Brisbane, Australia

Julio Iglesias at QPAC

Genre: World music
Location: QPAC Lyric Theatre, Cnr Melbourne Street & Grey Street, South Brisbane
Date: March 24
Tickets: $99 - $169
More information www.qpac.com.au

Julio Iglesias, father of Enrique and one of the world's most popular recording artists, is coming to Brisbane in 2010.

He has sold more than 300 million albums in 14 languages, released 77 albums and has been the recipient of more than 2600 Platinum and Gold records in his illustrious career. No one else has ever achieved this in the history of music.

After more than four decades this impeccable artist continues to delight audiences all over the world. He crafts each song note by note, studies each word until he reaches the effect he wants. No one puts such passion, such feeling into music that with each breath, the audience trembles. It is no wonder that every thirty seconds one of his songs is played on a radio station somewhere in the world.

(Source: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/your-brisbane/julio-iglesias-at-qpac-20091230-ljnn.html)

Julio to perform in Azerbaijan

Julio Iglesias to give concert in Azerbaijan


[ 26 Dec 2009 12:47 ]



Baku. Ulkar Gasimova – APA. Famous singer Julio Iglesias will visit Baku next year. Accoridng to APA, the singer will perform a concert program in Baku in March, 2010 – on the eve of Novruz Holiday.The world-renowned singer will perform the concert together with one of the local singers. But the name of a young singer, who will be Igelisas’ duet partner, has not been announced yet.



(Source:http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=113157)

TV Interview from St. Louis

(Source: YouTube)

Holiday Greetings at julioiglesias.com

Visit www.julioiglesias.com for a holiday greeting and song from Julio and Family.

Happy Holidays!

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Julio Iglesias To Tour Australia

Julio Iglesias To Tour Australia
by Paul Cashmere - December 7 2009

Julio Iglesias will return to Australia in March as part of his current world tour.

The Spanish born singer is one of the most successful stars of all-time having sold over 300 million albums during his 40-year career. He is one of the Top 10 biggest selling artists in history.

Iglesias embarked on this current tour earlier this year to mark his 40 years in the business.

Dates are:

March 24, Brisbane, QPAC Lyric Theatre
March 26, Sydney, Star City
March 27, Hunter Valley, Hope Estate
March 29, Melbourne, Hamer Hall

(Source: http://undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=9706_Julio_Iglesias_To_Tour_Australia)

Q&A With Julio Iglesias- From St. Louis Magazine

This may be the first Q&A I’ve run that really needs no introduction--but I'm going to give one anyway, just beause the numbers are so impressive: Julio Iglesias has released 77 albums in 14 languages, which have sold more than 300 million copies. He is one of the top 10 best selling music artists in history, and has performed something to the tune of 5,000 concerts. Iglesias adds to that number tonight, December 4, when he performs at Powell Hall, singing songs from his considerable catalog of hits, including "All the Girls I've Loved Before," “Nathalie,” and “Ae, Ao,” as well pieces as from his latest albums, Romantic Classics (his first English album in over 10 years), and Quelques Choses De France. The starts at concert 8 p.m., and tickets are $45–$135. Buy 'em straight from the box office by calling 314-534-1700.

Mr. Iglesias was kind enough to take time out for an interview with us in anticipation of tonight's concert. Here is his charming take on why he loves to perform live, what keeps him touring, and what he likes about St. Louis. --Stefene Russell

SLM: So, you’re going to be performing in St. Louis for one night, and I wanted to talk first about that show, that concert, and give people a little preview.

JI: Well, that’s a good question (laughs). I would love to know too. (Laughs.) No, I’m singing for two generations, from Finland to China, and I didn’t lose my passion for singing, so that is why I have been singing for the past month, all over the world. So, I’m just living through the music with the passion that I have when I start to sing. Nothing has changed in my life except that I have 30, 40 years, no? I was a baby. And now I’m babysitting (laughs).

