{"id":172150,"date":"2026-02-10T17:58:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/172150\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T17:58:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:58:06","slug":"one-of-the-most-important-bay-area-bands-of-all-time-visits-san-francisco-the-mercury-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/172150\/","title":{"rendered":"One of the most important Bay Area bands of all time visits San Francisco \u2013 The Mercury News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Tigres del Norte<\/a> are ready to greet their loyal Bay Area fans.<\/p>\n

The famed Mexican norte\u00f1o act<\/a> \u2014 which kickstarted its career in San Jose way back in the mid-1960s \u2014 brings its La Loter\u00eda Tour to Chase Center in San Francisco<\/a> on Feb. 20.<\/p>\n

Showtime is 8 p.m. and tickets start at $85; ticketmaster.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s your chance to see one of the most important Bay Area bands of all time, one that has attracted fans around the globe with its brand of thoughtful corridos that speak to the Latinx and immigrant experience.<\/p>\n

Los Tigres del Norte<\/a> \u2014 which still features Jorge Hern\u00e1ndez on lead vocals \u2014 has amassed some truly incredible stats over the decades. Notably, the band has sold more than 30 million albums during its nearly 60-year recording career. It has also won seven Grammys and a dozen Latin Grammys.<\/p>\n

The group\u2019s best-known songs include \u201cLa Jaula de Oro,\u201d \u201cLa Puerta Negra,\u201d \u201cLa Reina del Sur\u201d and \u2014 the number that launched Los Tigres del Norte to superstardom \u2014 \u201cContrabando y Traici\u00f3n.\u201d<\/p>\n

After all these years, Los Tigres del Norte continues to live up to its nickname as \u201cJefe de Jefes\u201d (\u201cBoss of Bosses\u201d).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Tigres del Norte are ready to greet their loyal Bay Area fans. The famed Mexican norte\u00f1o act…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[184,7,8256,2644,967,1533,181,330,395,8257,8258,101,396,103,102,104,106,105,420],"class_list":{"0":"post-172150","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-bay-area","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-chase-center","11":"tag-concerts","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-keywee","14":"tag-latest-headlines","15":"tag-music","16":"tag-peninsula","17":"tag-pop-music","18":"tag-rock-music","19":"tag-san-francisco","20":"tag-san-francisco-county","21":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","22":"tag-san-francisco-news","23":"tag-sf","24":"tag-sf-headlines","25":"tag-sf-news","26":"tag-things-to-do"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}