Slightly scratchy, but mostly sensual, the voice of Spanish pop singer-guitarist-songwriter Alejandro Sanz has been known to woo crowds on this side of the Atlantic, too. Sanz plans to do it again in Costa Rica on Feb. 12, likely at the Ricardo Saprissa stadium in Tibás, a suburb north of San José, local media reported.
It's the same venue Madrid's heartthrob greeted screaming Ticas last time in the stop-off on his 2004 “No es lo mismo” (It's Not the Same) Tour.
This time Sanz rides in on “El tren de los momentos” (roughly “Train of Time”), the widely acclaimed album released November 2006 featuring stars Juanes, Shakira and Calle 13.
Sanz' Costa Rica visit could come fresh after winning the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album, to be announced Feb. 10.
His “Tren” is also scheduled to make a stop Feb. 14 in Caracas, Venezuela, though it remains to be seen if President Hugo Chávez will allow that. In October, Sanz inadvertently became a voice for the opposition when Chávez banned the Spanish pop singer from performing in a state-owned arena in Caracas for having criticizing the government.
Sanz' opinion of the Venezuelan president since seems to have worsened. During a recent concert in Miami, Fla., he reportedly brandished a t-shirt with the words “Chávez sucks” printed on it. |
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