Cómplices Tour () was a concert tour by the Mexican singer

Luis Miguel Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (born 19 April 1970) is a Puerto Rican-born Mexican singer, often referred to as ''El Sol de México'' (The Sun of Mexico), which is the nickname his mother gave him as a child—"mi sol". Luis Miguel has sung in mu ...

to promote his album ''

Cómplices ''Cómplices'' () is the 18th studio album by Mexican singer Luis Miguel, released on 2 May 2008 by Warner Music Latina. The record is a collaboration with Spanish musician Manuel Alejandro, who wrote and arranged the songs, and co-produced t ...

''. The tour consisted of 91 concerts and ran through, US, Canada, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Mexico between 2008 and 2009, grossing $36.1 million from 73 shows reported with 450,000 spectators.

History

To promote ''Cómplices'', Luis Miguel began his Cómplices Tour on 3 September 2008 in

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. He toured in the

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for two months, in states like California, Colorado, Texas, New York, Florida, among others. Playing a total of 40 concerts, with a show also in

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. To finish the US tour in

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on 9 November. Luis Miguel continued touring in

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and

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. In

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sold 200,000 tickets for his four shows in the Vélez Sarsfield Stadium in

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, and 100,000 more for the rest concerts in the country. The first leg of the tour ended 5 December 2008 in

Punta del Este Punta del Este () is a seaside city and peninsula on the Atlantic Coast in the Maldonado Department of southeastern Uruguay. Starting as a small town, Punta del Este later became internationally known as a resort for the Latin and North American j ...

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, completing 53 concerts in 94 days. The second leg of the tour started in the

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's Nacional Auditorium on 20 January 2009. He tried to break his previous record in this venue with 30 concerts in the same tour, achieved with

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. However, he only completed 25 shows. He continues his Mexican tour with four concerts in the Telmex Auditorium of

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, and another four concerts in

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. He completed the last 10 concerts of 25 scheduled in Mexico City between 24 February to 8 March. From 12 to 15 September he played the last four concerts of the tour in

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. The entire tour consisted of 91 concerts in 42 cities and 8 countries. Miguel was accompanied by a 12-piece band during his tour which included horns, keyboards, guitars, two female backup singers, and a 11-piece

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band. His hour and forty-five minute concert consisted mainly of pop songs and ballads from Cómplices and his earlier career, as well as medleys of boleros and mariachi songs from his past catalog in a couple of medleys. The stage was made up of LED screens displaying abstract images in each song, 3 big screens, one in the middle and one on each side of the stage, also included crystal clear steps and a gleaming floor, surrounded by a display of powerful lights and sound. Miguel changes clothes three times during the show, wearing suits from

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and

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. At the end of the show the singer throws to the audience black beach balls and tour T-shirts.

Critical reception

Regarding Luis Miguel's performance in Chicago, the ''

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'' editor Laura Emerick commented that the concert "displayed Luismi in his many musical phases: Latin pop crooner, bolero specialist, pop-rock swinger and mariachi master". She noted that Miguel "was all smiles, all upbeat attitude and genuinely happy to be there", and complimented the five-minute overture and video-clip reel that "

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might have admired". Also commented that "Luismi appeared to be at his peak on his ranchera section — where his rich baritone sounds most at home, he even can hold his own with greats of the past". According to ''

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'', the tour grossed 36.1 million and was attended by 450,000 spectators in 73 shows reported. During his concerts in Mexico City he received a special award, a Silver

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for his 180 concerts at the

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since 1991, gathering 1.5 million spectators in total. In addiction, the tour received a nomination at the 2009 Latin ''Billboard'' Music Awards for the Latin Tour of the Year.

Tour set list

Tour dates

Cancelled shows

Band

*Vocals: Luis Miguel *Acoustic & Electric guitar: Todd Robinson *Bass: Lalo Carrillo *Piano & Keyboards: Francisco Loyo *Keyboards & Programming: Salo Loyo *Drums: Victor Loyo *Percussion: Tommy Aros *Saxophone: Jeff Nathanson *Trumpet: Francisco Abonce *Trumpet: Ramón Flores *Trombone: Alejandro Carballo *Backing vocals: Maria Entraigues (2008–2009), Kacee Clanton (2008–2009), Vie le (2009)

Notes

References

External links

Official site.
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