Caravanserai Tour

The Caravanserai Tour was a series of performances by American Latin rock band Santana in support of their album Caravanserai during 1972 and 1973. It started on September 4, 1972, at the Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival in Griffin, Indiana, and ended on October 21, 1973 at Ginasio Municipal Novo in Brasília, Brazil. This tour could be considered to be the group's most eclectic tour at this point, as the band did concerts at every continent except Africa and Antarctica, including one of the first, if not the first, tours of Latin America by a major American rock act.

Caravanserai Tour

Tour by Santana
Associated album	Caravanserai
Start date	September 4, 1972 (1972-09-04)
End date	October 21, 1973 (1973-10-21)
Legs	7
No. of shows	90 in North America 25 in Europe 15 in Asia 12 in Oceania 12 in South America 154 in total (155 scheduled)
Santana concert chronology

The tour was the first and only tour to feature the group's second lineup, "The New Santana Band", consisting of guitarist Carlos Santana, percussionists Armando Peraza and José Areas, bassist Doug Rauch, drummer Michael Shrieve, and Tom Coster and Richard Kermode on keyboards. The group often performed material from Caravanserai along with other improvisations and covers.

Some concerts were recorded and filmed and released as albums and films. The shows on July 3 and 4, 1973 at the Osaka Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan in Osaka, Japan were released as the triple vinyl LP Lotus (1974). Select concerts during the tour's Latin American portion were filmed and incorporated into the documentary, Santana en Colores (1973).

History

On October 11, 1972, Santana released Caravanserai, a major turning point in Carlos Santana's career. The album aimed towards a more experimental jazz fusion sound, a contrast from the group's earlier releases. In the same year, Santana became interested in the jazz fusion outfit Mahavishnu Orchestra and its guitarist, John McLaughlin. Aware of Santana's interest in meditation, McLaughlin introduced Santana, and his girlfriend Deborah, to his guru, Sri Chinmoy in October. Later in the month, Chinmoy accepted the Santanas as disciples. Santana was given the name Devadip, meaning "the lamp, light and eye of God" in August 1973. Santana and McLaughlin recorded an album together, Love Devotion Surrender with members of Santana and the Mahavishnu Orchestra in 1973. After becoming a disciple of the guru, Santana got his hair cut short and he started to dress in white clothes.

Some time later, Santana, having obtained legal rights to the band's name, Santana, formed a new version of the band with renowned Latin jazz percussionist Armando Peraza and Nicaraguan percussionist José Areas, Doug Rauch on bass, Michael Shrieve on drums, and Tom Coster and Richard Kermode on keyboards. Dubbed "The New Santana Band", they toured North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania in support of Caravanserai, travelling in a Lockheed L-188 Electra airliner, which generated a lot of buzz in Australia.

At the start of the European tour of 1972, a press conference was held in the afternoon of November 4, 1972, before the concert at London's Empire Pool, where Santana answered questions about his new look and spiritual direction. His devotion to Chinmoy was evident during the press conference, as a picture of Jesus was perched on top of an amplifier next to a photo of the guru during the conference. The band followed this European tour with a North American tour lasting from December 1972 to June 1973. During April to June 1973, the group took a break to record their fifth studio album, Welcome. This album was much more experimental than Santana's previous albums, and did not produce any hit singles. Though the tour mainly promoted Caravanserai, songs from upcoming Santana albums were played during this tour, such as tracks from Welcome: "Going Home", "Samba de Sausalito", "When I Look into Your Eyes", "Yours Is the Light", "Light of Life", "Welcome", and "Mantra".

After the conclusion of the North American tour, an Asian tour started, where the group played in Japan, Hong Kong and Malaysia. The tour of Asia was followed by a tour of Australia and New Zealand. Another North American tour followed, and the group subsequently toured Latin America.

The tour of Latin America in late 1973 was announced around September 22, and it generated a lot of publicity as it was one of the first, if not the first, tour of Latin America by a major American rock act. When the group arrived at La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala on September 26, 1973, they were received by the daughter of President Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio and they answered questions by reporters. Later that day, the band did a benefit concert at Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores organized by First Lady Álida España and Vice President Eduardo Cáceres.

