Andrés Calamaro Returns to Santiago Three Days After Turning 65
Chile · MUSIC
Key Facts
- —What happened Singer Andrés Calamaro plays the Movistar Arena in Santiago on 25 August, part of the Como Cantor tour.
- —How big a jump He turns 65 on 22 August, just three days before the show, his first big audience of his 66th year.
- —The real story The tour marks his Chilean return, focusing on vocals and past hits, not a new album.
- —The catch Organisers are not selling it as a birthday concert; the timing is a coincidence, and ticket tables hide service charges.
- —Who it touches Santiago concertgoers, but Argentine fans hoping for a home date should watch the Movistar Arena calendar in Buenos Aires.
- —What comes next Tickets sell through Puntoticket in Chilean pesos; at 914.19 pesos per dollar, 10,000 pesos is about US$11.
The Como Cantor tour reaches Chile next Tuesday. The Argentine singer turns 65 three days before he walks on stage.
Andrés Calamaro plays the Movistar Arena in Santiago on Tuesday 25 August. It is three days after his 65th birthday, and the tour is called Como Cantor.
Argentine, not Spanish
Andrés Calamaro was born in Buenos Aires on 22 August 1961. He is Argentine, and he is often taken for a Spaniard.
The mix-up has a real root. Calamaro lived and recorded in Madrid for years, and his best-known band, Los Rodríguez, was formed there.
That makes him an Argentine musician with a Spanish chapter. It is a different thing from being a Spaniard.
The show
The Andrés Calamaro concert is at the Movistar Arena in Santiago on Tuesday 25 August, with a 21:00 start.
It is part of the Como Cantor tour, which Chilean media describe as his return to the country’s stages.
Tickets go through Puntoticket, the official seller, which publishes a price table sector by sector in Chilean pesos.
The table separates the face price from the service charge. Read the total column rather than the headline figure.
The birthday nobody is selling
Andrés Calamaro turns 65 on Saturday 22 August, three days before the Santiago show.
The organisers are not billing it as a birthday concert. Neither Puntoticket’s page nor the Chilean promotional copy mentions the date.
So the timing is a coincidence worth knowing rather than a marketing hook. Do not expect cake.
It does mean the Santiago crowd will be the first big audience of his sixty-sixth year.
Who he is, for anyone who arrived late
Andrés Calamaro is one of the biggest names in Argentine rock, alongside Charly García and Fito Páez.
He came up through Los Abuelos de la Nada in the early 1980s, then went solo, then co-founded Los Rodríguez in Madrid.
His 1997 album Alta Suciedad and the sprawling 1999 double Honestidad Brutal are the records most Argentines will name.
If you are new to the Southern Cone, he is the shortest route into rock nacional. That is the home-grown rock music of Argentina.
His Chilean return
Andrés Calamaro has a long relationship with Chilean audiences, and the tour is being sold on that return.
Chilean media frame the date as a comeback to national stages rather than a routine tour stop.
This is a headline arena show, not a festival slot. The Como Cantor tour has already run through Mexico and Argentina under the same name.
What Como Cantor means
The tour name translates roughly as as a singer. It signals a show built around the voice and the songbook rather than a new record.
That format suits an arena. Expect a career-spanning set rather than one album played in sequence.
The date, the venue and the ticket table are the fixed points. The rest is the show.
Practical notes for Santiago
The Movistar Arena sits in Parque O’Higgins, which has its own metro station on Line 2.
Arena events in Santiago run late on weeknights, and the metro closes before many crowds do. Plan the way home before you go.
Chilean venues are stricter than Argentine ones about the name on the ticket. Buy in your own name.
Prices are in Chilean pesos. At 914.19 pesos to the dollar on 18 August, ten thousand pesos is about US$11.
Argentine readers hoping for a date at home should watch the Movistar Arena calendar in Buenos Aires.
When does Andrés Calamaro play in Chile?
Tuesday 25 August 2026 at the Movistar Arena in Santiago, with a 21:00 start. Tickets are sold through Puntoticket.
Is Calamaro Spanish or Argentine?
Argentine. He was born in Buenos Aires on 22 August 1961. He lived and recorded in Madrid for years, which is where the confusion comes from.
Is the concert a 65th birthday show?
No. He turns 65 on 22 August, three days earlier, but the organisers are not billing it as a birthday event.
What is the Como Cantor tour?
A show built around his voice and back catalogue rather than a new album. Chilean media describe it as his return to the country’s stages.
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