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The year may be coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean Luis Miguel‘s tour is.

After a month-long tour in South America, Miguel began the North American leg of the Luis Miguel 2023-24 concert tour on September 15, 2023, in Las Vegas at Dolby Live.

As he finishes off his 2023 leg this month, the “La Incondicional” singer is also preparing to welcome 2024 with more tour dates. Miguel will be performing on New Year’s Eve to ring in the new year before heading off to the Dominican Republic in mid-January.

Miguel is scheduled to stay in Latin America for the second leg of his tour until the end of March and is set to return to North America in April, where he will be performing in Seattle.

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Remaining 2023 Tour Dates:

12-02 Aguascalientes, Mexico — Estadio Victoria

12-04 San Luis Potosí, Mexico— Estadio Alfonso Lastras

12-05 León,...

Gale is a giddy whirlwind of energy. Within seconds of meeting her, she dives into effusive stories about where she’s been traveling and what she’s been listening to; she’ll share ideas she has for new songs and music videos, she’ll tell you about her family and friends and inspirations. She’ll even tell you if you have lipstick on your teeth.

There’s an open-book quality to the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, who’s turned heads over the last few years writing for some of the biggest acts in Latin music,...

As we finally turn the calendar on the Cruelest Year, let’s take a moment to reflect on some of the memorable people we lost from the world of entertainment. Click through the photo gallery above.

Among those who passed during 2020 were big-screen Hollywood legends from Kirk Douglas and Olivia de Havilland to Sean Connery and Chadwick Boseman, sitcom favorites Jerry Stiller and Dawn Wells and two of the all-time showbiz multihyphenates in Carl Reiner and Buck Henry. Other actors who left us include Diana Rigg, Max Von Sydow, Brian Dennehy, Kelly Preston, Fred Willard, Naya Rivera, Nick Cordero, Monty Python’s Terry Jones and Indian stars Irrfan Khan and Soumitra Chatterjee.

The movie world also mourns filmmakers Alan Parker, Joel Schumacher and Kim Ki-duk, along with a man who would be on a Mount Rushmore for film composers: Ennio Morrocone.

Also gone this past year were such admired TV personalities as Regis Philbin,...

Armando Manzanero, the celebrated Mexican singer-songwriter whose compositions include the standard “It’s Impossible,” died Monday of complications due to Covid-19. He was 85.

According to Mexico’s El Universal, Manzanero tested positive for the coronavirus on December 17 and was intubated five days later. He was stable until Sunday night.

Manzanero is known for composing hundreds of songs, many of which were translated to English including “Somos Novios,” which was recorded in English as “It’s Impossible” by Perry Como and Elvis Presley. He also wrote the classics “Adoro” and “Esta tarde vi llover” and was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys in 2014. Most recently, he was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2020 Billboard Latin Music Awards.

Harvey Mason Jr., chair & interim president/CEO of the Recording Academy, and Gabriel Abaroa Jr. president and CEO of The Latin Recording Academy, released a statement upon hearing the...

Armando Manzanero, the seminal songwriter who wrote some of the most iconic and enduring songs in the Latin American songbook — and whose music was performed by the world’s biggest stars, from Frank Sinatra to Elvis Presley to Andrea Bocelli and Luis Miguel — has died, multiple outlets reported. He was 85.

According to published reports in various news outlets, including Mexican daily El Universal, Manzanero’s cause of death was complications from Covid-19.

Manzanro had reportedly been diagnosed with the virus on Dec. 17 and was hospitalized five days later. He was put on a respirator but as recently as last ...

Armando Manzanero, the seminal songwriter who wrote some of the most iconic and enduring songs in the Latin American songbook — and whose music was performed by the world’s biggest stars, from Frank Sinatra to Elvis Presley to Andrea Bocelli and Luis Miguel — has died, multiple outlets reported. He was 85.

According to published reports in various news outlets, including Mexican daily El Universal, Manzanero’s cause of death was complications from Covid-19.

Manzanro had reportedly been diagnosed with the virus on Dec. 17 and was hospitalized five days later. He was put on a respirator but as recently as last ...

