The King Stays King (also known as Formula, Vol. 1 Tour) was a worldwide concert tour by American singer Romeo Santos. The tour was a promotion for his debut solo album, Formula, Vol. 1. On December 13, 2011, Santos announced that he would begin his initial leg of his solo tour on February 11, 2012, in the United States and ended on July 20, 2013, in Lima, Peru.
Madison Square Garden His first concert began with three consecutive shows at Madison Square Garden which all three became sold-out. During the concert at Madison Square Garden, Santos was accompanied by fellow bachata singer Prince Royce. For "Debate de 4", he had bachata musicians Luis Vargas and Antony Santos for one of the nights while the other nights had three men from the audience who were randomly selected to join Romeo Santos on the stage to sing the song. Raulín Rodríguez is also featured in the song but was not in any of the concerts. Usher made an appearance on the encore for the song "Promise" in which he is featured in. At the final concert in the Madison Square Garden, Santos was joined by American rapper P. Diddy for the song "Mi Corazoncito". The concerts at Madison Square Garden were recorded and later released as a live album and film titled The King Stays King: Sold Out at Madison Square Garden on November 6, 2012.
The US tour Following the concerts at Madison Square Garden, Santos continued his tour in Florida where he performed at the American Airlines Arena in Miami on March 1, 2012, and at the Amway Center in Orlando the following day. In the same month, he continued his US tour in Georgia, Massachusetts, Virginia, Illinois, Texas, California, and Arizona, and ended on March 25 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He also announced that the tour would be extended to Latin American countries.
The world tour Santos began his world tour on May 31, 2012, in Venezuela where he performed in seven cities in the country: Caracas, Valencia, Barquisimeto, San Cristóbal, Mérida, Maracaibo, and Puerto La Cruz. Following his performances in Venezuela, Santos performed at the Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile, on June 23, 2012, which drew 16,000 attendees. Santos continued to tour in South America where he performed two concerts in Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay where nearly 10,000 people attended the concert, and four concerts in Argentina. The concert at Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina, drew 25,000 people completely filling the capacity at the concert.
In October 2012, Santos performed two concerts in Spain at Madrid and at Barcelona. After his performances in Spain, the tour continued on to Central America where he performed in Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala. On October 26, 2012, Santos performed in Cali, Colombia, which was originally supposed to be shared with Puerto Rican reggaeton singer Don Omar. However, Omar could not attend due to breaches with his contract with Al Eventos, the company responsible for managing the event.
On December 15 and 22, 2012 Santos performed at the Estadio Olímpico in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where 50,000 people attended the concert.
Second leg of the tour The day before the concert in the Dominican Republic, Santos announced that he would start the second leg of the tour, which began on February 14, 2013, at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He perform two nights in a row the Coliseum. Two weeks later, Santos performed at the Movistar Arena in Chile. The second tour leg continued throughout the United States from March 22, 2013, in Newark, New Jersey, until April 26, 2013, in Hollywood, California. His last concerts of the tour in Latin America included shows six in cities in Mexico, one show in Panama and one in Lima, Peru which would officially end the tour on July 20, 2013.
