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is an American rock band, formed in 1966 by the

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guitarist

Carlos Santana Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán (; born July 20, 1947) is an American guitarist who rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band Santana, which pioneered a fusion of Rock and roll and Latin American jazz. Its sound featured ...

, which has performed for five decades. The group's first concert tours were North America, with performances in Europe, where they performed at small and medium-size venues and rock festivals. Following a lineup change in early 1972, they toured the world from 1972 to 1973. During this tour, the band performed at arenas and theaters, while doing several concerts in South America, one of the first tours of the continent by a major American rock act. After a North American tour in 1974, the last remaining members of the group from their famous lineup, Michael Shrieve and

José Areas José Octavio "Chepito" Areas Dávila (born 25 July 1946) is a Nicaraguan percussionist best known for having played timbales and Conga drums in the Latin rock group Santana in 1969–1977 and 1987–1989. In 1998, he was inducted into the Rock & ...

, quit the group, and the band underwent multiple lineup changes during the following years. In the 1970s to the 1980s, the band played at arenas, but mostly theaters and seldom music festivals. In the 1990s, the group lost their recording contract, but they continued to tour extensively throughout the decade, mostly playing at theaters and amphitheaters. However, the band ended the decade with the

Supernatural Tour The Supernatural Tour was the thirtieth concert tour by American rock band Santana, supporting their 1999 album '' Supernatural''. Live releases Live material from this tour has appeared on the following releases: * "Smooth" from February 25 ...

, a vehicle for their popular 1999 album ''

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''. The 177–date tour was a success with audiences and critics, and the group continued to perform within the 2000s. In the third quarter of 2010, Carlos Santana proposed to drummer

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after her solo on the song "

Corazón Espinado "Corazón Espinado" (English: "Thorned Heart'") is a song by Latin rock band Santana featuring Latin rock group Maná. The song was written, produced and sung by Fher Olvera, and co-produced by Alex González, and was released on May 30, 2000, a ...

", and she became an official member of the band in 2016. The group continues to tour the world to this day.

Europe Tour '80 (1980)

Santana Europe Tour '80 was a concert tour of Europe by American band

in 1980.

Tour band

The tour band consisted of: * Alex Ligertwood – lead vocals, rhythm guitar *

– lead guitar, percussion, vocals * Richard Baker – keyboards * David Margen – bass guitar *

Graham Lear Graham Lear (born July 24, 1949) is an English-born Canadian rock drummer, best known for his time with Gino Vannelli, Santana and REO Speedwagon. He was born in Plymouth, United Kingdom. Background In 1952 his family moved to London, Ontario, ...

– drums *

Armando Peraza Armando Peraza (May 30, 1924 – April 14, 2014) was a Latin jazz percussionist and a member of the rock band Santana. Peraza played congas, bongos, and timbales. Biography Early life Born in Lawton Batista, Havana, Cuba in 1924 (although the b ...

– congas, percussion, vocals * Raul Rekow – congas, bongos, percussion, vocals * Orestes Vilató – timbales, percussion

Set list

This set list is representative of the show on July 1. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour. # "Hannibal" ( Alex Ligertwood, Alan Pasqua, Raul Rekow,

) # "All I Ever Wanted" (Ligertwood, Santana, Chris Solberg) # "Tales of Kilimanjaro" (Pasqua,

, Rekow, Santana) # " Black Magic Woman" ( Peter Green) # "Gypsy Queen" ( Gábor Szabó) # "

Oye Como Va "Oye Cómo Va" is a 1962 cha-cha-chá by Tito Puente, originally released on ''El Rey Bravo'' (Tico Records). The song achieved worldwide popularity in 1970, when it was recorded by American rock group Santana for their album ''Abraxas''. This ...

" ( Tito Puente) # "Just in Time to See the Sun" ( Gregg Rolie, Santana, Michael Shrieve) # "

Incident at Neshabur "Incident at Neshabur" is the fourth track from the 1970 Santana album ''Abraxas''. Co-written by pianist Alberto Gianquinto and Carlos Santana, the instrumental has several jazz-inspired rhythm and time signature changes. Origins, composition an ...

