Luis Miguel to Perform in Acapulco as Part of Extended Luis Miguel Tour 2023

Posted on August 10, 2023 by Tom Castaneda

Luis Miguel is headed to Acapulco…

The 53-year-old Puerto Rican-born Mexican singer and record producer, known as El Sol de México, will shine in the emblematic Mexican port.

The superstar will return to one of the most symbolic places of his artistic career as part of his continental Luis Miguel Tour 2023. On December 27, he will land at the GNP Arena in that city, promoters ECO Live and GOJO Live announced in a statement on Thursday.

Luis Miguel will return to the famous beach resort in the state of Guerrero after a five-year hiatus as part of the new dates announced for his 2023 tour. His first stint began on August 3 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and he’s now added Acapulco, as well as another date in Mayakoba, Riviera Maya, on December 31.

ECO Live and GOJO Live said all information regarding his show in Acapulco “will be communicated soon.” On Wednesday, the governor of Guerrero, Evelyn Salgado Pineda, celebrated the return of the famous performer on her X (formerly Twitter) account.

“In Guerrero the Sun will shine stronger than ever to close 2023 with a bang. It gives me great pleasure to share with you the announcement of the return of @LMXLM in concert in Acapulco,” Salgado Pineda wrote in Spanish.

The Acapulco beach resort became a symbolic place for the “No Sé Tú” singer because of a luxurious mansion that belonged to him in the ’90s located there. Nestled in the exclusive Bonfil Beach, now called Punta Diamante, the house was characterized by its yellow color and huge windows that gave a wonderful view of the beach.

Micky, as he was affectionately known in his adolescence, lived for several years in that mansion in Acapulco, which then became his center of operations, before moving to Los Angeles and later to Miami.

His time in Acapulco was also portrayed in the 2018 Netflix bioseries Luis Miguel: The Series.

Miguel, who has placed 16 titles at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Hot Latin Songs chart and nine on Top Latin Albums, reached a new record on July 19 after becoming the Latin American artist with the highest number of songs on the Spotify platform with 23, and more than 100 million streams.

In September, the singer will kick off the North American leg of his CMN-produced tour, visiting key cities such as Chicago, Las Vegas, Miami and Los Angeles, before concluding Dec. 31 in Riviera Maya, Mexico.

Following the success of his 2023 continental tour, the superstar announced Monday 50 additional dates for his Luis Miguel Tour 2024.

Luis Miguel Announces 43-Date North & South American Tour

Posted on April 22, 2023 by Tom Castaneda

Luis Miguel is hitting the road…

The 53-year-old Mexican singer, known as El Sol de Mexico, has revealed the dates for his 43-date stint in North and South America that will kick off on August 3 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The trek will visit major cities in the U.S. such as Chicago, Las Vegas, Miami and Los Angeles before wrapping up on December 17 in Guadalajara, Mexico. The tour is produced by CMN.

It’s Luis Miguel’s first tour in years. His last tour — México Por Siempre, which ran from 2018 to 2019 — grossed $101.4 million and sold 965,000 tickets across 116 shows, according to Billboard Boxscore.

It was the highest grossing Latin tour in Boxscore history until last year when Bad Bunny‘s El Último Tour del Mundo and World’s Hottest Tour surpassed it.

The anticipation for this trek began when Luis Miguel simply posted on Instagram “Luis Miguel Tour 2023” in February without offering more details.

Whether he’ll drop new music to coincide with the tour is still up in the air.

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The elusive artist released ¡MÉXICO Por Siempre! in 2017, which won album of the year at the Latin Grammy Awards.

Luis Miguel is one of Latin music’s biggest star and one of the top vocalists of his generation. The chart-topping artist has notched 16 No. 1 songs on Billboard‘s Hot Latin Songs chart, and nine leaders on the Top Latin Albums tally.

Netflix to Release Season Two of Diego Boneta-Starrer “Luis Miguel: The Series” in April

Posted on February 23, 2021 by Tom Castaneda

Diego Boneta is ready for his next round of Sol-shine…

Netflix will release the second season of Luis Miguel: The Series, starring the 30-year-old Mexican actor/singer as the Mexican singer known as El Sol de México, on April 18, 2021, via Netflix.

The premiere comes almost three years after season one aired on April 22, 2018, and the day before Luis Miguel’s 51st birthday.

“The brighter the sun, the darker the shadows,” reads a 52-second teaser.

The series highlights Luismi‘s childhood, musical career, and the whereabouts of his missing mother, Marcela Basteri.

