México En La Piel Tour was a concert tour performed by

Luis Miguel Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (; born 19 April 1970) is a Mexican singer and record producer. Born in Puerto Rico to an Italian mother and a Spanish father, he is often referred to as Honorific nicknames in popular music, ''El Sol de Mexico'' ...

in support of his studio albums '' México en la Piel'' and later ''

Navidades ''Navidades'' () is the 17th studio album by Mexican singer Luis Miguel, which Warner Music Latina released on 14 November 2006. It is Miguel's first Christmas album, and features Spanish-language adaptations of English-language songs and carol ...

'' during 2006–2007. On this tour, Luis Miguel performed his recent pop songs, his newest

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songs, and also his back-catalogue. Two press conferences were held to present the album '' México en la Piel'' – one in the National Art Museum (MUNAL) of

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and another in Madrid (art gallery near the National Art Museum Reina Sofía). In late 2006, Luis Miguel presents his album ''

'' in New York City.

History

To promote ''México en la Piel'', Miguel began a tour on 13 September 2005 at the

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. The singer toured the United States, Mexico, South America and Spain. The tour ended on 23 September 2007 at the Hyundai Pavilion in

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. It grossed over $90 million from 124 performances and over 1.4 million spectators, the highest-grossing tour by a Latin artist. The tour's

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consisted of mariachi songs from ''México en la Piel'',

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s and uptempo tracks from Miguel's previous albums. He included songs from his holiday album, ''

'' (2006), for the tour's fourth leg. This tour started in the United States during mid-September 2005 in

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, and ran by important theaters and places in the United States like

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in New York, the

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in Los Angeles, and other cities like Las Vegas, San Diego, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Houston, Boston, Dallas and Miami. By the end of November 2005, just after the US, he performed in South America, in places such as the

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in Buenos Aires, Argentina and in the

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and the

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in Chile, gathering over 200,000 people in only seven concerts. Later, he returned to the US and performed in Miami to close the 2005 tour. In the start of 2006, Luis Miguel established a record of 30 consecutive concerts in the

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in Mexico City. After that, he toured several cities in Mexico such as

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, Chihuahua,

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Villahermosa Villahermosa ( , ; "Beautiful Town") is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Tabasco, and serves as the municipal seat (governing county) of the state. Located in Southeast Mexico, Villahermosa is an important city because of its ...

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, and

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among other cities. The Mexican portion of the tour ended in

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, with a memorable concert in which a storm hit the city during the concert. Days after that, Luis Miguel resumed performing in US cities. The leg ended in Las Vegas, during April 2006. In November 2006, he returned from a long pause (during that time, ''

'' was produced) to perform 5 concerts in Mexico, before ending the year. In May 2007, he restarted the tour in Spain, a country that he had not visited since 2004, in cities like

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and

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. After one month of presentations, he did four more concerts in Venezuela, to close that part of the tour in Caracas. In September 2007, Luis Miguel gave seven more concerts in United States to close the tour, including three concerts in

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in Las Vegas on Mexico's Independence Day, and other cities like

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and Salinas.

Tour set list

Tour dates

Cancelled shows

Gallery

Image:Luismiguelconcierto2.png, Luis Miguel singing during the first leg of the tour Image:Luismiguelmelp2.jpg, Luis Miguel at the concert in Santiago de Chile
(Nov / 19 / 05) Image:Luismiguelconcierto6.jpg, Luis Miguel singing during the concert in Atlanta
(Nov / 2 / 05) Image:Luismiguelconcierto5.jpg, Luis Miguel singing during the concert in Hidalgo
(Oct / 12 / 05)

Band

*Vocals: Luis Miguel *Acoustic & electric guitar: Todd Robinson *Bass: Lalo Carrillo *Keyboards: Francisco Loyo *Drums: Victor Loyo *Percussion: Tommy Aros *Saxophone: Jeff Nathanson *Trumpet: Francisco Abonce *Trombone: Alejandro Carballo *Backing vocals: Menina Fortunato, Gina Katon

Notes

References

Videoclips

"Que Nivel de Mujer" in Chile (video at YouTube)

"Usted" in Chile (video at YouTube)

External links

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