" (Alberto Gianquinto, Santana) # "Lightning in the Sky" (Santana, Solberg) # "Aqua Marine" (Pasqua, Santana) # "Savor" (

, David Brown, Michael Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) # "

Jin-go-lo-ba "Jin-go-lo-ba" (or "Jingo") is a song by Nigerian percussionist Babatunde Olatunji, featured on his first album ''Drums of Passion'' (1959). In Yoruba (Olatunji's native language) it means, "Do not worry." The song featured "African-derived r ...

" ( Babatunde Olatunji) # "You Just Don't Care" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) # "

Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile) "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" is an instrumental from the Santana album '' Amigos'', written by Carlos Santana and Tom Coster. It is one of Santana's most popular compositions and it reached the top in the Spanish Singles Chart in July 1 ...

" ( Tom Coster, Santana) # " Well All Right" ( Norman Petty,

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Jerry Allison Jerry Ivan Allison (August 31, 1939 – August 22, 2022) was an American musician, best known as the drummer for the Crickets and co-writer of their hits "That'll Be the Day" and "Peggy Sue", recorded with Buddy Holly. His only solo chart entr ...

Joe B. Mauldin Joseph Benson Mauldin, Jr. (July 8, 1940 – February 7, 2015) was an American bass player, songwriter, and audio engineer who was best known as the bassist for the early rock and roll group the Crickets. Mauldin initially played a double (stand ...

) # "Runnin" (David Margen) # " Soul Sacrifice" (Santana, Rolie, Brown,

Marcus Malone Marcus "The Magnificent" Malone (July 29, 1944 – October 12, 2021) was an American percussionist and a founding member of the Latin rock band Santana. Life and career Malone was born in Memphis, Tennessee. The band Santana - originally know ...

) # "Open Invitation" (Santana, Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter, Greg Walker, Margen) # " Samba Pa Ti" (Santana) # " She's Not There" ( Rod Argent) # "Transcendance" (Santana) # " Shake Your Moneymaker" ( Elmore James) # " Evil Ways" ( Clarence "Sonny" Henry)

Tour dates

Notes

US Tour 1980 (1980)

Santana US Tour 1980 was a short concert tour of the United States by American rock band

Tour band

The tour band consisted of: * Alex Ligertwood – lead vocals, rhythm guitar *

– lead guitar, percussion, vocals * Richard Baker – keyboards * David Margen – bass guitar *

– drums *

– congas, percussion, vocals * Raul Rekow – congas, bongos, percussion, vocals * Orestes Vilató – timbales, percussion

Set list

The tour lasted from July 30, 1980, at the

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in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, to September 13, 1980, at the Hearst Greek Theatre in

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. Taken from September 5, a common set list was as follows: # "All I Ever Wanted" ( Alex Ligertwood,

, Chris Solberg) # "

" (Alberto Gianquinto, Santana) # "Tales of Kilimanjaro" ( Alan Pasqua,

, Raul Rekow, Santana) # " Black Magic Woman" ( Peter Green) # "Gypsy Queen" ( Gábor Szabó) # "Lightning in the Sky" (Santana, Solberg) # "

" ( Tom Coster, Santana) # "Savor" (

, David Brown, Michael Carabello, Gregg Rolie, Santana, Michael Shrieve) # "

" ( Babatunde Olatunji) # " Well All Right" ( Norman Petty,

) # "Runnin" (Margen) # " Soul Sacrifice" (Santana, Rolie, Brown,

) # "Concierto de Aranjuez" ( Joaquín Rodrigo) # "Open Invitation" (Santana, Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter, Greg Walker, David Margen) # " She's Not There" ( Rod Argent) # "Transcendance" (Santana) # "

Whole Lotta Love "Whole Lotta Love" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin. It is the opening track on the band's second album, ''Led Zeppelin II'', and was released as a single in 1969 in several countries; as with other Led Zeppelin songs, no single was r ...