SLM: Yep, I saw on your website that you have some new little ones …

JI: That’s right, little babies.

SLM: I also saw on your site that you have a new album, and it’s your first album in English for quite a while.

JI: I had to get back to the studio, yes. By the way, I will be back in the studio when I finish in Korea in April, so I will start the album in May.

SLM: And actually you’ve got two albums out recently, Romantic Classics and Quelques Chose de France…

JI: Sorry, do you speak a little bit of French? It’s not easy to say Quelques Chose de France, en francais. (Laughs.)

SLM: Ah, well, just a little. I’d be afraid to go there, because it’s been so long since I’ve spoken it—even though St. Louis is technically a French city…! So, I’ve got this list of some of the songs you may be performing on December 4, including “All the Girls I’ve Loved Before,” which is sort of your signature piece, the song people associate with you.

JI: (Laughs.) Yes, yes. I will sing the classics for sure. When you have a long career, you have to sing the songs that the people want to hear. And that’s absolutely a priority for an artist. I will sing whatever the people want me to sing. For me to perform is a communion between the audience and myself. I don’t go to play for me. I go to enjoy myself with the people, it’s like to pass the passion and emotion to the people. To sing is very easy. To sing is just … a quality of techniques that you have because you have been performing for four generations. But to perform, to entertain, to impassionate the people, it is completely different.

SLM: It’s a different kind of gratification, I guess?

JI: Well, gratification, I am 60 years old, maybe a little more, and I look like 35 years old when I go on the stage, because my blood runs so strong and so powerful, that I pretend to be a young kid on the stage. (Laughs.)

SLM: Well, that’s why you’re still at it, I guess—

JI: That’s exactly it! Because believe me, it’s not a question of money in my life. I love to play for the people who come to see me.

SLM: Now, some of these song from the 60s, 70s and 80s that are on Romantic Classics.

JI: Well, for example, some of the songs that I’m playing, from years ago, songs I did with Diana Ross (“All of You”) or with Willie (“All the Girls I’ve Loved Before”), of course I had to sing “I Want to Know What Love Is,” and other songs that I have been playing for generation. The concept was an Anglo-Saxon/Spanish concert. (Laughs.)

SLM: I also saw this note that the orchestra is not performing with you, so you’re bringing a band with you?

JI: Yeah, we bring a lot of people. Unfortunately we come from a long, long, tour, and to prepare an orchestra concert is very difficult when you are in a tour that started last year and it will finish in April. It’s not like I play the same way every day, no. But it has a book of music and techniques which is … well, a nightmare to just prepare a concert with orchestra. But I have done this many, many times by the way. And I would love to play with the St. Louis Orchestra. And I have time, I’m a little baby, I can do that!

SLM: So you’ll back and do that, maybe?

JI: I’ll come back, I’ve played St. Louis many times, and it is always a pleasure to come back. That is the biggest compliment in the life of an artist, when they give you the opportunity to come back to a place.

SLM: When were you here last? JI: The first time was 30 years ago. I played last time at the Fox Theatre, which is a beauty, by the way. And I’ve played many times in St. Louis, and I love it. I love to visit the city. I don’t pass through there like a ghost, no, no, no. I can see St. Louis with my eyes right now, I know exactly the city, it has a contemporary Francophone ancestral culture, you know what I mean? And I like it very much. It’s easy for me, I am flying my own plane, so I have time to spend and leave whenever I want. It’s good for me to visit the places. I also will be in St. Louis the 3rd, because I don’t play the 2nd, and it will be until the 5th in the afternoon. I will go to a good restaurant for sure, and I will enjoy the city, and pass through, and I will walk a little bit. That is what I do normally.

SLM: So you had mentioned the album you’re going to record next year, and I wanted to ask about the concept behind it.

