Julio and Wendy perform "All of You"
(Source: YouTube)
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Julio in Morocco
Julio Iglesias: Morocco's Music Reflects its Cultural Richness
Friday, May 21 2010 11:34
Rabat - "Moroccan music has its own and special rhythms and tones, which reflects the cultural richness of Morocco and the exuberance of its songs with high emotional load," Spanish pop star Julio Iglesias said.
In an exclusive interview with MAP, Julio Iglesias who will give a concert on May 23 as part of the Festival "Mawazine Rhythms of the World" (May 21-29), said he would like to make a song inspired by Moroccan music.
The Spanish star said he is happy to meet his fans in Morocco, a country he visited several times, without hiding his fascination for Rabat, "a beautiful city with very friendly population and lives music with passion and enthusiasm."
"I am looking forward to an unforgettable evening with the Moroccan public that I really like," he added.
"Sharing the stage with B.B. King, Elton John and other big stars, in an international festival such as Mawazine is a pleasure," he said.
Talking about his music career, Julio Iglesias said that the key to success is hard work, passion for music and perseverance, but also constancy which is very important.
"It's music that keeps me alive. To be on tour for six months a year requires to take care of yourself and to be fit in order to give the best of yourself to your fans," he said
"I do not know if I was influenced, I always tried to be myself, but I certainly admire great stars and learn from them," he said.
"Music is a gift that life has offered to me, and I am very grateful because at 20, I found myself half paralysed because of a car accident, that has changed my life altogether," he recalled.
"Music came into my life as the best therapy to overcome this ordeal, starting to play the guitar and to compose my first songs at the hospital," he added. His first song "La vida sigue igual" was born and awarded at the Festival of Benidorm, in Spain.
Concerning his upcoming works, Julio Iglesias said his next album will be a bit special as it will bring 135 of his best songs on five CDs, and it will be ready for this fall.
Julio Iglesias, who has more than 70 albums, was born September 23, 1943 in Madrid where he studied law.
Talented athlete, he fulfilled his dream by becoming a goalkeeper in Real Madrid. That dream was shattered when a terrible car accident left him half paralysed and unable to walk for almost two years.
During the 80s, the career of Julio reached the summits of fame. In 1983 he won first prize and the single song diamond ever awarded to an artist by the Guinness Book of Records for having sold as many records in different languages, unmatched by any other artist in history.
Friday, May 21 2010 11:34
Rabat - "Moroccan music has its own and special rhythms and tones, which reflects the cultural richness of Morocco and the exuberance of its songs with high emotional load," Spanish pop star Julio Iglesias said.
In an exclusive interview with MAP, Julio Iglesias who will give a concert on May 23 as part of the Festival "Mawazine Rhythms of the World" (May 21-29), said he would like to make a song inspired by Moroccan music.
The Spanish star said he is happy to meet his fans in Morocco, a country he visited several times, without hiding his fascination for Rabat, "a beautiful city with very friendly population and lives music with passion and enthusiasm."
"I am looking forward to an unforgettable evening with the Moroccan public that I really like," he added.
"Sharing the stage with B.B. King, Elton John and other big stars, in an international festival such as Mawazine is a pleasure," he said.
Talking about his music career, Julio Iglesias said that the key to success is hard work, passion for music and perseverance, but also constancy which is very important.
"It's music that keeps me alive. To be on tour for six months a year requires to take care of yourself and to be fit in order to give the best of yourself to your fans," he said
"I do not know if I was influenced, I always tried to be myself, but I certainly admire great stars and learn from them," he said.
"Music is a gift that life has offered to me, and I am very grateful because at 20, I found myself half paralysed because of a car accident, that has changed my life altogether," he recalled.
"Music came into my life as the best therapy to overcome this ordeal, starting to play the guitar and to compose my first songs at the hospital," he added. His first song "La vida sigue igual" was born and awarded at the Festival of Benidorm, in Spain.
Concerning his upcoming works, Julio Iglesias said his next album will be a bit special as it will bring 135 of his best songs on five CDs, and it will be ready for this fall.
Julio Iglesias, who has more than 70 albums, was born September 23, 1943 in Madrid where he studied law.
Talented athlete, he fulfilled his dream by becoming a goalkeeper in Real Madrid. That dream was shattered when a terrible car accident left him half paralysed and unable to walk for almost two years.
During the 80s, the career of Julio reached the summits of fame. In 1983 he won first prize and the single song diamond ever awarded to an artist by the Guinness Book of Records for having sold as many records in different languages, unmatched by any other artist in history.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Julio in Philadelphia
Thursday, July 15th
JULIO IGLESIAS
Philadelphia, PA
JULIO IGLESIAS
Philadelphia, PA
Ticket Information:
http://www.manncenter.org/events/2010-07-15/julio-iglesias
http://www.manncenter.org/events/2010-07-15/julio-iglesias
Friday, May 14, 2010
Julio in Chicago
Saturday, July 10
Julio Iglesias
The Chicago Theatre
Chicago, IL
08:00 PM
Chicago, IL
08:00 PM
tickets onsale 5/15 at 11:00 am
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Friday, April 30, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
His Passion is music
His passion is music
Singer Julio Iglesias has been making people happy since winning a song contest in the '60s
By John Berger
If I were one of Julio Iglesias' millions of female fans, I probably would have lost it -- maybe when the telephone rang precisely when his assistant had said he would be calling, maybe sometime during the interview. Or maybe I would have succeeded in tamping my feelings down, been as professional and matter-of-fact as possible while we were talking, then called my closest gal pal and let her eat her heart out.
But, hey, I'm a guy. I've respected Julio's talent and commercial success for years, but I'm still an entertainment writer with almost 40 years on the job. With that as perspective, I'll add that Julio was a great interview.