" ( John Bonham,

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, John Paul Jones,

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) # " Evil Ways" ( Clarence "Sonny" Henry)

Tour dates

Box office score data

Notes

Zebop! Tour (1981)

The Zebop! Tour (also known as The Zebop Concert '81) was the sixteenth concert tour by

supporting the ''

Zebop! ''Zebop!'' is the 12th studio album by the American rock band Santana. The album had several releases, and various different color cover backgrounds, including pink and red. The album featured "Winning"; both the album and single were one of San ...

'' album.

History

Santana spent 1981 promoting ''Zebop!'' by touring in North America, Europe, and Asia. As well as playing at sporting venues and theaters, the group performed at nightclubs. The group started the year off with a huge 76-show tour of North America, followed by a brief tour of Japan with

Masayoshi Takanaka is a Japanese guitarist, composer, and producer. He was born in 1953 in the Shinagawa ward in Tokyo, Japan. Takanaka's music was influential in the city pop genre of the late 1970s and '80s. Early life Takanaka was born to a Chinese fathe ...

. The band then flew to the United States to do seven concerts in California, and a tour of Europe soon followed. After the European tour concluded, the group opened for

the Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for six decades, they are one of the most popular and enduring bands of the rock era. In the early 1960s, the Rolling Stones pioneered the gritty, rhythmically d ...

at the Pontiac Silverdome in

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, in December. During the Japanese tour, after visiting the Zōjō-ji temple in Tokyo, Carlos Santana's wife Deborah confessed to him that in early 1976, their guru Sri Chinmoy asked her to get an abortion. Carlos was saddened by this news, and they both parted ways with Chinmoy. Deborah's sister Kitsaun King also left the guru's path, and Dipti Nivas, a restaurant in San Francisco the Santanas helped create in September 1973, was sold.

Live releases

Live material from 1981 has appeared on the following: * The band's concert on July 4 at the

Cape Cod Coliseum Cape Cod Coliseum was a multi-purpose arena located off White's Path in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts. In addition to sporting events, the coliseum hosted rock concerts. The 46,000-square foot concrete arena opened in 1972 and sat between 5,000-6,5 ...

in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts, was broadcast nationwide on radio and subsequently became a popular bootleg recording. * "I Love You Much Too Much" from the show of August 12 at the

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in Los Angeles was featured on the 1988 video ''Viva Santana! An Intimate Conversation With Carlos Santana''.

Tour band

* Alex Ligertwood – lead vocals, rhythm guitar *

– lead guitar, percussion, vocals * Richard Baker – keyboards * David Margen – bass guitar *

– drums *

– congas, percussion, vocals * Raul Rekow – congas, bongos, percussion, vocals * Orestes Vilató – timbales, percussion

Reception

The concert on July 1 at

Kleinhans Music Hall Kleinhans Music Hall is a concert venue located on Symphony Circle in Buffalo, New York. The hall "is renowned for its acoustical excellence and graceful architecture." Kleinhans is currently the home of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, a regu ...

in Buffalo was given a positive review by ''

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''.

Set list

An average set list of this tour is as follows: # "All I Ever Wanted" ( Alex Ligertwood,

, Chris Solberg) # "Primera Invasion" (

, David Margen, Alan Pasqua, Santana) # "Searchin'" (Ligertwood, Santana, Solberg) # "Tales of Kilimanjaro" (Pasqua,

, Raul Rekow, Santana) # " Black Magic Woman" ( Peter Green) # "Gypsy Queen" ( Gábor Szabó) # " Well All Right" ( Norman Petty,

) # "E Papa Ré" (Santana, Richard Baker, Margen, Orestes Vilató, Ligertwood) # "

" ( Tom Coster, Santana) # "Savor" (

, David Brown, Michael Carabello, Gregg Rolie, Santana, Michael Shrieve) # "

" ( Babatunde Olatunji) # "

" (Alberto Gianquinto, Santana) # "Body Surfing" (Santana, Ligertwood) # " Soul Sacrifice" (Santana, Rolie, Brown,

) # "Runnin" (Margen) # "Open Invitation" (Santana, Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter, Greg Walker, Margen) # " She's Not There" ( Rod Argent) # "The Sensitive Kind" (

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) # "American Gypsy" ( Russ Ballard, Lear, Ligertwood) # " Shake Your Moneymaker" ( Elmore James)

Tour dates

North American leg (January 12 – July 11)

Japanese leg (August 2–7)

U.S. leg (August 11 – September 2)

European leg (September 11 – November 15)

U.S. show (December 1)

Box office score data

Notes

Shangó Tour (1982–1983)

The Shangó Tour was the seventeenth concert tour by

supporting their album '' Shangó''.

