It is not April 1st, but we can still report that Carlos Santana will perform with none other than Justin Bieber on New Year’s Eve. The two musicians will “partner to perform a special collaboration” in New York on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2012.” The show begins Saturday December 31, 2011 at 8:00 pm ET and will be broadcast on the ABC. And, yes, this means that both Santana and Bieber will be in New York during Phish’s four-night run at New York’s Madison Square Garden.

Looking ahead, Santana will play a series of shows in Mexico this March. The guitarist and his band will perform at Guadalajara’s Auditorio Telmex (3/7), Monterrey’s Arena Monterrey (3/9) and Mexico City’s Arena Ciudad de Mexico (3/11).