“The preparation and the process for this were unlike anything I’ve ever done,” Boneta said during Billboard’s 2018 Latin Music Week in Las Vegas. “I pretty much had a year to only prepare for this, which is an insane amount of time.”

Netflix revealed that a new episode of Luis Miguel: The Series will air every Sunday starting on April 18.

Macarena Achaga to Star in Season Two of Netflix & Gato Grande’s “Luis Miguel: The Series”

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Tom Castaneda

Macarena Achaga is joining El Sol de Mexico’s entourage…

The 28-year-old Argentine actress/model has joined the cast of Netflix and MGM’s Gato Grande’s popular Spanish-language show Luis Miguel: The Series for the upcoming second season, which is currently taping after being delayed earlier this year due to the pandemic.

In addition to Achaga, who will portray Michelle, new additions to the cast include Fernando Guallar as Mauricio Ambrosi, Pablo Cruz Guerrero as Patricio Robles, Juan Ignacio Cane as José Pérez, Teresa Ruiz as Azucena, Valery Sais as young Michelle, and Axel Llunas as young Sergio Basteri.

They join previously announced Diego Boneta, Camila Sodi, Cesar Bordon, Juan Pablo Zurita, Cesar Santana, Martin Bello, Lola Casamayor, Pilar Santacruz, Kevin Holt and Gabriel Nuncio.

The story, told in two different timelines, will explore the difficulties of balancing Luis Miguel’s family and professional life. It’s due to launch on Netflix next year. Sources say a third season is in the works, but the streamer hasn’t confirmed the news yet.

Directed by Humberto Hinojosa and Adrian Grunberg, scripts come from Daniel Krauze, Ana Sofia Clerici, Anton Goenechea, Diego Ayala, Karin Valecillos and Paulina Barros.

Mark Burnett, Carla González Vargas and Pablo Cruz are executive producers, with Carolina Leconte and Jaime Ramos producers.

Achaga was recently seen in Amazon series El Candidato. She is known in Latin America as a former band member of Mexican-Argentine pop group Eme 15 and for roles in series including Gossip Girl: Acapulco. Her breakout role came in the Televisa soap Amar A Muerte, where she featured in one of the first significant lesbian storylines in primetime Mexican television. Her character was then spun off into 2019 miniseries Juliantina.

Luis Miguel to Launch 18-Date U.S. Tour

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Tom Castaneda

Luis Miguel is heading north of the border…

The 48-year-old Mexican singer, known as El Sol de México, has announced the dates for his 2019 U.S. tour.

The six-time Grammy and six-time Latin Grammywinner will begin the 18-date tour –produced by Live Nation– on June 1 in Phoenix, Arizona.

He’s set to visit Chicago, Newark, New Jersey, Boston, Atlanta, and Miami.

The tour will end in El Paso, Texas on July 6.

Tickets will go on sale on Friday, March 15 at 10:00 am local time.

His 2018 tour broke attendance records and won a Latin American Music Awardfor best tour of the year.

Here are the official tour dates:

Tour Dates:
June 1 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Arena
June 4  –   Oklahoma City, OK   @ Chesapeake Energy Arena
June 6 – Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center
June 8 –  St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
June 9 – Chicago, IL  @ Allstate Arena
June 12 – Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
June 14 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
June 15 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
June 19 – Atlanta, GA @ Infinite Energy Center
June 22 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ BB&T Center
June 23 – Miami, FL @ AmericanAirlines Arena
June 25 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
June 27- Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
June 29 – Corpus Christi, TX  @ American Bank Center
June 30 – Edinburg, TX @ Bert Ogden Arena
July 2 – Laredo, TX @ Sames Auto Arena
July 5 – Lubbock, TX @ United Supermarkets Arena
July 6 – El Paso, TX  @ Don Haskins Center

Luis Miguel Launching 22-City North American ¡México Por Siempre! Tour

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Tom Castaneda

Luis Miguel is celebrating his home country in a special way…

The 47-year-old Mexican singer, often referred to as El Sol de México, has announced the North American tour dates for his ¡México Por Siempre! trek.

The 22-city run launches on May 4 in San Diego, and is followed by his first-ever headlining performance at the world-famous Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on May 6.

Miguel’s highly-anticipated tour is produced by Live Nation and will stop in other major cities across the U.S. and Canada, including Chicago, Houston, Miami, Toronto and New York, among many more.

¡México Por Siempre! is the title of Miguel’s latest studio album, which earned him his second No. 1 on Billboard‘s Regional Mexican Albums chart in December 2017.

Tickets will go on sale to the general public beginning Friday (February 16) at 10:00 am on LiveNation.com.

