SANTANA COLLABORATING WITH THE BIGGEST NAMES IN LATIN MUSIC ON A FORTHCOMING STUDIO ALBUM CORAZÓN DUE OUT EARLY 2014 ON RCA/ SONY LATIN IBERIA
FIRST SINGLE “LA FLACA” FEATURING SUPERSTAR JUANES AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 25TH!
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN NOW!
“CORAZÓN, LIVE FROM MEXICO: LIVE IT TO BELIEVE IT” THE CONCERT EVENT SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 14TH IN GUADALAJARA IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MEXICO TOURISM BOARD WILL PREMIERE ON
HBO LATINO AND HBO LATIN AMERICA SPRING 2014
The first single from Santana’s forthcoming superstar-packed album CORAZÓN entitled “La Flaca” featuring multi-platinum recording artist Juanes, was unveiled today at a Latin GRAMMY Awards ® press conference in Las Vegas at the House of Blues at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino. Click here to listen to the track now! “La Flaca” featuring Juanes will be available for sale at all digital providers on November 25th. It was also announced at the press conference that HBO Latino and HBO Latin America have signed on to broadcast ten-time GRAMMY ® Award-winning, three-time Latin GRAMMY ® Award-winning, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Santana’s once-in-a-lifetime “CORAZÓN, LIVE FROM MEXICO: LIVE IT TO BELIEVE IT” concert event in Guadalajara, Mexico (in Santana’s native state of Jalisco).This is the first time ever that HBO Latino and HBO Latin America have joined forces to premiere a concert event in the US and Latin American regions. The concert will debut on the HBO networks in spring 2014.
“CORAZÓN, LIVE FROM MEXICO: LIVE IT TO BELIEVE IT,” is scheduled for December 14 at the Arena VFG in conjunction with the Mexico Tourism Board. Guadalajara, Mexico was selected by Carlos Santana and Sony Music as the location for the concert and DVD to celebrate Santana’s Mexican roots and for Carlos to honor Mexico’s people, its culture and its history. Famed director Nick Wickham will be at the helm shooting the concert film, scheduled to air in spring 2014 on both HBO Latino and HBO Latin America, and later will be released on DVD via RCA/Sony Latin Iberia. Also, there will also be a documentary film shot in Puerto Vallarta, Riviera Nayarit, and Guadalajara, entitled “Live It To Believe It,” documenting “the making of” this soon-to-be historic concert event.
“We are incredibly excited to team up with Sony Music to bring the legendary, signature sound of Carlos Santana to our audiences in the U.S. and Latin America,” said Lucinda Martinez, Senior Vice President, Multicultural Marketing, HBO. “The music of this global superstar deserves a global audience, which we are proud to deliver with our first-ever simultaneous concert event on HBO Latino in the U.S. and HBO Latin America in South America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean Basin.”
Comments Rodolfo López Negrete, CEO of the Mexico Tourism Board:”We are extremely proud of being associated with one of the world’s music icons and his connection to Mexico. Carlos believes in the wide array of attractions that Mexico possesses, a Mexico so rich and diverse that you have to live it to believe it.”
“CORAZÓN, LIVE FROM MEXICO: LIVE IT TO BELIEVE IT,” the concert event features a star-studded cast of musicians, all celebrating their Latin music heritage, joining Santana performing his massive hits from the last five decades. Confirmed celebrity performances at the concert include Chocquibtown, Lila Downs, Gloria Estefan, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Juanes, Miguel, Fher Olvera of Maná, Niña Pastori, Samuel Rosa of Skank, Salvador Santana, Soledad, Diego Torres, among others. More celebrity performances will be announced soon. For tickets and more information regarding the concert, visit www.ticketmaster.com.mx
“CORAZÓN, LIVE FROM MEXICO: LIVE IT TO BELIEVE IT,” the concert is a homecoming for Carlos and a festive kickoff event to mark his forthcoming album project close to his heart entitled CORAZÓN. In addition to most of the superstars performing at the December 14th show, Ziggy Marley and Romeo Santos will also be joining Santana on this star-studded album project CORAZÓN — release date and more to be announced soon.
CORAZÓN, the concert and album project brings Carlos back to his birthplace, in the city of Autlan, just south of Guadalajara and celebrates Carlos’ love of his musical heritage, as well as showcasing Carlos’ own personal influence on Latin music and on today’s generation of Latin superstars. Many genres of Latin music are represented in these collaborations including pop, rock, salsa, hip-hop, folk, reggae, traditional and bachata. More album details to be announced soon.
SANTANA is currently in the studio in Las Vegas recording many of these superstar collaborations for CORAZÓN with producer Lester Mendez at the helm. CORAZÓN is a joint album release between Sony Latin Iberia and RCA Records. The album is executive-produced by Carlos Santana, Clive Davis, Santana’s longtime collaborator and Chief Creative Officer, Sony Music Entertainment, and Afo Verde, Chairman and CEO for Sony’s Latin Region, Spain and Portugal.
