1997				10,000
South America
November 7, 1997	Santiago	Chile	Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo	15,000
November 8, 1997				15,000
November 9, 1997	Viña del Mar		Quinta Vergara Amphitheater	20,000
November 14, 1997	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Estadio Velez Sarsfield	50,000
November 15, 1997				50,000
November 16, 1997				50,000
November 18, 1997	Rosario		Estadio Gigante de Arroyito	32,000
November 20, 1997	Córdoba		Estadio Chateau Carreras	30,000
The show scheduled for November 23 in Caracas, Venezuela was cancelled and not re-scheduled.
North America II
November 26, 1997	San Juan	Puerto Rico	Hiram Bithorn Stadium	18,000
November 29, 1997	Orlando	United States	TD Waterhouse Centre	17,000
November 30, 1997	Miami		Miami Arena	20,000
December 3, 1997	San Antonio		Alamodome	25,000
December 5, 1997	El Paso		Don Haskins Center	12,200
December 6, 1997				12,200
December 10, 1997	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena	15,000
January 30, 1998	Tucson		TCC Arena	9,275
January 31, 1998	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum	12,000
February 2, 1998	Houston		Compaq Center	14,000
February 4, 1998	South Padre Island		SP Convention Center	3,000
February 7, 1998	Miami		Miami Arena	20,000
February 8, 1998				20,000
February 11, 1998	New York City		Radio City Music Hall	6,015
February 12, 1998				6,015
February 13, 1998				6,015
February 14, 1998				6,015
February 15, 1998				6,015
February 17, 1998	Rosemont		Rosemont Horizon	18,000
February 19, 1998	Fairfax		Patriot Center	10,000
February 21, 1998	Atlantic City		Trump Taj Mahal	3,000
February 22, 1998				3,000
February 26, 1998	Anaheim		Arrowhead Pond	19,000
February 28, 1998	Los Angeles		Universal Amphitheater	6,189
March 1, 1998	Phoenix		America West Arena	13,000
March 6, 1998	Fresno		Selland Arena	12,000
March 7, 1998	San Jose		San Jose Arena	19,000
March 8, 1998	Sacramento		Memorial Auditorium	3,867
March 9, 1998				3,867
April 4, 1998	Dallas		Starplex Amphitheatre	9,000
April 9, 1998	Las Vegas		Circus Maximus Theatre	4,000
April 10, 1998				4,000
April 11, 1998				4,000
April 12, 1998				4,000
Europe
May 1, 1998	Madrid	Spain	Palacio de Congresos	2,000
May 2, 1998				2,000
May 3, 1998				2,000
May 4, 1998				2,000
May 8, 1998	Málaga		Plaza de toros de La Malagueta	14,000
May 9, 1998	Murcia		Plaza de Toros de Murcia	16,000
May 10, 1998	Valencia		Velódromo Luis Puig	18,000
May 12, 1998	Barcelona		Palau Sant Jordi	20,000
May 13, 1998	Madrid		Palacio de Congresos	2,000
241 days	35 cities	6 countries	36 venues	1,003,180

• The second Santiago show was fully recorded for its transmission in Chile by UC13.*
• The second Buenos Aires show was fully recorded for its transmission in Argentina by Canal 13.

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets sold / Available	Gross sales
Universal Amphitheatre	Los Angeles	30,263 / 30,263 (100%)	$1,598,530
Auditorio Nacional	Mexico City	159,878 / 160,701 (99%)	$6,766,366
America West Arena	Phoenix	6,122 / 12,447 (49%)	$330,031
Selland Arena	Fresno	5,626 / 7,073 (80%)	$246,945
San Jose Arena	San Jose	11,301 / 11,301 (100%)	$557,545
Rosemont Horizon	Chicago	10,852 / 10,852 (100%)	$624,103
Total		224,042 / 232,637 (96%)	$10,123,052

Band

• Vocals: Luis Miguel
• Acoustic & Electric Guitar: Kiko Cibrian
• Bass: Lalo Carrillo
• Piano: Francisco Loyo
• Keyboards: Arturo Pérez
• Drums: Victor Loyo
• Percussion: Tommy Aros
• Saxophone: Jeff Nathanson
• Trumpet: Francisco Abonce
• Trumpet: Juan Arpero
• Trombone: Alejandro Carballo
• Bandoneon: Walter Ríos

References

• http://web.archive.org/web/19980214091119/www.luismiguel.org/tour97.html
• http://web.archive.org/web/19971012175047/www.gerryspencer.holowww.com/tour97.html
• http://www.luismiguelsite.com/pubhtml/profile9.htm
• http://www.love-that-luis.com/roms-veg/v97big08.htm