Since the beginning of his career in 1989, Marc Anthony has become the best-selling salsa artist of all time, scoring countless gold- and multi-platinum-certified records, receiving five Grammy Awards and 13 Billboard Latino Awards to date. He has also won the prestigious Premio Lo Nuestro prize – awarded by the international Latin television channel Univision –19 times.
Marc Anthony has also developed a successful parallel career in the movie industry and on Broadway, participating in four feature films: Bringing Out the Dead ( Martin Scorsese , 1999); In The Time Of The Butterflies co-starring Salma Hayek in 2001; Man On Fire ( Tony Scott , 2004) with Denzel Washington and Christopher Walken; and in a role closer to his own life, portraying the legendary Puerto Rican salsa singer Hector Lavoe, alongside his ex-wife Jennifer Lopez in the drama El Cantante. Anthony has also sung on Broadway alongside Ruben Blades in Paul Simon's 1998 musical comedy Capeman.
Tickets for this unique and only Canadian date of Marc Anthony's Iconos Tour go on sale today, Monday, August 6, at all 30 sales outlets of the Admission Network www.admission.com / 514.790.1245/ 1.800.361.4595 as well as at the Olympic Stadium box office: www.parcolympique.qc.ca / 514.252.4141. VIP packages are available from Von J : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it / 514.790.1245/ 1.800.361.4595
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