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Frequently Asked Questions
What songs will Santana play in concert?
It may look like Carlos Santana has a confined and short setlist, but he has no problem extending songs where appropriate and jamming out with all original compositions. The artist’s setlist is surprisingly concrete, with only a few minor changes per evening. The most significant change is the addition of “Right on be Free” which is a masterful epic, sometimes placed in the middle of the set. The artist infrequently performs his jam, “Samba Pa Ti,” but he breaks it into two parts and adds “Europa” in the middle. It is a pure adventure, and he either does this explicitly or just jams along right into “Good Morning Little School Girl.”
It is the end of the set which is pretty similar every time out. This includes the closing of his main set with his Rob Thomas duet, “Smooth.” He often closes with the double whammy of “Soul Sacrifice” and “Saideira,” making his self-titled album one of the most represented albums live next to Supernatural.
Toussaint L’Overture
Everybody’s Everything
Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen
Oye Como Va
Maria Maria
Foo Foo
Corazón espinado
Total Destruction to Your Mind
Europa (Earth’s Cry, Heaven’s Smile)
Tequila
Good Morning Little School Girl
Smooth
Blues Jam
Soul Sacrifice
Saideira
How long is a Santana concert?
Santana is well known for playing extensive and prolonged sets, but because he is sharing the bill this time around, his set is a slightly more compact hour and fifteen minutes.
Who is opening the show?
Santana is actually co-headlining with the legendary Rod Stewart. Stewart’s live show has been hit and miss in recent years, which caused many to say that he needs to throw in the towel. Though his voice has certainly aged, he still as a domineering stage presence. He is also a fascinating fit with the guitar virtuoso, since he is almost strictly a vocalist, opposed to Santana who is almost strictly a guitarist.
Rod Stewart has been very quiet on the original recordings front. During the last decade and a half, Stewart mainly sticks to releasing albums of classic soul and rock covers. But his 2013 release, Time, ushered in a bit of a resurgence and third wind for the bluesy rock singer. Stewart performs just over an hour, and the pair split the co-headlining spot, rotating it out each event.
How do I get access to presale tickets for Santana’s tour?
You have a few options for presales, with the first through the popular American Express Entertainment platform. You must have an American Express card as well as an account with TicketMaster to gain access to more than reasonable presales.
Of course, Santana’s fan club has a variety of presale offerings open to fan club members. To learn more you can reach out to Santana’s official presale contact at tickets@santanafanclub.com. You can also contact the fan club directly at info@santanafanclub.com.
Who Santana’s publicist and press contact?
Santana has a number of contacts on his official website channel, but most of them direct to fan club or merchandise inquiries. You can reach Michael Jensen, his current manager, through Jensen Communications, at info@jensen.com.
The artist is also connected with the Creative Artists Agency. The CAA is notoriously inaccessible, but you may have some luck contacting 424-288-2000 for their Beverly Hills, California based office where Santana is connected to the company.
Concert Reviews
“Santana and company delivered more than two and a half hours of stunning and stirring instrumental ferocity, mixing precision dynamics with loose, improvisational forays while still managing to touch on the crucial moments from his 40-year-plus catalog. The group has made many visits to the DTE (and Pine Knob) during its own 40-year history, but Sunday’s charged performance, on a hot and stuffy night, certainly ranked as one of its best.” – Gary Graff of the Oakland Press
“The guitar god’s set covered just about everything you needed to hear in a greatest-hits package. There was the two in one shot of Black Magic Woman and Gypsy Queen; his take on Tito Puente’s Oye Como Va; a few from his massively successful Supernatural album in Maria Maria and Smooth, a muscular take on Some Kind of Wonderful, a trip back to Woodstock.” – Tom Murrqay of the Edmonton Journal
“Santana hit the stage hot, in front of a colorful Aztec-designed screen, with Latin fusion fired by an 11-piece band with three drummers/percussionist, horns, singers Andy Vargas and Tony Lindsay and, of course, his searing guitar work burning on top. He cast his spell with extended versions of classics “Black Magic Woman” and “Oye Como Va” that had you wondering how the ice below didn’t become a hot tub. God bless his 66-year-old fingers.” – Scott Mervis of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Tour Archive
Santana: Las Vegas Residency 2013
Tour Opening Acts: Steve Miller Band
Started January 19, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada | Ended November 17, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada
Santana: An Intimate Evening with Santana 2012
Tour Opening Acts: Derek Trucks, Jose Feliciano
Started May 2, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada | Ended November 17, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada
Santana A Trip Through the Hits Tour 2011
Tour Opening Acts: Cindy Blackman, Robert Randolph
Started January 5, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada | Ended October 24, 2011 in San Francisco, California
Santana Universal Tone Tour 2010
Tour Opening Acts: Cindy Blackman, Steve Winwood
Started February 10, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada | Ended September 5, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada
Santana Las Vegas Residency 2009
Tour Opening Acts: Jose Feliciano
Started May 27, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada | Ended November 22, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada
Santana Live Your Light Tour 2008
Tour Opening Acts: Derek Trucks, Salvador Santana, Giovanni Hidalgo
Started April 4, 2008 in Boston, Massachusetts | Ended October 12, 2008 in Concord, California
Santana Corazon Tour 2006
Tour Opening Acts: Michael Shrieve, Anthony Hamilton
Started March 2, 2006 in Universal City, California | Ended September 30, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia
Santana Emissions for Peace Tour 2005
Tour Opening Acts: Robert Randolph, Los Lonely Boys
Started May 30, 2005 in Tampa, Florida | Ended November 1, 2005 in New York, New York
Santana 2004
Tour Opening Acts: Salvador Santana, Michael Franti
Started January 9, 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada | Ended December 8, 2004 in Cabazan, California
Santana 2003
Tour Opening Acts: Citizen Cope, Outlandish, Alejandro Lerner
Started February 9, 2003 in Las Vegas, Nevada | Ended November 20, 2003 in Las Vegas, Nevada
Santana 2002
Tour Opening Acts: Michelle Branch, Counting Crows
Started March 15, 2002 in Mercer Island, Washington | Ended October 24, 2002 in Miami Beach, Florida
Santana 2000
Tour Opening Acts: Eric Clapton, Everlast
Started January 1, 2000 in Las Vegas, Nevada | Ended October 28, 2000 in Concord, California