Embrace Your Light Tour

The Embrace Your Light Tour was the thirty-fourth concert tour of North America by Santana in 2005.

Embrace Your Light Tour

Tour by Santana
Start date	May 3, 2005 (2005-05-03)
End date	October 16, 2005 (2005-10-16)
Legs	2
No. of shows	46
Box office	$10.333 million ($16.64 million in 2024 dollars)
Santana concert chronology

Tour band

• Andy Vargas – lead vocals
• Carlos Santana – lead guitar, percussion, vocals
• Tommy Anthony – rhythm guitar
• Chester D. Thompson – keyboards, vocals
• Salvador Santana – keyboards
• Benny Rietveld – bass guitar
• Dennis Chambers – drums
• William Ortiz – trumpet
• Jeff Cresman – trombone
• Bobby Allende – percussion, vocals
• Karl Perazzo – timbales, percussion, vocals
• Raul Rekow – congas, bongos, percussion, vocals (since August 31)

Set list

An average set list of this tour was as follows:^[1]

1. "Jin-go-lo-ba" (Babatunde Olatunji)
2. "Hermes" (Carlos Santana, S. Jurad)
3. "Concierto de Aranjuez" (Joaquín Rodrigo)
4. "I Am Somebody" (William Adams Jr., George Pajon)
5. "El Fuego" (Santana, Jean Shepherd, Richard Shepherd)
6. "Maria Maria" (Santana, Karl Perazzo, Raul Rekow, Wyclef Jean, Jerry Duplessis)
7. "Foo Foo" (Yvon André, Roger Eugène, Yves Joseph, Hermann Nau, Claude Jean)
8. "Intimo"
9. "Brown Skin Girl" (Jamie Houston)
10. "Sun Ra"
11. "Hey Boogie Woman" (Bill Bartlett)
12. "Spiritual" (John Coltrane)
13. "(Da Le) Yaleo" (Santana, Shakara Mutela, Christian Polloni)
14. "I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love" (Henry Garza, Ringo Garza, Joey Garza)
15. "Apache" (Jerry Lordan)
16. "Smooth" (Itaal Shur, Rob Thomas)
17. "Dame Tu Amor" (Abraham Quintanilla, Ricky Vela, Richard Brooks)
18. "Corazón Espinado" (Fher Olvera)
19. "Evil Ways" (Clarence "Sonny" Henry)

Encore

20. "Black Magic Woman" (Peter Green)
21. "Gypsy Queen" (Gábor Szabó)
22. "Oye Como Va" (Tito Puente)
23. "A Love Supreme" (John Coltrane)

Tour dates

Leg 1 (May 3 – July 3, 2005)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue^[2]

Date (2005)	City	Country	Venue
May 3	Kahului	United States	Maui Arts & Cultural Center
May 21	Montreal	Canada	Bell Centre
May 30	Tampa	United States	Ford Amphitheatre
June 1	Miami		American Airlines Arena
June 3	Atlanta		Chastain Park Amphitheater
June 4
June 5	Charlotte		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 7	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion
June 8	Philadelphia		Penn's Landing
June 11	Atlantic City		Borgata Event Center
June 12
June 14	Holmdel Township		PNC Bank Arts Center
June 15	New York City		Madison Square Garden
June 17	Mansfield		Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
June 19	Wallingford		careerbuilder.com Oakdale Theatre
June 21	Montreal	Canada	Bell Centre
June 22	Quebec City		Colisée Pepsi
June 24	Toronto		Molson Amphitheatre
June 25	Clarkston	United States	Pine Knob Music Theatre
June 26	Cuyahoga Falls		Blossom Music Center
June 29	Saint Paul		Xcel Energy Center
July 1	Noblesville		Verizon Wireless Music Center
July 2[a]	Chicago		Grant Park
July 3[b]	Milwaukee		Marcus Amphitheater

Leg 2 (September 15 – October 16, 2005)

List of tour dates with date, city, country, venue

Date (2005)	City	Country	Venue
September 15	San Jose	United States	HP Pavilion
September 16	Sacramento		ARCO Arena
September 17	Reno		Reno Events Center
September 19	Portland		Rose Garden
September 20	Everett		Everett Events Center
September 21	Vancouver	Canada	General Motors Place
September 23	Edmonton		Rexall Place
September 24	Calgary		Pengrowth Saddledome
September 27	Morrison	United States	Red Rocks Amphitheatre
September 28
September 30	Grand Prairie		Nokia Live
October 1
October 2	The Woodlands		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
October 4	Corpus Christi		American Bank Center Arena
October 5	Hidalgo		Dodge Arena
October 6	San Antonio		SBC Center
October 8	El Paso		Don Haskins Center
October 9	Albuquerque		ABQ Journal Pavilion
October 11	Tucson		Anselmo Valencia Tori Amphitheater
October 12	Chula Vista		Coors Amphitheatre
October 14	Carson		Home Depot Center
October 16	Concord		Chronicle Pavilion

Box office score data

List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, references

Date (2005)	City	Venue	Attendance	Gross	Ref(s)
May 21	Montreal, Canada	Bell Centre	8,000 / 9,000	$445,704	[3]
May 30	Tampa, United States	Ford Amphitheatre	14,134 / 19,440	$491,418	[4]
June 1	Miami, United States	American Airlines Arena	9,761 / 11,982	$498,659	[4]
June 4	Atlanta, United States	Chastain Park Amphitheater	6,700 / 6,700	$536,135	[5]
June 11	Atlantic City, United States	Borgata Event Center	4,432 / 4,604	$446,722	[6]
June 12					[6]
June 14	Holmdel Township, United States	PNC Bank Arts Center	7,276 / 16,988	$346,075	[6]
June 15	New York City, United States	Madison Square Garden	12,730 / 14,114	$768,327	[6]
June 17	Mansfield, United States	Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts	10,030 / 19,900	$438,369	[6]
June 21	Montreal, Canada	Bell Centre	8,451 / 9,000	$484,824	[7]
June 22	Quebec City, Canada	Colisée Pepsi	8,504 / 9,000	$465,823	[7]
June 25	Clarkston, United States	Pine Knob Music Theatre	15,274 / 15,274	$445,185	[8]
September 15	San Jose, United States	HP Pavilion	8,718 / 12,900	$476,867	[9]
September 16	Sacramento, United States	ARCO Arena	8,666 / 9,500	$445,303	[10]
September 17	Reno, United States	Reno Events Center	6,491 / 6,491	$478,021	[10]
September 27	Morrison, United States	Red Rocks Amphitheatre	16,083 / 18,000	$979,577	[11]
September 28					[11]
September 30	Grand Prairie, United States	Nokia Live	6,460 / 7,068	$452,328	[10]
October 1					[10]
October 2	The Woodlands, United States	Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion	11,110 / 15,715	$405,828	[12]
October 4	Corpus Christi, United States	American Bank Center Arena	7,809 / 7,809	$427,926	[12]
October 5	Hidalgo, United States	Dodge Arena	5,451 / 5,451	$484,065	[10]
October 8	El Paso, United States	Don Haskins Center	8,023 / 8,023	$396,820	[13]
October 16	Concord, United States	Chronicle Pavilion	10,758 / 12,500	$419,191	[13]
TOTAL			194,861 / 239,459 (81%)	$10,333,167

Notes

1. The concert on July 2 was a part of Taste of Chicago.
2. The concert on July 3 was a part of Summerfest.