Puerto Rican Day Parade Salsa Festival at Barclays Center to Feature Willie Colon, Jerry Rivera & More

Barclays Center is proud to announce the Puerto Rican Day Parade Salsa Festival featuring live performances by the biggest names in Latin music including multi Grammy Award winners WILLIE COLÓN, JERRY RIVERA, SONORA PONCEÑA, GRUPO NICHE, ANDY MONTAÑEZ, EDDIE SANTIAGO, TITO ROJAS and LOS ADOLECENTES on Saturday, June 11, 2016 at 8PM. Don't miss this night of unforgettable performances celebrating Latin culture during the same weekend as the 59th annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City. There will be more salsa stars added to this already spectacular lineup, for that reason, be sure to reserve tickets Friday, March 18th at 10AM at Ticketmaster.com or charge-by-phone 800.745.3000 www.barclayscenter.com

About Willie Colón
Willie Colón, born in the South Bronx of Puerto Rican grandparents, has fused his musical talent, his passion for humanity, and his community and political activism into an extraordinary, multifaceted career. His achievements in all its activities are widely recognized. As a musician, composer, arranger, singer and trombonist, both as producer and director, he has created 40 productions that have sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Colon's collaboration with Ruben Blades, "Siembra", still matiene as larger disk sales in the genre. His collaborations with the great Hector Lavoe were the starting point for this urban / Caribbean fusion joined the Latin diaspora with their home countries. As director of the group "Legal Alien" (Legal Alien) has was nominated 11 times for the American Grammy, received the award for Excellence Latin Grammy, it has fifteen gold and five platinum, and has worked with big names like David Byrne, Hector Lavoe, Celia Cruz and others.

About Jerry Rivera
Love There is the fifteenth studio album by one of the most celebrated artists in the history of salsa and Latin music worldwide. In his two decades of experience, Jerry Rivera has sold over eleven million albums, making it one of the artists most sellers in the tropical genre. Rivera has recorded over 19 gold and platinum discs. With 17 of them # 1 in sales and more than 44 songs in the Billboard Top Ten.

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Speaking of Love There is a tribute to Venezuelan salsa artists Jerry Rivera expressed, "is a taste with you let me know as a fan of them with this new album." The singer of "Amores Como El Nuestro" said the new album is a way of paying tribute to the music of the artists with whom he grew up.

About Grupo Niche
Grupo Niche are known for their fast tempos, aggressive trumpets and well crafted lyrics that navigated from feel-good partying to romance and social consciousness. To this day, tracks like Grupo Niche's hit "Cali Pachanguero" and "Una Aventura" are forever associated with Colombian salsa and play in virtually every tropical radio station and club in the world. Grupo Niche, a large salsa band with a big, aggressive sound founded on African rhythms, together with trombonist Alexis Lozano (who would later leave to launch his own band, Guayacán). Grupo Niche broke out with its second album, Querer Es Poder on indie label Codiscos, which included the single "Buenaventura y Caney," an homage to the coastal city of Buenaventura. Niche's popularity was consolidated with 1984's No Hay Quinto Malo, which included the hit "Cali Pachanguero," an homage to Cali, the city best known in Colombia for its salsa music.

Barclays Center opened on September 28, 2012, and is a major sports and entertainment venue in the heart of Brooklyn, New York. One of the most intimate seating configurations ever designed into a modern multi-purpose arena, Barclays Center offers 17,732 seats for basketball, 15,795 for hockey, and up to 19,000 seats for concerts, and has 101 luxury suites, four bars/lounges, four clubs, and 40/40 CLUB & Restaurant by American Express.

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