#giralatinoamericana

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🚨Alerta de gira: Maneskin regresará a México y Sudamérica este año 🔥 La banda italiana acaba de anunciar una gira mundial para promocionar su nuevo disco, "Rush", y el tour incluye a México, Colombia, Chile, Argentina y Brasil.🤘 #Maneskin #GiraLatinoamericana #GiraSudamericana #RecitalesEnArgentina #ConciertosEnChile — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/thizFp0

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Remembering La Quinta de Bolívar! Cheesy grins // Recordando La Quinta de Bolívar! #vivamanuelita #giralatinoamericana #bogota #colombia #quintabolivar #cheesygrins

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#Setlist #GlobalSpiritTour 18' #giralatinoamericana #DepecheMode #estdionacional #lima #Peru🇵🇪 18.03.2018 #DaveGahan #AndrewFletcher #MartinGore 🤗🤗🤗 5 días!! 😱😪🤧 (en Estadio Nacional de Lima)

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I'm back now from @instagram are you gunners? Killer shot thanks #Repost @danyf787 ・・・ Slash GunsNRoses #Guns #Gunsandroses #GunsRosario #GunsArgentina #NotinThisLifetime #GiraLatinoamericana #AxlRose #Axl #Slash #Duff #Duffmckagan #Richard4tus #4tus #frankferrer #Cristopherpitman #Rock #Rockandroll #Hard #HardRock #Show #Recital #Pogo

[integrabsn]

Alla vamos!! #rollongstones #giralatinoamericana 🎸 (at Gran Estación - Bogotá)

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@isusko_oficial #TioSuperHumilde #BuenRapero #Kawaii #ExcelentePersona #Accesible #BuenaTarde #BuenaNoche #GiraLatinoamericana #PlayaSkate #BarJoker

[rocktambulos]

Paul Quinn se retira de las giras y Saxon cancela gira Latina 😞 A través de un comunicado, la legendaria banda ha anunciado que su guitarrista fundador ha decidido dar un paso al costado y dejar de girar, sin embargo seguirá trabajando con el grupo en próximos discos. 🤘 El propio Quinn ha querido que el grupo continúe con un reemplazo, y continuará tocando durante el resto de la gira Europea, sin embargo se ven obligados a suspender su gira en Latinoamérica, que además de shows en Argentina, Chile y México, incluían presentaciones en Colombia y Brasil como parte del festival Monsters of Rock. La banda promete que las fechas serán reprogramadas. #Saxon #SaxonBand #GiraLatinoamericana #Cancelado #Cancelación #MonstersOfRock #Argentina #Chile #Colombia #Mexico — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/mNhIg9P

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🚨Alerta de gira: Fear Factory visitará Latinoamérica 🔥 La banda de metal industrial, que acaba de anunciar nuevo vocalista, ha confirmado que estará de regreso en nuestro continente este año, en mayo y junio. #FearFactory #RecitalesEnArgentina #GiraLatinoamericana #ConciertosEnChile — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/CsiqgEH

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Remembering Santa Marta! // Recordando a Santa Marta #vivamanuelita #giralatinoamericana #santamarta #laquintasanpedro #900 #teatro #airelibre #sonrisas

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Hottie McHot Face! #hottiemchotface #bogota #colombia #vivamanuelita #giralatinoamericana

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Manuelita Mega Tour Roundup

And just like that, it´s all over. 8 weeks, 5 countries, 12 different venues and 29 performances (irritatingly just short of 30!) It’s been an epic journey. Truly a dream come true. When I first started with Manuelita in 2013 my dream was always to translate it into Spanish and take it to South America. And we’ve done it. I can't quite believe it. Special praise has to go to the amazing Camilo Menjura. I have learnt more in the last 8 weeks about music, rhythms, Latin America, Spanish language, bad dad jokes and how much rice and beans a vegetarian can eat than I ever thought I would and I am forever grateful.

