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The Romances Tour was a concert tour performed by during the years 1997 and 1998 to promote his new album Romances. Romances Tour Dates 1997 - 1998 To present this album, two press conferences were held, one at the in New York City The romance is on tour Luis Miguel released Romances and another at the Casino de Madrid, . Luis Miguel present "Romances" (1997/1998)

On this tour, perform his last back-catalogue and also his last pop songs. 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 79 concerts and was attended by approximately 1 million fans.


History
This tour began in September in where he made a total of 9 concerts in and .

Then in October he began his concert season in , specifically in and .

In November he travels to (Argentina and Chile) then to and then begins an extensive series of concerts by in the following cities: Orlando, Miami, San Antonio, El Paso, San Diego, Tucson, Houston, South Padre, New York, Rosemont, Fairfax, Atlantic City, Anaheim, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Jose, Sacramento and Las Vegas for a total of 32 concerts.

Then in the month of May close the tour in (country to which returns after 6 years of absence since its presentation at the Seville Expo '92) with 9 concerts.


Critical reception
The performances featured Miguel performing dance-pop and bolero arrangements for two-and-a-half hours. Adam Sandler of Variety expressed a mixed reaction to the concert in the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. He noted that Miguel rarely acknowledged his audience or ventured out from center stage. Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times had a more positive reaction, which he described as a "marvelously designed and wonderfully executed blend of Latin music tradition". Another Times contributor, Ernesto Lechner, wrote that Miguel's bolero performance at the arena in California "brought the house down" and stated that the experience at the concert was "pretty close" to . In New York City, Miguel performed five consecutive shows in the Radio City Music Hall. In he performed seventeen consecutive concerts in the National Auditorium, where it was the highest-grossing concert by a Latin artist that year. The tour also traveled to South America; including , and Argentina; and continued until May 1998, when Miguel performed throughout Spain. Miguel was the first Latin artist to be inducted to the Pollstar "Top 20 All-Time Grossing Tours" for most tickets sold for consecutive concerts at one venue in 1997.


Set list
This set list is from the September 12, 1997, concert in Las Vegas. It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.

  1. "Si Te Vas"
  2. "Que Tú Te Vas"
  3. Up-tempo Medley:
    • "Un Hombre Busca Una Mujer"
    • "Cuestión De Piel"
    • "Oro De Ley"
  4. Ballads Medley:
    • "Yo Que No Vivo Sin Ti"
    • "Amante Del Amor"
    • "Culpable O No"
    • "Mas Allá de Todo"
    • "Fría Como el Viento"
    • "Entrégate"
    • "Tengo Todo Excepto a Ti"
    • "Hoy El Aire Huele A Ti"
    • ""
  5. "Todo Por Su Amor"
  6. "Tú y Yo"
  7. "Voy a Apagar la Luz / Contigo Aprendí"
  8. "La Gloria Eres Tú"
  9. "Encadenados"
  10. ""
  11. "De Quererte Así"
  12. "Somos Novios"
  13. "Sabor a Mí"
  14. "El Día Que Me Quieras"
  15. "Uno"
  16. "Inolvidable"
  17. "No Sé Tú"
  18. "Por Debajo de la Mesa"
  19. "Nosotros"
  20. "Bésame Mucho"
  21. "La Media Vuelta"
  22. "Y"
  23. "Que Seas Feliz"
  24. "Échame A Mí La Culpa"
  25. "Mi Ciudad"
  26. ""
  27. "Sueña"
  28. "Dame"
  29. "Suave"
  30. ;Encore
  31. "Como Es Posible Que A Mi Lado"
  32. "Será Que No Me Amas"
  33. "Cuando Calienta El Sol"

Notes
  • "Contigo (Estar Contigo)" was performed on the first Miami show.
  • "De Quererte Así" and "Inolvidable" were performed only on selected dates.
  • "Un Mundo Raro" was performed in San Diego, on the Mariachi section.
  • "La Media Vuelta" and "Mi Ciudad" were the only two Mariachi songs sung in all the concerts of the tour. The rest of Mariachi's songs were performed on selected dates.
  • In the Spain tour the Mariachi section was excluded.