Islamabad, December 14: Beatles and six other acts, including Isley Brothers and Kraftwerk will be honoured with Grammy's lifetime achievement awards.

In the wake of the announcements, Neil Portnow, head of the Recording Academy, said that it is a great privilege to recognize such an exceptional group of honorees, celebrate their accomplishments and their contributions to the recording industry, Dawn News reported.

Other awardees include Mexican composer Kris Kristofferson, Armando Manzanero, Clifton Chenier and late Us violinist Maud Powell. (Ani)...

The Grammy Recording Academy today revealed its 2014 Special Merit Award recipients. The Beatles, Kraftwerk, the Isley Brothers, Kris Kristofferson, Zydeco artist Clifton Chenier, Mexican singer Armando Manzanero and violinist Maud Powell will each be honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards.   "This astoundingly unique and gifted group have created some of the most distinguished and influential work in our musical history," said Neil Portnow, president and CEO of the Recording Academy, in a statement. "Their legacies are timeless and legendary, and their creativity will continue to influence and inspire future generations."   The Special Merit Awards take place at an invite-only ceremony...

Santa Monica, Calif. — It's been four years since Natalie Cole received a kidney from a Salvadorian donor, and the singer says it not only connected her to Hispanic culture, it has given her the strength to record her first post-operation album – totally in Spanish.

"I don't believe in coincidences. I believe everything happens for a reason. That this was a Latin family, I feel like I'm part Latino now. That (made) the desire to make this record became even stronger," Cole said recently during a private listening session of "Natalie Cole En Espanol," released this week.

This is Cole's first album since she received her kidney in May 2009. Her donor was a young woman from El Salvador who died while giving birth to a baby boy, Lucas, said Cole (the Grammy-winner received the donation after suffering from hepatitis C, a liver disease spread through contact with infected blood).

"I couldn't totally grasp,...

A woman is going to win Season 12 of American Idol — even if executive producer Nigel Lythgoe is forced to stage a crossover episode with Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom, plant a couple of hungry lionesses down in the SwayBot pit and let the male contestants get picked off in violent, carnivorous fashion.

Tonight’s live Semifinal performance telecast — featuring the Top 10 guys squaring off for (presumably, but probably more than) five spots in the finals — gave us a deeply uncomfortable preview of what’s to come, as emotionally fragile teenager Charlie Askew played the role of the baby impala,...

Miami, Jan 30 (Ians/Efe) Spaniards Julio Iglesias and Manuel Alejandro, Mexicans Jose Angel Espinoza "Ferrusquilla" and Armando Manzanero, Puerto Rican Jose Feliciano and Cuba's Concha Valdez Miranda are the first artists to be inducted into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame (Lshof).

The announcement was made by the directors of the Miami-based Lshof, Desmond Child and Rudy Perez, both producers and composers.

In a gallery packed with journalists and people from the music industry, Perez noted the enormous effort that had been made over the years to win the support of the existing Us Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Child has composed songs for artists like Bon Jovi, Selena, Aerosmith, Ricky Martin and Cher, among many.

Mexico City, Oct 28 (Ians/Efe) Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz shared the stage with veteran crooner Tony Bennett during an awards gala in Mexico City.

The sinters performed together, mixing Spanish and English in 'Yesterday I heard the rain'/'Esta tarde vi llover' by Mexican Armando Manzanero, whom they invited up on stage to share in the applause.

The song appears on the 85-year-old Bennett's new album 'Duets II', which he recently released and on which he presents a number of his hits in duet performances with singers such as Lady Gaga and the late Amy Winehouse.

At this 10th edition of the Luna.

Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz is to be honored with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers' Heritage Award in March. The singer/songwriter is being recognized for his "unique contributions to Latin music".

Past recipients of this award include Armando Manzanero, Antonio Aguilar, Celia Cruz, Ricardo Montaner, Ednita Nazario, Franco de Vita, Gilberto Santa Rosa and Ricardo Arjona.

During the awards ceremony in Miami on March 24, Ascap will recognize the Songwriter of the Year, Publisher of the Year, Independent Publisher of the Year and Latin Song of the Year. Awards will also be presented in pop, tropical, regional Mexican and urban categories.