Romances Tour

This tour began in September in United States where he made a total of 9 concerts in Las Vegas and Los Angeles.[1]

Then in October he began his concert season in Mexico, specifically in Monterrey and Mexico City.[1]

In November he travels to South America (Argentina and Chile) then to Puerto Rico and then begins an extensive series of concerts by United States in the following cities: Orlando, Miami, San Antonio, El Paso, San Diego, Tucson, Houston, South Padre, New York, Rosemont, Fairfax, Atlantic City, Anaheim, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Jose, Sacramento and Las Vegas for a total of 32 concerts.[1]

Then in the month of May close the tour in Spain (country to which returns after 6 years of absence since its presentation at the Seville Expo '92) with 9 concerts.[1]

The performances featured Miguel performing dance-pop and bolero arrangements for two-and-a-half hours.[5] Adam Sandler of Variety expressed a mixed reaction to the concert in the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. He noted that Miguel rarely acknowledged his audience or ventured out from center stage.[6] Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times had a more positive reaction, which he described as a "marvelously designed and wonderfully executed blend of Latin music tradition".[5] Another Times contributor, Ernesto Lechner, wrote that Miguel's bolero performance at the Arrowhead Pond arena in California "brought the house down" and stated that the experience at the concert was "pretty close" to Beatlemania.[7] In New York City, Miguel performed five consecutive shows in the Radio City Music Hall. In Mexico City he performed seventeen consecutive concerts in the National Auditorium, where it was the highest-grossing concert by a Latin artist that year.[8] The tour also traveled to South America; including Chile, and Argentina; and continued until May 1998, when Miguel performed throughout Spain.[9] Miguel was the first Latin artist to be inducted to the Pollstar "Top 20 All-Time Grossing Tours" for most tickets sold for consecutive concerts at one venue in 1997.[10]

This set list is from the September 12, 1997, concert in Las Vegas. It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.[11]

Notes

• "Contigo (Estar Contigo)" was performed on the first Miami show.
• "De Quererte Así" and "Inolvidable" were performed only on selected dates.
• "Un Mundo Raro" was performed in San Diego, on the Mariachi section.
• "La Media Vuelta" and "Mi Ciudad" were the only two Mariachi songs sung in all the concerts of the tour. The rest of Mariachi's songs were performed on selected dates.
• In the Spain tour the Mariachi section was excluded.

• The second Santiago show was partially recorded for its transmission in Chile by UC13.*
• The second Buenos Aires show was partially recorded for its transmission in Argentina by Canal 13.

• Luis Miguel – vocals
• Kiko Cibrian – guitar (1997)
• Todd Robinson – guitar (1998)
• Francisco Loyo – piano, keyboards
• Victor Loyo – drums
• Gerardo Carrillo – bass
• Tommy Aros – percussion
• Arturo Pérez – keyboards
• Jeff Nathanson – saxophone
• Francisco Abonce – trumpet
• Juan Arpero – trumpet
• Alejandro Carballo – trombone
• Antonio González – requinto
• Shana Wall – backing vocals (1997)
• Francis Benitez – backing vocals (1997)
• Sara LaPorte – backing vocals (1997)
• Alice – backing vocals (1998)
• Unique – backing vocals (1998)

Source.[6][38]