When the band landed at Las Mercedes Airport in Managua, Nicaragua on October 2, 1973, a swarm of fans mobbed the group when they were boarding their tour bus. Percussionist José Areas, who is Nicaraguan, was given a standing ovation by the crowd. Santana met up with former President Anastasio Somoza Debayle, while Areas privately traveled to León to see his family. At 8 p.m. on October 3, the group did a free benefit concert for victims of the 1972 Nicaragua earthquake at Estadio Nacional Somoza.

During October 6, 1973, at the Plaza de toros Monumental de Valencia in Valencia, Venezuela, two fans died at the concert, one man committed suicide by jumping from a tall structure located in the bullring, and a woman suffocated. In Caracas, there was a riot between the concert-goers and the police over the constant marijuana usage at the performance which resulted in hundreds of fans being detained and fifteen officials injuring themselves in the fight.

Tour band

• Leon Thomas – lead vocals, sound effects, percussion (beginning June 21, 1973)
• Carlos Santana – guitar, Echoplex, percussion, vocals
• Tom Coster – Yamaha organ, Hammond organ, electric piano, percussion, vocals
• Richard Kermode – Hammond organ, Mellotron, piano, electric piano, percussion, vocals
• Doug Rauch – bass guitar
• Michael Shrieve – drums
• José "Chepito" Areas – timbales, congas, percussion, vocals
• Armando Peraza – bongos, congas, percussion
• James "Mingo" Lewis – congas, percussion (through April 8, 1973)

Typical set lists

September–October 1972: First North American tour

A 16-date tour of North America started on September 4, 1972, at the Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival, held near Griffin, Indiana on Bull Island and ended on October 30, 1972 at the Academy of Music in New York City. This is a usual set list for this leg (actual set list taken from the October 15 Seattle show):

1. "A-1 Funk" (Carlos Santana, Tom Coster, Richard Kermode, Doug Rauch, Michael Shrieve, José Areas, Armando Peraza)
2. "Every Step of the Way" (Shrieve)
3. "Samba Pa Ti" (Santana)
4. "Look Up (To See What's Coming Down)" (Rauch, Gregg Rolie, Santana)
5. "Just in Time to See the Sun" (Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
6. "Incident at Neshabur" (Alberto Gianquinto, Santana)
7. "Bambele" (Areas, Peraza)
8. "Stone Flower" (Antônio Carlos Jobim)
9. "Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba)" (Airto Moreira)
10. "Castillos de Arena Part 1 (Sand Castle)" (Joaquim Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza, Chick Corea)
11. "Free Angela" (Todd Cochran)
12. "Mantra" (Coster, Santana, Shrieve)
13. "Castillos de Arena Part 2 (Sand Castle)" (Corea, Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
14. "Earth"
15. "Se Acabó" (Areas)
16. "Savor" (Areas, David Brown, Michael Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
17. "Toussaint L'Ouverture" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
18. "Welcome" (John Coltrane)
19. "La Fuente del Ritmo" (Mingo Lewis)

On the other hand, the concert on September 12, 1972 at the Keystone in Berkeley, California was very different from the usual set list, as more songs from Caravanserai were performed on this date. The set list for this performance was as follows:

1. "Eternal Caravanserai Of Reincarnation" (Tom Rutley, Neal Schon, Shrieve)
2. "Waves Within" (Rauch, Rolie, Santana)
3. "Look Up (To See What's Coming Down)" (Rauch, Rolie, Santana)
4. "Just in Time to See the Sun" (Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
5. "Incident at Neshabur" (Gianquinto, Santana)
6. "Se Acabó" (Areas)
7. "Bambele" (Areas, Peraza)
8. "Stone Flower" (Antônio Carlos Jobim)
9. "Batukada" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
10. "Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba)" (Airto Moreira)
11. "Castillos de Arena Part 1 (Sand Castle)" (Joaquim Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza, Corea)
12. "Free Angela" (Cochran)
13. "Castillos de Arena Part 2 (Sand Castle)" (Corea, Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
14. "Earth"
15. "La Fuente del Ritmo" (Lewis)
16. "Welcome" (Coltrane)
17. "Every Step of the Way" (Shrieve)

