Chabot Spectator

Issue date: 12/14/06 Section: The Scene

Media Credit: Melissa Martinez Dulce Maria, Anahí, Alfonso (who goes by the nickname "Poncho") & Christopher. Mia (Anahí) and Miguel (Poncho) are characters in the popular Mexican soap opera Rebelde.

Tuesday marked RBD's (Rebeldes or The Rebels) debut performance of their English album.  This was their first intimate performance in the Bay Area, at the famous Fillmore of San Francisco. 

The audience patiently waited, the lines were long, and started forming at 4 p.m., but the performance wasn't scheduled until 8 p.m. 

This event was sponsored by Verizon Wireless, and was to promote its new English album.  RBD is the newest sensation, with their novela (soap opera) coming to an end on Friday on Telemundo, these energetic young adults are said to be the new ABBA of their time. They finally ame in stage at 9 p.m. and their set was an hour.

They opened with "TuAmor", and in between sang their English songs and smash hit spanish songs, and ended with "Rebelde Rock."

 This music isn't just for Latinos or people who speak Spanish, if you like  feel good music RBD is for you.  The listener can relate to any of the members cause they are all indivduals and have different tastes and styles.

Since releasing a first album in late 2004, RBD mania spread, from Mexico, to the U.S. Latin market, to the rest of Latin America and Brazil, where the group topped sales charts with albums in Spanish and Portuguese. 

Now, RBD will release two new studio albums: "Celestial," in Spanish, due Nov. 24 on EMI Televisa, and "Rebels," in English, due Dec. 19 on Virgin.

This marks the first time a major act releases completely different Spanish and English albums in the United States within such a short period of time.

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