mun2 presents: Manu Chao.

mun2 partners with Nacional Records for the U.S. television premiere of Manu Chao’s live concert in Bayonne, France entitiled, “Baionarena.” The one hour “mun2 Presents: Manu Chao” special airs Friday, November 27th at 12am midnight ET/PT, and repeats on Sunday November 29th 11pm ET/PT.

“Manu represents what’s great about music: it transcends language, class and politics,” says Flavio Morales, VP Programming for mun2. “Offering his music to our mun2 audience really speaks to the duality we as Latinos live everyday.”

The partnership comes as a collaboration to help promote the upcoming release of “Baionarena”, a double live album and DVD set recorded in Bayonne, France. Scheduled to be released via Nacional Records on December 1st, 2009, “Baionarena” is a follow up to the Latin Grammy-winning studio album, “La Radiolina,” which has been certified Gold and hit number one on the Billboard Latin album chart.

For an entire week starting Monday November 23rd, holamun2.com will host exclusive footage from the behind-the-scenes “video tour diary” entitled, “Carnet de Voyage,” which comes as bonus material in the Baionarena DVD. The diary follows Manu Chao and Radio Bemba along their adventures across the globe, from Austin City Limits to Glastonbury and Mexico to Russia. holamun2.com will also host a free mp3 download of the classic Manu Chao hit, “Clandestino” from the live album.

“mun2 Presents: Manu Chao,” featuring an eclectic mix of some of the artists hit songs, includes classics Clandestino, La Vida Tombola, Mala Vida, and Welcome To Tijuana.

For exclusive footage from the Manu Chao video tour diary, visit http://holamun2.com/manuchao>