November–December 1972: First tour of Europe

The band started a European tour on November 4, 1972 at Empire Pool in London, England, concluding on December 5, 1972 at Philips Halle in Düsseldorf, West Germany. New additions to the set list include "Going Home", which opened every concert during the entire tour, and the instrumental "Samba Pa Ti". Here is a common set list for this leg (actual set list taken from the December 1 Rotterdam gig):

1. "Going Home" (Anton Dvorák; arranged by Alice Coltrane, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
2. "A-1 Funk" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
3. "Every Step of the Way" (Shrieve)
4. "Samba Pa Ti" (Santana)
5. "Look Up (To See What's Coming Down)" (Rauch, Rolie, Santana)
6. "Just in Time to See the Sun" (Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
7. "Incident at Neshabur" (Gianquinto, Santana)
8. "Bambele" (Areas, Peraza)
9. "Stone Flower" (Jobim)
10. "Batukada" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
11. "Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba)" (Moreira)
12. "Waiting" (Santana)
13. "Castillos de Arena Part 1 (Sand Castle)" (Joaquim Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza, Corea)
14. "Free Angela" (Cochran)
15. "Mantra" (Coster, Santana, Shrieve)
16. "Castillos de Arena Part 2 (Sand Castle)" (Corea, Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
17. "Earth"
18. "Se Acabó" (Areas)
19. "Savor" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
20. "Toussaint L'Ouverture" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)

December 1972–June 1973: Second tour of North America

A tour of North America began on December 9, 1972 at Loyola Field House in New Orleans, Louisiana and ended on June 21, 1973 at the Anchorage Sports Arena in Anchorage, Alaska. A new song, "Kyoto", was added to the set list. Here is a typical set list for this leg (actual set list taken from the January 30 San Diego show):

1. "Going Home" (Dvorák; arr.: Coltrane, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
2. "A-1 Funk" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
3. "Every Step of the Way" (Shrieve)
4. "Samba Pa Ti" (Santana)
5. "Look Up (To See What's Coming Down)" (Rauch, Rolie, Santana)
6. "Just in Time to See the Sun" (Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
7. "Incident at Neshabur" (Gianquinto, Santana)
8. "Bambele" (Areas, Peraza)
9. "Stone Flower" (Jobim)
10. "Batukada" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
11. "Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba)" (Moreira)
12. "Waiting" (Santana)
13. "Castillos de Arena Part 1 (Sand Castle)" (Joaquim Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza, Chick Corea)
14. "Free Angela" (Todd Cochran)
15. Concierto de Aranjuez (Joaquín Rodrigo)
16. "Mantra" (Coster, Santana, Shrieve)
17. "Kyoto" (Shrieve)
18. "Castillos de Arena Part 2 (Sand Castle)" (Corea, Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
19. "Earth"
20. "Se Acabó" (Areas)
21. "Savor" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
22. "Toussaint L'Ouverture" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)

June–July 1973: Asian tour

The group started their very first tour of Asia on June 27, 1973 at the Fukuoka Kyuden Kinen Gymnasium in Fukuoka, Japan and ended on July 19, 1973 at Stadium Negara in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A live album, Lotus, was recorded during this tour. The album's track listing is as follows:

1. "Going Home" (Dvorák; arr.: Coltrane, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
2. "A-1 Funk" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
3. "Every Step of the Way" (Shrieve)
4. "Black Magic Woman" (Peter Green)
5. "Gypsy Queen" (Gábor Szabó)
6. "Oye Como Va" (Tito Puente)
7. "Japan" (Hayashi, Matsuhima; arr.: Santana, Kermode, Shrieve, Rauch, Coster, Peraza, Areas)
8. "Bambele" (Areas, Peraza)
9. "Um Um Um" (Leon Thomas)
10. "Yours Is the Light" (Kermode)
11. "Batukada" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
12. "Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba)" (Moreira)
13. "Stone Flower (Introduction)" (Jobim)
14. "Waiting" (Santana)
15. "Castillos de Arena Part 1 (Sand Castle)" (Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza, Corea)
16. "Free Angela" (Cochran)
17. "Samba de Sausalito" (Areas)
18. "Mantra" (Coster, Santana, Shrieve)
19. "Kyoto" (Shrieve)
20. "Castillos de Arena Part 2 (Sand Castle)" (Corea, Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
21. "Light of Life" (Santana, Kermode, Coster)
22. "Se Acabó" (Areas)
23. "Samba Pa Ti" (Santana)
24. "Mr. Udo" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
25. "The Creator Has a Master Plan" (Thomas, Pharoah Sanders)
26. "Savor" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
27. "Conga Solo" (Peraza)
28. "Toussaint L'Ouverture" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
29. "Incident at Neshabur" (Gianquinto, Santana)

