Santiago Cruz Announces “After the Storm Tour” in the United States

MIAMI.- The Colombian singer-songwriter, nominated for a Latin Grammy, Santiago Cruz has had a productive 2023: following the release of his new album, Nine, and in the middle of his tour of Latin America, the interpreter announced that he will arrive in the United States in five months to present After the Storm Tour. Tour with which he plans to perform nine concerts in different states of the country and where Florida says it will be present on October 26 and 28 in Pinecrest and Tampa, respectively.

“I am doing this tour with great enthusiasm because there are many cities that we will visit for the first time… and the first times are so exciting; the truth is that this has us with this smile, which I know will last until we finish the tour”, said the artist in an exclusive interview with DIARIO LAS AMÉRICAS.

In addition to the illusion, Santiago Cruz is also experiencing some anxiety, since in said meeting he assured that he has already received a response from the public residing in the country. “There is a lot of anxiety, I don’t know whether to call it nerves, but anxiety to see where they are going to accompany us. We have received notifications on social networks from people who say: ‘I already have my ticket for Atlanta’, ‘I already have my ticket for New York…’ So, how wonderful to know that there are people who already have an illusion,” he said.

Con After the Storm Tourthe 47-year-old Colombian will have the opportunity to take his music to Atlanta, Pinecrest, Tampa, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Pittsburgh and Chicago for two weeks, but for the hit artist like And if you stay, what? y From afarFlorida will represent a reunion with the Latino culture.

“It is a city where we will surely have a Colombian, Venezuelan, Dominican, Ecuadorian public. It is a place where all the Latin American nationalities come together. So, surely at the concert you will believe that you will be in a Latin city because of the atmosphere we create, because of the humor that characterizes us, due to the impudence -well understood- that we Latinos have and hopefully so,” said Cruz, who assured that attendees will be able to enjoy a varied repertoire.

“Putting together a repertoire with nine albums ends up being a wonderful juggling exercise because there are songs from history that you know you have to play yes or yes because otherwise people are going to ask for their money back, and we know that for sure. But It is also a nice opportunity to show new songs, which end up being a pulse to mix songs from history with new songs,” he said. “One travels because in the end a concert and a record is that, a trip,” he added.

“We will never know when the storm is going to arrive”

After the storm part of one of the themes that make up Ninealbum with which Santiago Cruz focused on the power of memories through diverse sounds where he incorporated elements of pop, country, blues, bolero and son music with influences from artists such as Marcus King, Foy Vance, Nathaniel Ratcliff, Mumford & Sons, Julio Jaramillo and Ruben Blades.

“After the storm, you live with a lot of authentic capacity, with a lot of capacity for gratitude. To get through that storm -no matter how hard that learning has been- and looking forward with learning to live in the here and now. Really the message of the song and the tour is that we enjoy ourselves because we will never know when the storm will arrive and we will never know if after that storm we are going to hug the people we love again,” reflected the singer born in Ibagué.

“That song was written very recently after the pandemic… (at that time) I heard many stories of people who could not say goodbye to their loved ones and I began to think that there are many things that we must say and that we must get out of here (of the heart) because that makes you sick, that hurts; what is kept there stagnates and it is good to take it out and tell people. That was the lesson that I hope we can all have learned, “he added.

A After the storm another theme with which Santiago Cruz joined his voice with Andrés Cepeda is added: the great theater. The collaboration is infused with bohemian elements performed by both Colombians.

“Andrés is a man who has been a reference for me since the beginning of my career. I have had the opportunity that music and life have brought me closer to him in different situations. We have shared many stages and our audience enjoys seeing us together. For That’s why I was encouraged to invite him to this song and I was happy to see a man who was more and more generous, more willing, more dedicated to collaborating, more present in that collaboration -because there are times when you collaborate with someone and it seems that that person doesn’t care. likes to be there-, but with Andrés it was the opposite,” Cruz recalled.

These and many more songs can be enjoyed at their concerts in the United States from October 24 to November 7. Fans can purchase tickets through this link: linktr.ee/SantiCruz.