Two of rock en espanol's leading lights are teaming up for a fall tour coming Nov. 22 to the Coliseum.
Spanish rocker Enrique Bunbury, who recorded a new album at Sonic Ranch, and Mexican alt-rockers Zoe' will hit the road for a two-week tour that will take them to Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Miami, Houston, Dallas, San Diego, San Francisco, Las Vegas and El Paso.
Bunbury's new album "Licendiado Cantinas," due this fall, was recorded last June at the Tornillo studio where the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Hanson, Conor Oberst, Mudvayne, Mercy Me and other big acts have recorded in recent years.
Zoe' recently sold out two club shows in El Paso. It's up for three Latin Grammys, which will be handed out for the 12th time on Nov. 10, including best rock song for "Labios Rotos," best alternative album for "Musica de Fondo: MTV Unplugged," which included an acoustic version of "Nada" with Bunbury, and best long form video.
The tour kicks off Nov. 16 in San Francisco, six days after the Latin Grammys, and ends Dec. 1 in Miami.
Tickets are $49.50, $65 and $75, plus service charges, and will go on sale at 10 a.m. Sept. 30 at the box office, Ticketmaster outlets, ticketmaster.com and 800.745.3000.
In other news:
• Christian singer Israel Houghton's much-rumored El Paso show is a go. Connie Paul Productions will bring the Houston singer, who fuses gospel with jazz, and his group New Breed to the Harvest Christian Center at 6 p.m. Oct. 23.
Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 day of show and go on sale at 10 a.m. Oct. 1. They'll be available at the church, Lifeway Christian Store, Family Christian Store and itickets.com.
Paul also has booked Matt Maher for 7 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Coliseum. Those tickets should go on sale in October.
• DJ Mark Farina, a favorite with local electronic dance music fans, returns to El Paso for a three-hour set Oct. 20 and The Hoppy Monk, 4141 N. Mesa.
Doors open at 6, and it's a 21-and-older show.
"El Paso has always been one of his favorite cities to visit," says the club's Joseph Valenzuela, singling out a recent interview in which the DJ praised the Sun City for its "great house vibe."
The Chicago house and acid jazz DJ is probably best known for his "Mushroom Jazz" compilations — he's released seven between 1996 and 2010.
Tickets are $15, on sale at groovetickets.com and wanttickets.com.
• Blues singer and guitarist Paul Geremia will play the Rio Grande Theatre in Las Cruces at 7 p.m. Oct. 23.
Geremia, perhaps best known for his stylish acoustic guitar work and tradition-bound vocals, is being brought to the area by the Mesilla Valley Jazz and Blues Society.
Tickets are 10 bucks, on sale in Las Cruces at Enchanted Gardens, Hubbard's Music, Mountain Music and the Music Box, and online at riograndetheatre.com.
• Talk about good timing.
While El Paso Opera continues buiding the hype toward its Oct. 7-9 run of "West Side Story" with a teaser performance Oct. 1 at Fort Bliss, UTEP's Cinema Novo will show the 1961 movie version of the musical, which starred Natalie Wood, at 7 p.m. Sept. 30-Oct. 1 in the UTEP Union Cinema.
Admission is $1 for UTEP students, faculty and staff with valid ID, and a whopping $2 for everyone else, on sale at the door.
Meanwhile, members of the El Paso Opera Young Artists Program, most of whom are UTEP students, will perform songs from the musical at 1 p.m. Oct. 1 at Biggs Park on post. It's free.
David Grabarkewitz directs the EPO production, which a handful of New York musical theater performers in the main roles. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7-8 and 2 p.m. Oct. 9 in the Plaza Theatre.
Tickets are $20, $40, $55, $70, $85 and $90; $18, $36, $49.50, $63, $76.50 and $81 for students, seniors and military, plus service charges; on sale at the box office, Ticketmaster outlets, ticketmaster.com and 800.745.3000.
The opera company's biggest annual fundraiser, the dressy "Encores & Overtures," will be at 6 p.m. Oct. 1 at the Camino Real Grand Ballroom. Tickets are $125, with tables going for $1,250.
Call 581.5534 for more info.
• Five Finger Death Punch, whose new album "American Capitalist" comes out Oct. 11, will appear on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Oct. 26. That's two days before they headline a free "Spread the Welt" tour stop at Speaking Rock Entertainment Center.
• El Paso's Catfood Records will release "The Best of Kay Kay and the Rays" on Nov. 15.
It comprises 15 tracks from the three albums the Odessa blues belter recorded with her band, which included bassist, songwriter and Catfood owner Bob Trenchard, an attorney now based in El Paso.
He's best known for his work with blues singer Johnny Rawls, who produced some of the tracks, along with noted Memphis producer Jim Gaines.
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