International Chilean Gretsch artist Cristobal Orozco

June 05, 2012



Cristobal starts his tour with the Chilean singer Myriam Hernández’s Latin-AmericanTour “Seducción” will begin on June 9. It will include over 30 shows and 20 cities between Ecuador, Argentina, Colombia, United States, Panama, Dominican Republic, Peru and Chile. At the same time, the artist is promoting on radios her new Platinum album “Seducción” which already has been nominated with a Latin Grammy.

Octopus will be releasing its third Studio album called “NEW ORDER”; it will be available on stores in early August. The album will be promoted with a Chilean Tour and a European Tour planned for mid-2013. The record features great artists like Morgan Agren and Andrés Pérez.

Cristobal will be recording in mid-June a series of educational videos with his new “Yellow Monster”, also releasing a new website the third trimester of 2012 and a Chilean and Latin-American Clinic Tour! Stay Tuned!!

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