CARLOS SANTANA AND THE SANTANA BAND’S (SOCC) SOUND OF COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS TOUR
OF NORTH AMERICA LAUNCHES AUGUST 25 IN SEATTLE
MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD FEATURED AS SPECIAL GUEST ON SUMMER 2011 TOUR
Carlos Santana and the Santana Band are set to launch their summer 2011
(SOCC) Sound of Collective Consciousness Tour of North America on August
25 with a concert at White River Amphitheatre in Seattle, Washington.
The tour, which follows extensive international itineraries, wraps
September 30 in Palm Springs, CA. Tour dates will feature special guest
Michael Franti & Spearhead.
Other (SOCC) Sound of Collective Consciousness Tour tour highlights
include shows at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC (8/27); BOK Center in
Tulsa, OK (9/7); AT&T Center in San Antonio, TX (9/11); Sandia
Casino in Albuquerque (9/17); Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre in San
Diego, CA (9/21); and Reno Events Center in Reno, NV (9/23). Tickets
for the tour go on sale beginning May 13. Check www.santana.com for
Santana fan club pre-sale information.
Carlos and the Santana Band will perform classics from the group’s
four-decades-long career, and spotlight songs from Santana’s latest
album, Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time¬ (2010,
Arista Records). With its release, Santana joined the Rolling Stones as
one of only two music acts in Billboard chart history to score at least
one Top Ten album in each decade from the 1960s through the present.
With highlights including the first single, “While My Guitar Gently
Weeps”—featuring India.Arie and Yo Yo Ma accompanying Santana— Guitar
Heaven is Santana’s 29th Billboard Top 200-charting release, 12th Top
Ten album debut, and third Top 10 debut in the past five years.
Michael Franti is the creator and lead singer of Michael Franti &
Spearhead. For more than two decades, the Bay Area-born Franti has
built a diverse and inspiring repertoire of music, including his most
recent release, The Sound of Sunshine—the highest Billboard 200 chart
debut of his career. The album continues to find chart success with the
latest single, “I’ll be Waiting.” It follows up Franti’s acclaimed
2008 album All Rebel Rockers, and the hit single “Say Hey (I Love You).”
During the (SOCC) Sound of Collective Consciousness Tour, Santana
will also perform several shows co-headlining with comedic great George
Lopez, which are billed as “Divine Rascals” dates. The special
performances will feature a set from Santana and standup from Lopez.
Ever since Santana emerged from the San Francisco Bay Area music
scene in the late 1960s, the group has sold more than 100 million
records and reached more than 100 million fans at concerts worldwide. To
date, Santana has won ten GRAMMY® Awards, including a record-tying nine
for a single project, 1999’s Supernatural (including Album of the Year
and Record of the Year for “Smooth”). In 1998, the group was inducted
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, whose website notes, “Guitarist
Carlos Santana is one of rock’s true virtuosos and guiding lights.”
Among many other honors, Carlos Santana has also been cited by Rolling
Stone Magazine as #15 on its list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All
Time.”