Santana Heightens ‘Global Consciousness’ With Tour In North America

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Carlos Santana plays Cape Town Stadium in South Africa April 11.

Santana is plotting a tour to hit Mexico and the U.S. in 2019 as the guitarist celebrates 50 years since his iconic performance at Woodstock and 20 years since his Grammy-winning album Supernatural. He also has several months of residency dates lined up in Las Vegas.

The “Global Consciousness” tour opens at Vive Latino Festival 2019 in Mexico City March 17 and continues into Puebla and Guadalajara in Mexico March 19 and 21. The tour then moves to the U.S. starting at Saint Augustine Amphitheatre April 18 in St. Petersburg, Fla., and continues until April 28 in Rogers, Arkansas’ The Walmart Amp.

The residency dates are all at House of Blues at Mandalay Bay in Sin City. The dates are split in late January and early February, and then from mid to late May.

The run of residency dates are on sale now. The North American presales and general onsales begin on different dates.

The dates will feature lots of music from Supernatural, which had hits like “Smooth” featuring Rob Thomas and “Maria Maria” featuring Wyclef Jean. He will also pull from his extensive catalogue to celebrate his many years performing. He and several other founding members of the Santana band re-joined forces to create Santana IV in 2016. Santana and the Isley Brothers teamed up for the Power Of Peace album last year.

The “Global Consciousness” tour will also likely highlight many of Carlos’ ideas about the world, life and spirituality. Santana is prone to writing poetry on his Facebook and Twitter, a bit of which we have pasted below.

You are
MAGNIFICENT
MEANINGFUL
SIGNIFICANT
And you can make a difference in life
And in the world
Let us co join in the adventure to eradicate
Victim mentality mental slavery
Not happy unless your miserable frequency
Be conscious or your divinity consciousness
Happy Thursday
Carlos

Eres algo
MAGNÍFICO
IMPORTANTE
SIGNIFICATIVO
Y puedes hacer una diferencia en la vida
Y en el mundo
Unámonos en esta aventura para erradicar
la esclavitud mental de la mentalidad de víctima
No eres feliz hasta que tu miserable frecuencia
Es consciente de tu divina conciencia
Feliz jueves
Carlos