Latin star Maluma booked at Michelob Ultra Arena in September
Maluma is the first announced performer to crack open Michelob Ultra Arena. The Latin recording star’s “Papi Juancho 2021 Tour” is booked for 9 p.m. Sept. 4, with tickets onsale at 10 a.m. Friday.
MGM Resorts International just two weeks ago renamed the former Mandalay Bay Events Center in a partnership with Anheuser Busch.
“I couldn’t be more excited to announce my return to the concert stage,” Maluma, legal name of Juan Luis Londoño Arias, said Monday in a statement. “It’s what I have been dreaming about for months and we are going to celebrate together like never before. It’s going to be a celebration!”
The Colombian-born star is performing new music from “Papi Juancho,” issued in 2020; and “7DJ” from this past January.
Maluma also has collaborated with Madonna on her singles “Medellín” and “Bitch I’m Loca” from her album “Madame X.” The two performed “Medellín,” named for Maluma’s home town in Colombia, at the Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena in May 2019. His collaboration with Jennifer Lopez, “Pa’ Ti,” was released last year.
The U.S. tour launches in Sacramento, California, on Sept. 2 and continues on through Chicago on Oct. 24.
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