José Dueño Entertainment is the leading concert & event production company in Puerto Rico today with productions such as: Bon Jovi, Yanni at El Morro, Cirque du Soleil, Elton John, Metallica, Journey, Billy Joel, Madonna, Lady Gaga among others. His career dates back more than 30 years of experience in which he has produced more than 1,000 large-scale performances. His experience in Marketing and Advertising helped him to develop intuition for this type of business. Married to Grishelda Diaz and father of three boys, Jose, Agustin and Sebastian. From the beginning, he had the vision to make great things. His creative ideas led him to enter in the entertainment world market, evaluating alternatives and experimenting with successful projects: "Remember Juliana's" ( a concept based on Puerto Rico's most famous discotheque from the 70’s); The Motor Spectacular (Big Foot and 4 x 4 Racing) New Year's Eve Dance (with orchestras and first-rate artists as Roberto Roena, Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz among others. At the same time, he was producing concerts of Super Stars such as Elton John, Celine Dion, Billy Joel, Metallica, AC/DC, Rush, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Sting, The Police, Usher, Andrea Bocelli, Il Divo and YANNI just to mention a few. During many years, he has repeatedly presented Latin Stars such as Franco De Vita, Juan Luis Guerra, Ricardo Arjona, Aventura, Gloria Estefan, Luis Miguel, Juanes, Café Tacuba, Aterciopelados, Robi Draco Rosa, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, La Ley, Gustavo Cerati, Panda, Emmanuel, Ricardo Montaner, Braulio, Jose Luis Rodriguez "El Puma", Zoe, UB40, Ziggy Marley and Steel Pulse among many great stars. This major producer has covered various aspects from musicals to comedy to magic shows. The Illusionist David Copperfield has been filled above the 11 home runs functions through the production of this titan. Broadway shows: CATS, STOMP, LOR OF THE DANCE among others, endorse his ingenuity. In Comedy the great Chris Rock and in tropical highlights, Juan Luis Guerra, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Roberto Roena, Luis Enrique, and Buena Vista Social Club featuring Isaac Delgado, Ruben Gonzalez and Omara Portuondo. And for the entertainment of the entire family, shows such as The Magical World of Barney, Elmo, Sesame Street, The Wiggles, The Imperial Circus of China, and the incredible CIRQUE DU SOLEIL - DRALION. Stars such as Jennifer Lopez, The Killers, Kiss, Ratt, Motley Crue, Poison, Whitesnake, Lionel Richie, Duran Duran, James Brown, INXS, The Pet Shop Boys, The Backstreet Boys, The Jonas Brothers, Boston, Toto and Journey are part of their work together and the success of a creative mind. His debut as concert promoter was in 1984 with Roberta Flack. His first Rock concert was in 1985 with John Wait and Cheap Trick. His first Sold Out Coliseum show (10,000 paid) was RATT in 1985. His first Sold Out Stadium show (25,000 paid) was Bon Jovi "Slippery When Wet Tour" in 1987. In September 4, 2004, The New 18,000 seater Coliseum of Puerto Rico Jose Miguel Agrelot was inaugurated by Jose Dueño with the concert event of "El PRIMERO" with Roberto Roena, Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz. He also holds the record of the fastest Sold Out show with Metallica (17,800 tickets in 6 hours) and the biggest paid attendance show ever with Aventura, 79,800 tickets sold in 5 shows in a row. "Pepe" as most people call him by his nickname, also has presented giant exhibitions such as Bodies The Exhibition and Titanic The Exhibition with attendance well over 500,000 people. Since 2005 and every year after, Jose Dueño has produced The Puerto Rico Wine & Food Fest with Top Chef such as Emeryl Lagassi, Cat Cora, Guy Richie, Michelle Burnstein and George Duran. His latest project was YANNI AT EL CASTILLO SAN FELIPE EL MORRO, in the oldest fortress in the United States of America. This Legendary Landmark was the stage of a once in a lifetime event with the world famous pianist and composer YANNI at his best.