July–August 1973: Oceanic tour

The group's first tour of Oceania lasted from July 23, 1973 at Brisbane Festival Hall in Brisbane, Australia to August 8, 1973 at Christchurch Town Hall in Christchurch, New Zealand. No set list information exists of this leg, but the set lists were reportedly similar to the previous ones.

August–October 1973: Third North American tour

The band did another North American tour from August 12, 1973 at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey to October 3, 1973 at Estadio Nacional Somoza in Managua, Nicaragua. Mexican television crews taped the shows at the Auditorio de la Reforma in Puebla, Mexico on September 22–23, 1973. Here is a typical set list for this leg (actual set list taken from the August 12 Jersey City show):

1. "Going Home" (Dvorák; arr.: Coltrane, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
2. "A-1 Funk" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
3. "Every Step of the Way" (Shrieve)
4. "Black Magic Woman" (Green)
5. "Gypsy Queen" (Szabó)
6. "Oye Como Va" (Puente)
7. "Japan" (Hayashi, Matsuhima; arr.: Santana, Kermode, Shrieve, Rauch, Coster, Peraza, Areas)
8. "Bambele" (Areas, Peraza)
9. "Um Um Um" (Thomas)
10. "Yours Is the Light" (Kermode)
11. "Batukada" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
12. "Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba)" (Moreira)
13. "Stone Flower (Introduction)" (Jobim)
14. "Waiting" (Santana)
15. "Castillos de Arena Part 1 (Sand Castle)" (Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza, Corea)
16. "Free Angela" (Cochran)
17. "Samba de Sausalito" (Areas)
18. "Castillos de Arena Part 2 (Sand Castle)" (Corea, Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
19. "Light of Life" (Santana, Kermode, Coster)
20. "Se Acabó" (Areas)
21. "Mr. Udo" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
22. "The Creator Has a Master Plan" (Thomas, Sanders)
23. "Savor" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
24. "Toussaint L'Ouverture" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
25. "Samba Pa Ti" (Santana)
26. "Incident at Neshabur" (Gianquinto, Santana)

October 1973: Tour of South America

A series of shows in South America began on October 5, 1973 at Plaza de toros Monumental de Maracaibo in Maracaibo, Venezuela and ended on October 21, 1973 at Ginasio Municipal Novo in Brasília, Brazil. Here is a typical set list for this leg (actual set list taken from the October 19 São Paulo show):

1. "Going Home" (Dvorák; arr.: Coltrane, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
2. "A-1 Funk" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
3. "Every Step of the Way" (Shrieve)
4. "Black Magic Woman" (Green)
5. "Gypsy Queen" (Szabó)
6. "Oye Como Va" (Puente)
7. "Bambele" (Areas, Peraza)
8. "Um Um Um" (Thomas)
9. "Yours Is the Light" (Kermode)
10. "Batukada" (Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
11. "Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba)" (Moreira)
12. "Stone Flower (Introduction)" (Jobim)
13. "Waiting" (Santana)
14. "Castillos de Arena Part 1 (Sand Castle)" (Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza, Corea)
15. "Free Angela" (Cochran)
16. Concierto de Aranjuez (Rodrigo)
17. "Samba de Sausalito" (Areas)
18. "Castillos de Arena Part 2 (Sand Castle)" (Corea, Young, Santana, Coster, Kermode, Rauch, Shrieve, Areas, Peraza)
19. "Se Acabó" (Areas)
20. "Samba Pa Ti" (Santana)
21. "Savor" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)
22. "Toussaint L'Ouverture" (Areas, Brown, Carabello, Rolie, Santana, Shrieve)

Live releases

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

• The shows on July 3 and 4, 1973 at the Osaka Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan in Osaka, Japan were released as the triple vinyl LP Lotus.
• Fragments of shows from the Central and South American concerts of this tour were used in the 1973 concert film Santana en Colores.
• "Samba Pa Ti" from Santana en Colores, filmed on September 28, 1973 at Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda in San Salvador, El Salvador was released on the video Viva Santana! An Intimate Conversation With Carlos Santana in 1988.

