April 10, 2009: Gloria Estefan performs in Uruguay, during the first leg of her Latin American tour at the Conrad Hotel in Punta del Este, 135 km east of Montevideo.

Terra.com Gives Fans Inside Access to International Icon’s Latin American Tour

MIAMI, April 9 /PRNewswire/ — When crossover phenomenon Gloria Estefan goes on tour to throughout Latin America this spring, Terra will give its 60 million users front row seats and backstage passes. Terra, the leading internet company and original digital content producer with a primary focus on the U.S. Hispanic experience, will follow Estefan on her “Latin American Tour,” a five-city greatest hits tour kicking off this April in Uruguay. The exclusive bilingual program, available at www.terra.com/musica/gloriaestefan, will be the first of an original series entitled “Terra on Tour.”

“It’s beautiful to come full circle, Latin America was the first place that our music became a hit even before we had huge international success with “Dr. Beat”. Latin American countries were big fans already, so it’s going to be a beautiful opportunity to go back thirty years in our career and do something that I haven’t done anywhere in the world. This tour is very special & exciting for me,” states Estefan. Read the rest of this entry »

April 9, 2009: Gloria Estefan performs at a hotel in Punta del Este, 140 km east from Montevideo on the first presentation of her Latin American tour.

April 1st, 2009: Gloria Estefan watches the match between Serena Williams and Li Na at the Sony Ericsson Open – Day 10 at Key Biscayne, Florida.

It looks like the Cuban born songbird Gloria Estefan is Coming Out Of The Dark in the near future as she plans a three night show at Foxwoods in Connecticut over the Memorial weekend.

Gloria, who was the talk of the town back in the 1980’s when she hit the big time with her husband’s band The Miami Sound Machine and later with a solo career, seems to have disappeared from public view in recnet years, since while touring in March 1990, Gloria was critically injured, suffering a fractured spine when a speeding semi-truck crashed into her tour bus. She had two permanently implanted titanium rods to stabilize her spinal column. Her rehabilitation required almost a year of intensive physical therapy, but she achieved a complete recovery.
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March 19th, 2009: Gloria Estefan, Kathy Griffin and Rosie O’Donnell are sighted filming scenes for ‘Life On The D List’ at Larios in Miami Beach, Florida.

Miami, FL (Vocus/PRWEB ) March 18, 2009 — Gibson Guitar (www.gibson.com), presenter of Miami Guitar Town along with the city of Miami and Miami-Dade County, is proud to announce that Grammy Award-winning American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan autographed the new completed “Gateway to the Americas” Les Paul Gibson Guitar sculpture. Read the rest of this entry »

March 12th, 2009: Gloria Estefan is named a BMI Icon at the 16th Annual BMI Latin Music Awards at Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida.

Leading U.S. performing right organization Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) held its 16th annual Latin Music Awards last night at The Breakers Ponce De Leon Ballroom in Palm Beach, Florida. Gloria Estefan was named a BMI Icon; singer/songwriter Espinoza Paz earned his second consecutive Latin Songwriter of the Year; “A Ti Si Puedo Decirte” garnered Song of the Year honors for writer Javier Sanroman and publisher Siempre Music; and Editora Arpa Musical received the Latin Publisher of the Year crown. Hosted by BMI President & CEO Del Bryant and Assistant Vice President, Latin Music, Delia Orjuela, the black-tie dinner also touted the writers and publishers of the past year’s 50 most-performed Latin songs on U.S. radio and television.

The BMI Icon award is bestowed on creators who have had a “unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers.” An all-star musical tribute featuring Elvis Crespo, Jon Secada, Angeles Ochoa, Arthur Hanlon, Anthony Federov, Jorge Villamizar, Pitbull, and Fanny Lu paid homage to the achievements of Gloria Estefan, who joins an elite list of past honorees that includes Latin music titans Gustavo Santaolalla, Los Tigres Del Norte, Juan Luis Guerra and Carlos Santana, along with legends Willie Nelson, Brian Wilson, Isaac Hayes, Paul Simon, Dolly Parton and the late James Brown. Read the rest of this entry »

March 7th, 2009: Gloria Estefan arrives at the Destination Fashion 2009 at the Bal Harbour Shops on in Miami, Florida.