Manu Chao to Release New Live Album + DVD on November 17th

“Baionarena” Is A Double Live Album And DVD Set, Recorded Last Year at the Prestigious Roman Amphitheatre in Bayonne, France

The DVD Includes A 30-Minute Behind-The-Scenes Video Tour Diary Which Follows Manu Chao And Radio Bemba From Austin City Limits to Glastonbury and Mexico to Russia

Song Highlights Among The 33 Tracks Include Classics Like “Clandestino,” “La Vida Tombola,” “Mala Vida,” “Desaparecido” and “Bienvenida A Tijuana”

Nacional Records is proud to announce that Manu Chao will release “Baionarena,” a double live album/DVD set, on November 17th. The album was recorded at the prestigious Roman Amphitheatre in Bayonne, France. Highlights among the 33 tracks include classics like “Clandestino,” “La Vida Tombola,” “Mala Vida,” “Desaparecido” and “Bienvenida A Tijuana.” The new live album is the follow-up to the Latin Grammy-winning studio album “La Radiolina,” which has been certified Latin Gold and hit number one on the Billboard Latin album chart.

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Playing For Change Debuts Their Version of Bob Marley’s “One Love”

Los Angeles, Calif. (February 6, 2009) ­ In conjunction with Bob Marley’s 64th world-wide birthday celebration on February 6th, Playing For Change, the cross-cultural global musical movement, will debut their version of Marley’s timeless classic “One Love” on www.BobMarley.com.  This five-minute video is a song from around the world featuring American blues wunderkind Keb’ Mo’ and Spain’s Manu Chao playing with an incredible group of 35 musical artists.  “One Love” was produced by Playing for Change’s creator and driving force Mark Johnson, the Los Angeles based Grammy®-winning producer and engineer.

Playing For Change is a multimedia movement designed to inspire, connect and bring peace to the world through music.  For ten years Johnson and his team traveled the globe, with a single-minded passion to record little-known musicians and combine their performances.  Bill Moyers called it a remarkable example of “the simple yet transformative power of music…to touch something in each of us.” Variety acknowledged it as “a great showcase for just what incredible, thoroughly accessible popular music is being made worldwide.”

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Manu Chao to appear on PBS/Austin City Limits Saturday Night

Manu Chao will make a rare U.S. television appearance Saturday night, January 24th, with a full performance on Austin City Limits on PBS. To coincide with the special premiere, a new ‘La Vida Tombola’ EP will be released on iTunes. The EP includes the original track, a special stripped down version recorded at Abbey Road Studios as well as the music video. The video for the hit tribute to soccer legend Diego Maradona features footage of Manu and Maradona together in Buenos Aires in addition to vintage footage of Maradona playing. ‘La Vida Tombola’ is off Manu Chao’s Latin Grammy-winning La Radiolina, which was also recently certified Gold by the RIAA.

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