Tour band

The tour band consisted of:^[1]

• Alex Ligertwood – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Carlos Santana – lead guitar, percussion, vocals
• Richard Baker – keyboards
• David Margen – bass guitar
• Graham Lear – drums
• Armando Peraza – congas, percussion, vocals
• Raul Rekow – congas, bongos, percussion, vocals
• Orestes Vilató – timbales, percussion

Set list

This set list is representative of the show on July 1.^[2] It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

1. "Hannibal" (Alex Ligertwood, Alan Pasqua, Raul Rekow, Carlos Santana)
2. "All I Ever Wanted" (Ligertwood, Santana, Chris Solberg)
3. "Tales of Kilimanjaro" (Pasqua, Armando Peraza, Rekow, Santana)
4. "Black Magic Woman" (Peter Green)
5. "Gypsy Queen" (Gábor Szabó)
6. "Oye Como Va" (Tito Puente)
7. "Just in Time to See the Sun" (Gregg Rolie, Santana, Michael Shrieve)
8. "Incident at Neshabur" (Alberto Gianquinto, Santana)
9. "Lightning in the Sky" (Santana, Solberg)
10. "Aqua Marine" (Pasqua, Santana)
11. "Savor" (José Areas, David Brown, Michael Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
12. "Jin-go-lo-ba" (Babatunde Olatunji)
13. "You Just Don't Care" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
14. "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" (Tom Coster, Santana)
15. "Well All Right" (Norman Petty, Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Joe B. Mauldin)
16. "Runnin" (David Margen)
17. "Soul Sacrifice" (Santana, Rolie, Brown, Marcus Malone)
18. "Open Invitation" (Santana, Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter, Greg Walker, Margen)
19. "Samba Pa Ti" (Santana)
20. "She's Not There" (Rod Argent)
21. "Transcendance" (Santana)
22. "Shake Your Moneymaker" (Elmore James)
23. "Evil Ways" (Clarence "Sonny" Henry)

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Tour band

The tour band consisted of:^[1]

• Alex Ligertwood – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Carlos Santana – lead guitar, percussion, vocals
• Richard Baker – keyboards
• David Margen – bass guitar
• Graham Lear – drums
• Armando Peraza – congas, percussion, vocals
• Raul Rekow – congas, bongos, percussion, vocals
• Orestes Vilató – timbales, percussion

Set list

The tour lasted from July 30, 1980, at the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, to September 13, 1980, at the Hearst Greek Theatre in Berkeley, California. Taken from September 5, a common set list was as follows:^[4]

1. "All I Ever Wanted" (Alex Ligertwood, Carlos Santana, Chris Solberg)
2. "Incident at Neshabur" (Alberto Gianquinto, Santana)
3. "Tales of Kilimanjaro" (Alan Pasqua, Armando Peraza, Raul Rekow, Santana)
4. "Black Magic Woman" (Peter Green)
5. "Gypsy Queen" (Gábor Szabó)
6. "Lightning in the Sky" (Santana, Solberg)
7. "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" (Tom Coster, Santana)
8. "Savor" (José Areas, David Brown, Michael Carabello, Gregg Rolie, Santana, Michael Shrieve)
9. "Jin-go-lo-ba" (Babatunde Olatunji)
10. "Well All Right" (Norman Petty, Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Joe B. Mauldin)
11. "Runnin" (Margen)
12. "Soul Sacrifice" (Santana, Rolie, Brown, Marcus Malone)
13. "Concierto de Aranjuez" (Joaquín Rodrigo)
14. "Open Invitation" (Santana, Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter, Greg Walker, David Margen)
15. "She's Not There" (Rod Argent)
16. "Transcendance" (Santana)
17. "Whole Lotta Love" (John Bonham, Willie Dixon, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant)
18. "Evil Ways" (Clarence "Sonny" Henry)

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History

Santana spent 1981 promoting Zebop! by touring in North America, Europe, and Asia. As well as playing at sporting venues and theaters, the group performed at nightclubs. The group started the year off with a huge 76-show tour of North America, followed by a brief tour of Japan with Masayoshi Takanaka. The band then flew to the United States to do seven concerts in California, and a tour of Europe soon followed. After the European tour concluded, the group opened for the Rolling Stones at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, in December.