JI: You know, until I start, I don’t know exactly. I will go through ideas in the next six months with my producer, so I don’t know exactly it will be like this and like this and like this—I will just for the time being now, understand what exactly what I can release and people will accept. This is something also very much related with the people. When you want to do something, you also want the people to like it, not to tell the people you are doing is OK.

SLM: I guess that is a matter of maybe feeling, when you’re performing, what songs people tend to respond to?

JI: Yes, of course, if there is no feeling for the music, don’t do it. It has to have something inside, something that is attractive, for you, too. The passion of the life of an artist—if there is no passion there, it doesn’t feel like anything.

SLM: So if you had three or four songs you’d love to do someday, maybe not for this album neccesarily, what would they be?

JI: When you go to that class of music that is already made for another artist, you have to be very careful. Like Nat King Cole, or any major artist, when they sing their songs, it is a masterpiece, you cannot do anything to it, because it’s already there. So you have to be careful. There is also another class of songs, it is a music that is sometimes a great song, but the artist doesn’t have a big faith, because they did only one song, it doesn’t have the character of the artist. So that kind of music you can take and think about, but it’s not so easy sometimes. Writing, you have to write songs in the language that is your maternal language. And that is not so easy. But I will try to do an album that at least my kids love! (Laughs.)

SLM: That’s right, your son [Enrique Iglesias], is performing now, too…

JI: Exactly! I have a son who performs very well, by the way.

SLM: It’s almost like you’re starting a dynasty.

JI: I don’t know about a dynasty! That might be too much. But my children are successful in many things.

(Source: http://stlmagblogs.typepad.com/looklisten/2009/12/qa-with-julio-iglesias.html )

Wendy Moten: Tis The Season

Wendy Moten has just released a Christmas album entitled "Tis The Season." In 2006, Wendy and Julio did a duet on the Target release of "Romantic Classics" on the song "Just Walk Away" which was the highest rated song according to fans on the julioiglesias.com web site poll. Wendy is currently on tour with Julio and the Christmas album offers fans a look into her solo work.

http://play.rhapsody.com/wendy-moten/tis-the-season/oh-holy-night

(Photo: Wendy Moten)

Article from the St. Louis Newspaper

By Daniel Durchholz
SPECIAL TO THE POST-DISPATCH
12/04/2009

Julio Iglesias can't have much to prove at this point. Over a career spanning 40 years, he's sold more than 300 million copies of the nearly 80 albums he's released in 14 languages. Among the world's most famous singers, he is regularly ushered in to meet heads of state and royalty in the countries he visits.

So at 66 years of age, with eight children and four homes to occupy his time, what keeps the Spanish singer going? "I'm an artist who goes on the stage and the passion is there," Iglesias said in a recent phone interview. "I can't survive without singing. Physically, maybe, but psychologically, no, if I would not be on the stage. The stage for me is a way to accelerate my blood and my brains and become a completely new person every day."Among Iglesias' many hits, some of which he'll perform tonight at Powell Hall, are "El Amor," "De Nina a Mujer," "Manuela," "Me Olvide de Vivir" and his English language breakthrough, "To All the Girls I've Loved Before," a duet with Willie Nelson.

"That was a lucky time in my life," Iglesias said about recording with Nelson. "I never expected the success we had. And he helped me so much, because he's a very generous person. I really appreciated very much that he gave me the time to learn the song, to learn the language. It was one of the first times that I sang a song in English. After that, the way in America was a little less difficult." Iglesias parlayed that hit into other genre-breaking duets with Stevie Wonder, Sting, Frank Sinatra and Diana Ross. "I learned from them … everything," he said.

With all the travel in his life lately, Iglesias hasn't taken the time to record a new English language album since "Romantic Classics" in 2006. He admits that part of the delay is hesitation over finding the right material. "It's not easy after 40 years to really choose the right thing," he said. "You get very confused. Now it's even more difficult." For a song to be right for him, Iglesias said, he needs to be jealous that he didn't write it himself. "It has to be something that I really mean when I sing," he said. "It has to be a song that goes to my brain and my heart. And sometimes I'm wrong. Many times I'm wrong."

