Amor Prohibido Tour

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Amor Prohibido Tour
Selena performing at the Houston Astrodome in '95.
Tour by Selena
Associated album	Amor Prohibido
Start date	February 1994
End date	March 19, 1995
Selena tour chronology
Selena Live! Tour (1993-1994) Amor Prohibido Tour (1994-1995)

The Amor Prohibido Tour was the final concert tour by popular Latin-American singer, Selena, before she was shot and killed on March 31, 1995. After her "Amor Prohibido" tour she would be getting ready for her "Crossover"-tour that would be from late April 1995- until June 1995 in Texas, then around the U.S. in July 1995.

About the tour

The Amor Prohibido Tour was the final concert tour for Selena and her band "Los Dinos". The tour was the most successful tour by a Latin artist and performing more places than ever before. The tour was expected to last into mid 1995. Selena was scheduled for a mega televised concert on April 1, 1995 in Los Angeles, California Sports Arena. After the tour had finished, Selena had planned on releasing her crossover English language album Dreaming of You and going on tour to promote her English language album, with many songs on the tour from her previous albums. Selena also stated that while touring for the English album, she would also be in the studio recording her next upcoming Spanish language album.^[1]

Set list

1. "Amor Prohibido"
2. "Baila Esta Cumbia"
3. "Tus Desprecios"
4. "Cobarde"
5. "Techno Cumbia"
6. "La Carcacha"
7. "No Me Queda Mas"
8. "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom"
9. "Si Una Vez"
10. "El Chico Del Apartamento 512"
11. "Fotos Y Recuerdos"
12. "Ya Ves"
13. "Como La Flor"

The setlist for the tour was changed various times, but always began with "Amor Prohibido" and ended with "Como La Flor". The Disco Medley including "I Will Survive", "Funky Town", "The Hustle", "Last Dance", and "On The Radio" was only performed at the Houston Astrodome concert on February 26, 1995. The "Disco Medley" was supposed to be included on the future dates for the tour. The tour also included many songs that were requested by fans, such as “¿Qué Creias?”, "No Debes Jugar", "La Llamada", "Ven Conmigo", "Si La Quieres", and "Missing My Baby". Selena was noted to perform "Ya No" on selected dates, which is the only song from "Amor Prohibido" album not included in the main setlist.

As an example of how the setlist changed from city to city, below is the setlist Selena performed at her December 3, 1994 concert in San Antonio, Texas which also featured her 2nd fashion show displaying designs from her boutique Selena, Etc. She also came out on stage and performed the hit "Dondequiera Que Estes" with the Barrio Boyz as they opened the show along with Culturas.

1. "Dondequiera Que Estes(w/Barrio Boyz)"
2. "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom"
3. "Cobarde"
4. "Amor Prohibido/Baila Esta Cumbia"
5. "Cobarde"
6. "Ven Conmigo/Ya Ves"
7. "La Llamada/Si Una Ves"
8. "No Me Queda Mas"
9. "El Chico Del Apartamento 512"
10. "Cerca De Ti (performed by Fredy Correa)"
11. "Como La Flor/Fotos Y Recuerdos"
12. "Tus Desprecios/Si La Quieres"
13. "Techno Cumbia/La Carcacha"
14. "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom (w/Stephanie Lynn)"

When Selena performed at the Houston Astrodome on February 26, 1995, she drew the largest crowd in history of the Astrodome. The concert drew in a total of over 61,000 fans. Many of which have said it was Selena's best performance. The concert was noted as Selena's last performance, but it was really Selena's last televised concert. Selena's last performance was on March 18, 1995, which took place in San Antonio, Texas at the Alamodome.After the performance, Selena took a small break from the tour to record more of her English album. She was scheduled to perform at the Los Angeles sports coliseum, California, on April 1, 1995, but was murdered the day before.^[2]

Concert Dates

Personnel

• Vocals: Selena
• Back-up Vocals: Don Shelton/Freddy Correa
• Set Designer: Abraham Quintanilla Jr.
• Choreographed / Staged by: Selena, Freddy Correa
• Keyboards: Ricky Vela
• Drums: Suzette Quintanilla, Arturo Meza
• Bass: A.B. Quintanilla III
• Guitars: Chris Pérez
• Personal Management: Abraham Quintanilla Jr.

External links

• http://www.tejanoreina.com
• http://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/19/arts/pop-review-mexican-independence-in-new-york.html?pagewanted=1

References