MUSIC LEGEND CARLOS SANTANA COMING TO THE NOKIA THEATRE L.A. LIVE OCTOBER 2

MUSIC LEGEND CARLOS SANTANA COMING TO

SANTANA, the group that takes its name from legendary guitarist CARLOS SANTANA, will make its debut performance at the NOKIA Theatre L.A. Live on Thursday, October 2. The date is part of SANTANA’s 2008 Live Your Light World Tour. Tickets for the show will go on sale Monday, April 28 at 10:00AM and will be available via www.ticketmaster.com. 

The sound of CARLOS SANTANA is one of the world’s best-known musical signatures. From SANTANA’S earliest days as an Afro-Latin-blues-rock fusion outfit in San Francisco in the late ’60s, CARLOS has been the visionary leader behind music that transcends genres and cultural boundaries. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998, SANTANA has sold more than 90 million records and performed live to over 100 million people worldwide. SANTANA has earned eleven GRAMMY® Awards, including a record-tying nine for a single project for 1999’s Supernatural, and has also won three Latin GRAMMYs. In 2004, CARLOS was honored as the Latin Recording Academy's "Person of the Year.”

SANTANA’s latest album, 2007's Ultimate Santana, the only single-disc anthology spanning the group’s recent Arista and seminal Columbia years, compiles classics such as “Smooth,” “Oye Como Va” and “Evil Ways,” as well as new material including the hit “Into The Night” with Chad Kroeger. Multi-Dimensional Warrior, a new 2-CD compilation featuring 28 career-spanning recordings personally selected by CARLOS SANTANA, will be released August 5.

The concert will also feature the next generation of SANTANA music as the SALVADOR SANTANA BAND (SSB) opens the show. Featuring keyboardist, vocalist, songwriter and bandleader Salvador Santana, Carlos’ son, the group innovatively blends conscious hip-hop, rock, funk, R&B and Latin music.  Their debut album SSB was released in February.

About NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE:

Attending live entertainment is a whole new experience when visiting NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE in downtown Los Angeles. The theatre opened on October 18th, 2007 with six concerts starring the Eagles and Dixie Chicks. Quickly becoming the preferred indoor venue for performers and fans alike, the 7,100-seat venue offers guests mid-sized intimacy, with no seat further from the stage than 220 feet, exceptional comfort and amenities never before experienced by guests at similar theatres.

Highlights at the acclaimed venue so far have included Neil Young, John Mayer, Tool, Bjork, Stevie Wonder’s Christmas concert, the “American Music Awards,” the Pollstar “Concert Industry Awards” (where it was named 2007 “Theatre of the Year”), six nights with George Lopez, the 2008 Chinese New Year Spectacular, Willie Nelson and two nights with Aretha Franklin.  Upcoming shows include Kanye West, Rush and four nights with Juanes. 

Check out www.nokiatheatrelalive.com for all the latest.

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