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Gloria Trevi Among Headlining Acts for This Year’s Bésame Mucho Festival

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Gloria Trevi will be performing at Dodger Stadium in December…

Following the inaugural edition of Bésame Mucho in Los Angeles last December, the music festival announced on Tuesday (Feb. 21) the lineup for its second edition, which includes the 55-year-old Mexican singer/songwriter.

Gloria-TreviTrevi, known as The Supreme Diva of Mexican Pop, will be one of the headlining acts.

Other headliners include Maná and Los Bukis.

Bésame will return to Dodger Stadium as a one-day event on December 2. Like last year, it will consist of stages representing different genres. Rock, classics and pop will get their own stage again.

The “Rockero Stage” will feature sets by artists such as Natalia Lafourcade, La Ley, Ska-P, Aterciopelados and Maldita Vecindad.

The “Las Clásicas Stage” roster includes Alejandro Fernández, Pepe Aguilar, Los Tucanes de Tijuana and Conjunto Primavera.

Meanwhile, the “Te Gusta El Pop?” stage’s lineup includes Reik, Camila, Belinda, Emmanuel and Jesse & Joy.

Returning artists from last year include Café Tacvba, Hombres G, Enanitos Verdes, Ramon Ayala and Banda El Recodo.

Last year, the inaugural Bésame Mucho festival edition sold out in 12 minutes, according to sources, when the 2000s-inspired lineup was announced. At the actual event, thousands of fans had to sprint across the stadium’s parking lot to catch whichever act was on their must-see list. The literal back-to-back sets were 35-50 minutes in length, which fans weren’t too crazy about, especially with technical difficulties that impacted the sound leaving artists to deal with the situation onstage and, ultimately, left them with a shorter set. This year’s lineup isn’t as packed as last year, which could lead to more efficient set transitions and overall production quality.

Tickets for Bésame Mucho 2023 will go on sale Friday, February 24 at 10:00 am PT.

Giovannie & the Hired Guns Earns First No. 1 on a Billboard chart with “Ramon Ayala” Single

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Giovannie Yanez and his band mates are celebrating a massive first…

The Latino vocalist and acoustic guitarist and his Giovannie & the Hired Guns band mates have scored their first No. 1 on a Billboard chart, as “Ramon Ayala” rises from No. 3 to the top of the Rock & Alternative Airplay chart dated July 23.

Giovannie & the Hired GunsThe song earned 4.8 million audience impressions, a 14% boost, in the week ending July 17, according to Luminate. The song ascends to No. 1 in its 20th week on the chart.

Giovannie & the Hired Guns is the second act to notch a first No. 1 on Rock & Alternative Airplay in 2022, after Jack White led with “Taking Me Back” in February.

Giovannie & the Hired Guns are the first such act to rule with a first charted title this year; White accumulated seven solo appearances before “Back.”

“Ramon Ayala” is Giovannie & the Hired Guns’ first Billboard chart entry as well, making the band the first act to send a first charted title to No. 1 on Rock & Alternative Airplay since lovelytheband led with “Broken” for nine weeks beginning in June 2018.

Concurrently, “Ramon Ayala” jumps 4-2 on Mainstream Rock Airplay (led at the format by 45 plays in the tracking week on KKBA Corpus Christi, Texas) and 10-7 on Alternative Airplay (paced by an overall-best 73 plays on WPOI-HD2 Tampa, Fla.), both new best ranks for the song.

On the multi-metric Hot Hard Rock Songs chart, “Ramon Ayala” bullets at No. 6 (after reaching No. 3 earlier in July) with 568,000 official U.S. streams in addition to its radio airplay. The song also ranks at No. 40 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, after reaching No. 37.

“Ramon Ayala” is slated to appear on Giovannie & the Hired Guns’ forthcoming LP Tejano Punk Boys. 

In addition to Yanez, the band is also comprised of Chance Bannister (lead guitar), Adam Urbanczyk (rhythm, lead guitar), Alex Trejo (bass guitar), and Milton Toles (drums).

Coronel Named Newcomer of the Year at the Premios Los Angeles

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There’s no denying including Luis Coronel is a rising star in Latin music… And, now he has the goods to prove it.

The 18-year-old singer Mexican American singer was crowned the newcomer of the year at the inaugural Premios Los Angeles, which awarded trophies to some of the most trending musical acts in Mexican music.

Luis Coronel

“I want to thank all of the L.A. fans,” Coronel said, as he picked up his trophy during the pre-taped ceremony. “You’ve never failed me. I live through you.”

Coronel has posted a number of his singles on the iTunes and Billboard charts, including “Mi Niña Traviesa,” “Será Mas Fácil,” and “Escápate.” He released his debut album, Con la Frente en Alto, in September 2013. The album reached the top spot on Billboard‘s Regional Mexican Albums chart within three weeks of its release.

The Premios Los Angeles, which opened with a performance by the Grammy-winning band La Santa Cecilia during the live taping, was hosted by singer/songwriter Aleks Syntek. The program will air June 1 on MundoFox.

The awards, which included an online voting system available to fans, included 10 other winners including Spanish Latin singer Enrique Bunbury for best pop/rock album, Regulo Caro for best regional Mexican artist, La Arrolladora Banda El Limon for best banda artist and El Trono de Mexico for best artist tierra caliente.

Alex Rivera took home the prize for composer of the year, Buknas de Culiacan won for best altered movement artist, Amantes de Sinaloa took home the prize for best Los Angeles underground artist, Eddie Sotelo “El Piolin” won for radio announcer of the year and Elisabeth Espinoza took home the prize for crossover TV personality.

The program, which was taped at the Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, included performances and tributes to boxing champ Julio Cesar Chavez, L.A. politician Gil Cedillo, radio pioneer Pepe Garza and veteran regional Mexican singer Ramon Ayala.

“We are proud to have created a platform that spotlights and rewards the impressive work that our Latino artists are contributing to the world,” said Humberto Valencia, president of HUMA Productions and creator of the event. “We look forward to continuing to recognize talented Latino artists and leaders through ‘Premios Los Angeles’ in the years to come.”

The awards show will air on MundoFox and Ocho TV on June 1 at 7 p.m. (PT). The program is also scheduled to air in Mexico.