Front-Row Aventura Concert Pictures and Fast Facts To Make You An Automatic Fan 

Whether you were out flexing on the streets when Aventura was still together or you caught on after, it is without a doubt that Aventura is the type of music to make you fall in love with a partner that doesn’t even exist! That is why my preteen self was so excited to finally watch them perform during their Reunion Tour at the Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles and I once again fell in love with a nonexistent lover. (P.S. I’ll be posting pictures of the concert throughout the article as LATV got a front-row seat).

We can all agree that the term “fusion” has become the most popular way of describing today’s music scene as artists seek new directions and try to find ways to individualize themselves. Doing this since the early two thousand’s, however, Aventura almost prophetically put themselves at the top of the ranks, being not only the first major Bachata group to originate from outside of the DR, but being the first ones to create a “fusion” of this sound with influences of the American culture such as R&B, rap, and also reggaeton.

Raised in the Bronx, brothers Lenny and Max Santos teamed up with cousins Romeo and Henry Santos to modernize Bachata and make it identifiable to American youth. You already know this is what was bopping at the clubs back then!

Which, side note, the group could have just been called “Los Santos” because they all have the same last name but are not all related. I mean Romeo Santos is basically a gorgeous angel, but that’s beside the point.

If you don’t know, now you know: These are your quick Aventura fun facts to help you jump on the bandwagon now that they’re back on their Reunion tour!

1. The band is comprised of:

   1. Romeo Santos (Cancer, July 21, 1981, 40 yrs old)

   2. Henry Santos (Saggitarius, December 15, 1979, 41 yrs old)

   3. Lenny Santos ( Scorpio October 24, 1979, 41 yrs old)

   4. Max Santos (Aquarius, January 30, 1982, 39 yrs old )

2. Their first major hit  “Obsesion” went international in 2002 and to this day it is considered by France to be the 19th best-selling song of the 21st century. Olala baby!

3. They also go by  K.O.B., The Kings of Bachata (A nod to their second live album K.O.B live)

4. Obama selected, they were the first Bachata group to perform at the White House in 2009 with their hit single “Su Veneno”. Who got Obama in his feels?

5. Madison Square Garden in NY is known as the “World’s Most Famous Arena” and Aventura was the first bachata group to sell it out on September 1, 2007.

6. The band was together from 1994 to 2010, when Romeo and Henry ventured out as solo artists.

7. This is a note to all the upcoming artists, it doesn’t always come easy! In 1995, Aventura, which then went by the stage name Los Tinilleres, debuted their album “Trampa de Amor ” and it sold only 5 copies.

8. They were the first bachata act to sing a whole bachata song in English. Which they got a lot of hate and backlash for.

9. New York represent! All four members attended South Bronx High School.

10. For the most part, the whole group is of Dominican descent, but Romeo is also half Puerto Rican. Island love.

Check out our girl Jackie, host of Get it Girl with her daughter Aubrey at the concert!

http://latv.com/watch/the-first-kiss-get-real-with-ja