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Vicente Fernandez Tickets Information
Father of another great Mexican singer, Alejandro Fernandez, Vicente Fernandez is a ranchera singer known as the “Rey de Las Rancheras.” An honest-to-goodness rags-to-riches story, Vicente Fernandez had to work throughout his childhood.
His first experience singing could have thwarted a great talent from gracing the public arena, as the audience booed him off the stage when, as a youngster, he sang in a local festival. The experience so upset him that he vowed he would never sing to the people of that city again.
But not one to be too easily discouraged, young Vicente Fernandez pressed on, winning a singing contest in Guadalajara before, at the age of 21, playing his first paid gig, 35 pesos for his part in “La Calandria Musical.” It was in this pivotal period of his life that Vicente Fernandez made the decision to pursue a life in song.
From there, he sang wherever he could, from singing for tips to drivers on the Amanecer Tapatio to performing with many of Mexico’s most revered Mariachi bands. While performing with groups like the Mariachi of Jose Luis Aguilar and Amanecer de Pepe Mendoza, he met the man who convinced him to go to Mexico City and pursue a wider audience.
Mexicos’ top radio station, XEX, gave him that audience, and set him on the path that took him to what he deems his greatest career accomplishment, playing to a La Plaza de Mexico filled with adoring fans, 54,000 of them, there on a rainy, cold day, free of charge, the largest crowd any performer has yet to attract there.
Vicente Fernandez has 56 albums to his credit, from 1968’s “La Voz Que Usted Esperaba” to 2007’s “Para Siempre,” among his most successful works a Trio de los Panchos tribute and a string of hits written by Augustin Lara, Armando Manzanero, and many others of Mexico’s most esteemed songwriters.
His career has been marked by many notable episodes, such as appearing with his two songs as the first Latin American crooners to be animated for a music video, or the 2005 concert at Miami, Florida’s American Airlines Arena when he had to swallow a $30,000 fine for performing for three hours, well over his allotted time.
When Vicente Fernandez was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, his ceremony attracted a record 5,000+ attendees. And he has plans to open a Las Vegas casino called Guadalajara, Guadalajara, conceived around a Mariachi theme.
Multiple Grammy nominations and over 45 million records sales later, the 60-something Vicente Fernandez (aka The Mexican Frank Sinatra, The People’s Son, and The Fourth Tenor) seems to be going strong as ever, with U.S. performances scheduled throughout the latter part of 2009. The eagerly-awaited tour starts on October 3 at the AT & T Center and is scheduled to play through three dates at the Gibson Amphitheatre at Urniversal CityWalk,