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About SANTANA: For forty years and as many albums later, Santana has sold more than 100 million records and reached more than 100 million fans at concerts worldwide. To date, Santana has won ten GRAMMY ® Awards and three Latin GRAMMY ® Awards. He won a record-tying nine GRAMMYs for a single project for 1999’s Supernatural (including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for “Smooth”). He has also received the Billboard Century Award (1996), was ushered into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1998), and received the Billboard Latin Music Awards’ Lifetime Achievement honor (2009). Among many other honors, Carlos Santana has also been cited by Rolling Stone as #15 on their list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.” Celebrating the chart debut of Guitar Heaven (Arista) in 2010, Santana joined the ranks of the Rolling Stones as the only musical act in chart history to score at least one Top 10 album in every decade beginning with the 1960s. He is also currently headlining at a multi-year residency at House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. On December 8th, Carlos Santana will be the recipient of the 2013 Kennedy Center Honors Award.
About HBO Latino: HBO Latino is a dedicated Spanish-language premium channel that delivers compelling and relevant programming to the U.S. Latino market. Exclusive to the channel are the regular U.S. premieres of Spanish-language series, films, and documentaries acquired from North America, Latin America, Spain and the Caribbean, as well as original short-form programming. Additionally, HBO Latino offers the best Hollywood movies and HBO original programming from the network’s main channel in Spanish. Check out the latest news and updates, share favorite moments, get sneak peeks, view compelling video content and more, all in Spanish, by following HBO Latino on Facebook (www.facebook.com/hbolatino), YouTube (www.youtube.com/hbolatino) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/hbolatino). HBO Latino is included with an HBO subscription.
About HBO Latin America: HBO Latin America is the premium television network leader that, in addition to being recognized for the quality and diversity of its original programming, films and documentaries, also provides services with the highest technology in SD and HD formats in more than 24 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean through its channels HBO, HBO2, HBO Signature, HBO Plus, HBO Family, HBO HD, HBO Caribbean, HBO On Demand, HBO GO, Cinemax, MAX, MaxPrime and MAX HD.
About Mexico Tourism Board: The Mexico Tourism Board (MTB) brings together the resources of federal and state governments, municipalities and private companies to promote Mexico’s tourism attractions and destinations internationally. Created in 1999, the MTB functions as an executive agency of Mexico’s Tourism Secretariat, with autonomous management and the broad participation of the private sector. The MTB has offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America.
www.santana.com
http://www.facebook.com/carlossantana
twitter – @SantanaCarlos
“La Flaca” featuring Juanes link: http://smarturl.it/LaFlaca or visit www.santana.comSANTANA COLLABORATING WITH THE BIGGEST NAMES IN LATIN MUSIC ON A FORTHCOMING STUDIO ALBUM CORAZÓN DUE OUT EARLY 2014 ON RCA/ SONY LATIN IBERIA
FIRST SINGLE “LA FLACA” FEATURING SUPERSTAR JUANES AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 25TH!
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN NOW!
“CORAZÓN, LIVE FROM MEXICO: LIVE IT TO BELIEVE IT” THE CONCERT EVENT SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 14TH IN GUADALAJARA IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MEXICO TOURISM BOARD WILL PREMIERE ON
HBO LATINO AND HBO LATIN AMERICA SPRING 2014
The first single from Santana’s forthcoming superstar-packed album CORAZÓN entitled “La Flaca” featuring multi-platinum recording artist Juanes, was unveiled today at a Latin GRAMMY Awards ® press conference in Las Vegas at the House of Blues at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino. Click here to listen to the track now! “La Flaca” featuring Juanes will be available for sale at all digital providers on November 25th. It was also announced at the press conference that HBO Latino and HBO Latin America have signed on to broadcast ten-time GRAMMY ® Award-winning, three-time Latin GRAMMY ® Award-winning, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Santana’s once-in-a-lifetime “CORAZÓN, LIVE FROM MEXICO: LIVE IT TO BELIEVE IT” concert event in Guadalajara, Mexico (in Santana’s native state of Jalisco).This is the first time ever that HBO Latino and HBO Latin America have joined forces to premiere a concert event in the US and Latin American regions. The concert will debut on the HBO networks in spring 2014.
“CORAZÓN, LIVE FROM MEXICO: LIVE IT TO BELIEVE IT,” is scheduled for December 14 at the Arena VFG in conjunction with the Mexico Tourism Board. Guadalajara, Mexico was selected by Carlos Santana and Sony Music as the location for the concert and DVD to celebrate Santana’s Mexican roots and for Carlos to honor Mexico’s people, its culture and its history. Famed director Nick Wickham will be at the helm shooting the concert film, scheduled to air in spring 2014 on both HBO Latino and HBO Latin America, and later will be released on DVD via RCA/Sony Latin Iberia. Also, there will also be a documentary film shot in Puerto Vallarta, Riviera Nayarit, and Guadalajara, entitled “Live It To Believe It,” documenting “the making of” this soon-to-be historic concert event.