Live releases

Live material from this tour has appeared on the following releases: * "All I Ever Wanted", " Black Magic Woman" and "Gypsy Queen" from August 20, 1982, at the

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Amphitheater in La Romana, Dominican Republic were featured on the 1988 video ''Viva Santana! An Intimate Conversation With Carlos Santana''. * The band's entire concert on September 4, 1982, as a part of the

US Festival The US Festival (''US'' pronounced like the pronoun, not as initials) was the name of two early 1980s music and culture festivals in southern California, held east of Los Angeles, near San Bernardino. Background Steve Wozniak, cofound ...

was released in 2019 as ''Santana: Live at US Festival''. * "Black Magic Woman", "Gypsy Queen" and "

" on the 1988 compilation album ''

Viva Santana! ''Viva Santana!'' is a 1988 compilation album by Santana. The album's thirty tracks aim to provide an overview of Santana's first twenty years, concentrating on the late 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s. It includes mostly live, previously unreleased ...

'' are from September 22, 1982, at the

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in Montreal, Canada. * "Abi Cama", "Vilató" and "Paris Finale" from April 18, 19 or 20, 1983, at Grande Nef de l'Île-des-Vannes in Saint-Ouen, France, also appear on ''Viva Santana!''.

Tour band

1982 tour band

* Alex Ligertwood – lead vocals, rhythm guitar *

– lead guitar, percussion, vocals * Richard Baker – keyboards * David Margen – bass guitar *

– drums *

– congas, percussion, vocals * Raul Rekow – congas, bongos, percussion, vocals * Orestes Vilató – timbales, percussion

1983 tour band

* Greg Walker – lead vocals, percussion * Carlos Santana – lead guitar, percussion, vocals * Tom Coster – keyboards * Chester D. Thompson – keyboards * Keith Jones – bass guitar * Graham Lear – drums *

– congas, percussion, vocals * Raul Rekow – congas, bongos, percussion, vocals * Orestes Vilató – timbales, percussion

Typical set lists

May 1982—March 1983: North American tour

Santana embarked on a 65-date North American tour through all of 1982 and a small part of 1983, beginning on May 29, 1982, at the Kabuki Night Club in San Francisco and ending on March 3, 1983, at the same venue. During this tour, the band headlined large music festivals such as the two-day

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'82 (to a crowd of 64,945 and 65,000 fans each), Day on the Green (before a crowd of exactly 57,500 people), and Summerfest, appeared at the

Concert for the Americas The Concert for the Americas was a music festival held on August 20, 1982 in the Dominican Republic at the Altos de Chavón Amphitheater, a 5,000-seat, open-air Greek-style venue located approximately two hours east of Santo Domingo. It was the amph ...

at the

Amphitheater in La Romana, Dominican Republic, where their set was cut short due to rain, and opened for British rock band

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on September 25, 1982, during their farewell tour, as documented by ''

''. An average set list for this outing is as follows: # "Primera Invasion" (

, David Margen, Alan Pasqua,

) # "Searchin'" ( Alex Ligertwood, Santana, Chris Solberg) # "The Nile" (Santana, Ligertwood, Gregg Rolie) # " Black Magic Woman" ( Peter Green) # "Gypsy Queen" ( Gábor Szabó) # "

" ( Tito Puente) # "Oxun (Oshūn)" (Santana, Ligertwood, Rolie, Lear,

, Raul Rekow, Orestes Vilató) # " Well All Right" ( Norman Petty,

) # "

" (Alberto Gianquinto, Santana) # "Nowhere to Run" ( Russ Ballard) # "Savor" (

, David Brown, Michael Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Michael Shrieve) # "Body Surfing" (Santana, Ligertwood) # "

