Manu Chao

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The next Manu Chao concert is scheduled for Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at Villa Erba Centro Congressi in Cernobbio, Italy. See all 2 upcoming concerts

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Top Songs By Manu Chao

Listen to Viajando Por El Mundo by KAROL G & Manu Chao, see lyrics, music video & more!

Viajando Por El MundoKAROL G & Manu Chao

Me Gustas TúManu Chao

Bongo BongManu Chao

ClandestinoManu Chao

Welcome to TijuanaManu Chao

Me Gustas Tú (Slowed and Reverb Version)Manu Chao & spedup trends

A me mi piaceAlfa & Manu Chao

Mr BobbyManu Chao

Listen to Seeds of Freedom by Manu Chao, see lyrics, music video & more!

Seeds of FreedomManu Chao

Merry BluesManu Chao

Upcoming Concerts for Manu Chao

Latest Release

Listen to Viajando Por El Mundo - Single by KAROL G & Manu Chao

ALBUMViajando Por El Mundo - SingleKAROL G & Manu Chao

More albums from Manu Chao

ALBUMViva TuManu Chao

ALBUMClandestino / Bloody BorderManu Chao

ALBUMPolitik KillsManu Chao

ALBUMLa RadiolinaManu Chao

ALBUMSibérie m'était contéeeManu Chao

ALBUMPróxima Estación: EsperanzaManu Chao

ALBUMClandestinoManu Chao

Manu Chao's Popular Music Videos

Leave Me Alone (feat. Manu Chao & Machel Montano) [Kubiyashi Remix]

Rainin' In Paradize (Emir Kusturica Version)

Clandestino (feat. Calypso Rose)

Manu Chao & Chalart58

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Manu Chao Essentials

A whirlwind world-music tour with an eclectic polyglot performer.

Manu Chao: Influences

The wordly sounds that shaped his groove machine.

Inspired by Manu Chao

About Manu Chao

Hometown

Paris, France

Born

June 21, 1961

Genre

Worldwide

When popular French rock band Mano Negra disbanded in the mid-‘90s, founder and lead singer Manu Chao decided to keep roaming. The band started in 1987 busking in the Paris subway, and at the height of fame, it toured South America by freight train and boat. Once on his own, Chao continued traveling the Americas, studying the chaotic urban symphonies of street bands, public markets, and fellow migrants, eventually pouring his vivid stories into the wanderlust manifesto, 1998’s Clandestino. Movement has been a lifelong constant for Manu Chao, born in 1961 Paris to Spanish immigrants fleeing Francisco Franco's brutal regime. Even in music, Chao's natural inertia propelled him from band to band and through nearly a dozen languages, leaving a trail of influential projects including Hot Pants and Los Carayos, and a globally accessible songbook. Manu Chao grew into a fierce critic of capitalist globalization and has expressed solidarity with Mexico's Zapatista movement—a rebellious, conscientious spirit that continued shaping his music across freewheeling gems Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001) and La Radiolina (2007).

Manu Chao has also released music as a member of Ti.po.ta, The Hot Pants, Los Carayos, and Mano Negra.

Influenced by Manu ChaoManu Chao has influenced the music of Molotov, Juanes, Jósean Log and more.