“We are incredibly excited to team up with Sony Music to bring the legendary, signature sound of Carlos Santana to our audiences in the U.S. and Latin America,” said Lucinda Martinez, Senior Vice President, Multicultural Marketing, HBO. “The music of this global superstar deserves a global audience, which we are proud to deliver with our first-ever simultaneous concert event on HBO Latino in the U.S. and HBO Latin America in South America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean Basin.”
Comments Rodolfo López Negrete, CEO of the Mexico Tourism Board:”We are extremely proud of being associated with one of the world’s music icons and his connection to Mexico. Carlos believes in the wide array of attractions that Mexico possesses, a Mexico so rich and diverse that you have to live it to believe it.”
“CORAZÓN, LIVE FROM MEXICO: LIVE IT TO BELIEVE IT,” the concert event features a star-studded cast of musicians, all celebrating their Latin music heritage, joining Santana performing his massive hits from the last five decades. Confirmed celebrity performances at the concert include Chocquibtown, Lila Downs, Gloria Estefan, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Juanes, Miguel, Fher Olvera of Maná, Niña Pastori, Samuel Rosa of Skank, Salvador Santana, Soledad, Diego Torres, among others. More celebrity performances will be announced soon. For tickets and more information regarding the concert, visit www.ticketmaster.com.mx
“CORAZÓN, LIVE FROM MEXICO: LIVE IT TO BELIEVE IT,” the concert is a homecoming for Carlos and a festive kickoff event to mark his forthcoming album project close to his heart entitled CORAZÓN. In addition to most of the superstars performing at the December 14th show, Ziggy Marley and Romeo Santos will also be joining Santana on this star-studded album project CORAZÓN — release date and more to be announced soon.
CORAZÓN, the concert and album project brings Carlos back to his birthplace, in the city of Autlan, just south of Guadalajara and celebrates Carlos’ love of his musical heritage, as well as showcasing Carlos’ own personal influence on Latin music and on today’s generation of Latin superstars. Many genres of Latin music are represented in these collaborations including pop, rock, salsa, hip-hop, folk, reggae, traditional and bachata. More album details to be announced soon.
SANTANA is currently in the studio in Las Vegas recording many of these superstar collaborations for CORAZÓN with producer Lester Mendez at the helm. CORAZÓN is a joint album release between Sony Latin Iberia and RCA Records. The album is executive-produced by Carlos Santana, Clive Davis, Santana’s longtime collaborator and Chief Creative Officer, Sony Music Entertainment, and Afo Verde, Chairman and CEO for Sony’s Latin Region, Spain and Portugal.
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About SANTANA: For forty years and as many albums later, Santana has sold more than 100 million records and reached more than 100 million fans at concerts worldwide. To date, Santana has won ten GRAMMY ® Awards and three Latin GRAMMY ® Awards. He won a record-tying nine GRAMMYs for a single project for 1999’s Supernatural (including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for “Smooth”). He has also received the Billboard Century Award (1996), was ushered into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1998), and received the Billboard Latin Music Awards’ Lifetime Achievement honor (2009). Among many other honors, Carlos Santana has also been cited by Rolling Stone as #15 on their list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.” Celebrating the chart debut of Guitar Heaven (Arista) in 2010, Santana joined the ranks of the Rolling Stones as the only musical act in chart history to score at least one Top 10 album in every decade beginning with the 1960s. He is also currently headlining at a multi-year residency at House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. On December 8th, Carlos Santana will be the recipient of the 2013 Kennedy Center Honors Award.
About HBO Latino: HBO Latino is a dedicated Spanish-language premium channel that delivers compelling and relevant programming to the U.S. Latino market. Exclusive to the channel are the regular U.S. premieres of Spanish-language series, films, and documentaries acquired from North America, Latin America, Spain and the Caribbean, as well as original short-form programming. Additionally, HBO Latino offers the best Hollywood movies and HBO original programming from the network’s main channel in Spanish. Check out the latest news and updates, share favorite moments, get sneak peeks, view compelling video content and more, all in Spanish, by following HBO Latino on Facebook (www.facebook.com/hbolatino), YouTube (www.youtube.com/hbolatino) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/hbolatino). HBO Latino is included with an HBO subscription.
About HBO Latin America: HBO Latin America is the premium television network leader that, in addition to being recognized for the quality and diversity of its original programming, films and documentaries, also provides services with the highest technology in SD and HD formats in more than 24 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean through its channels HBO, HBO2, HBO Signature, HBO Plus, HBO Family, HBO HD, HBO Caribbean, HBO On Demand, HBO GO, Cinemax, MAX, MaxPrime and MAX HD.
About Mexico Tourism Board: The Mexico Tourism Board (MTB) brings together the resources of federal and state governments, municipalities and private companies to promote Mexico’s tourism attractions and destinations internationally. Created in 1999, the MTB functions as an executive agency of Mexico’s Tourism Secretariat, with autonomous management and the broad participation of the private sector. The MTB has offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America.
www.santana.com
http://www.facebook.com/carlossantana
twitter – @SantanaCarlos
“La Flaca” featuring Juanes link: http://smarturl.it/LaFlaca or visit www.santana.com