2026 is shaping up to be a remarkable year for the Gipsy Kings featuring Tonino Baliardo, with the new album ‘Historia’ coming out on May 29th, a brand new feature-length documentary now being available, and plenty more international dates to come. Now they extend that positive run with a final preview of the record with the new single ‘Caballero’.
While the ‘Historia’ album spans a spectrum of varying moods and emotions, ‘Caballero’ represents the band at their life-affirming best – all hip-shaking rhythms, runaway energy, and Tonino Baliardo’s infectious virtuoso guitar work. It’s a song of such life-affirming fervour that it can take its place in their catalogue amongst previous classics such as ‘Bamboléo’, ‘Volare’‘ and ‘Djobi, Djoba’.
Tonino says, “Cabellero track is something completely different to songs I have written in the past. Whist in the studio with the GK they decided to play act as cowboys and bandits because of the American Country/Western feel..”
‘Caballero’ follows the release of the documentary ‘Tonino Balliardo Featuring The Gipsy Kings’ documentary which is now available on Amazon Prime and has already reached #1 on Amazon Music Documentaries. It tells Tonino’s full remarkable story: a Romanigypsy guitarist from Catalan musical lineage who is discovered by Brigitte Bardot while busking on the beaches of Saint-Tropez, forms the Gipsy Kings, and turns a marginalised culture into a global music phenomenon.
The film was directed by Joel Van der Molen, whose previous work includes the acclaimed Amazon Prime #1 documentary ‘Gypsy Billionnaire’ and the award-winning ‘Living My Illusion’.
The ‘Historia’ album is available to pre-order / pre-save. All pre-orders from the band’s official store will be entered into a competition to win a guitar signed by Tonino Baliardo and the Gipsy Kings, while Amazon offer an exclusive signed gold vinyl format.
Gipsy Kings featuring Tonino Baliardo have just started the European leg of their ‘Historia’ tour, which continues across Germany and Switzerland for the remainder of the month. Further upcoming dates take them from Oslo to São Paulo via Istanbul.
MAY
22nd – Düsseldorf, Stahlwerk Düsseldorf
23rd – Mainz, Halle 5
24th – Stuttgart, LKA Longhorn
25th – Saarbrücken, Garage Saarbrücken
27th – Nuremberg, Hirsch Nürnberg
29th – Munich, Backstage Werk
30th – Zürich, Komplex 457
31st – Bern, Bierhubeli
JUNE
18th – Oslo, OverOslo Festival
19th – Langesund, Wrightegaarden
JULY
4th – Makarska, Revoluciji
26th – São Paulo, Espaço Unimed
AUGUST
August 2026 USA Tour
07 August // GN Casino /St Charles LA ( Houston )
08 August // Arlington Hall / Arlington Dallas TX
09 August //. Haute Spot / Leander – Cedar Park ( Austin ) TX
13 August // Cobb Centre / Atlanta GA
14 August // Hard Rock / Orlando Flordia
15 August // James Knight Ctr./ Miami / Florida
16 August // Mahaffey / St.Petersburg / Florida
19 August // Longwod Gardens / Philadelphia PA
20 August // State Theatre / Portland ME
21 August // United Theatre / Westerley RI
22 August // Edmond Town Hall / Newtown CT
23 August // Clubhouse / East Hampton NY
30th – Timisoara, Corfu Festival
SEPTEMBER
18th – Istanbul, Harbiye Cemil
OCTOBER
10th – Warsaw, Roztańczony PGE Narodowy
24th – Strasbourg, Palais Des Congrès