Mexican rock band Maná has made a number of the most influential and globally acknowledged Spanish-language music of the final 30 years. As true as that could be, the Guadalajara-bred group is experiencing one in all its most rewarding chapters but: Maná — comprised of Fher Olvera, Alex González, Sergio Vallín and Juan Calleros — had been just lately revealed as nominees for the 2025 Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame class as the primary Spanish-language act ever nominated (the RRHOF was established in 1985). Shortly after that announcement, the group revealed the lineup for a 30-date North American jaunt, or the “Vivir Sin Aire Tour,” which is slated to interrupt Los Angeles enviornment data this fall.

“L.A. is our second dwelling and it’s the place Maná’s profession within the States began,” González tells Selection. Certainly, when Maná completes its upcoming 4 nights on the Kia Discussion board in Inglewood, Calif., they’ll maintain the report for probably the most enviornment exhibits carried out in L.A. historical past with a complete of 44 live shows — a title beforehand held by Bruce Springsteen at 42.

“The scale of the Mexican and immigrant communities on this metropolis is huge, nevertheless it’s actually Latinos as a complete who present as much as help us,” says González. “Other than this live performance inherently bringing optimistic messaging to this neighborhood, we’re right here for Latinos at the moment. We [Latinos] are an enormous a part of the economic system on this nation, and there’s numerous delight connected to those Los Angeles exhibits for us… and after each rainstorm, there’s the solar. We need to deliver on some solar.”

Maná’s “Vivir Sin Aire Tour” kicks off on Sept. 5 with back-to-back exhibits on the Frost Financial institution Heart in San Antonio, Texas. It’s going to proceed into the subsequent 12 months, with a brief hiatus between December and February, and with an end-date of April 4 in Greensboro, North Carolina.

The trek, titled after the band’s famed 1992 ballad, may even see the band stopping in American rock capitals together with Nashville and Detroit for the primary time, along with St. Louis, Baltimore and Montreal. It couldn’t be extra becoming in a 12 months the place Maná is up for a Rock Corridor nod in opposition to Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker and Unhealthy Firm, together with different internationally-recognized stars together with Mariah Carey, Outkast and extra.

“The true definition of rock and roll is difficult to pin down,” says Olvera. “Greater than something, rock is an angle — it’s a type of current and viewing the world. We’ve embodied that as a pop-rock group that sings in Spanish, and it’s undoubtedly given us a bonus. We by no means felt the necessity to sing in English, regardless of being provided the alternatives and the assets and corporations to take action. We’re authentically Latin and have at all times felt at dwelling with our viewers, doesn’t matter the place on the earth, and that’s what led us right here, above anything.”

Above all else, Maná exhibits their gratitude for the nomination course of, albeit a little bit confused: “If Chubby Checker is an architect of the style, you’ll assume they might’ve gotten to him sooner,” González says with an inquisitive smirk. “It’s at all times a bit conflictive, however to be acknowledged on this house is an insane honor.”

Provides Olvera, “I actually didn’t even know the nomination was as massive as it’s till I bought extra ‘Congratulations’ for it than I bought for my birthday this 12 months.”