" ( Babatunde Olatunji) # " Hold On" ( Ian Thomas) # "Open Invitation" (Santana, Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter, Greg Walker, Margen) # " She's Not There" ( Rod Argent) # "American Gypsy" (Ballard, Lear, Ligertwood) # "

" ( Tom Coster, Santana) # "Shangó" (Rekow, Vilató, Peraza)

March—May 1983: European tour

The European tour lasted from March 11, 1983, at the

Carl-Diem-Halle Tectake Arena (originally known as Carl-Diem-Halle until 2004 due to namesake Carl Diem and his close relations to Nazism) is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Würzburg, Germany. The arena opened in 1981 and has a capacity of 4,756 people. ...

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, West Germany to May 13, 1983, at

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. This set list is representative of the show on April 26. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour. # "Nowhere to Run" (Ballard) # " Hold On" (Thomas) # "Tales of Kilimanjaro" (Pasqua, Peraza, Rekow, Santana) # " Black Magic Woman" (Green) # "Gypsy Queen" (Szabó) # "

" (Puente) # "

" (Gianquinto, Santana) # "Watch Your Step" (Ricky Lee Phelps, Doug Phelps) # "Aqua Marine" (Pasqua, Santana) # "Brotherhood" ( David Sancious, Santana, Chester D. Thompson) # " That's the Way God Planned It" (

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) # "Savor" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) # "

" (Olatunji) # "Havana Moon" ( Chuck Berry) # " Soul Sacrifice" (Santana, Rolie, Brown,

) # "Concierto de Aranjuez" ( Joaquín Rodrigo) # "Open Invitation" (Santana, Lambert, Potter, Walker, Margen) # " She's Not There" (Argent) # "Marbles" (

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) # "American Gypsy" (Ballard, Lear, Ligertwood) # "

" (Coster, Santana) # "Shangó" (Rekow, Vilató, Peraza) # "Super Boogie" # " Shake Your Moneymaker" ( Elmore James)

Tour dates

North American leg (May 29, 1982 – March 3, 1983)

European leg (March 11, 1983 – May 13, 1983)

Box office score data

Notes

Havana Moon Tour (1983)

The Havana Moon Tour was the eighteenth concert tour by

in 1983, supporting leader

's solo album ''

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''.

Tour band

* Greg Walker – lead vocals, percussion *

– guitar, percussion, vocals * Tom Coster – keyboards * Chester D. Thompson – keyboards * Keith Jones – bass guitar *

– drums *

– congas, percussion * Raul Rekow – congas, bongos, percussion, backing vocals * Orestes Vilató – timbales, percussion

Typical set lists

Japan and Hong Kong

Santana did an Asian tour from July 3 at the Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in

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, Japan to July 19 at Queen Elizabeth Stadium in

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, Hong Kong. A typical set list is from July 19: # "Batuka" (

, David Brown, Michael Carabello, Gregg Rolie, Michael Shrieve) # " No One to Depend On" (Carabello,

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, Rolie,

Willie Bobo William Correa (February 28, 1934 – September 15, 1983), better known by his stage name Willie Bobo,

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''AllMusic'' was an American Latin jazz percussionist of Puerto Rican descent. Bobo rejected the stereotypical expectations of ...

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) # "Taboo" (Areas, Rolie) # " Hold On" ( Ian Thomas) # "Tales of Kilimanjaro" ( Alan Pasqua,

, Raul Rekow,

) # " Black Magic Woman" ( Peter Green) # "Gypsy Queen" ( Gábor Szabó) # "

" ( Tito Puente) # "

" (Alberto Gianquinto, Santana) # "Waited All My Life" # "Aqua Marine" (Pasqua, Santana) # "Savor" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) # "

" ( Babatunde Olatunji)

Australia

The band did two shows in Australia on July 23 at Sydney Entertainment Centre in Sydney and July 24 at Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre in Melbourne. Sourced from a bootleg recording, the most complete set list is from Melbourne: # "Concierto de Aranjuez" ( Joaquín Rodrigo) # " Soul Sacrifice" (Santana, Rolie, Brown,