Tour dates
+ List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue !width="150"Date !width="160"City !width="160"Country !width="320"Venue !width="150"Attendance !width="150"Revenue
September 12, 1997United Statesrowspan="4"rowspan="4"
September 13, 1997
September 14, 1997
September 15, 1997
September 18, 1997Los AngelesUniversal Amphitheatre30,263 / 30,263$1,655,588
September 19, 1997
September 20, 1997
September 21, 1997
September 22, 1997
October 2, 1997MexicoAuditorio Coca-Colarowspan="4"rowspan="4"
October 3, 1997
October 4, 1997
October 5, 1997
October 9, 1997National Auditorium159,878 / 166,617$6,766,366
October 10, 1997
October 11, 1997
October 12, 1997
October 16, 1997
October 17, 1997
October 18, 1997
October 19, 1997
October 23, 1997
October 24, 1997
October 25, 1997
October 26, 1997
October 29, 1997
October 30, 1997
October 31, 1997
November 1, 1997
November 2, 1997
November 6, 1997Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindorowspan="8"rowspan="8"
November 7, 1997
November 9, 1997Viña del MarQuinta Vergara Amphitheater
November 14, 1997ArgentinaEstadio Velez Sarsfield
November 15, 1997
November 16, 1997
November 18, 1997RosarioEstadio Gigante de Arroyito
November 20, 1997CórdobaEstadio Chateau Carreras
November 26, 1997San JuanRoberto Clemente Coliseumrowspan="18"rowspan="5"
November 29, 1997OrlandoUnited StatesOrlando Arena
December 3, 1997
December 5, 1997El PasoDon Haskins Center
December 6, 1997
December 9, 1997San DiegoSan Diego Sports Arena$641,620
December 10, 1997
January 30, 1998Tucson CRAZY for Luis Miguelrowspan="11"
February 2, 1998Compaq Center
February 3, 1998South Padre IslandSP Convention Center
February 4, 1998
February 7, 1998Miami
February 8, 1998
February 11, 1998New York CityRadio City Music Hall
February 12, 1998
February 13, 1998
February 14, 1998
February 15, 1998
February 17, 1998Rosemont10,852 / 10,852$624,103
February 19, 1998Fairfaxrowspan="4"rowspan="4"
February 21, 1998Atlantic CityMark G. Etess Arena
February 26, 1998Anaheim
February 28, 1998Los AngelesUniversal Amphitheatre
March 1, 1998PhoenixAmerica West Arena6,122 / 12,447$330,031
March 6, 1998Fresno5,626 / 7,073$246,945
March 7, 1998San JoseSan Jose Arena11,301 / 11,301$557,545
March 8, 1998SacramentoMemorial Auditoriumrowspan="6"rowspan="6"
March 9, 1998
April 9, 1998Las VegasCircus Maximus Showroom
April 10, 1998
April 11, 1998
April 12, 1998
May 1, 1998SpainPalacio de Congresosrowspan="4"rowspan="9"
May 2, 1998
May 3, 1998
May 4, 1998
May 8, 1998MálagaPlaza de toros de La Malagueta12,000
May 9, 1998Plaza de Toros de Murcia
May 10, 1998Velódromo Luis Puig10,400
May 12, 1998Palau Sant Jordi16,418
May 13, 1998MadridPalacio de Deportes

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


Cancelled shows
+ List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation
September 25, 1997Santa BarbaraUnited StatesSanta Barbara Bowl Cancellation of Santa Barbara Cancellation of San Diego Dallas canceled
September 26, 1997San Diego Sports Arena
September 27, 1997
September 30, 1997Starplex Amphitheatre
November 23, 1997Unknown
November 30, 1997United StatesDelays in transportation
January 31, 1998AlbuquerquePoor ticket sales
April 4, 1998Starplex AmphitheatreScheduling conflict Luis Miguel cancels rescheduled show


Band
  • Luis Miguel – vocals
  • (1997)
  • Todd Robinson – guitar (1998)
  • Francisco Loyo – , keyboards
  • Victor Loyo –
  • Gerardo Carrillo –
  • Tommy Aros –
  • Arturo Pérez – keyboards
  • Jeff Nathanson –
  • Francisco Abonce –
  • Juan Arpero – trumpet
  • Alejandro Carballo –
  • Antonio González –
  • Shana Wall – (1997)
  • Francis Benitez – backing vocals (1997)
  • Sara LaPorte – backing vocals (1997)
  • Alice – backing vocals (1998)
  • Unique – backing vocals (1998)

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