Erreway

Erreway was a pop rock band founded in 2002 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, based on the youth soap opera Rebelde Way. The initial members were Camila Bordonaba, Benjamín Rojas, Felipe Colombo and Luisana Lopilato. Then they became Felipe Colombo, Camila Bordonaba and Benjamín Rojas.

Erreway has sold more than 5 million records around the world with albums & DVD in Argentina, Latin America, Europe and Israel, repeatedly achieving gold and platinum albums in Argentina and Spain.

On January 31, 2004 he appeared in BILLBOARD magazine Thus being one of the first bands from an Argentine series to appear in the important magazine

In 2002, they released their debut album, Señales. In 2003 they released their second album, Tiempo. In 2004 they published their last studio album called Memoria. With this album they marked the band's separation at the end of 2004.

In December 2006, the band met again without Luisana Lopilato, who was working on the recordings of Casados con Hijos, to tour Spain after the success the group was having.

At the end of 2007 Erreway announced their final separation. Despite this, unreleased material from the band continued to be released between 2019 and 2021.

It is considered one of the most important musical groups (emerging from a youth series) in Latin America along with RBD, its Mexican counterpart and the Teen Angels (a group that emerged from the series Casi Ángeles, also produced by Cris Morena). The group is in many countries in Latin America (such as Peru, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Paraguay, Uruguay, Panama, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico) and in many countries in Europe and Asia (Israel first, then in Spain, Greece, Russia, Romania, Germany, Italy). It was a social phenomenon, changing the style of an entire generation of teenagers in Argentina and Israel first and then around the world. In its first year it was considered the most important musical band in all of Argentina along with the group Bandana. In 2003 and 2004 it was considered the most important musical band in all of Latin America, being a reference for its culture throughout the world (especially in Israel, Greece, Germany, Russia, Italy and the Philippines where they crossed the language wall).

In 2019, the video demand platform Netflix bought the Rebelde Way format, relaunching the original series for the entire world. The impact it generated was such that Erreway's music reached the top playlists on Spotify. In 2021 CMG publishes the unreleased song Vuelvo, recorded in 2007. ^{[citation required]}

Members

Actor	Date of Birth	Place of Birth	Nationality
Felipe Colombo	8 January 1983	Mexico City, Mexico	Mexico
Camila Bordonaba	4 September 1984	El Palomar, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Argentina
Benjamin Rojas	16 April 1985	La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Luisana Lopilato	18 May 1987	City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Band musicians

• Silvio Furmanski (guitar)
• Laura Corazzina (low)
• Luis Burgio (battery)
• Gustavo Novello
• Florence Ciarlo (coros)
• Willie Lorenzo (coros, guitar and vocal trainer from Erreway)

Biography

2002: Beginnings, Signs

Erreway was born in 2002 as a parallel project with the successful youth series Rebelde Way. The band formed by Camila Bordonaba, Benjamín Rojas, Felipe Colombo and Luisana Lopilato also had its own story within Rebelde Way and its songs made up the soundtrack of the series. On July 29, 2002, the band's debut album, Signals, was released, made up of 12 songs, including hits from the successful series Rebelde Way. These songs are composed by Cris Morena and Rocky Nilson. This album became quintuple platinum in Argentina. His first song titled Sweet Baby reached number 1 on MTV Argentina and the 40 Principales, in addition to almost all radio stations. That year, the band made its first presentation at the Abasto Shopping in Buenos Aires, together with the musicians, in front of more than 15,000 people, presenting their first album, receiving platinum and platinum album awards. gold.

On September 20, Erreway begins its first tour at the Gran Rex theater in Argentina, presenting its first album, Señales, with 15 performances within the musical Rebelde Way: El Show i>, with all tickets sold and new features added until November 17.

After the success of the album Señales and the shows at the Gran Rex, Erreway begins his Señales Tour which ends in April 2003.

2003: Transition and international success, Time

At the same time, Erreway began recording his second album, Tiempo, whose songs would compose the soundtrack of the second season of Rebelde Way. The album is made up of 12 songs including Tiempo and Será de Dios which were great hits and an adaptation of the song Vamos al ruedo by Los Abuelos of nothing. After finishing the recordings of the album, the group traveled with the cast of Rebelde Way to Israel where they gave 18 shows at the Nokia Sport Center Stadium in Tel Aviv before more than 12,000 people, where they present their first album Signals and the first single from their second album, titled Tiempo. For fans in Israel, Erreway was a phenomenon they had never seen before after the breakup of the iconic band The Beatles. That year, on their trips to Israel, the band and the cast members caused a sensation, where fans waited for them at airports and outside hotels, even chasing them in their rooms, for which they had to change hotels more than once, also on the buses where they went with the uniforms of the fictional Elite Way School, leaving messages in Spanish for the actors; Likewise, Erreway gave many press conferences and made appearances on different television programs performing his songs, with the other members of the cast as backup singers and dancers. The success of the band and the series, both in Israel and Greece, took both those responsible and the members of Erreway by surprise, as they noticed that they had broken the language barrier. On April 15, 2003, the album Tiempo was released with a limited edition of the album with a special design and simple editing. The album became triple platinum in Argentina. On June 12, 2003, Erreway traveled to Miami to open the INTE awards gala with his performance and also gave a show in the city.

Then, Erreway begins his new international tour called Our Time Tour with which he tours Argentina, Latin America and Israel.

2004: Memory and Separation

After finishing the tour through Argentina and Latin America "Our Time" presenting his latest album Tiempo, Erreway travels again to Israel to play the songs of their album Señales and Tiempo. In addition, during the tour, they presented the first single titled Memoria, from their third album of the same name, which they began to record in Argentina. The band, along with the cast of the series, performed 12 shows at the Nokia Sport Center Stadium, as well as the 2003 Israel Tour, before more than 10,000 people.

