Rodrigo y Gabriela will mark the 20th anniversary of their self-titled 2006 debut album with a series of very special shows featuring the GRAMMY® Award-winning duo performing the landmark collection in its entirety. The dates begin May 6 at Albuquerque, NM’s Revel and culminate at New York City’s historic Beacon Theatre on May 15. Additional anniversary celebrations will be unveiled soon. For complete details and ticket information, please see www.rodgab.com/tour-dates. RODRIGO Y GABRIELA RODRIGO Y GABRIELA 20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR 2026 MAY 2026 6 – Albuquerque, NM – Revel 8 – Tempe, AZ – The Marquee 9 – Highland, CA – Yaamava’ Theater 10 – Los Angeles, CA – YouTube Theater 13 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre 15 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre
# # # Rodrigo y Gabriela proved an immediate phenomenon upon its February 2006 release, earning critical acclaim for the Mexican acoustic guitar duo’s dynamic instrumental fusion of classic rock, heavy metal, and Latin melodies and rhythms. Co-produced by Rodrigo y Gabriela with legendary British producer John Leckie (known for his work with Radiohead, The Stone Roses, XTC, and My Morning Jacket, among many others), the LP debuted at #1 in the duo’s adopted home of Ireland – the first instrumental album to ever go straight to the top of the Irish album charts. Rodrigo y Gabriela swiftly found an audience around the world, bursting onto the upper half of the Billboard Top 200 in the US and hitting #3 on Billboard Heatseekers Albums and #4 on Billboard World Albums thanks to sizzling originals like “Tamacún” (which was featured in the pilot episode of Breaking Bad) and “Ixtapa” as well as revolutionary covers of Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway To Heaven” and Metallica’s “Orion” that reimagine their beloved heavy metal into something altogether unprecedented. With its breathtaking virtuosity and soaring spirit of invention, Rodrigo y Gabriela marked a milestone entry point to what has been singular two-decade musical journey, a one-of-a-kind path that led to countless sold-out shows around the world (including such iconic venues as the Hollywood Bowl and Red Rocks Amphitheatre), a 2020 GRAMMY® Award for “Best Contemporary Instrumental Album” (along with two additional nominations), and an ongoing body of work that continues to evolve with ambitious energy and mercurial vision. PRAISE FOR RODRIGO Y GABRIELA “Unbelievable…I’ve never seen anything like that.” – DAVID LETTERMAN
“Surely the most unexpected, but deserved, success story of the year… The fluid, melodic, often rapid-fire guitar work constantly switches direction, with echoes of anything from flamenco and Latin styles to heavy metal…Even the percussion is produced by the duo, bashing the sides of their guitars. And they really are this good live too.” – THE GUARDIAN (****)
“Rodrigo y Gabriela manage to roll the spirit and fire of Latin folk music, metal, flamenco — and anything else they want—into an oeuvre that is enlightening, refreshing, and inspiring as all hell…. Sanchez and Quintero are world-class guitarists with chops and musicality to burn, and their surreal interplay and startling dynamics are breathtaking.” – GUITAR PLAYER
“Raw energy and endless élan…(Rodrigo y Gabriela) sounds like the virtuoso work of a headbanging flamenco dancer…. One of the best guitar albums in ages; one of the best discs this year.” – BILLBOARD “In encountering this record, all doubt and cynicism should be removed; what is happening here is that the canon for the acoustic, classical guitar is being rewritten. This music is the sound of passion as interpreted by and spoken for in a new rock & roll language.” – ALLMUSIC “Most of the songs are breathless, built on sublime reels up and down the frets and fast, Andalucian-style call and response. Perhaps it's relocating to Dublin that has made Rodrigo y Gabriel so free and easy with their own folk roots: they'll take on anything…Virtuosity is everything on this disc, and Rod and Gab will continue to appeal as much to guitar students as folk music fans. They have a youthful energy that is infectious and a winning, fresh-faced style.” – BBC “Forget every other acoustic guitar duo you've ever heard. Mexico's Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero up the ante with an album that owes as much to Metallica as it does to Paco de Lucía and Al Di Meola. It's a hard-driving, high-decibel, rutting and strutting cathartic mélange of metal, jazz, Mexican, Spanish and Gypsy musics. It's also gloriously melodic, and it makes you feel mighty chipper.” – ALL ABOUT JAZZ “Rodrigo y Gabriela create some of the most exciting and unexpectedly beautiful sounds to come from this instrument in memory.” – NEW YORK DAILY NEWS “The most potent magic lingers in Rodrigo y Gabriela’s passionately detailed originals.” – L.A. WEEKLY “An idiosyncratic dueling guitars style that brims with rock ‘n’ roll energy and shimmers with the finesse of Latin Jazz.” – THE BOSTON GLOBE CONNECT WITH RODRIGO Y GABRIELA OFFICIAL | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TIKTOK | TWITTER | YOUTUBE | 
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