Manu Chao Nominated For Two Latin Grammys, Tour Heads To Austin & Mexico

NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Manu Chao Official Website) - Following a Latin Grammy win for the "Me Llaman Calle" single, Manu Chao's most recent LP 'La Radiolina' has two more Latin Grammy nominations to add to the books.
'La Radiolina' has been nominated in the Best Alternative Music Album category and the "Me Llaman Calle" video has been nominated in the Best Short Form Music Video category. The late 2007 studio release continues to sell well and has recently reached Latin Gold status. This exciting news follows a highly-successful year of sold out shows across the world and year-end critical acclaim in countless major media outlets including Time Magazine, Spin Magazine, The New Yorker, and the Los Angeles Times.

The global star recently completed a short explosive North American tour, with highly-successful shows at the Outside Lands Music Festival in San Francisco and the Bullring by the Sea in Tijuana. The "La Vida Tombola" tour returns to North America next week with the following dates:

Sept. 23 - Austin City Limits TV show taping for PBS
Sept. 25 - Stubbs BBQ (Austin)
Sept. 26 - Austin City Limits Music Festival
Sept. 28 - La Huasteca (Monterrey)
Sept. 30 - VFG Arena (Guadalajara)
Oct. 2 - Palacio de Arte (Morelia)
Oct. 4 - Foro Sol (Mexico City)

Manu Chao's new 'Politik Kills' EP features a reggae remix collection of the 'La Radiolina' album track by artists like Prince Fatty, icons Linton Kwesi Johnson and Dennis Bovell and Island Records founder Chris Blackwell. Fans can visit the new website, www.PolitiKills.com, to preview tracks from the remix EP as well as online-exclusive remixes.
Fans and DJs can also access PolitiKills.com to download the different parts of the song and create their own remix. Finally, the site includes commentary from social leaders, writers, artists and more; all in the name of reflecting on the misuse and abuse of power plaguing the world.