The band knitting perform during The New Colossus Festival on Friday, March 7, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Move over, Bruce Springsteen. Come this fall, the Mexican pop-rock giants Maná will break the Boss’ record for most arena shows in Los Angeles, with 44 to his 42, during a new arena tour.
“And singing in Spanish! That’s the amazing thing,” says vocalist Fher Olvera. “We are living history in this country.”
The Vivir Sin Aire Tour, named after the hit song from their 1992 album “¿Dónde Jugarán Los Niños?” kicks off Sept. 5 at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas, and concludes April 4, 2026 at the First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. It includes a four-night residency at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum, placing them just ahead of Springsteen’s record.
The band, which celebrates its 40th anniversary next year, will also perform in some cities they have never toured in before: Nashville, Tennessee; Detroit, St. Louis, Baltimore and Montreal among them.
In the past, proceeds from Maná’s tours have funded “scholarships and worked with the farmers,” drummer Alex González lists. This time around, part of the proceeds from the tour will benefit their “Latinas Luchonas” program in honor of Rosario Sierra, Olvera’s late mother. González describes it as an initiative to assist single mothers.
Their live shows double as “a celebration of the Latin community,” says González. “All the Latino community comes, and they also bring their Anglo friends. They learn a little bit of Spanish and they learn a little bit of our culture. And so, it’s great. It’s just fantastic playing live.”
Audiences can expect to hear classic tunes such as “Rayando el Sol” and “Oye Mi Amor,” and a mix of non-singles for the hardcore fans — but they will need to wait a little bit longer if they want a record. The band hasn’t added much in that department since their last studio album, “Cama Incendiada,” was released in 2015.
“For now, we are very focused (on) this new tour,” says Olvera, when asked if there’s a new album on the way. “So after this? … We will see.”