After this, the guys from Erreway begin recording the film Erreway: 4 paths, in Argentina, with which they put an end to the series Rebelde Way. When presenting the film at the premiere Cuatro Caminos, they give a small concert performing their new songs. Meanwhile, they continue recording their latest album, which includes the soundtrack of said film. Erreway publishes its album Memoria, after the premiere of Erreway: 4 paths, on July 4, 2004. That same year the group appears on the CM channel for an interview and give a small concert performing their best hits from the three albums.

At the same time, the boys embark on a new tour presenting their new album, with which they tour Israel, Argentina, and Latin America again. With the end of the tour, each of the members of Erreway begins a new separate project.

2006-2007: Reunion and Final Separation

In 2006, thanks to the great popularity of the Rebelde Way series in this country, the first Erreway compilation titled The Rebelde Way album was published in Spain, which includes the songs from the series. and their video clips. After two weeks on sale, Erreway achieved the Gold Record thanks to this album, positioning it at No. 1 on the Spanish charts. In July of this same year, after a long period of time Separated, Camila and Felipe travel to Spain to promote the series and its products, and offer several record signings. Coinciding with their visit, their first two albums Señales and Tiempo are published in Spain. i>.

On September 19, the CD+DVD Erreway in Concert, the second Erreway compilation, will be published in Spain, which includes one of the concerts that the band performed in Israel in 2003 presenting their album Señales and Tiempo, performed by Bordonaba, Lopilato, Rojas and Colombo.

On the occasion of the success achieved in Spain, Erreway began rehearsing to return to the stage with his first tour in Spain in December of that same year. But for work reasons, since he was recording the Argentine program Casados with children, Luisana Lopilato does not embark on this new stage of the musical group and decides to leave the band, thus turning Erreway into a trio. Even so, all the tickets for the scheduled concerts are sold, such is the success they achieve, that Erreway has to add, at the last minute, a new concert in Madrid. Once the tour is over, the trio leaves Spain promising a next visit. The tour visited several cities in Spain, such as Valencia, Madrid, Barcelona, among others.

On June 19, 2007, the Erreway: Box Set was published with all the Erreway material published in Spain. One day after the publication the band travels to Spain to promote this product. On this visit Erreway gives a concert in Valencia at the Happy Sunny Day event, held by the Sunny Delight beverage brand. It is announced that the band will publish a new album only for Spain titled Vuelvo, which will include songs from the album Memoria along with new songs; They also announce that in September of that same year a new tour will take place in several cities in Spain.

During the following months, the recording of the album Vuelvo was completed, although for various reasons this album did not reach the market. The scheduled tour is also postponed, but in the end it ends up being cancelled. At the end of 2007, Erreway announced its final separation.

2017: Greatest Hits

On July 7, 2017, Cris Morena published on all digital platforms, the third compilation of Erreway Grandes Éxitos, which includes 17 hits by Erreway, belonging to his three albums, performed by Bordonaba, Colombo, Lopilato and Rojas. The album has not yet been published in physical format.

2021: I'm back

On December 9, 2020, it was finally announced that the unreleased album Vuelvo, recorded by Rojas, Colombo and Bordonaba in 2007, will be released in 2021. With a trailer published on social networks by Cris Morena, the first cut that bears the album's title, Vuelvo, is heard for the first time officially. Finally, it is announced that the album will be released on May 27, 2021 on all digital platforms, this being the day that marks nineteen years since the broadcast of the first chapter of the soap opera Rebelde Way on Argentine television. Parallel to the publication of the album, Cris Morena announces the 19 days of rebel, in which she releases photos, shows and unreleased videos in celebration of the 19 years of Rebelde Way.

It is not yet known if the album will also be published in physical format.

On May 27, the first single from the album "Vuelvo" on all digital platforms. The single was published on YouTube with an official video, a compilation of scenes from the Rebelde Way series.

On June 4, the second cut called 'Vamos al Cielo' is published. The song was used for the soundtrack of the series Jake and Blake, in a version performed only by Rojas. The original song contains the choirs of Colombo and Bordonaba.

Finally, on June 18, 2021, the album was published on digital platforms.

Erreway: 4 paths

Erreway: 4 paths is the first film they released after finishing the series Rebelde Way directed by Ezequiel Crupnicoff and the script by Lily Ann Martín and Solange Keoleyan about a idea of Cris Morena, they premiered it in Argentina on July 1, 2004. When presenting their film, the four of them then gave a small concert to promote the film and their third album Memoria.

The film starred Bordonaba, Colombo, Lopilato and Rojas, with the special participation of Rolly Serrano and Claudio Rissi.

Love and friendship are the protagonists of this story in which 4 teenagers with their music, a manager more irresponsible than them, a rooster and a newborn baby, cross Argentine routes on a crazy journey to reach their dream. dream.

The film was shot in northwest Argentina, specifically in the provinces of Salta, Jujuy and Tucumán.

Musical tours

• Tour (2002 - 2003)
• Tour Our Time (2003 - 2004)
• Erreway farewell tour (2004)
• Erreway: Tour of Spain (2006)

Discography

Erreway published three albums in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2021 with the Sony Music label, then in Spain two compilation albums and a pack with all of Erreway's content were published with the Warner Music Spain label:

International day

EWI, the band's main distributor, decided to commemorate the four members with a special day. The day chosen was October 8 since the main idea of this project was for EWI Uruguay, and it was that day when Erreway began its last international tour in that country.

Remakes and versions

• 2004-2008; 2020; 2023 — RBD
• 2005-2007 — Remix Gang
• 2008-2009 — RBL
• 2009-2010 — CRZ
• 2011-2013 — Rebels