Santana Live In Concert Across Australia

with special guests

The Doobie Brothers

Legendary guitar virtuoso, Carlos Santana, is a multi Grammy Award winner and a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer. Four years on from his last Australian visit, and following the announcement that he will return to Bluesfest, Santana will take in five huge dates across the country on his Transmogrify Tour, kicking off at Perth Arena on Friday 7^th April before heading to Adelaide’s Botanic Park on Sunday 9^th April, Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday 11^th April and Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena on Thursday 13^th April. Santana’s Australian dates wrap up in the nation’s capital on Saturday 15^th April at the Royal Theatre. Tickets are on sale Tuesday 29^th November at 12 noon local time.
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SANTANA previously toured Australia in 2011, including a one-off show in the Hunter Valley with The Doobie Brothers, returning in 2013 for national shows with The Steve Miller Band. The music legend this time returns to our shores following the release of the wildly anticipated Santana IV record, featuring the original late-1960’s lineup reunited for the first time in 45 years.
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The mighty Doobie Brothers will join Santana as Special Guests on the Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney dates, adding to both artist’s already announced appearances on the mammoth bill for the 28^th Annual Bluesfest in Byron Bay.
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Rounding out a vibrant three-act bill for a special one-off performance at Adelaide’s Botanic Park is local icon RUSSELL MORRIS. Known for his global 1969 hit ‘The Real Thing’, Russell has in recent years received widespread acclaim for his Australiana blues trilogy of albums. Dynamic young indie artist, TASH SULTANA, will join Santana at his intimate show at Canberra’s Royal Theatre. Tash has been making waves across Australia this year, generating massive street buzz and creating a legion of fans with her carefully crafted, edgy fusion of multi-instrumental pieces that see the songstress shift from singing to beat boxing, combined with her unique percussion styled finger-tapping guitar.
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In addition to four shows with Carlos Santana, THE DOOBIE BROTHERS will be takin’ it to the streets of Brisbane, playing their own intimate one-off show at The Tivoli on Sunday 16^th April. A global enduring favourite of the 1970’s, The Doobie Brothers combine a touch of blues, and plenty of soul and rock ‘n roll to create their nostalgic Californian rock sound. Their celebrated back catalogue of music includes hits like ‘Listen To The Music’, ‘Long Train Runnin’, ‘What A Fool Believes’ and so many more.
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THE DOOBIE BROTHERS’ legacy has been built not just on hit records, but also on an unrivalled commitment to musical integrity and a steadfast allegiance to their enthusiastic fan base. The band’s ability to evolve in a constantly changing industry and connections to generations of listening audiences is a testament to their craft. With founding members Tom Johnston and Pat Simmons, and 30 year-plus veteran John McFee, the Doobies will be performing as an eight-piece band including Tony Pia, Ed Toth, John Cowan, Marc Russo and Guy Allison.
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Delivered with a level of passion and soul equal to the legendary sonic charge of his guitar, the sound of CARLOS SANTANA is one of the world’s best-known musical signatures. For more than four decades – from Santana’s earliest days as a groundbreaking Afro-Latin-blues-rock fusion outfit in San Francisco – Carlos has been the visionary force behind artistry that transcends musical genres and generational, cultural and geographical boundaries.
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From Woodstock to the Hollywood Bowl and everywhere in between, CARLOS SANTANA is one of the most prolific and influential guitarists of all time. In a career spanning more than forty years, Santana has sold in excess of 100 million records and reached more than 100 million fans at concerts across the globe, with no less than ten Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards to his name. 1999’s Supernatural album saw Santana chalk up a record-tying nine Grammy’s for a single project, including awards for Album of the Year and Record of the Year for ‘Smooth’. Among many other honours, Rolling Stone has cited Carlos Santana as #15 on their list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”.
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April 2016 heralded the release of SANTANA’s 24^th studio album, Santana IV, featuring sixteen all-new tracks and claiming a No.5 Billboard Top 200 debut. Fans were thrilled to have the original late-1960’s lineup featured on the record, the same band that performed at Woodstock; Carlos Santana (guitar, vocals), Gregg Rolie (keyboards, lead vocals), Neal Schon (guitar, vocals), Michael Carabello (percussion) and Michaeol Shrieve (drums).
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SANTANA will touch down in Australia straight off the back of a multi-year residency at the famous House of Blues in Las Vegas. He will be set to ignite stages across the country once again, with a style that fuses Latin rock, blues, soul and jazz, transcending time and the limits of genre typecasting.