So here we go...Top 5 best tour moments (for me):

1. The QUINTAS These were seriously the highlights for me. We performed in 3 state homes in Colombia and Peru - all 3 were places Bolivar had lived and 2 where Manuela would have visited and stayed. The first was La Quinta de Bolivar in Bogota. This was so special as it was the first place I visited back on my research travels in 2013 and where I first walked the floor where Manuela would have a walked. I cried at the end of our performance that was attended by over 200 grinning people. It was really emotional. The audience rocked (especially the little girls who were totally enamoured with Manuelita) and when they all sang along with Camilo’s Los Cucaracheros - an anthem for the capital - my heart had a little weep of joy.

The second was La Quinta De San Pedro in Santa Marta where Bolivar died and where tragically Manuela never got to in her lifetime, finding out about his death on her way to the Quinta. We performed in their open air theatre to 900+ people on a beautiful Caribbean evening. It was unforgettable. Finally, Manuela had made it to San Pedro. 

The third was at La Quinta de los Libertadores and was the final show of the tour, so a double whammy special. It was the house where both Bolivar and San Martin lived during their stays in Lima and where Manuela would have worked and stayed whilst visiting. We walked the tiles on which she would have stepped all those years ago and in the evening, in the cool fresh air of that great capital we gave our Manuelita an epic send off to 350 people. 

All 3 were spectacular in their own way!

2. Performing in QUITO This was the city where Manuela was born and where she grew up to become the wonderful woman she was. You can feel her story in the streets and as you pass the buildings in which she lived. Surrounded by luscious green mountains and full of history, it was such an honour to take Manuelita back home. We were both pretty nervous! She is seen as such a rock star there - I really hoped they felt my admiration for her. Additionally, I was able to show my years of work to Ana Maria Alvarez who back in 2013 had been a fountain of information about Manuela when I visited her museum. To have her in the audience that first show in Quito has to be up there in great moments. (And most importantly she loved the show, phew!)

   3. Zaghuate and Tayrona Most of the time we were hard hard at work...of course. But occasionally we got to have some fun. In Santa Marta we visited Tayrona National Park which I have always wanted to visit and which is truly stunning. Beaches of white sand and clear blue waters and a 6 hour trek was a great way to spend our day off. And of course, the bittersweet memory of Camilo's birthday trip to Territorio de Zaghuates - a sanctuary for mistreated and abandoned street dogs in the misty hills of San Jose Costa Rica was an animal lover’s paradise. Doggy heaven on earth. Dog people will get this - cat people might not!

   4. Petronio Alvarez Festival de Música del Pacífico. It had to be in there. It was during our week in Cali, which was a little tough for both of us but the music, marimba and tambores beat our worries away and gave us the energy we needed to keep going and give it our all for the last two weeks. I heard sounds that blew my mind and rhythms that made me want to dance until sunrise. (I had a rather wonderful Salsa night whilst there too and met a rather nice chappy so it's going in my list.)

   5. It’s a toughie but...PAITA Our show in Paita was arranged the day we arrived and was so last minute I thought no one would come. And no one did, until 30 mins after the show was supposed to start (Latino time). But in the end it was a great show with a lovely eager audience. They rarely, if ever, get theatre there and you could feel the energy of their  enthusiasm. The dusty port town in northern Peru where Manuela lived out the last days of her life was the biggest challenge and has to be one of the most rewarding.

So that's it. I've been a bit cheeky as that was more like 8 top moments but you can see why it's hard to choose. There was more too: meeting Toto La Momposina, the shows and the crew at Theatre Guild of Ancon in Panama, the second show in Bogota, meeting los Hermanos Ospina, our shows at El Gesto Noble, the standing ovation we got from our smallest crowd of 16 in Medellin, Ciudad Bolivar school, the hottest show of my life in Parrita...the list goes on. And the list of awesome people who we met on the way is even longer.

I’m super grateful to everyone that made it all happen. I really can't thank you all enough. Thank you.

I am off for a bit to write another play which has been inspired by all this Latin-ness surrounding me. Keep following our news and stay in touch.

Que Viva Manuelita!