Reception

During the band's first North American tour in 1972, it was reported that "the crowds were sparer than expected in a few spots than the last tour, but there were standing ovations in San Francisco and New York, and encores almost everywhere else." However, in a review for The Stanford Daily, reporter Don Tollefson gave their performance at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom on April 6, 1973 a poor review, saying that the talent of the members was underutilized, and one of the other acts on the bill, Focus, delivered a better performance than headliner Santana. Additionally, the band's shows in Venezuela and Colombia were negatively received by the media.

Tour dates

North American leg (September 4 – October 30, 1972)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue

Date	City	Country	Venue
September 4, 1972	Griffin	United States	Bull Island
September 12, 1972	Berkeley		Keystone Berkeley
October 4, 1972	San Francisco		Winterland Ballroom
October 5, 1972
October 6, 1972
October 7, 1972	Bakersfield		Bakersfield Civic Auditorium
October 8, 1972	Long Beach		Long Beach Arena
October 9, 1972	Los Angeles		Hollywood Palladium
October 11, 1972	Spokane		Spokane Coliseum
October 12, 1972	Edmonton	Canada	Edmonton Gardens
October 13, 1972	Calgary		Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
October 15, 1972	Seattle	United States	Hec Edmundson Pavilion
October 26, 1972	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
October 28, 1972	Cherry Hill		Cherry Hill Arena
October 29, 1972	Boston		Music Hall
October 30, 1972	New York City		Academy of Music

European leg (November 4 – December 5, 1972)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue

Date	City	Country	Venue
November 4, 1972 (2 shows)	London	England	Empire Pool
November 6, 1972	Munich	West Germany	Circus Krone Building
November 7, 1972	Münster		Halle Münsterland
November 8, 1972	Hamburg		Musikhalle Hamburg
November 9, 1972	West Berlin		Deutschlandhalle
November 11, 1972	Frankfurt		Festhalle Messe Frankfurt
November 12, 1972	Freiburg im Breisgau		Stadthalle Freiburg
November 15, 1972	Copenhagen	Denmark	Falkoner Teatret
November 16, 1972	Lund	Sweden	Akademiska Föreningens Stora Sal
November 17, 1972	Gothenburg		Scandinavium
November 18, 1972	Stockholm		Kungliga tennishallen
November 21, 1972 (2 shows)	Manchester	England	The Hardrock Concert Theatre
November 22, 1972 (2 shows)	Newcastle upon Tyne		Newcastle City Hall
November 23, 1972	Bournemouth		—
November 24, 1972
November 25, 1972	Montreux	Switzerland	Pavillon Montreux
November 28, 1972	Lyon	France	Palais d'Hiver
December 1, 1972	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Grote Zaal
December 3, 1972 (2 shows)	Amsterdam		Concertgebouw
December 4, 1972 (2 shows)	Paris	France	L'Olympia Bruno Coquatrix
December 5, 1972	Düsseldorf	West Germany	Philips Halle

North American leg (December 9, 1972 – June 21, 1973)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue

Date	City	Country	Venue
December 9, 1972	New Orleans	United States	Loyola Field House
December 10, 1972	Dallas		Dallas Memorial Auditorium
December 12, 1972	San Antonio		San Antonio Municipal Auditorium
December 13, 1972	Lubbock		Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
December 14, 1972	El Paso		El Paso County Coliseum
December 15, 1972	Tucson		Tucson Community Center
December 17, 1972	Honolulu		Honolulu International Center
January 18, 1973	Inglewood		The Forum
January 30, 1973	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
January 31, 1973	Phoenix		Phoenix Civic Plaza
February 2, 1973	Salt Lake City		Salt Palace
February 3, 1973	Denver		Denver Coliseum
February 6, 1973	Wichita		Henry Levitt Arena
February 7, 1973	Lincoln		Pershing Center
February 8, 1973	Madison		Dane County Coliseum
February 9, 1973	South Bend		Athletic & Convocation Center
February 10, 1973	DeKalb		Chick Evans Field House
February 11, 1973	Kansas City		Municipal Auditorium
February 13, 1973	Athens		Convocation Center
February 14, 1973	St. Louis		St. Louis Arena
February 15, 1973	Kent		Memorial Gym
February 16, 1973	Chicago		International Amphitheatre
February 17, 1973	Columbus		St. John Arena
February 19, 1973	Detroit		Cobo Arena
February 20, 1973	Toronto	Canada	Maple Leaf Gardens
February 21, 1973	Montreal		Montreal Forum
February 22, 1973	Utica	United States	Utica Memorial Auditorium
February 24, 1973 (2 shows)	Waterbury		Palace Theater
February 25, 1973	Baltimore		Baltimore Civic Center
February 26, 1973	Philadelphia		Spectrum
February 27, 1973	Springfield		Springfield Civic Center
March 5, 1973	Greensboro		Greensboro Memorial Coliseum
March 6, 1973	Knoxville		General James White Memorial Civic Coliseum
March 7, 1973	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum
March 8, 1973	Columbia		Carolina Coliseum
March 9, 1973	Hampton		Hampton Roads Coliseum
March 10, 1973	Richmond		Richmond Coliseum
March 11, 1973	Atlanta		Omni Coliseum
March 14, 1973	Cincinnati		Cincinnati Gardens
March 15, 1973	Louisville		Louisville Convention Center
March 16, 1973	Fort Wayne		Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
March 17, 1973	Toledo		Toledo Sports Arena
March 19, 1973	Bloomington		Metropolitan Sports Center
March 21, 1973	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum
March 23, 1973	Miami Beach		Convention Hall
March 24, 1973	Tampa		Tampa Stadium
March 25, 1973	Macon		Macon Coliseum
March 26, 1973	Jackson		Mississippi Coliseum
March 27, 1973	Little Rock		Barton Coliseum
March 28, 1973	Shreveport		Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
March 29, 1973	Tuscaloosa		Bryant Conference Center
March 30, 1973	Columbus		Municipal Auditorium
April 2, 1973	Houston		Hofheinz Pavilion
April 4, 1973	Albuquerque		University Arena
April 6, 1973	San Francisco		Winterland Ballroom
April 8, 1973	Berkeley		Berkeley Community Theatre
June 21, 1973	Anchorage		Anchorage Sports Arena

Asian leg (June 27 – July 19, 1973)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue

Date	City	Country	Venue
June 27, 1973	Fukuoka	Japan	Fukuoka Kyuden Kinen Gymnasium
June 28, 1973	Hiroshima		Yubin Chokin Hall
June 30, 1973	Nagoya		Nagoya Civic Assembly Hall
July 1, 1973
July 2, 1973	Osaka		Osaka Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan
July 3, 1973
July 4, 1973
July 5, 1973	Kyoto		Kyoto Kaikan
July 6, 1973	Tokyo		Nippon Budokan
July 7, 1973
July 10, 1973	Sapporo		Hokkaido Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan
July 11, 1973
July 15, 1973	Causeway Bay	Hong Kong	Lee Theatre
July 16, 1973
July 18, 1973	Jakarta	Indonesia	—
July 19, 1973	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Stadium Negara Malaysia

Australasian leg (July 23 – August 8, 1973)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue

Date	City	Country	Venue
July 23, 1973	Brisbane	Australia	Brisbane Festival Hall
July 25, 1973	Sydney		Hordern Pavilion
July 26, 1973
July 28, 1973	Adelaide		Apollo Stadium
July 29, 1973
July 30, 1973	Perth		Beatty Park Aquatic Centre
July 31, 1973
August 2, 1973	Melbourne		Festival Hall
August 3, 1973
August 5, 1973	Sydney		Hordern Pavilion
August 7, 1973	Auckland	New Zealand	Civic Theatre
August 8, 1973	Christchurch		Christchurch Town Hall

North American leg (August 12 – October 3, 1973)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue

Date	City	Country	Venue
August 12, 1973	Jersey City	United States	Roosevelt Stadium
August 15, 1973	Providence		Providence Civic Center
August 16, 1973	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 17, 1973	Hartford		Dillon Stadium
August 18, 1973	Fayetteville		Jaycee Fairgrounds
August 19, 1973	Philadelphia		Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center
September 21, 1973	Guadalajara	Mexico	—
September 22, 1973	Puebla		Auditorio de la Reforma
September 23, 1973
September 24, 1973	Mexico City		Teatro de los Insurgentes
September 26, 1973	Guatemala City	Guatemala	Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores
September 28, 1973 (2 shows)	San Salvador	El Salvador	Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda
September 29, 1973	San José	Costa Rica	Gimnasio Nacional Eddy Cortés
September 30, 1973	Panama City	Panama	Estadio Revolución
October 3, 1973	Managua	Nicaragua	Estadio Nacional Somoza

South American leg (October 5–21, 1973)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue

Date	City	Country	Venue
October 5, 1973	Maracaibo	Venezuela	Plaza de toros Monumental de Maracaibo
October 6, 1973	Valencia		Plaza de toros Monumental de Valencia
October 7, 1973	Caracas		Estadio Universitario de Caracas
October 9, 1973	Bogotá	Colombia	Coliseo Cubierto El Campín
October 11, 1973	Cali		Coliseo El Pueblo
October 14, 1973	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Teatro Metro
October 15, 1973			Estadio Luna Park
October 16, 1973			Estadio Gasómetro
October 18, 1973	Porto Alegre	Brazil	Ginásio do Gremio Portoalegrense
October 19, 1973	São Paulo		Ginásio Estadual Geraldo José de Almeida
October 20, 1973	Rio de Janeiro		Ginásio Gilberto Cardoso
October 21, 1973	Brasília		Ginasio Municipal Novo

Unknown dates

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue

Date	City	Country	Venue
1972	San Francisco	United States	The Boarding House

References

• "Santana to S. America". Billboard. September 22, 1973. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
• Santana, Deborah (2005). Space Between the Stars: My Journey to an Open Heart. Random House. ISBN 0-345-47126-1.
• "The Santana Electra - The Lockheed File". Adastron.com. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
• "From the Music Capitals of the World". Billboard. August 18, 1973. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
• "Santana on Tour". Billboard. February 10, 1973. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
• "Santanamigos. 1973". Santanamigos.pagesperso-orange.fr. Site contains pictures of concert tour posters and ticket stubs. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
• Galicia, Néstor (July 20, 2015). "Santana trajo su talento al país en 1973". Prensa Libre. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
• Antonio, Jose; Aguilar, Bonilla (October 2, 1973). "Locura colectiva por llegada de Santana". La Prensa. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
• "Santana Tour of 9 Nations". Billboard. October 27, 1973. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
• Allueva, Félix (October 1, 2013). "#MemoriaRock 1973 - Santana en Venezuela". Equilibrio.net. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
• Fenton, David (January 11, 1974). "Leon Thomas Joins With Santana". Ann Arbor Sun. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
• "Santana Concert Setlist at Hec Edmundson Pavilion, Seattle on October 15, 1972 | setlist.fm". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
• "Santana Concert Setlist at Keystone Berkeley, Berkeley on September 12, 1972 | setlist.fm". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
• "Santana Concert Setlist at De Doelen, Rotterdam on December 1, 1972 | setlist.fm". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
• "Santana Concert Setlist at San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego on January 30, 1973 | setlist.fm". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
• Davey, Matt (March 18, 2013). "Santana rocks Christchurch". Stuff. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
• "Auditorio de la Reforma, el escenario que renació de las cenizas". Wikipuebla.poblanerias.com. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
• "Santana Concert Setlist at Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City on August 12, 1973 | setlist.fm". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
• "Santana Concert Setlist at Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo on October 19, 1973 | setlist.fm". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
• Fong-Torres, Ben (December 7, 1972). "The Resurrection of Santana". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
• Tollefson, Don (April 10, 1973). "Santana Disappoints at Winterland". The Stanford Daily. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
• "Santanamigos. 1972". Santanamigos.pagesperso-orange.fr. Site contains pictures of concert tour posters and ticket stubs. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
• Fong-Torres, Ben (February 15, 1973). "The Rolling Stones A Smash at Nicaragua Benefit". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
• "Opening Acts for the Stones in 1973". Timeisonourside.com. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
• Santana, Carlos (2014). The Universal Tone: Bringing My Story to Light. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0-31624-492-3.

External links

• Santana Past Shows 1972 at Santana official website
• Santana Past Shows 1973 at Santana official website