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El Reencuentro was the name that six ex-members of musical group Menudo used for their comeback project remembering Menudo's golden era. Ricky Melendez, Rene Farrait, Miguel Cancel, Johnny Lozada,
Ray Reyes Ray Reyes León (March 13, 1970 – April 30, 2021) was a Puerto Rican singer who was a member of the Puerto Rican boy band Menudo. Career He was born in New York City and was raised in Levittown, a neighborhood in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. He b ...
, and
Charlie Masso Carlos Javier Rivera Masso (born June 13, 1969 in San Juan, Puerto Rico), better known as Charlie Masso, is a Puerto Rican singer and actor. Masso is a former member of Menudo, joining the band at the height of Menudo's worldwide fame. He rep ...
re-joined to celebrate the 15th anniversary of their success in
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, North America,
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and several other countries in the world. They started in 1998 as an experimental project and they had an unexpected success that continued until 2015 through North and Latin America.


History


1998

In the late 90's, former members of Menudo reunited for a radio special in Sistema 102 a local
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n radio station. Hundreds of fans gathered outside the radio station that night and the idea kicked off for a one time concert to be held at the Centro de Bellas Artes in Santurce. Ray Reyes was the member that took the idea to the next level, and began contacting members Ricky Meléndez, Johnny Lozada, René Farrait, Miguel Cancel, Charlie Massó and
Xavier Serbiá Francisco Xavier Serbiá Queipo (born July 24, 1968, in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a financial commentator, syndicated columnist, and news anchor of ''CNN Dinero'' at CNN en Español. Serbiá is also a former member of the boy band Menudo. ...
, with Xavier being the only member to decline participating in the event. Despite the idea of having a concert at Centro de Bellas Artes, response was so big that the band had to move the concert to Coliseo Roberto Clemente and tickets went sold out in less than an hour so it ended up being three consecutive concerts in San Juan and tour around
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. The band got a million-dollar record contract with
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that distributed their gold-selling live album El Reencuentro: 15 Años Después.


2005-Present

After the 1998 concert, the band didn't reunite until 2005. The band continued to reunite sporadically during the late 2000's. In 2010, they performed in
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, Puerto Rico. Following the
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, the group released a single titled "Amistad" to raise funds. This was the first and only time that the group released any original material. The track was written by
Omar Alfanno Omar Enrique Alfanno Velásquez, better known as Omar Alfanno, is a Panamanian singer-songwriter of Latin music who is most active in the salsa and merengue genres. '' Reuters'' noted him as "one of Latin music's premiere songwriters and the ma ...
and Roberto Sueiro with Miguel Cancel and Charlie Massó providing lead vocals. On August 25, 2015, El Reencuentro announced that they would no longer be performing as a group. Already slated shows had to be canceled and Lozada apologized to fans saying the issue had been over the timing of payment for the band's performances. During 2015, four of the members of El Reencuentro went back on tour, this time under the name 'Menudomania Forever'. These included Masso, Farrait, Reyes and Cancel. They were joined by 13 other Menudo from different eras, including Robert Avellanet,
Jonathan Montenegro Jonathan Daniel Montenegro Uzcátegui (born May 11, 1978 in Caracas) is a well known Venezuelan actor and singer. Montenegro was a member of the popular Puerto Rican boy band Menudo. Biography Jonathan Montenegro has been involved in show busi ...
and Rawy Torres. In 2019, Melendez, Lozada, Cancel, Reyes, and Farrait reconciled and began performing together once again under the name Menudo but without Masso due to disagreements between Lozada and Masso. In September 2019 their "Subete a Mi Moto Tour" began in their native Puerto Rico and spread internationally. Reyes died on April 30, 2021 of an apparent heart attack. He was 51. Confirman que menudo Ray Reyes murió de un "infarto masivo"
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Discography


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