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Our Facebook video blog for the final two weeks of the tour

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Paita, Perú. Hanging with the 'lobos' #vivamanuelita #giralatinoamericana #paita #peru #lobos #sealions #morningoff

[popelei-blog]

Hasta luego Quito-gracias por todo - agradecimientos a Patio de Comedias, Quito Eterno, Sherman y Paco! Volvemos pronto #vivamanuelita #giralatinoamericana #ecuador🇪🇨 #quito #quitoeterno #patiodecomedias #buenagente #teatro #backstage #gracias

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Week 6 - Cali and Petronio Alvarez

This week was all about MUSIC. Get ready to wiggle! (Click on the links to enjoy some of the sounds from our trip to Cali)

https://youtu.be/XBs2JR_X1LQ

Well known as the ‘Salsa Capital of the world’ and as a super fan of salsa, I was extremely excited to be visiting this city. It was also the one city of Colombia I had not visited previously. But I’ll admit it was bittersweet. We had decided to include Cali after choosing not to go to Venezuela on the tour and as it was so last minute it meant that we only got one show booked at Teatro La Mascara (…although in the end we squeezed in a second show in a park). 

It was always going to be a bit of a slump week in the tour and I think we both felt it. It’s hard to be away and not working – you’d rather be with your crew down the pub having a real pint of ale. Luckily, the iconic Petronio Alvarez Music Festival was on the very week we were there (total coincidence) and so the week ended up being very musically educational. I heard sounds and rhythms I had never come across before.

https://youtu.be/OCEdzXBvwJ8

The festival is dedicated to music from the pacific coast of Colombia, traditionally a very African-influenced part of the country. It includes music from the departments of Choco, Nariño, Valle del Cauca and Cauca and has rhythms such as Chirimía and Currulao. Wonderfully rich sounds, which dance by themselves played with instruments like the marimba, tambora, guasá, clarinete and cununo.  This years festival was called “Un canto a la mujer del Pacifico” // Songs to the women of the Pacific. The opening night we were introduced to 4 amazing female artists, each celebrating music from a different area. Here is one who blew my mind:

Zully Morillo – this woman sings like she’s your grandmother and she’s telling you stories from the olden days whilst your wrapped in her arms:

https://youtu.be/El7R4-YJi1I

https://youtu.be/YXK85NKnivo

The next days were full to the brim with different bands competing for various prizes and celebrating their involvement in this renowned festival of Pacific music. Each day the crowd got bigger and bigger and the masses of waving white handkerchiefs made it look like a huge dole of doves in flight. It was a wonderful thing to experience.

Previous winners of the festival have reached international status and performed all over the world, like Herencia de Timbiqui, who played on Saturday night:

https://youtu.be/wR39gEocWYY

https://youtu.be/BuBrF_npl_g

But back to theatre for a bit. Our show at Teatro La Mascara was tough. It was a beautiful space but the audience were quite far away from the stage and were silent as little mice which meant we had to work extra hard. We had thought it would be a very small crowd which always brings me down a bit but in the end we had a good 35. It was tough competing with the festival which brings thousands of people to the city, but not many to the local theatres! 

I needed more – it felt a shame to be here and not get it out to more people. Whilst on a wonder of the city we found a small but perfect little outdoor amphitheatre in the park and decided we would do a free Sunday show there. We spoke to the local police and the local community junta who gave us the permissions we needed and on Sunday, we went for it. It was a whole new experience doing a free outdoor show. Tough, what with the local sweet vendors using it as an opportunity to sell their wares, but rewarding as always to perform to a nice big crowd of people. Even the local parrots made an appearance with their loud screeching!

I celebrated our time in Cali with some serious bum wiggling at the closing night of the festival where the famous CHOC QUIB TOWN were playing…

https://youtu.be/BzWxiOaDLKc

And that was Cali. Warm, friendly, beautiful with a rich history of music and dancing. I mean, one might say it’s heaven on earth!

[popelei-blog]

Petronio Alvarez Festival time in Cali!!! Pacific music festival from the coast...I'm in bum wiggle heaven!! #vivamanuelita #giralatinoamericana #cali #petronio #bumwiggle #dayoff #tropicalfun