Although she is at the end of a long tour where she has given over 80 concerts in recent months, the Spanish singer Natalia Jimenez radiates energy, happiness and desire to live. Just days before going on stage at the Puerto Rico Coliseum to give his show “Anthology 20 years”this artist is already on the island preparing the concert.
In an interview with El Nuevo Día, Jiménez highlighted that this tour has been one that has opened his eyes and has allowed him to realize how much he likes his work. “This has been a very emotional tour for me, because I have been able to reach countries where I haven’t played in a long time. In addition, I was able to return to Spain and meet my Spanish audience again. In addition, my family was able to see me singing mariachi for the first time, which has been incredible.”explained the 42-year-old singer who will perform in concert on the island on Friday, February 9, 2024. “I spent ten years in which I couldn’t go out to work as much as I would have liked and being able to do it again made me feel so good about myself and It has been a discovery of how much I like my job. “It has been very nice.”
The “Anthology 20 years” tour began, curiously, in August 2022 at Coca-Cola Music Hall For this reason, the singer emphasized that this weekend’s show the public will experience a much more mature and perfected staging. “Those who went to the first show are going to find something much more dynamic than what they saw on that occasion. Because, throughout the tour we have been adding and removing some songs, we have also done some dynamics with the audience that were not there before, as well as other different details that they will notice if they came to the first one.”mentioned the artist born in Madrid.
“Now, those who come again are going to love the show, because it is one in which they are going to sing from the beginning to the end, they are going to have an incredible time and it is very beautiful,” said Jiménez, who began his career as lead singer of the band The fifth station. “Aside from that, it’s a chronological journey through my entire life, so you’re going to see photos from when I was little, you’re going to see photos of my family, you’re going to see me playing on the Metro in Madrid, among other very nice things.”.
In addition to the legal and professional problems that did not allow her to work one hundred percent in music, Jiménez has also gone through a rocky relationship with her ex-husband, Daniel Trueba, and father of her daughter Alessandra, seven years old. Both her divorce and the issue of custody of the girl have not been something pleasant in her life, but they have helped her mature and grow as a person. In fact, it is her daughter who gives her the energy and direction to move forward in her professional career.
“When my daughter was born, my life changed a lot, as well as my priorities, because now everything I do, I do for her. “All I work and all I think about is helping her.”added the artist who is currently engaged to the Mexican Arnold Hemkes, who is his handler. “Now I am working very hard to be able to give her the time I lost in those ten years that I was not able to work, to give it to her from now on, and to be able to save her and for her to have a peaceful future.”
Once she fulfills her commitment in Puerto Rico, the Spaniard will fly to the south of the United States, where she will perform in Orlando, February 10in Miami, February 14, and in Tampa, February 25. Later, on June 12, he will give his show in Panama, in addition to having other confirmed dates.
On the other hand, the singer He is recording a new record project with a symphony and a mariachi, which should be released this year. In addition to that, they are already preparing what will be their new tour that could begin in the month of September and that would be based on the songs from the new album.
Despite all the positive experiences he has experienced in his four decades of life, Jiménez claims to be at his happiest moment. “My happiest moment is now. Right now I have the stability I always wanted. Although I have a little stone in my shoe there that I can’t remove, it doesn’t bother me that much, because everything else is in its place.”, explained the interpreter of hits like “El Sol does not return” and “I believe in myself.” “I am at a point in my life where I already know myself perfectly and do everything possible to live life as fully as possible. Time goes by quickly and I have to live in the moment, enjoy it and not worry so much about silly things.”.
There are still a limited number of tickets available for Natalia Jiménez’s concert at the ticket office of the Puerto Rico Coliseum and in Ticketera.com.