AVENTURA TO KICK OFF SECOND LEG OF “THE LAST” U.S. TOUR IN CHICAGO JUNE 16TH

Aventura's Romeo sings before a sold out Allstate Arena during the band's last Chicago stop in November.

Tickets for the show at the Allstate Arena to go on sale May 6th!!

CHICAGO (May 4, 2010) – Cardenas Marketing Network (CMN), one of the nation’s leading multicultural event marketing and sponsorship agencies, and Viva Entertainment announced that tickets will go on sale on Thursday, May 6th for Aventura’s “The Last” Chicago show on June 16th at the Allstate Arena (8:00 p.m.). The event will serve to kick-off the second leg of the hit quartet’s “The Last” U.S. Tour, which includes stops in 13 cities stateside. The band, which also kicked off the first leg of the tour before a sold out Allstate Arena on Nov. 20, is currently on a tour of South America.

Tickets for the show, priced at $135, $95, $75, and $50, not including applicable service charges, can be purchased via Ticketmaster outlets or by calling Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000 or visiting www.ticketmaster.com. For more information, please call 312-492-6424.

Coming off its most successful year to date, the urban bachata phenomenon was again the big winner at the 2010 Billboard Latin Music Awards, winning in nine categories including “Latin Album”, “Digital Album of the Year” and “Latin Artist of the Year” for “The Last.”

On April 15, Billboard reported that the band ranked second in its Hot Latin Tours with $5.6 million in ticket sales from their four sold out shows at New York City's Madison Square Garden (Jan. 20-21, Feb. 1-2), drawing 75,000 total fans to the venue.

Since its release last June, "The Last" – the group’s fifth studio album – has sold more than 200,000 copies. The album dominated Billboard's Top Latin Albums chart and reigned at No. 1 on the chart for 19 consecutive weeks. “The Last”, which also earned the “Kings of Bachata” Double Platinum status, includes guest appearances by Wyclef Jean and Ludacris on “Spanish Fly,” Wisin y Yandel and Akon on “All Up 2 You.”

Aventura is one of the most unique artists on the scene today. After well over a decade of sparring in the music business, these four young, dynamic guys with a seldom-seen chemistry continue to auto-produce soulful, original music that gleams with excellence. Their nouveau sound fuses bachata (a guitar-based Dominican folkloric music sometimes called the “Dominican blues”) with R & B, hip-hop and other American pop and urban styles. Lead singer and songwriter Anthony “Romeo” Santos’ original songs are often deep, dealing with social issues. Even when they tackle timeless themes, such as romance and heartbreak, Romeo’s approach always comes from a different angle.

Because the Santos boys are so young, it seems incredible that they struggled for eight years before exploding on the scene in the summer of 2002. Bachata’s conservative base was not accepting of their signature sound; for years the traditional audience either “booed” them off the stage or refused to acknowledge them. After all, on a scene dominated by traditionalist stars such as Anthony “El Mayimbe” Santos and rising romantic minstrels such as Zacarías Ferreira, Aventura’s music was truly radical. However, in summer of 2002, the song “Obsesion” hit the airwaves and “Aventura-mania” was born. Loyal fans from the group’s Bronx neighborhood ran with the innovative sounds of their local band, and the fanaticism soon spread across the tri-state area, into the Northeast and across the country.

The members of Aventura are Romeo (lead singer and featured composer), Lenny Santos (musical producer and guitarist), Max “Mikey” Santos (bassist and rap artist) and Henry Santos Jeter (singer and composer). For more information on the group or tour, please visit Aventura’s official website at www.aventuraworldwide.com.