NEW YORK (AP) — Move over, Bruce Springsteen. Come this fall, the Mexican pop-rock giants Maná will break the Boss' record for most arena shows in Los Angeles, with 44 to his 42, during a new arena tour.
“And singing in Spanish! That’s the amazing thing,” says vocalist Fher Olvera. “We are living history in this country.”
The Vivir Sin Aire Tour, named after the hit song from their 1992 album “¿Dónde Jugarán Los Niños?” kicks off Sept. 5 at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas, and concludes April 4, 2026 at the First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. It includes a four-night residency at Los Angeles' Kia Forum, placing them just ahead of Springsteen's record.
The band, which celebrates its 40th anniversary next year, will also perform in some cities they have never toured in before: Nashville, Tennessee; Detroit, St. Louis, Baltimore and Montreal among them.
In the past, proceeds from Maná’s tours have funded “scholarships and worked with the farmers,” drummer Alex González lists. This time around, part of the proceeds from the tour will benefit their “Latinas Luchonas” program in honor of Rosario Sierra, Olvera’s late mother. González describes it as an initiative to assist single mothers.
Their live shows double as “a celebration of the Latin community,” says González. “All the Latino community comes, and they also bring their Anglo friends. They learn a little bit of Spanish and they learn a little bit of our culture. And so, it’s great. It’s just fantastic playing live.”
Audiences can expect to hear classic tunes such as “Rayando el Sol” and “Oye Mi Amor,” and a mix of non-singles for the hardcore fans — but they will need to wait a little bit longer if they want a record. The band hasn’t added much in that department since their last studio album, “Cama Incendiada,” was released in 2015.
“For now, we are very focused (on) this new tour,” says Olvera, when asked if there's a new album on the way. “So after this? ... We will see.”
These days, they've got a lot to celebrate. Last month, Maná was among the 14 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees for 2025, becoming the first fully Spanish-language act to receive a nod.
“It's a huge honor for us,” says guitarist Sergio Vallín. “I think it is good for the whole community, the Latino community.”
When the band received the news, they dedicated the nomination to “all Latinos everywhere, especially the immigrants who are suffering right now” in a statement. González says the band owes their career in the United States to the Mexican and Latin communities, a population he describes as an “essential part of the workforce and the economy of the United States.”
“We dedicate this award to all of them, you know, because at the end of the day, all these people, what they’re doing is they’re putting the bread on the table and they’re working very hard,” he says.
Referencing the ongoing immigration crackdown in the U.S., González notes “there’s a lot of people that are scared.”
“This tour, it’s all about bringing everybody together,” he continues. “We’re bringing this positive message to the United States.”
Maná's members have never shied away from speaking their minds, particularly on social and political issues. Last year, the band removed its 2016 song with Nicky Jam after the Puerto Rican reggaeton singer expressed his support for Trump's candidacy. (Jam later rescinded his endorsement.)
Latinos have to understand they “have political power,” says Olvera. But for now, “our community is invited to sing, to dance, to forget (at) our concerts.”
FILE - Alex Gonzalez, left, and Fher Olvera of the Mexican rock band Mana perform at the Los Angeles Forum on Nov. 15, 2021, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from Social Security systems that hold personal data on millions of Americans, calling their work there a “fishing expedition.”
The order also requires the team to delete any personally identifiable data in their possession.
U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander in Maryland found that the team got broad access to sensitive information at the Social Security Administration to search for fraud with little justification.
“The DOGE Team is essentially engaged in a fishing expedition at SSA, in search of a fraud epidemic, based on little more than suspicion,” she wrote.
The order does allow DOGE staffers to access to data that's been redacted or stripped of anything personally identifiable, if they undergo training and background checks.
“To be sure, rooting out possible fraud, waste, and mismanagement in the SSA is in the public interest. But, that does not mean that the government can flout the law to do so,” Hollander wrote.
The Trump administration says DOGE is targeting waste in the federal government. Musk has been focused on Social Security as an alleged hotbed of fraud, describing it as a “ ponzi scheme ” and insisting that reducing waste in the program is an important way to cut government spending.
The ruling, which could be challenged on appeal, comes in a lawsuit filed by labor unions, retirees and the advocacy group Democracy Forward. They argued that DOGE access violates privacy laws and presents serious information security risks. The lawsuit included a declaration from a recently departed Social Security official who saw the DOGE team sweep into the agency said she is deeply worried about sensitive information being exposed.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
DOGE detailed a 10-person team of federal employees at the SSA, seven of whom were granted read-only access to agency systems or personally identifiable information, according to court documents.
The staffers were all federal employees allowed to access the data under federal privacy laws, the government argued, and there's no evidence that any personal data was improperly shared.
The Justice Department also said that DOGE access doesn’t deviate significantly from normal practices inside the agency, where employees are routinely allowed to search its databases. But attorneys for the plaintiffs called the access unprecedented.
Lee Saunders, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, called the ruling a “major win for working people and retirees across the country.”
Skye Perryman, president of Democracy Forward, said that “the court recognized the real and immediate dangers of DOGE’s reckless actions and took action to stop it.”
DOGE has gotten at least some access to other government databases, including at the Treasury Department and IRS.
At SSA, DOGE staffers swept into the agency days after Trump’s inauguration and pressed for a software engineer to quickly get access to data systems that are normally carefully restricted even within the government, a former official said in court documents.
The team appeared to be searching for fraud based on inaccuracies and misunderstandings, according to Tiffany Flick, the former acting chief of staff to the acting commissioner.
Hollander, 75, who is based in Baltimore and was nominated by President Barack Obama, is the latest judge to consider a DOGE related case.
The team has drawn nearly two dozen lawsuits. Earlier this week another Maryland judge found that DOGE's dismantling of United States Agency for International Development was likely unconstitutional.
While other judges have raised questions about DOGE’s sweeping cost-cutting efforts, they have not always agreed any risks are imminent enough to block the team from government systems.
Associated Press writers Chris Megerian and Lea Skene in Baltimore contributed reporting.
Demonstrators gather outside of the Edward A. Garmatz United States District Courthouse in Baltimore, on Friday, March 14, 2025, before a hearing regarding the Department of Government Efficiency's access to Social Security data. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Demonstrators gather outside of the Edward A. Garmatz United States District Courthouse in Baltimore, on Friday, March 14, 2025, before a hearing regarding the Department of Government Efficiency's access to Social Security data. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
