New York, NY (Top40 Charts) At a press conference today at the American Airlines
Arena in Miami, superstar singer/songwriter
Ricardo Arjona spoke for the first time about the details of his U.S. VIAJE TOUR, which went on sale last week. He also revealed that the tour will kick off in Puerto Rico on Friday, February 20 at The Coliseum. Tickets go on sale in Puerto Rico Saturday, November 15 at 12:01am. See major market tour dates below which include the American Airlines
Arena on February 27, and dates in Los Angeles, Chicago, and elsewhere.
At the press conference on stage at the Arena, Arjona was surrounded by huge LED screens, props and other staging from his tour, which is one of the most ambitiously artistic productions ever undertaken by a Latin American artist. He debuted production elements in a wide ranging interview with Billboard Magazine Executive
Director of Latin Content and Programming Leila Cobo, Arjona, who has sold more than 20 million albums and is one of the most successful and respected Latin-American singer songwriters of all time, spoke of the incredible success of his VIAJE TOUR which has sold over 500,000 tickets in Argentina and Mexico. Arjona also took questions from the audience.
U.S. fans have not seen the legendary singer/songwriter perform on a tour of this scale ever and the media attending the conference were blown away. VIAJE TOUR is produced by Cardenas Marketing Network (CMN), which produces concerts and sporting events worldwide.
Arjona has created a complete universe on stage for his VIAJE TOUR. The ambitious production needs more than 200 people nightly to execute his vision, which includes 40 tons of scenery, 200 robotic lights, and a high definition LED screen measuring more than 20 meters in height. It is one of the largest productions ever, taking 27 trucks to move the world-class production from country to country in Latin America.
Singer/songwriter
Ricardo Arjona has always been an explorer, having journeyed musically through a diverse universe of musical influences and a fearless lyrical style, addressing matters of love, racism and immigration in eloquent verse that has attracted a huge following. In Argentina alone, his VIAJE TOUR attracted more than 200,000 concertgoers to the GEBA Stadium Buenos Aires, breaking all previous records in the stadium.
The critically acclaimed Arjona had released 14 studio albums, one live album, nine compilation albums and 43 singles. He has had four #1 Billboard Top Latin Albums, and four #1 singles on the Billboard Top Latin Single charts. His work earned him numerous awards and accolades, including one Grammy Award, one Latin Grammy Award, the "Latin Heritage" Award[3] as well as awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers; a silver and golden torch and two silver seagulls from the 2010 Viña del Mar International Song Festival, two Billboard Latin
Music Awards, and a Premio lo nuestro.
About Leila Cobo:
Leila Cobo is the executive director of Latin Content and programming for Billboard. She is also a writer whow has published two novels and a biography on
Jenni Rivera (on Penguin). Her latest book, Aim for the Stars, is a guide for young artists aiming at a career in music. The book includes interviews with Ricardo Arjona.
