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September 30, 2002 - Enrique Iglesias played a free concert in Brooklyn earlier today and some fans on his official message board have shared their experience attending the show. enriquefan02 writes, "Oh and during every song he would look at me! I think it's because I was the only guy almost crying over him! Oh well I think he remembered me!" Another fan says Iglesias' voice was hoarse, "Last night in Jones Beach I was very close and I could see him wince in pain the poor thing. So plase dont be too hard on him for the shortened concerts he is trying his best." Read more.

September 30, 2002 - Enrique Iglesias fan site EnriquesWorld.com has photos of the singer's performances at the Tweeter Center in Camden, New Jersey on Thursday and his Madison Square Garden performance on Friday. Check them out here.

September 29, 2002 - Enrique Iglesias and Paulina Rubio performed att Madison Square Garden in New York City on Friday (September 27). Check out photos of Enrique's headlining performance at WireImagecom and GlobePhotos.

September 29, 2002 - Us Weekly quotes Enrique Iglesias responding to reports he and girlfriend Anna Kournikova received noise complaints in a hotel saying, "I can't believe people think that I can actually make somebody moan and scream loud."

September 28, 2002 - Enrique Iglesias' official site tells fans the singer made history with his new album 'Quizas'. At #12, 'Quizas' has the highest debut ever of an all Spanish album on the Billboard Chart of Top 200 albums. It also debuted #1 on the Latin Chart.

September 26, 2002 - Jordan Levin of the Miami Herald chatted with Enrique Iglesias, and asked the singer about criticism that he's just a heartthrob and not much of a singer. "I'm not insecure about that," he says. "I know I don't have the greatest voice in the world; you don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure that out. But -- not to compare myself -- did Bob Dylan have the greatest voice in the world? Or Madonna? Or Julio Iglesias? People say: He just sold albums because he had a pretty face. Bull. There's a thousand people out there with pretty faces. People buy albums because they like the songs and what they're hearing. The only thing I have to prove is that I can write better songs.'' Read more.

September 26, 2002 - Entertainment Tonight caught up with Enrique Iglesias at the InStyle photo shoot (with Reese Witherspoon on the cover) where he revealed he and Anna Kournikova are just friends. He also revealed that in the future he'd like to have 20 kids.

September 26, 2002 - LFI has photos of Enrique Iglesias and Paulina Rubio at the Verizon Virginia Beach Amphitheater on Sunday (September 22). Check out the Enrique photos here.

September 24, 2002 - The Miami Herald reports Enrique Iglesias' Tuesday night concert at the AmericanAirlines Arena has been postponed to November 2. Promoters blamed the delay on transportation problems caused by the last-minute addition of two truckloads of equipment. "When [Iglesias] saw the mileage between Virginia Beach and Miami we realized we would not be able to get the full production to Miami," said Bruce Katz, senior vice-president of touring for Clear Channel Entertainment, which is producing Iglesias' 32-city tour. "He did not want to go into his hometown without the full production." Read more.

September 24, 2002 - The 30-second commercial for the new Doritos Salsa Chips featuring Enrique Iglesias is available for viewing at the official Doritos website. Check it out here.

September 24, 2002 - A fan on the Enrique Iglesias official site message board posted their photos from the concert in Charlotte the other night. Check them out here.

September 20, 2002 - Denis Armstrong of the Ottawa Sun reviewed Enrique Iglesias' concert at the Corel Centre in Ottawa yesterday, which was attended by girlfriend Anna Kournikova. Armstrong writes, "Backed by a bevy of Mediterranean beauties on vocals and a four-piece rock band identified simply as Grant, Tony and Jamie, the second-generation crooning heartthrob, dressed like a Calvin Klein underwear model, played his sexy Latin image off that of a grittier, tougher-sounding stadium rocker." Read more, including fan reaction, here.