"I'm working at being alive," he said with a hearty laugh, responding to my opening question about the projects he's working on these days. He called from Argentina and was preparing to fly to Peru and the final shows of his South American tour.
That was more than a month ago. After several schedule changes, Iglesias will finally return to Honolulu for a one-nighter tomorrow at the Blaisdell Concert Hall. In the meantime he's delighted fans in the Philippines, China, Japan and Australia.
Entertaining international audiences isn't a problem for a man who has sold an estimated 300 million albums worldwide over the past 40 years. However, in addition to wowing audiences with his singing, he can also talk to them -- Iglesias speaks fluent English, French, Italian and Portuguese in addition to his native Spanish. He's also recorded individual songs in several other languages.
"It is not easy to record (in languages you don't speak), but you get to the culture of the people in its own way and they understand that you've made an effort," he said. "To sing in Chinese is not very easy for an Occidental, but it's OK because you explain yourself and you make people happy, and that's what it's all about in an artist's life."
Iglesias has been making people happy since the late 1960s, when he won a songwriting competition in Spain and was signed by the Spanish subsidiary of Columbia Records. Hits in several European countries followed, and he was already an international star when he moved to Florida and embarked on a successful campaign to break into the mainstream English-speaking American market.
He first made the American pop charts with "Amor," which reached No. 105 on Billboard's "Bubbling Under" chart in 1983. His breakthrough came less than a year later when his now iconic duet with Willie Nelson, "To All the Girls I've Loved Before," hit No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was certified platinum for sales of more than 2 million copies.
Iglesias recalled it as "an amazing situation -- a perfect combination in a way that was unusual."
"I am very grateful to Willie because he was patient enough to give me time to understand the English (lyrics) because I was not an English-speaking person at that time, and very grateful too because the song has character."
He volunteered that he doesn't feel that way about some of his other work. Iglesias said he made "mistakes" in some of the songs he chose -- his recent album "Romantic Classics," in particular -- but sees the mistakes as part of the learning process.
And, after more than 40 years as a recording artist, singing is still his passion.
"If I don't sing, am I going to wait for life to bring me to reconciliation with my past? No. The past is OK, but the future is much more interesting for me," he said. "The passion for me is music, and my passion for music is still alive -- I would say it is more alive than ever.
"If you lose your passion for your profession, you lose your passion for many things."
(Source: http://www.starbulletin.com/features/20100416_his_passion_is_music.html)
Singer Julio Iglesias has been making people happy since winning a song contest in the '60s
By John Berger
If I were one of Julio Iglesias' millions of female fans, I probably would have lost it -- maybe when the telephone rang precisely when his assistant had said he would be calling, maybe sometime during the interview. Or maybe I would have succeeded in tamping my feelings down, been as professional and matter-of-fact as possible while we were talking, then called my closest gal pal and let her eat her heart out.
But, hey, I'm a guy. I've respected Julio's talent and commercial success for years, but I'm still an entertainment writer with almost 40 years on the job. With that as perspective, I'll add that Julio was a great interview.
"I'm working at being alive," he said with a hearty laugh, responding to my opening question about the projects he's working on these days. He called from Argentina and was preparing to fly to Peru and the final shows of his South American tour.
That was more than a month ago. After several schedule changes, Iglesias will finally return to Honolulu for a one-nighter tomorrow at the Blaisdell Concert Hall. In the meantime he's delighted fans in the Philippines, China, Japan and Australia.
Entertaining international audiences isn't a problem for a man who has sold an estimated 300 million albums worldwide over the past 40 years. However, in addition to wowing audiences with his singing, he can also talk to them -- Iglesias speaks fluent English, French, Italian and Portuguese in addition to his native Spanish. He's also recorded individual songs in several other languages.
"It is not easy to record (in languages you don't speak), but you get to the culture of the people in its own way and they understand that you've made an effort," he said. "To sing in Chinese is not very easy for an Occidental, but it's OK because you explain yourself and you make people happy, and that's what it's all about in an artist's life."
Iglesias has been making people happy since the late 1960s, when he won a songwriting competition in Spain and was signed by the Spanish subsidiary of Columbia Records. Hits in several European countries followed, and he was already an international star when he moved to Florida and embarked on a successful campaign to break into the mainstream English-speaking American market.
He first made the American pop charts with "Amor," which reached No. 105 on Billboard's "Bubbling Under" chart in 1983. His breakthrough came less than a year later when his now iconic duet with Willie Nelson, "To All the Girls I've Loved Before," hit No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was certified platinum for sales of more than 2 million copies.
Iglesias recalled it as "an amazing situation -- a perfect combination in a way that was unusual."
"I am very grateful to Willie because he was patient enough to give me time to understand the English (lyrics) because I was not an English-speaking person at that time, and very grateful too because the song has character."
He volunteered that he doesn't feel that way about some of his other work. Iglesias said he made "mistakes" in some of the songs he chose -- his recent album "Romantic Classics," in particular -- but sees the mistakes as part of the learning process.
And, after more than 40 years as a recording artist, singing is still his passion.
"If I don't sing, am I going to wait for life to bring me to reconciliation with my past? No. The past is OK, but the future is much more interesting for me," he said. "The passion for me is music, and my passion for music is still alive -- I would say it is more alive than ever.
"If you lose your passion for your profession, you lose your passion for many things."
(Source: http://www.starbulletin.com/features/20100416_his_passion_is_music.html)
July Tour Dates
According to julioiglesias.com and ticketmaser, the July concerts have been removed from the schedule. Please check with the venue for additional information.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Julio returns to Las Vegas
Julio Iglesias
June 10, 11, 12
Las Vegas, NV
The Las Vegas Hilton
Ticket Info: 1-800-222-5361