América Latina Olé

América Latina Olé
Tour by The Rolling Stones
	Promotional poster for the tour
Start date	3 February 2016
End date	25 March 2016
No. of shows	4 in Brazil; 3 in Argentina; 2 in Mexico; 1 in Chile; 1 in Uruguay; 1 in Peru; 1 in Colombia; 1 in Cuba; 14 in total;
Attendance	1.229 million
Box office	$83,894,323
The Rolling Stones concert chronology
	; Zip Code; (2015); ; América Latina Olé; (2016); ; No Filter Tour; (2017–2021);

América Latina Olé^[2] was a concert tour by The Rolling Stones, which began on 3 February 2016 in Santiago and made stops in La Plata, Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Porto Alegre, Lima, Bogotá, Mexico City and ended in Havana with a free show on 25 March 2016.^[3] The tour was chronicled on two video releases: The Rolling Stones: Havana Moon, which documented the final show, and Olé Olé Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America, a documentary following the band across the continent.

History

On 17 September 2015, the Spanish newspaper El Mundo revealed that the Rolling Stones were (at the time) in final negotiations to perform for the very first time in Cuba, at the end of March 2016 (on 20 or 21 March). The location would be Havana and the venue the Estadio Latinoamericano (Latin American Stadium), a facility with capacity for 55,000 people. Keith Richards confirmed the negotiations with the Cubans, adding that Cuba had taken it seriously, following the opening of embassies in the United States and the Pope's (then) upcoming visit to Havana. It was also reported that the Stones' bassist Darryl Jones had influenced the decision to play in Cuba.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

On 5 November 2015, it was announced that the Rolling Stones would be going on tour in Latin America in 2016 for the first time since their A Bigger Bang Tour in February 2006, the name of this 13-date stadium tour being "América Latina Olé Tour 2016".^[3] The tour would include their second ever show in Chile (the first being during the Voodoo Lounge Tour in February 1995) and their first show in São Paulo since the Bridges to Babylon Tour in April 1998. The Stones were also due to play their first ever shows in Uruguay, Peru, Colombia and Cuba.

Later in November 2015, another show was rumoured to occur also on 20 or 21 March 2016 at the Estadio Olimpico Felix Sanchez in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic^[7] but this show was never confirmed. On 1 March 2016, The Stones confirmed their first ever show in Cuba due to occur on 25 March 2016, to be a free concert, their first ever in the Caribbean and the first open air concert in the country by a British rock band.^[8] The band played at, but not inside, the Coliseo de la Ciudad Deportiva de La Habana. Dubbed the "Concert for Amity," it broke the previous record of the Italian singer Zucchero Fornaciari who performed to a crowd of nearly 70,000 goers in 2012.^[9]^[10]^[11]

Personnel

The Rolling Stones

Mick Jagger – lead vocals, guitars, harmonica, percussion
Keith Richards – rhythm guitars, backing vocals
Charlie Watts – drums
Ronnie Wood – lead guitars

Additional musicians

Sasha Allen – backing vocals, duet with Jagger on "Gimme Shelter"
Matt Clifford – introduction voice, keyboards, percussion, French horn
Karl Denson – saxophone
Bernard Fowler – backing vocals, percussion
Darryl Jones – bass guitar
Chuck Leavell – keyboards, backing vocals
Tim Ries – saxophone, keyboards

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue^[12]^[13]
Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act(s)	Attendance	Revenue
3 February 2016	Santiago	Chile	Estadio Nacional	Los Tres	62,412 / 62,412	$6,160,725
7 February 2016	La Plata	Argentina	Estadio Ciudad de La Plata	Ciro y los Persas La Beriso	155,184 / 155,184	$17,637,161
10 February 2016
13 February 2016
16 February 2016	Montevideo	Uruguay	Estadio Centenario	Boomerang	61,445 / 61,445	$7,596,103
20 February 2016	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Estádio do Maracanã	Ultraje a Rigor Dr Pheabes	60,051 / 60,051	$5,588,851
24 February 2016	São Paulo		Estádio do Morumbi	Titãs	135,656 / 135,656	$12,255,726
27 February 2016	São Paulo		Estádio do Morumbi	Titãs	135,656 / 135,656	$12,255,726
2 March 2016	Porto Alegre		Estádio Beira-Rio	Cachorro Grande Dr Pheabes	49,073 / 49,073	$6,441,579
6 March 2016	Lima	Peru	Estadio Monumental	Frágil & Andrés Dulude	47,119 / 47,119	$8,095,011
10 March 2016	Bogotá	Colombia	Estadio El Campín	Diamante Eléctrico	40,785 / 40,785	$6,905,869
14 March 2016	Mexico City	Mexico	Foro Sol	Little Jesus	117,567 / 117,567	$13,213,298
17 March 2016	Mexico City	Mexico	Foro Sol	Little Jesus	117,567 / 117,567	$13,213,298
25 March 2016	Havana	Cuba	Ciudad Deportiva de La Habana	—	500,000^[14]^[15]	Free
Total					1,229,292 / 1,229,292 (100%)	$90.9 million^[1]