During the Japanese tour, after visiting the Zōjō-ji temple in Tokyo, Carlos Santana's wife Deborah confessed to him that in early 1976, their guru Sri Chinmoy asked her to get an abortion.^[13] Carlos was saddened by this news, and they both parted ways with Chinmoy.^[14][15] Deborah's sister Kitsaun King also left the guru's path, and Dipti Nivas, a restaurant in San Francisco the Santanas helped create in September 1973, was sold.^[16]

Live releases

Live material from 1981 has appeared on the following:

• The band's concert on July 4 at the Cape Cod Coliseum in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts, was broadcast nationwide on radio^[17] and subsequently became a popular bootleg recording.
• "I Love You Much Too Much" from the show of August 12 at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles was featured on the 1988 video Viva Santana! An Intimate Conversation With Carlos Santana.

Tour band

• Alex Ligertwood – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Carlos Santana – lead guitar, percussion, vocals
• Richard Baker – keyboards
• David Margen – bass guitar
• Graham Lear – drums
• Armando Peraza – congas, percussion, vocals
• Raul Rekow – congas, bongos, percussion, vocals
• Orestes Vilató – timbales, percussion

Reception

The concert on July 1 at Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo was given a positive review by Billboard.^[18]

Set list

An average set list of this tour is as follows:^[19]

1. "All I Ever Wanted" (Alex Ligertwood, Carlos Santana, Chris Solberg)
2. "Primera Invasion" (Graham Lear, David Margen, Alan Pasqua, Santana)
3. "Searchin'" (Ligertwood, Santana, Solberg)
4. "Tales of Kilimanjaro" (Pasqua, Armando Peraza, Raul Rekow, Santana)
5. "Black Magic Woman" (Peter Green)
6. "Gypsy Queen" (Gábor Szabó)
7. "Well All Right" (Norman Petty, Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Joe B. Mauldin)
8. "E Papa Ré" (Santana, Richard Baker, Margen, Orestes Vilató, Ligertwood)
9. "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" (Tom Coster, Santana)
10. "Savor" (José Areas, David Brown, Michael Carabello, Gregg Rolie, Santana, Michael Shrieve)
11. "Jin-go-lo-ba" (Babatunde Olatunji)
12. "Incident at Neshabur" (Alberto Gianquinto, Santana)
13. "Body Surfing" (Santana, Ligertwood)
14. "Soul Sacrifice" (Santana, Rolie, Brown, Marcus Malone)
15. "Runnin" (Margen)
16. "Open Invitation" (Santana, Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter, Greg Walker, Margen)
17. "She's Not There" (Rod Argent)
18. "The Sensitive Kind" (J.J. Cale)
19. "American Gypsy" (Russ Ballard, Lear, Ligertwood)
20. "Shake Your Moneymaker" (Elmore James)

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Live releases

Live material from this tour has appeared on the following releases:

• "All I Ever Wanted", "Black Magic Woman" and "Gypsy Queen" from August 20, 1982, at the Altos de Chavón Amphitheater in La Romana, Dominican Republic were featured on the 1988 video Viva Santana! An Intimate Conversation With Carlos Santana.
• The band's entire concert on September 4, 1982, as a part of the US Festival was released in 2019 as Santana: Live at US Festival.
• "Black Magic Woman", "Gypsy Queen" and "Oye Como Va" on the 1988 compilation album Viva Santana! are from September 22, 1982, at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Canada.
• "Abi Cama", "Vilató" and "Paris Finale" from April 18, 19 or 20, 1983, at Grande Nef de l'Île-des-Vannes in Saint-Ouen, France, also appear on Viva Santana!.

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Tour band

• Greg Walker – lead vocals, percussion
• Carlos Santana – guitar, percussion, vocals
• Tom Coster – keyboards
• Chester D. Thompson – keyboards
• Keith Jones – bass guitar
• Graham Lear – drums
• Armando Peraza – congas, percussion
• Raul Rekow – congas, bongos, percussion, backing vocals
• Orestes Vilató – timbales, percussion

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The tour itinerary consisted of:^[48]

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Live releases

Live material from this tour has appeared on the following releases:

• "Super Boogie" and "Hong Kong Blues" on the 1988 compilation album Viva Santana! are from July 14, 1985, at the Agora Ballroom in West Hartford, Connecticut.
• "Open Invitation" and "She's Not There" from the second show on August 9, 1985, at the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco were also featured on Viva Santana!.
• "She's Not There" and "Savor" from the same show at the Warfield were released on the 1988 video Viva Santana! An Intimate Conversation With Carlos Santana.

