The King Stays King (also known as Formula, Vol. 1 Tour) was a worldwide concert tour by American singer Romeo Santos. The tour was a promotion for his debut solo album, Formula, Vol. 1. On December 13, 2011, Santos announced that he would begin his initial leg of his solo tour on February 11, 2012, in the United States and ended on July 20, 2013, in Lima, Peru.[1]

The King Stays King
World tour by Romeo Santos
Location
  • United States
  • Latin America
  • Spain
Associated albumFormula, Vol. 1
Start dateFebruary 11, 2012
End dateJuly 20, 2013
Legs2
No. of shows75
Romeo Santos concert chronology

Madison Square Garden

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His first concert began with three consecutive shows at Madison Square Garden which all three became sold-out.[1][2] During the concert at Madison Square Garden, Santos was accompanied by fellow bachata singer Prince Royce. For "Debate de 4", he had bachata musicians Luis Vargas and Antony Santos for one of the nights while the other nights had three men from the audience who were randomly selected to join Romeo Santos on the stage to sing the song. Raulín Rodríguez is also featured in the song but was not in any of the concerts. Usher made an appearance on the encore for the song "Promise" in which he is featured in.[3] At the final concert in the Madison Square Garden, Santos was joined by American rapper P. Diddy for the song "Mi Corazoncito".[4] The concerts at Madison Square Garden were recorded and later released as a live album and film titled The King Stays King: Sold Out at Madison Square Garden on November 6, 2012.[5]

The US tour

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Following the concerts at Madison Square Garden, Santos continued his tour in Florida where he performed at the American Airlines Arena in Miami on March 1, 2012, and at the Amway Center in Orlando the following day.[6][7] In the same month, he continued his US tour in Georgia, Massachusetts, Virginia, Illinois, Texas, California, and Arizona, and ended on March 25 in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1] He also announced that the tour would be extended to Latin American countries.[8]

The world tour

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Santos began his world tour on May 31, 2012, in Venezuela where he performed in seven cities in the country: Caracas, Valencia, Barquisimeto, San Cristóbal, Mérida, Maracaibo, and Puerto La Cruz.[9] Following his performances in Venezuela, Santos performed at the Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile, on June 23, 2012, which drew 16,000 attendees.[10] Santos continued to tour in South America where he performed two concerts in Ecuador,[11] Peru,[12] Paraguay where nearly 10,000 people attended the concert,[13] and four concerts in Argentina.[14] The concert at Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina, drew 25,000 people completely filling the capacity at the concert.[14]

In October 2012, Santos performed two concerts in Spain at Madrid and at Barcelona.[15] After his performances in Spain, the tour continued on to Central America where he performed in Honduras,[16] El Salvador,[17] and Guatemala.[18] On October 26, 2012, Santos performed in Cali, Colombia, which was originally supposed to be shared with Puerto Rican reggaeton singer Don Omar. However, Omar could not attend due to breaches with his contract with Al Eventos, the company responsible for managing the event.[19]

On December 15 and 22, 2012 Santos performed at the Estadio Olímpico in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where 50,000 people attended the concert.[20]

Second leg of the tour

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The day before the concert in the Dominican Republic, Santos announced that he would start the second leg of the tour, which began on February 14, 2013, at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He perform two nights in a row the Coliseum.[5][15] Two weeks later, Santos performed at the Movistar Arena in Chile.[21] The second tour leg continued throughout the United States from March 22, 2013, in Newark, New Jersey, until April 26, 2013, in Hollywood, California.[5] His last concerts of the tour in Latin America included shows six in cities in Mexico, one show in Panama and one in Lima, Peru which would officially end the tour on July 20, 2013.

Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue
Leg 1
North America
February 11, 2012 New York City United States Madison Square Garden
February 23, 2012
February 24, 2012
March 1, 2012 Miami American Airlines Arena
March 2, 2012 Orlando Amway Center
March 4, 2012 Atlanta Philips Arena
March 7, 2012 Boston Agganis Arena
March 9, 2012 Fairfax Patriot Center
March 13, 2012 Rosemont Allstate Arena
March 15, 2012 Houston Toyota Center
March 16, 2012 Grand Prairie Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
March 20, 2012 San Jose HP Pavilion
March 21, 2012 Los Angeles Staples Center
March 23, 2012 Glendale Jobing.com Arena
March 24, 2012 San Diego Valley View Casino Center
March 25, 2012 Las Vegas The Joint
April 26, 2012 Atlantic City Trump Taj Mahal
South America
May 31, 2012 Caracas Venezuela Terraza del C.C.C.T.
June 1, 2012
June 2, 2012 Valencía Forum de Valencia
June 3, 2012 Barquisimeto Complejo Ferial Bicentenario
June 8, 2012 Maracaibo Palacio de Eventos
June 9, 2012 San Cristóbal Plaza de Toros
June 12, 2012 Puerto Ordaz Polideportivo Cachamay
June 13, 2012 Puerto La Cruz Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui
June 15, 2012 Curazao Kleine Werf
June 19, 2012 Buenos Aires Argentina Luna Park
June 20, 2012
June 22, 2012 Coquimbo Chile Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso
June 23, 2012 Santiago Arena Movistar
July 25, 2012 Lima Peru Estadio Monumental "U"
July 27, 2012 Guayaquil Ecuador Teatro Feria de Durán
July 28, 2012 Quito Coliseo General Rumiñahui
August 1, 2012 Asunción Paraguay Jockey Club
August 3, 2012 Buenos Aires Argentina Luna Park
August 4, 2012
August 7, 2012 Rosario Teatro Broadway
Europe
August 12, 2012 Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall
South America
October 4, 2012 Bogotá Colombia Jaime Duque Park
October 5, 2012 Manizales Estadio Palogrande
October 6, 2012 Medellín Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Europe
October 11, 2012 Madrid Spain Palacio Vistalegre
October 12, 2012 Barcelona Badalona Arena
North America
October 17, 2012 Tegucigalpa Honduras Coliseo Nacional de Ingenieros
October 19, 2012 San Salvador El Salvador Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González
October 20, 2012 Guatemala City Guatemala Mundo E
December 15, 2012 Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez
December 22, 2012
Leg 2
North America
February 14, 2013 San Juan Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum
February 15, 2013
South America
February 26, 2013 Santiago Chile Movistar Arena
March 2, 2013 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio G.E.B.A.
North America
March 22, 2013 Newark United States Prudential Center
March 24, 2013 Boston Agganis Arena
March 27, 2013 Hollywood Hard Rock Live
March 28, 2013 Orlando Amway Center
March 30, 2013 Fairfax Patriot Center
April 4, 2013 San Antonio AT&T Center
April 5, 2013 Grand Prairie Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
April 6, 2013 Houston Toyota Center
April 7, 2013 Hidalgo State Farm Arena
April 9, 2013 El Paso El Paso County Coliseum
April 10, 2013 Phoenix Comerica Theatre
April 12, 2013 Anaheim Honda Center
April 13, 2013 Fresno Save Mart Center
April 14, 2013 Las Vegas The Joint
April 18, 2013 Rosemont Allstate Arena
April 20, 2013 Duluth Arena at Gwinnett Center
April 26, 2013 Atlantic City Trump Taj Mahal
April 28, 2013 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
May 5, 2013 Hollywood Hard Rock Live
June 21, 2013 Acapulco Mexico Forum de Mundo Imperial
June 22, 2013 Chapultepec National Auditorium
June 23, 2013 Zapopan Telmex Auditorium
June 26, 2013 Chapultepec National Auditorium
June 28, 2013 Tijuana Plaza de Toros Monumental
June 30, 2013 Merida Centro de Espectáculos Jardín Carta Clara
July 18, 2013 Panama City Panama Estadio Nacional
South America
July 20, 2013 Lima Peru Estadio de San Marcos

References

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