Mexican romantic duo Los Temerarios are readying an extensive, 31-day tour to celebrate their 35th anniversary.
The trek, titled simply Los Temerarios Tour 2016, kicks off Jan. 29 in San Bernardino, Ca., and continues through a series of California cities before landing at the Forum in Los Angeles Feb. 14 for Valentine’s Day. There, ticket prices range from $27 to $145 and are expected to sell out.
Los Temerarios are brothers Adolfo Angel — the composer, producer and businessman — and Gustavo Angel, the voice that gives life to his older brother’s creations. They perform wistful love songs with arrangements that veer from very traditional Mexican — cumbias, rancheras and the keyboard-heavy sound associated with Mexican romantic groups — to sophisticated pop, a duality perhaps only Marco Antonio Solís embraces with equal success.
In sheer numbers, Los Temerarios have had eight No. 1 albums on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart, tying with Mana for the most No. 1s among groups in the history of the chart. In addition, they’ve notched 23 top 10s on Top Latin Albums, plus four No.1 songs on the Hot Latin Songs chart, including the first-ever ranchera to hit No. 1. All told, they’ve had 41 hits on Hot Latin Songs.
One of the most entrepreneurial Latin acts on record, Los Temerarios kept their masters from almost the very onset of their career but were long licensed through Fonovisa. But in 2012, they went fully independent.
Last year, the brothers released all 19 albums in their catalog under their own label, Virtus.
Now, they’re launching their tour, also independently. The duo will play up and down the California coast, including Visalia and Santa Maria, before heading to the Midwest (Chicago, Des Moines, Omaha), South (Winston-Salem, Atlanta, Charlotte) and finally East (Washington D.C., Wilmington, Central Falls).
The incredible breadth of Los Temerarios’ tours, with stops in 20 states, underscores just how widespread Los Temerarios’ fan base is, and how loyal.
The Los Temerarios tour is not put together by a giant like AEG or Live Nation and promotion is largely local and through the group’s social sites. And yet, they remain one of the most prolific touring acts in the country.
“We’re of the people, for the people and we’ll always be so,” Adolfo Angel once told Billboard. “The fact that we seek to broaden our audience doesn’t mean we’re going to forget who we are. And if we record a pop ballad, the essence will still be Temerarios. Songs that are easy to understand and that go straight to the heart.
Check out the tour dates here.