) # "Batuka" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Shrieve) # " No One to Depend On" (Carabello, Escovedo, Rolie, Bobo, Lastie) # "Taboo" (Areas, Rolie) # "Gypsy Queen" (Szabó) # "Savor" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) # "

" (Olatunji) # "Havana Moon" ( Chuck Berry) # "Toussaint L'Overture" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) # "

" (Gianquinto, Santana) # "Open Invitation" (Santana, Lambert, Potter, Greg Walker, David Margen) # " She's Not There" ( Rod Argent) # "Right Now" ( Alex Ligertwood, Santana) # "Shangó" (Rekow, Orestes Vilató, Peraza) # "Super Boogie" # "Hong Kong Blues" # " John Henry" (

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) # " Shake Your Moneymaker" ( Elmore James) # " Hold On" (Thomas) # "

" ( Tom Coster, Santana)

US and Canada

A North American tour lasted from July 29 at Neal S. Blaisdell Center Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii to October 21 at the

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casino in

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. A typical set list is from October 6 at the

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in Los Angeles, California: # "Batuka" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Shrieve) # " No One to Depend On" (Carabello, Escovedo, Rolie, Bobo, Lastie) # "Taboo" (Areas, Rolie) # " Hold On" (Thomas) # "Tales of Kilimanjaro" (Pasqua, Peraza, Rekow, Santana) # " Black Magic Woman" (Green) # "Gypsy Queen" (Szabó) # "

" (Gianquinto, Santana) # "Waited All My Life" # "Aqua Marine" (Pasqua, Santana) # "Brotherhood" ( David Sancious, Santana, Chester D. Thompson) # "Savor" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) # "

" (Olatunji) # "Havana Moon" (Berry) # " Soul Sacrifice" (Santana, Rolie, Brown, Malone) # "Concierto de Aranjuez" (Rodrigo) # "Open Invitation" (Santana, Lambert, Potter, Walker, Margen) # " She's Not There" (Argent) # "Right Now" (Ligertwood, Santana) # "

" (Coster, Santana) # "Shangó" (Rekow, Vilató, Peraza) # "In a Silent Way" (

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Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of music ...

) # "Dealer" (

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) # "Super Boogie" # "Hong Kong Blues" # " Shake Your Moneymaker" (James)

Tour dates

The tour itinerary consisted of:

Asian leg (July 3–19)

Australian leg (July 23–24)

North American leg (July 29 – October 21)

Box office score data

Bob Dylan/Santana European Tour 1984 (1984)

From May 28 to July 8, 1984,

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and

set out on a twenty-seven date European tour.

Beyond Appearances Tour (1984–1986)

The Beyond Appearances Tour was the twentieth concert tour by American rock band

from 1984 to 1986.

Live releases

Live material from this tour has appeared on the following releases: * "Super Boogie" and "

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" on the 1988 compilation album ''

'' are from July 14, 1985, at the Agora Ballroom in

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. * "Open Invitation" and " She's Not There" from the second show on August 9, 1985, at the

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in San Francisco were also featured on ''Viva Santana!''. * "She's Not There" and "Savor" from the same show at the Warfield were released on the 1988 video ''Viva Santana! An Intimate Conversation With Carlos Santana''.

Tour band

* Alex Ligertwood – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (through May 1986) * Buddy Miles – lead vocals (beginning May 1986) *

– lead guitar, percussion, vocals * Chester D. Thompson – keyboards * Sterling Crew – keyboards (from April 1985 to May 1986) * Tom Coster – keyboards (beginning May 1986) *

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– bass guitar * Greg Walker – lead vocals, percussion (through May 1986) *

– drums * Raul Rekow – congas, bongos, percussion, backing vocals *

– congas, percussion * Orestes Vilató – timbales, percussion

Reception

The concerts on October 31, 1984, at The Ritz in New York City were given a positive review by ''

''. The band's set at the Crack Down! concert in

Madison Square Garden Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as The Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City. It is located in Midtown Manhattan between Seventh and Eighth avenues from 31st to 33rd Street, above Pennsylva ...

on October 31, 1986, was given a mostly positive review. In a review for ''

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'', Jon Pareles said that the band's new vocalist, Buddy Miles, "did not do much with the songs, but he delivered an impassioned version of his own 'Them Changes'." He also added that the band "worked up a percussive momentum during instrumental sections, particularly the climactic ' Black Magic Woman'".