Here’s the full tour schedule:

DATE                                                  CITY VENUE
Friday, May 4, 2018                            San Diego, CA            Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
Sunday, May 6, 2018                          Los Angeles, CA         Hollywood Bowl
Thursday, May 10, 2018                     San Jose, CA*             SAP Center
Friday, May 11, 2018                          Sacramento, CA*        Golden 1 Center
Sunday, May 13, 2018                        Phoenix, AZ                Comerica Theatre
Saturday, May 19, 2018                     Salt Lake City, UT      USANA Amphitheatre
Sunday, May 20, 2018                        Denver, CO                 Pepsi Center
Wednesday, May 23, 2018                 Chicago, IL                  Allstate Arena
Friday, May 25, 2018                          Dallas, TX                   American Airlines Center
Saturday, May 26, 2018                     Laredo, TX                  Laredo Energy Arena
Sunday, May 27, 2018                        Houston, TX                Toyota Center
Wednesday, May 30, 2018                 Orlando, FL                 Amway Center
Friday, June 1, 2018                           Miami, FL                    AmericanAirlines Arena
Tuesday, June 5, 2018                       Washington, DC         The Theatre at MGM National Harbor
Thursday, June 7, 2018                      Toronto, ON                Budweiser Stage
Friday, June 8, 2018                           Montreal, QC              Bell Centre
Saturday, June 9, 2018                      New York, NY             Madison Square Garden
Thursday, August 30, 2018                San Antonio, TX         AT&T Center
Friday, August 31, 2018                     Edinburg, TX               Bert Ogden Arena
Sunday, September 2, 2018               El Paso, TX                 Don Haskins Center
Saturday, September 8, 2018            Anaheim, CA              Honda Center
Sunday, September 9, 2018               Fresno, CA                 Save Mart Center

Diego Boneta to Star in Telemundo’s Bio-Musical Series About Luis Miguel

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Tom Castaneda

Diego Boneta will be shining bright like a Mexican icon..

The 26-year-old Mexican singer and actor is set to star as Luis Miguel, known as El Sol de México, in the upcoming Telemundo bio-musical series based on the life of the Grammy-winning singer.

Boneta is known for roles in television shows like Pretty Little Liars and Ryan Murphy‘s Scream Queens. On the big screen, he appeared opposite Tom Cruise in jukebox musical Rock of Ages.

Boneta recorded two albums in his career, Diego and Indigo.

The authorized series based on the life and career of the chart-topping artist will be produced by Gato Grande Productions and will air on Telemundo in 2018, and later streamed via Netflix in Latin America and Spain.

“People will travel alongside with me through a surprising, unexpected and emotional journey that has shaped the artist and the person that I am today,” Luis Miguel said in a statement about the series, which joins other Telemundo biopic productions including Juan Gabriel‘s Hasta Que te Conocí (2016).

MGM Developing TV Series Based on the Life of Luis Miguel

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Tom Castaneda

He’s known as El Sol de México, but Luis Miguel’s light could soon shine beyond the Mexican border.

MGM is developing a television series based on the life of the 46-year-old Mexican superstar, an icon in Latin America.

The project hails from a Spanish-language joint production venture MGM set with Mexican entrepreneurs Miguel Aleman and Antonio Cue.

Aleman and Cue’s Gato Grande Productions aims to develop content for the worldwide market. Expanding into Spanish-language production has been a goal of Mark Burnett, president of MGM Television and Digital.

“We see the value of premium content for the Spanish-speaking market throughout the world, and we look forward to many additional projects across all platforms that we can now develop with Antonio, Miguel and Gato Grande. This is only the beginning,” Burnett said.

A native of Puerto Rico, Miguel got his start in music as a teenager in the early 1980s, winning a Grammy in 1985 at the age of 14 for his duet with Sheena Easton, “Me Gustas Tal Como Eres.” He has collected another four Grammys to date and has sold more than 100 million records worldwide.

“It has taken me a long time to want to tell my story and I have been looking for the right team to tell it the way it should be told,” Miguel said.

Aleman is a radio and TV entrepreneur and former Televisa executive. Cue is the grandson of a founder of the Mexican brewery Grupo Modelo and is a former owner of the Major League Soccer team Chivas USA.

“Antonio and I have been looking to get into the content business for some time and after forming a deep personal relationship with Mark, we knew that the timing and opportunity were just right.” said Aleman. “To be able to launch our company Gato Grande with the story of Luis Miguel, one of the most important, legendary talents in music, is very exciting,” added Cue.

Carla Gonzalez Vargas, an author and filmmaker who helmed the 2015 documentary Alivio, will oversee the Miguel series in her role as Gato Grande’s head of development.

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