TOUR FEATURES SPECIAL GUEST STEVE
WINWOOD

LOS ANGELES, April 12
/PRNewswire/ — The Carlos Santana Universal Tone Tour 2010 gets
underway on June 30 with an
initial North American leg running through early August.  Carlos
and the Santana Band will be joined on the road by special guest
Steve Winwood, who will open the
dates. Following the kick-off concert at Xcel Energy Center
in St. Paul, MN, the tour
travels through the Midwest and Canada
for the first half of July, and then heads to the East coast.

Highlights along the
way include shows at Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, IL (7/9); Molson
Amphitheatre in Toronto, ON
(7/11); Bell Centre in Montreal, QC
(7/15); Nikon at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, NY (7/18); Comcast Center
in Mansfield, MA (7/23); Verizon
Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheatre in Virginia Beach, VA (7/27), and Cruzan
Amphitheater in West Palm Beach, FL
(8/1).  Additional North American dates and international legs
of the Universal Tone Tour 2010 will be announced in the coming
weeks.

The Universal Tone
Tour 2010 will feature hits from Santana’s four-decade-long
career, as well as songs from a brand new studio album that Carlos Santana is currently putting
finishing touches on. Santana’s most recent release was the 2010
reissue of Supernatural as a 2-CD Legacy Edition —
featuring 11 previously unissued bonus tracks — in celebration of the
classic nine-time GRAMMY-winning album’s 10th anniversary.  

Exclusive Best Seat
ticket presales for the Carlos Santana Universal Tone Tour 2010
will take place on SantanaFanClub.comApril 13.  Sign up for the SantanaFanClub.com
mailing list to receive additional information about specific presale
start times, which will be sent out to all subscribers on April 12. starting

This spring — prior to
the launch of the Universal Tone Tour — Santana can be seen in Supernatural
Santana: A Trip Through The Hits, exclusively at The
Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas (supernaturalsantana.com).
The Joint is the only place west of the Mississippi where fans
can see Santana through 2010; tickets are currently on sale for
dates in April and May.

For more information,
log on to www.santana.com.

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