Set list

Tour dates

North American leg (October 6, 1984 – May 24, 1986)

Japanese show (June 1, 1986)

Australian leg (June 5–9, 1986)

North American leg (June 12 – November 1, 1986)

Box office score data

Notes

Freedom Tour (1987)

The Freedom Tour (also known as The Freedom Concert '87 or The Freedom Concert 1987) was the twenty-first concert tour by

, supporting their album ''

Freedom Freedom is understood as either having the ability to act or change without constraint or to possess the power and resources to fulfill one's purposes unhindered. Freedom is often associated with liberty and autonomy in the sense of "giving on ...

''.

History

In 1987, Santana did a long world tour promoting ''Freedom'', their tenth international tour since 1970. Aside from visiting countries they have never visited before, such as

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, the band did two shows in war-torn

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on April 29 and 30. The concert at the Sultan's Pool in Jerusalem on the 29th attracted at least 10,000 Jewish and Arab fans. Lead guitarist

's highlight of the tour was on July 4 at the Izmailovo Stadium in Moscow,

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, where the band, alongside

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and more, played to more than 25,000 Russians, the band's first show in Russia. On the night of September 11, 1987, at the

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, bass player Jaco Pastorius sneaked onstage before being kicked out by the theater's security team. He then made his way to the Midnight Bottle Club in

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, where he ended up in a fight with Luc Havan, the club's manager, after reportedly kicking in a glass door, having been refused entry to the club. As a result of his injuries, he died on September 21, 1987, at the age of 35 at Broward General Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale.

Live releases

Live material from 1987 has appeared on the following releases: * Crowd shots from the concert on July 4 at the Izmailovo Stadium in Moscow were used for the 1988 video ''Viva Santana! An Intimate Conversation With Carlos Santana''.

Tour band

* Alex Ligertwood – lead vocals, rhythm guitar * Buddy Miles – lead vocals (through July) *

– lead guitar, percussion, vocals * Chester D. Thompson – keyboards *

– bass guitar *

– drums * Raul Rekow – congas, bongos, percussion, backing vocals *

– congas, percussion * Orestes Vilató – timbales, percussion

Set list

A typical set list of this tour was as follows (a song not followed by the writer indicates that the writer of the song is unknown): # "The Beat of My Drum" ( Babatunde Olatunji) # "Veracruz" (Jeffrey Cohen, Buddy Miles, Gregg Rolie,

) # "Primera Invasion" (

, David Margen, Alan Pasqua, Santana) # "Open Invitation" (Santana, Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter, Greg Walker, Margen) # " She's Not There" ( Rod Argent) # "One" # "

" (Alberto Gianquinto, Santana) # "Body Surfing" (Santana, Alex Ligertwood) # "Songs of Freedom" ( Tom Coster, Miles, Santana) # "Savor" (

, David Brown, Michael Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Michael Shrieve) # " Cavatina" ( Stanley Myers) # " Black Magic Woman" ( Peter Green) # "Gypsy Queen" ( Gábor Szabó) # "

" ( Tito Puente) # " Evil Ways" ( Clarence "Sonny" Henry) # "

" ( Babatunde Olatunji) # "Once It's Gotcha" (Cohen, Coster,

) ;Encore #

"The Healer" (

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, Roy Rogers, Santana,

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) # "By the Pool" # "

" (Coster, Santana) # "Right Now" (Ligertwood, Santana) ;Second Encore #

" Soul Sacrifice" (Santana, Rolie, Brown,

) # "Deeper, Dig Deeper" (Sterling Crew, Miles, Santana, Thompson)

Tour dates

The tour itinerary consisted of:

North American show (February 14)

European leg (March 5 – April 26)

Israeli leg (April 29–30)

European leg (May 2–24)

U.S. leg (June 13 – July 1)

Russian show (July 4)

North American leg (July 8 – September 12)

Box office score data

Notes

Blues for Salvador Tour (1988)

The Blues for Salvador Tour was the twenty-second concert tour by

in 1988, supporting leader

's 1987 solo album ''

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''.

