Bad Bunny is the world’s biggest artist for a reason

Poppie PlattMon, June 29, 2026 at 12:25 PM UTC

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Bad Bunny performs onstage during his Debi Tirar Mas Fotos world tour at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday - James Klug

Now that’s how you put on a stadium gig. The Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny – who has more annual Spotify streams than Taylor Swift and a Super Bowl half-time show under his belt – brought his joyous Debí Tirar Más Fotos tour to London, delighting the 60,000 people lucky enough to have nabbed tickets (two nights sold out in minutes) with three hours of joyous music, four outfit changes, countless pyrotechnics and one very special guest. (Spanish-language skills were not a prerequisite for enjoyment.)

Celebrities including Adele, Margot Robbie, Maya Jama, Novak Djokovic and Romeo Beckham gathered at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium across both nights, keen to see the 32-year-old who has won over the world (unless you’re Donald Trump) with his infectiously upbeat fusion of traditional Puerto Rican sounds and modern hip-hop and reggaeton in action.

Fans waved flags from all over the world as Bad Bunny danced furiously across two stages - James Klug

On Sunday night, the crowd shimmied, grooved and twerked along to Bad Bunny’s anthems, such as Nuevayol, Tití Me Preguntó and Café Con Ron, which cover themes from unrequited love to social justice – bolstered by his excellent band, Los Sobrinos & Los Pleneros de la Cresta. There was even a nod to England’s unofficial national anthem, as the band played an acoustic version of Oasis’s Wonderwall.

Thousands of global flags were held aloft as Martínez danced furiously on two stages: one a simple front strip where he crooned in a camel suit, the other a cute, pink “La casita” (little house) filled with beautiful dancing women his team had plucked from the crowd (including Hollywood actress Salma Hayek), his outfit swapped to a party-friendly track jacket and sunglasses.

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Bad Bunny has become a lightning rod for the culture wars in the United States, mostly because he sings exclusively in Spanish and isn’t afraid to be vocal about issues in his native Puerto Rico (poverty, climate change, anti-LGBT sentiment). When he headlined the Super Bowl half-time show earlier this year, the US Right erupted, declaring the choice anti-American. Trump labelled the set “absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER!”

Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl’s half-time show in February – much to Donald Trump’s annoyance - Brooke Sutton/Getty Images

That negativity was entirely absent in north-east London, as the adoring crowd offered up the loudest sing-alongs I’ve heard in a stadium since Swift’s record-breaking Eras tour. When Martínez welcomed Damon Albarn to the stage for a duo of Gorillaz covers – Tormenta and Clint Eastwood – a person in my section laughed that it was finally time for the “gringos” to have their moment.

This show proved that great music with passion and heart will always transcend language barriers. Bad Bunny can get tens of thousands of people dancing, dripping in sweat but wildly happy, regardless of whether or not they understand his lyrics. That’s the mark of a great showman.

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Source: “AOL Entertainment”