September 18, 2002 - Enrique Iglesias tells MuchMusic he wasn't upset at all when Jimmy Fallon spoofed him on the MTV Video Music Awards. "I think he did it better than me, the mole was a little bigger though," said Enrique. "I thought that it was hilarious. And for me it actually is a complement. It means that at least he knows what I do and what kind of music I sing. It must have caused some sort of impression, whether it was negative or positive."

September 17, 2002 - Dave DiMartino of Launch.com caught up with Enrique Igliesias and asked the singer and son of Julio Iglesias if it was cool to be known or associated as the son of someone else. Enrique said, "I don't even think about it. It's never been anything negative in my life. I'm so proud of who I am and where I come from and who my father is. In school, kids never really looked at me a different way because I think it was a different generation; they didn't really know who my father was. They just knew he was a singer. Maybe if my father would have been the guy from Twisted Sister or something like that, they would have been like, "Whoa!" But it didn't really hit the generation I grew up with, my father's music. It didn't really change the way people act around me, when it came to my career and doing my own thing. I still never really think about it that much. It was never like people are going to be comparing me or saying I'm worse or better or anything like that. No, I never really thought about it." Read more.

September 16, 2002 - MTV Total Request Live writer Elliott Phear gave fans an update on the show for the week beginning September 2, which had Enrique Iglesias as a guest. Phear explained, "I found a pretty great pic of On-Reek-Ay with his hands on Kournikova's butt. Holey MOLEy, Batman! Too funny. So I had our graphics guy put it in. Well... Enrique showed up, and I talked to him about the questions. He liked all of 'em except the Anna ones. DAMN. Figgers - they never wanna talk about the stuff yawl wanna know about. But that's okay, cause on his behalf, he's a pretty humble and nice dude." Read more.

September 15, 2002 - Laura Emerick of the Chicago Sun-Times reviewed the Enrique Iglesias and Paulina Rubio show at the United Center on Thursday saying it was successful in "providing relief after the 9/11 onslaught, that's meant with no disrespect." Emerick added that Enrique "really won over the hearts of normal-looking women everywhere when he plucked an average Jane out of the audience so he could serenade her onstage to the strains of 'Hero.' Instead of selecting one of the thousands of sexy babes trolling the aisles, Iglesias picked a Betty instead of a Veronica, and God bless him for that." Read more.

September 12, 2002 - Enrique Iglesias stopped by CHFI in Toronto recently to talk about 'Escape'. Enrique says he can't believe sometimes when he walks onstage when there's so many people in the audience. Iglesias says he's never going to leave music, but he may look at doing some other things. He praised Whitney Houston when he collaborated with her. Enrique says fans keep him going. Enrique then joked about having a butt fetish, but he still insists he has a foot fetish. Download and listen to the interview here.

September 10, 2002 - Paul Robicheau of MTV News reviewed Enrique Iglesias' opening date of his U.S. tour at the Tweeter Center outside Boston Saturday. Robicheau commented, "Fans screamed louder when Iglesias' hand drifted low on the skirt of one of his three backup singers during a semi-duet of 'Could I Have This Kiss Forever.' And when he invited a fan onstage for an encore of his hit ballad 'Hero' and first touched her hands, thousands of women reacted as if it were their hands he had just touched." Read more.

September 10, 2002 - Suzielopes on Enrique Iglesias' official site message board posted photos from Enrique's show in Hartford, Conn. the other night, including backstage shots. Check them out here.

September 9, 2002 - Enrique Iglesias provided some insight about his constant dating denials in an interview with Leila Cobo of Billboard.com. "I've always been more personal in my music than in my real life," Iglesias says of his decision to include 'Quizás', the album's title track about a son's conversation with his father, on the album. "Always. I mean, I've always written songs than I probably wouldn't say face to face to anyone. Even when they ask me about my personal life, I lie all the time." Read more.

September 7, 2002 - Maria Menounos of Entertainment Tonight quizzed Enrique Iglesias at the 2002 NFL Kickoff Weekend in Times Square on Thursday (September 5) about his relationship with tennis babe Anna Kournikova. Asked if they were officially a couple, Iglesias responded jokingly, "No, I'm training for tennis." He continued to duck the question adding, "Yeah, I'm quitting singing and going into tennis, that's what I've told everyone."