Tour band

• Alex Ligertwood – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (through May 1986)^[51]
• Buddy Miles – lead vocals (beginning May 1986)^[51]
• Carlos Santana – lead guitar, percussion, vocals
• Chester D. Thompson – keyboards
• Sterling Crew – keyboards (from April 1985 to May 1986)^[52][51]
• Tom Coster – keyboards (beginning May 1986)^[51]
• Alphonso Johnson – bass guitar
• Greg Walker – lead vocals, percussion (through May 1986)^[51]
• Graham Lear – drums
• Raul Rekow – congas, bongos, percussion, backing vocals
• Armando Peraza – congas, percussion
• Orestes Vilató – timbales, percussion

Reception

The concerts on October 31, 1984, at The Ritz in New York City were given a positive review by Billboard.^[53] The band's set at the Crack Down! concert in Madison Square Garden on October 31, 1986, was given a mostly positive review. In a review for The New York Times, Jon Pareles said that the band's new vocalist, Buddy Miles, "did not do much with the songs, but he delivered an impassioned version of his own 'Them Changes'." He also added that the band "worked up a percussive momentum during instrumental sections, particularly the climactic 'Black Magic Woman'".^[54]

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History

In 1987, Santana did a long world tour promoting Freedom, their tenth international tour since 1970. Aside from visiting countries they have never visited before, such as East Berlin, the band did two shows in war-torn Israel on April 29 and 30. The concert at the Sultan's Pool in Jerusalem on the 29th attracted at least 10,000 Jewish and Arab fans. Lead guitarist Carlos Santana's highlight of the tour was on July 4 at the Izmailovo Stadium in Moscow, Russia, where the band, alongside James Taylor, the Doobie Brothers, Bonnie Raitt and more, played to more than 25,000 Russians, the band's first show in Russia.^[71]

On the night of September 11, 1987, at the Sunrise Musical Theater in Sunrise, Florida, bass player Jaco Pastorius sneaked onstage before being kicked out by the theater's security team. He then made his way to the Midnight Bottle Club in Wilton Manors, Florida, where he ended up in a fight with Luc Havan, the club's manager, after reportedly kicking in a glass door, having been refused entry to the club. As a result of his injuries, he died on September 21, 1987, at the age of 35 at Broward General Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale.^[72]

Live releases

Live material from 1987 has appeared on the following releases:

• Crowd shots from the concert on July 4 at the Izmailovo Stadium in Moscow were used for the 1988 video Viva Santana! An Intimate Conversation With Carlos Santana.

Tour band

• Alex Ligertwood – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Buddy Miles – lead vocals (through July)
• Carlos Santana – lead guitar, percussion, vocals
• Chester D. Thompson – keyboards
• Alphonso Johnson – bass guitar
• Graham Lear – drums
• Raul Rekow – congas, bongos, percussion, backing vocals
• Armando Peraza – congas, percussion
• Orestes Vilató – timbales, percussion

Set list

A typical set list of this tour was as follows (a song not followed by the writer indicates that the writer of the song is unknown):^[73]

1. "The Beat of My Drum" (Babatunde Olatunji)
2. "Veracruz" (Jeffrey Cohen, Buddy Miles, Gregg Rolie, Carlos Santana)
3. "Primera Invasion" (Graham Lear, David Margen, Alan Pasqua, Santana)
4. "Open Invitation" (Santana, Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter, Greg Walker, Margen)
5. "She's Not There" (Rod Argent)
6. "One"
7. "Incident at Neshabur" (Alberto Gianquinto, Santana)
8. "Body Surfing" (Santana, Alex Ligertwood)
9. "Songs of Freedom" (Tom Coster, Miles, Santana)
10. "Savor" (José Areas, David Brown, Michael Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Michael Shrieve)
11. "Cavatina" (Stanley Myers)
12. "Black Magic Woman" (Peter Green)
13. "Gypsy Queen" (Gábor Szabó)
14. "Oye Como Va" (Tito Puente)
15. "Evil Ways" (Clarence "Sonny" Henry)
16. "Jin-go-lo-ba" (Babatunde Olatunji)
17. "Once It's Gotcha" (Cohen, Coster, Alphonso Johnson)

Encore

18. "The Healer" (John Lee Hooker, Roy Rogers, Santana, Chester Thompson)
19. "By the Pool"
20. "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" (Coster, Santana)
21. "Right Now" (Ligertwood, Santana)

