The Barrio Fino World Tour was a concert tour by reggaetón singer Daddy Yankee to promote his third studio album, Barrio Fino (2004). This was his first stadium and arena tour, and his first major tour in the United States, becoming the first reggaetón act to embark on an American tour.[1] The Barrio Fino tour visited Latin America and portions of the United States and consisted of three legs. In December 2005, Yankee released Barrio Fino en Directo, a live album of the tour; included on the compact-disc is also DVD footage of the concert filmed in Colombia, the Dominican Republic and Ecuador, and at Yankee's home shows in Puerto Rico.[2]
Background
Barrio Fino became the first reggaetón album to achieve platinum status in the United States, and would go on to selling over 1.5 million copies worldwide in its first year of release;[3] the hit single "Gasolina", from the record, is credited with introducing reggaetón to the mainstream.[4] To promote the album, Yankee embarked on a series of promotional presentations,[5] and later announced his first proper world tour. This would also be his first major tour in the United States, making him the first reggaetón artist to do so.[3]
The tour was the first arena tour by a reggaetón act in the United States, thus many high expectations were circulating prior to the beginning of the tour. Augustin Gurza from Los Angeles Times wrote and article titled "Yankee is coming, and coming strong; Daddy Yankee's solo U.S. tour could help solidify commercial appeal of reggaeton". On the article he stated. "If Yankee succeeds as a solo headline attraction, he will establish the commercial appeal of the genre. Observers say Yankee's success could open doors for other artists and encourage continued collaborations with mainstream English-language hip-hop stars, a linkage seen as crucial to reggaeton's future".[6]
Overview
The tour was, predictably, a massive success across Latin America and Spain. On December 13, 2004, Daddy Yankee Become the first music artist ever to have a concert in the Coliseo de Puerto Rico.[7] The October 16, 2005 concert in Santo Domingo was a part of the Festival Presidente de la Música Latina (2005), with record attendance, and was televised live.[8] Footage from both shows were used for his later live video/DVD release, Barrio Fino en Directo.[9]
During the United States leg, the tour was renamed to the ¿Who's your Daddy? Tour. It officially kicked-off on August 27, 2005. Ticket prices were between $45 and $100.[10] The February 17, 2006, concert in Miami, Florida, was, at the time, the first time a reggaetón concert was broadcast live in the United States, and the only one on pay-per-view.[11][12] Following the success of the first portion of the tour, more dates in Latin America were added.[13]
The February 26, 2006, concert in Valparaíso, Chile, was part of the Viña del Mar International Song Festival, and gave Daddy Yankee the distinction of being the first reggaetón artist to appear on the festival's stage. Daddy Yankee's performance at Viña del Mar, as is the festival’s tradition, was broadcast live and is widely considered to be one of the best reggaetón/urbano performances in the history of the festival and genre.[14][15] Yankee later returned to Viña for the 2009 and 2013 festivals as a headliner, as well.[16] His two concerts in Honduras, a country not often visited by international musicians, had a combined attendance of over 40,000 fans, with around 25,000 in Tegucigalpa and 15,000 in San Pedro Sula, respectively, according to local media outlets and reports.[17] Furthermore, around 90,000 fans in total attended Daddy Yankee's performance at the Evento 40 Festival (2006) in Mexico City; his own concert at the Estadio Azteca, Zapopan, saw an additional 13,000. According to some sources, 18,000 fans attended the San José, Costa Rica, concert at Saprissa Stadium. His show in Santiago de Chile was sold out with 13,000 tickets sold. In Nicaragua, another rarely-visited country by artists on tour, his show was attended by more than 20,000 fans.[18][19][20][21][22]
The total attendance of the tour’s third leg was nearly 200,000 fans.[23]
Set list
This set list is from the 10 June 2006 show at Estadio San Marcos, in Lima, Perú.[24] It is not intended to represent every show.
