Today we say goodbye to the Puerto Rican reggaeton star Daddy Yankee, who via Video announced his farewell tour of the stage this Sunday and with that news shocked his fans and the media that for almost two decades were covering each of his steps in the world of music around the world.
“La Última Vuelta” and his latest album “Legendaddy” will serve to say goodbye to the so-called “Big Boss” of the urban genre of the stages and recording studios, although it is not ruled out that he will now continue to train and support newcomers from a distance. talents as it has been practicing in recent years.
It was precisely on the night of this Sunday, March 20, that the artist published an emotional message for his fans through his site daddyyankee.com from where the interpreter of “Gasolina”, “What happened, happened”, “Limbo” and many more publicized his retirement from the music industry.
It has nothing to do with the price of “gasoline” as they have been joking on the networks. The idol of Puerto Rico will be retiring with a tour called “La Última Vuelta World Tour”, which will begin at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon, on August 10, will continue on August 11 through San José, California and on August 13 of that month will arrive at the Los Angeles Forum. From there he jumps the next day to Rosarito, Mexico and then will continue along this coast with presentations in Sacramento, Ontario and Las Vegas, immediately returning to a second performance in Rosarito.
Other places that he will visit are Miami, New York, Chicago, Boston, Washington, among other latitudes in the United States.
And on the international plane, you will land with your private jet in countries such as Argentina, Peru, El Salvador, Panama, Guatemala, Ecuador, Colombia (Barranquilla, Medellin, Bogotá and Cali) and cities in Mexico as well as in the capital itself, as well as Guadalajara and Monterey.
According to Nevarez Communications, the goodbye tour will last five months and represents for Yankee “one of the most important and outstanding shows in the United States and Latin America that the public will witness to date.”
The reasons for this decision are not very clear, although Daddy Yankee expressed in the aforementioned video that three decades and two more years of career have been of sufficient satisfaction and now he will give priority to other aspects of his life, family life, for example.
“Today I am announcing my retirement from music by giving you my best production and my best concert tour. I will say goodbye celebrating these 32 years of experience with this new collector’s item, the album “Legendaddy”. I am going to give you all the styles that have defined me, in a single production”, said Cangri.
“I retire with the greatest of my thanks, to my audience, to my colleagues, to all the producers, radio, press, television, digital platforms and to you, especially, to you who have been with me from the roots, from the beginning of reggaeton . Thanks to my world family for inspiring me so much in my life, ”added Yankee, addressing his fans, whom he also invited so that they can pre-order his latest album.
Yankee’s right hand for almost two decades, the Puerto Rican Mayna Nevarez, showed on her social media account her regret for the artist’s dismissal. “#Thank you Yankee for so much! Today you announce your retirement, last tour and last album #Legendaddy that comes out this Thursday at 8:00 pm. Grateful to be a part of your team for the past 18 years,” the businesswoman posted on Facebook.
For her part, the Colombian musical entrepreneur Ruby Lopera, who was part of the team at the beginning of Yankee, was also surprised. “Wow living legend. His departure from the stage gives a little pain in the heart. I am very pleased to have been part of this team in its time and international start. Thank you also #DaddyYankee and you Mayna Nevarez for the opportunity to be part of this great success. A thousand blessings always boss, boss, boss. The man who with his tenacity and discipline achieved everything. Carolina Esquivel with you touched me several times in Chile, ”she published on Lopera networks.
“Legendaddy” is Daddy Yankee’s first album in 10 years and it will include the different forms of urban music to which he had accustomed his audience from all over the world.
They also announced in the statement, what many fans would never have wanted to read (because of the withdrawal), although the details of the pre-sale tickets that will be available from Friday, March 25, 2022, while the general sale of Tickets will be available beginning Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at daddyyankee.com.
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