Tour band

Known as "the Promise Band", the tour band was: *

– guitar, percussion, vocals * Chester D. Thompson – keyboards, vocals *

– bass guitar *

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– drums *

– timbales, congas, percussion *

– percussion, vocals

Set list

The tour lasted from April 29, 1988, at the Orpheum in Vancouver, Canada to May 17, 1988, at the Celebrity Theatre in

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. An average set list of this tour was as follows: # "Bailando/Aquatic Park" (

, Chester D. Thompson, Orestes Vilató) # "Bella" (Sterling Crew, Santana, Thompson) # "

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" (

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) # "The Healer" (

, Roy Rogers, Santana,

) # "Wayne I" (

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) # "Super Boogie" # "

" ( Hoagy Carmichael) # "Wonderful Combination" # "Savor" (

, David Brown, Michael Carabello, Gregg Rolie, Santana, Michael Shrieve) # "Goodness and Mercy" (Santana, Thompson) # "'Trane" (Santana) # " Cavatina" ( Stanley Myers) # "

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" ( Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong) # "Blues for Salvador" (Santana, Thompson) ;Encore #

"Mandela" (

) # "Tryin' Again" (

) # "Hannibal" ( Alex Ligertwood, Alan Pasqua, Raul Rekow) # "

" ( Tom Coster, Santana) # "Deeper, Dig Deeper" (Crew, Buddy Miles, Santana, Thompson)

Tour dates

Box office score data

Notes

Viva Santana! Tour (1988–1989)

The Viva Santana! Tour was the twenty-third concert tour by American rock band

, supporting the ''

'' compilation album. Most of this tour was a reunion tour of sorts, as organist and lead vocalist Gregg Rolie, percussionist

, and drummer Michael Shrieve accompanied the group for some performances.

Live releases

Live material from this tour has appeared on the following releases: * "Blues for Salvador" from the show on September 17, 1988, at

in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, was featured on the 1988 video ''Viva Santana! An Intimate Conversation With Carlos Santana''.

Tour band

* Gregg Rolie – lead vocals, organ, keyboards (through April 1989) * Alex Ligertwood – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (beginning April 1989) *

– lead guitar, percussion, vocals * Chester D. Thompson – keyboards, vocals *

– bass guitar (through September 1989) * Keith Jones – bass guitar (beginning September 1989) * Michael Shrieve – drums (through April 1989) *

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– drums (beginning April 1989) *

– timbales, congas, percussion (through September 1989) *

– congas, percussion, vocals

Set list

A typical set list of this tour was as follows: # "Mandela" (

) # "Batuka" (

, David Brown, Michael Carabello, Gregg Rolie, Michael Shrieve) # " No One to Depend On" (Carabello,

, Rolie,

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) # "For Those Who Chant" (Luis Gasca) # "The Healer" (

, Roy Rogers,

) # "

" (

) # "Taboo" (Areas, Rolie) # " Black Magic Woman" ( Peter Green) # "Gypsy Queen" ( Gábor Szabó) # "

" ( Tito Puente) # "Se Acabó" (Areas) # "

" (Alberto Gianquinto, Santana) # "Savor" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve) # "Goodness and Mercy" (Santana, Thompson) # "

" ( Tom Coster, Santana) # "

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" (Santana, Milton Brown, Tyrone Moss) # " Cavatina" ( Stanley Myers) # "Toussaint L'Overture" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Shrieve, Santana) # "Once It's Gotcha" (Jeffrey Cohen, Coster,

) ;Encore #

" Soul Sacrifice" (Santana, Rolie, Brown,

) ;Second Encore #

"Deeper, Dig Deeper" (Sterling Crew, Buddy Miles, Santana, Thompson)

Tour dates

The tour dates were as follows:

North American leg (August 26, 1988 – April 29, 1989)

European leg (May 3 – July 27, 1989)

U.S. leg (September 1 – November 26, 1989)

Box office score data

Notes

References

Citations Bibliography * * * *

External links

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