Tour dates Date City Country Venue Leg 1 North AmericaFebruary 11, 2012New York CityUnited StatesMadison Square GardenFebruary 23, 2012February 24, 2012March 1, 2012MiamiAmerican Airlines ArenaMarch 2, 2012OrlandoAmway CenterMarch 4, 2012AtlantaPhilips ArenaMarch 7, 2012BostonAgganis ArenaMarch 9, 2012FairfaxPatriot CenterMarch 13, 2012RosemontAllstate ArenaMarch 15, 2012HoustonToyota CenterMarch 16, 2012Grand PrairieVerizon Theatre at Grand PrairieMarch 20, 2012San JoseHP PavilionMarch 21, 2012Los AngelesStaples CenterMarch 23, 2012GlendaleJobing.com ArenaMarch 24, 2012San DiegoValley View Casino CenterMarch 25, 2012Las VegasThe JointApril 26, 2012Atlantic CityTrump Taj Mahal South AmericaMay 31, 2012CaracasVenezuelaTerraza del C.C.C.T.June 1, 2012June 2, 2012ValencíaForum de ValenciaJune 3, 2012BarquisimetoComplejo Ferial BicentenarioJune 8, 2012MaracaiboPalacio de EventosJune 9, 2012San CristóbalPlaza de TorosJune 12, 2012Puerto OrdazPolideportivo CachamayJune 13, 2012Puerto La CruzEstadio José Antonio AnzoáteguiJune 15, 2012CurazaoKleine WerfJune 19, 2012Buenos AiresArgentinaLuna ParkJune 20, 2012June 22, 2012CoquimboChileEstadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez RumorosoJune 23, 2012SantiagoArena MovistarJuly 25, 2012LimaPeruEstadio Monumental "U"July 27, 2012GuayaquilEcuadorTeatro Feria de DuránJuly 28, 2012QuitoColiseo General RumiñahuiAugust 1, 2012AsunciónParaguayJockey ClubAugust 3, 2012Buenos AiresArgentinaLuna ParkAugust 4, 2012August 7, 2012RosarioTeatro Broadway EuropeAugust 12, 2012AmsterdamNetherlandsHeineken Music Hall South AmericaOctober 4, 2012BogotáColombiaJaime Duque ParkOctober 5, 2012ManizalesEstadio PalograndeOctober 6, 2012MedellínEstadio Atanasio Girardot EuropeOctober 11, 2012MadridSpainPalacio VistalegreOctober 12, 2012BarcelonaBadalona Arena North AmericaOctober 17, 2012TegucigalpaHondurasColiseo Nacional de IngenierosOctober 19, 2012San SalvadorEl SalvadorEstadio Jorge "Mágico" GonzálezOctober 20, 2012Guatemala CityGuatemalaMundo EDecember 15, 2012Santo DomingoDominican RepublicEstadio Olímpico Félix SánchezDecember 22, 2012Leg 2 North AmericaFebruary 14, 2013San JuanPuerto RicoJosé Miguel Agrelot ColiseumFebruary 15, 2013 South AmericaFebruary 26, 2013SantiagoChileMovistar ArenaMarch 2, 2013Buenos AiresArgentinaEstadio G.E.B.A. North AmericaMarch 22, 2013NewarkUnited StatesPrudential CenterMarch 24, 2013BostonAgganis ArenaMarch 27, 2013HollywoodHard Rock LiveMarch 28, 2013OrlandoAmway CenterMarch 30, 2013FairfaxPatriot CenterApril 4, 2013San AntonioAT&T CenterApril 5, 2013Grand PrairieVerizon Theatre at Grand PrairieApril 6, 2013HoustonToyota CenterApril 7, 2013HidalgoState Farm ArenaApril 9, 2013El PasoEl Paso County ColiseumApril 10, 2013PhoenixComerica TheatreApril 12, 2013AnaheimHonda CenterApril 13, 2013FresnoSave Mart CenterApril 14, 2013Las VegasThe JointApril 18, 2013RosemontAllstate ArenaApril 20, 2013DuluthArena at Gwinnett CenterApril 26, 2013Atlantic CityTrump Taj MahalApril 28, 2013UniondaleNassau Veterans Memorial ColiseumMay 5, 2013HollywoodHard Rock LiveJune 21, 2013AcapulcoMexicoForum de Mundo ImperialJune 22, 2013ChapultepecNational AuditoriumJune 23, 2013ZapopanTelmex AuditoriumJune 26, 2013ChapultepecNational AuditoriumJune 28, 2013TijuanaPlaza de Toros MonumentalJune 30, 2013MeridaCentro de Espectáculos Jardín Carta ClaraJuly 18, 2013Panama CityPanamaEstadio Nacional South AmericaJuly 20, 2013LimaPeruEstadio de San Marcos
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