Second Encore

22. "Soul Sacrifice" (Santana, Rolie, Brown, Marcus Malone)
23. "Deeper, Dig Deeper" (Sterling Crew, Miles, Santana, Thompson)

Tour dates

The tour itinerary consisted of:^[74]

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Tour band

Known as "the Promise Band", the tour band was:^[81]

• Carlos Santana – guitar, percussion, vocals
• Chester D. Thompson – keyboards, vocals
• Alphonso Johnson – bass guitar
• Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums
• José Areas – timbales, congas, percussion
• Armando Peraza – percussion, vocals

Set list

The tour lasted from April 29, 1988, at the Orpheum in Vancouver, Canada to May 17, 1988, at the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona. An average set list of this tour was as follows:^[82]

1. "Bailando/Aquatic Park" (Carlos Santana, Chester D. Thompson, Orestes Vilató)
2. "Bella" (Sterling Crew, Santana, Thompson)
3. "Smooth Criminal" (Michael Jackson)
4. "The Healer" (John Lee Hooker, Roy Rogers, Santana, Chester Thompson)
5. "Wayne I" (Wayne Shorter)
6. "Super Boogie"
7. "Hong Kong Blues" (Hoagy Carmichael)
8. "Wonderful Combination"
9. "Savor" (José Areas, David Brown, Michael Carabello, Gregg Rolie, Santana, Michael Shrieve)
10. "Goodness and Mercy" (Santana, Thompson)
11. "'Trane" (Santana)
12. "Cavatina" (Stanley Myers)
13. "Cloud Nine" (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong)
14. "Blues for Salvador" (Santana, Thompson)

Encore

15. "Mandela" (Armando Peraza)
16. "Tryin' Again" (Leon "Ndugu" Chancler)
17. "Hannibal" (Alex Ligertwood, Alan Pasqua, Raul Rekow)
18. "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" (Tom Coster, Santana)
19. "Deeper, Dig Deeper" (Crew, Buddy Miles, Santana, Thompson)

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Live releases

Live material from this tour has appeared on the following releases:

• "Blues for Salvador" from the show on September 17, 1988, at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, was featured on the 1988 video Viva Santana! An Intimate Conversation With Carlos Santana.

Tour band

• Gregg Rolie – lead vocals, organ, keyboards (through April 1989)
• Alex Ligertwood – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (beginning April 1989)
• Carlos Santana – lead guitar, percussion, vocals
• Chester D. Thompson – keyboards, vocals
• Alphonso Johnson – bass guitar (through September 1989)
• Keith Jones – bass guitar (beginning September 1989)
• Michael Shrieve – drums (through April 1989)
• Walfredo Reyes Jr. – drums (beginning April 1989)
• José Areas – timbales, congas, percussion (through September 1989)
• Armando Peraza – congas, percussion, vocals

Set list

A typical set list of this tour was as follows:^[87]

1. "Mandela" (Armando Peraza)
2. "Batuka" (José Areas, David Brown, Michael Carabello, Gregg Rolie, Michael Shrieve)
3. "No One to Depend On" (Carabello, Coke Escovedo, Rolie, Willie Bobo, Melvin Lastie)
4. "For Those Who Chant" (Luis Gasca)
5. "The Healer" (John Lee Hooker, Roy Rogers, Carlos Santana, Chester Thompson)
6. "Smooth Criminal" (Michael Jackson)
7. "Taboo" (Areas, Rolie)
8. "Black Magic Woman" (Peter Green)
9. "Gypsy Queen" (Gábor Szabó)
10. "Oye Como Va" (Tito Puente)
11. "Se Acabó" (Areas)
12. "Incident at Neshabur" (Alberto Gianquinto, Santana)
13. "Savor" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
14. "Goodness and Mercy" (Santana, Thompson)
15. "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" (Tom Coster, Santana)
16. "Everybody's Everything" (Santana, Milton Brown, Tyrone Moss)
17. "Cavatina" (Stanley Myers)
18. "Toussaint L'Overture" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Shrieve, Santana)
19. "Once It's Gotcha" (Jeffrey Cohen, Coster, Alphonso Johnson)

Encore

20. "Soul Sacrifice" (Santana, Rolie, Brown, Marcus Malone)

Second Encore

21. "Deeper, Dig Deeper" (Sterling Crew, Buddy Miles, Santana, Thompson)

Tour dates

The tour dates were as follows:^[88][89]

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