A new album may come when he's done touring. But for now, Iglesias is too busy thinking about things in his immediate future."I think that when you establish an achievement, you should also try to dream a little," he said. "I find that if I stop thinking about the future, I live in the past. The past is beautiful — I sold records, I've been all over the world. "But the idea to do something new, it makes my commitment — with my music, with the people, with my passion for life — new every day."

(Source: http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/entertainment/stories.nsf/music/story/1C82BC5ED422E55E86257680006BEFA8?OpenDocument)

Merrillville, IN- CANCELLED

JULIO IGLESIAS CANCELS STAR PLAZA CONCERT

Singer Julio Iglesias has cancelled his weekend concert scheduled for 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6.

Star Plaza Theatre Publicist Monica Montella Helm announced the cancellation late Tuesday, explaining the reason was: "Due to an issue regarding the documentation of international musicians."

She said refunds for tickets, which were $45, will be made to ticketholders at the place of purchase.

The engagement was just one stop on the 66-year-old singer's new world tour celebrating his 40-year career.

In just the past few months, Iglesias has previously sold-out shows in Russia, Italy and New York.

Following his Merrillville engagement, Iglesias told The Times in an telephone interview his tour was scheduled for dates in Australia and New Zealand.

The first time Iglesias ever performed at Star Plaza Theatre was in 1987, along with later dates in 1993 and 1995.

For further information call (800) 745-3000 or starplazatheatre.com

Iglesias still has passion on stage

Iglesias still has passion on stage

Thursday, November 26, 2009
BY IAN SPELLING
The Record

"Passion," Julio Iglesias says. "It's all about passion. I still have a passion for what I do, for singing, for entertaining. I love it, and I am honored that people still have a passion for listening to me."

Iglesias, it should be noted, is one of the world's most famous, most successful and most enduring artists and performers. To put the Spaniard's career in some perspective, he has released nearly 80 albums in 14 different languages and sold more than 300 million copies of those albums across the globe. At 66 years old, with homes in Miami, the Dominican Republic and Spain and with eight children, Iglesias surely doesn't need to keep working — or maybe he does, come to think of it — but there's just no stopping him.

He's on the road again and making an East Coast swing that will bring him to Englewood on Sunday. Celebrating his 40th anniversary in the business, Iglesias — who'll no doubt be decked out in his trademark black suit, vest and tie — will croon songs from a long list of English- and Spanish-language hits that includes "Mi Amor," "Can't Help Falling in Love," "De Nina a Mujer," "Me Olvide de Vivir," "All of You" and "To All the Girls I've Loved Before."

"It's an honor to return to the same cities, to the same [venues], because that means people still care, are still interested," Iglesias says, speaking by telephone from his Miami home on a rare day off, his voice and charm as silky-smooth as ever. "My blood runs at a different speed when I am with the people, with the public.

"All of the privileges I have in my life are because of the public. They give me those privileges. They understand my passion, and I understand that without singing I would be dead, psychically and physically. Passion is maybe the most beautiful feeling human beings can have. It is more than emotion."

Fans waiting for new material from Iglesias may find themselves waiting a long while. His most recent album, "Romantic Classics," was released in 2006, and Iglesias is in absolutely no rush to head back into a recording studio.

"People ask me every day, more and more, and the thing is, I don't know," he says. "I am going to be around the world in the next several months. Let me see, I will be in the United States through December and then in Australia, China, Japan, all of Asia, in February and March and April. So I don't know when I will get back to the studio.

"I don't feel like going to the studio now. I don't know what to do in the studio. To do an album you have to put your brain and your heart together for six months, completely, and I don't feel like that now. I feel it is time for me to go on the stage, to play all around the world. I love to play on the stage more and more."

(Source: http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/74374867.html)