ROD STEWART and SANTANA: On tour TOGETHER this summer!

ROD STEWART 

AND 

SANTANA:

THE VOICE, THE GUITAR, THE SONGS

18-CITY NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

KICKING -OFF MAY 23

TICKETS ON-SALE 

BEGINNING MONDAY, MARCH 3 AT 10:00 AM

LOS ANGELES -– AEG Live announced today that Rod Stewart and Santana, two of music’s most influential hit makers and dynamic live performers, will join forces and embark on an 18-concert North American tour this summer.  Kicking-off May 23 in Albany, NY, the tour unites two musical trailblazers who have helped redefine the sound of popular music for the last five decades through their combined love of rock, soul, world rhythms, funk, jazz and blues.  Both Stewart and Santana are known for their high-energy, hit-packed live concerts -- making the combination an incomparable experience for all music fans. (tour itinerary below)

Tickets for the tour will go on sale beginning Friday, March 7 at 10AM (local time). American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets for Rosemont, IL before the general public beginning Monday, March 3rd at 10AM (CST) through Thursday, March 6th at 10PM (CST). For all other U.S. markets, beginning Tuesday, March 4th at 10AM through Thursday, March 6th at 10PM (local time). For Canadian markets, beginning Tuesday, March 4th at 10AM through Thursday, March 6th at 5PM (local time).  For the Wantagh concert, Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday, March 4th at 10AM through Citi’s Private Pass Program.

With his singular voice, narrative songwriting and passionate live performances, Rod Stewart has built one of the most successful and enduring music careers of all time. In a career spanning more than five decades, he has amassed sales of more than 150 million albums worldwide and has countless chart-topping hits and industry accolades - including two inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2007, he was bestowed Commander of the British Empire (CBE) by the Queen of England. In May 2013, Stewart released Time, his first rock album in a dozen years, on Capitol Records. The album features 11 original tracks and marks Rod’s return to songwriting after nearly two decades. Time entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 1, setting a new British record for the longest gap between chart-topping albums by an artist -- and in the US, it marked Stewart’s highest-charting album of original material since 1979.  In addition to touring, Stewart headlines one of Las Vegas’ most critically and commercially successful residencies at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.

For forty years and as many albums later, Santana has sold more than 100 million records and reached more than 100 million fans at concerts worldwide. To date, Santana has won ten GRAMMY ® Awards and three Latin GRAMMY ® Awards.  He won a record-tying nine GRAMMYs for a single project for 1999’s Supernatural (including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for “Smooth”). He has also received the Billboard Century Award (1996), was ushered into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1998), and received the Billboard Latin Music Awards’ Lifetime Achievement honor (2009).  Among many other honors, Carlos Santana has also been cited by Rolling Stone as #15 on their list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.” Celebrating the chart debut of Guitar Heaven (Arista) in 2010, Santana joined the ranks of the Rolling Stones as the only musical act in chart history to score at least one Top 10 album in every decade beginning with the 1960s. He is also currently headlining at a multi-year residency at House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. In 2013, Carlos Santana was the recipient of the 2013 Kennedy Center Honors Award. Santana’s new album CORAZÓN (RCA/Sony Latin Iberia) due out May 6, 2014 is a collaborative effort with the biggest names in Latin music.

ROD STEWART AND SANTANA: THE VOICE, THE GUITAR, THE SONGS

North American Tour Itinerary 2014

May 23                   Albany                                                   Times Union Center

May 25                   Uncasville                                             Mohegan Sun *

May 27                   Pittsburgh                                              CONSOL Energy Center

May 31                   Buffalo                                                   First Niagara Center

Jun. 3                     Louisville                                               KFC Yum! Center

Jun. 6                     St. Louis                                                Scottrade Center

Jun. 7                     Lincoln                                                   Pinnacle Bank Arena

Jul. 31                    Eugene                                                  Matthew Knight Arena

Aug. 2                    Vancouver                                            Rogers Arena

Aug. 4                    Calgary                                                  Scotiabank Saddledome

Aug. 5                    Edmonton                                             Rexall Place

Aug. 8                    Winnipeg                                              MTS Centre

Aug. 10                  St. Paul                                                  XCEL Energy Center

Aug. 12                  Denver                                                   Pepsi Center

Aug. 14                  Kansas City                                          Sprint Center

Aug. 16                  Rosemont                                             Allstate Arena

Aug. 19                  Washington DC                                   Verizon Center

Aug. 20                  Wantagh, NY                                        Jones Beach *

* Live Nation promoted concerts