September 7, 2002 - The Sun reports Enrique Iglesias held Anna Kournikova's hand and cuddled her before he went on to wow the crowds at the 2002 NFL Kickoff Weekend in Times Square on Thursday (September 5). Anna danced at the side of the stage as Enrique performed Escape, Hero and a cover of La Bamba for screaming fans. Read more on the event, including photos, here.

September 7, 2002 - Several photos are available from last night's 2002 NFL Kickoff Weekend in Times Square. Check out footage from the press conference, backstage, and the show which feature Alicia Keys, Enrique Iglesias, Bon Jovi, *NSYNC's Joey Fatone, and Eve performing from Getty Images, LFI (show / press conference), and WireImage.com.

September 7, 2002 - The first single and video off Enrique Iglesias' new Spanish release 'Quizas', due out September 17th, is available on his official website. Watch 'Mentiroso' here.

September 7, 2002 - TV Guide reports the NFL estimates that some 500,000 fans jammed Times Square on Thursday for its season opening celebration, dubbed "the world's biggest tailgate party." The event featured performances by Eve, Alicia Keys, Enrique Iglesias and *NSYNC's Joey Fatone climaxed by Bon Jovi singing 'America the Beautiful'.

September 7, 2002 - The New York Daily News reports Enrique Iglesias gave Anna Kournikova a good-luck canoodle before her doubles match yesterday at the U.S. Open. It didn't work though, as she and doubles partner Martina Hingis lost to Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suarez. After refusing to talk about her on TRL, Iglesias consoled her when she dropped by his dressing room before his performance at the NFL kickoff concert in Times Square.

September 6, 2002 - Getty Images has photos of Enrique Iglesias watches his girlfriend Anna Kournikova play a doubles match at the U.S. Open on Wednesday (September 4) in Flushing Meadows, New York City. Check out the pictures here.

September 6, 2002 - LFI has photos of Enrique Iglesias performing at the Molson Centre Arena in Montreal on Tuesday (September 3). Check out the pictures here.

September 6, 2002 - Enrique Iglesias stopped by MTV's Total Request Live on Thursday to talk about the Video Music Awards that had Jimmy Fallon doing an over-the-top impersonation of him, his upcoming Spanish album, his current tour, and his performance on Fox tonight to help kick off the new NFL season. A subject host Carson Daly was apparently too afraid to ask about was Anna Kournikova, whom Carson himself revealed Enrique was "playing grab ass" with at the VMAs. He did say Anna probably won't be on anymore videos though with him. For a transcript of the appearance, read here.

September 2, 2002 - The Scottish Daily Record reports Anna Kournikova turned to retail therapy after being dumped from the US Open and catching boyfriend Enrique Iglesias swapping phone numbers at the MTV Video Music Awards. Anna and a pal hit New York's trendy Valentinos and Dolce & Gabbana, as well as The Levi Store. Read more.

September 2, 2002 - The Sun reports not only has new Guns N' Roses guitarist Richie Fortus worked in Enrique Iglesias' band, but he also is credited guitar and bass on *NSYNC's album 'Celebrity'. The paper wonders if he has the rocker credibilty after being linked to the two pop acts.

September 2, 2002 - The Sunday Mail reports Anna Kournikova was said to have thrown "a hissy fit" after she caught boyfriend Enrique Iglesias swapping phone numbers with Kylie Minogue at the MTV Video Music Awards. "Anna hit the roof, she threw the mother of all hissy fits and totally wiped the floor with Enrique," an insider said. "Kylie is stunning and Enrique kept glancing over at her. Anna's attractive, but she gets very jealous." Read more.

September 1, 2002 - Anonymous writes "Not all of Enrique Iglesias' fans are outraged about his relationship with Anna Kournikova. Many of us are happy to see him so happy. Instead, we are outraged at those who have made the rest of his fans look psychotic. Read more."

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