Nicely, welcome again to Mexico, that’s. Ye is ready to make a extremely anticipated return to Mexico Metropolis for the primary time in 17 years, and the demand for his comeback is already rewriting the file books. Scheduled for January 30 and 31 at Plaza de Toros “La México,” the 2 exhibits are anticipated to attract a mixed crowd of 74,000 individuals, in accordance with our pals at AllHipHop.
That determine surpasses the venue’s earlier attendance file of 42,517, set in November 2019 throughout an exhibition tennis match between Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev, per ESPN. With tickets nonetheless accessible for the second evening, organizers imagine attendance may climb even increased. Ye final carried out in Mexico Metropolis in October 2008 throughout his Glow within the Darkish Tour at Palacio de los Deportes, an extended absence that has solely intensified fan pleasure.
Get this, the Mexico Metropolis exhibits comply with different latest worldwide successes for Ye. Earlier this yr, he crammed Shanghai Stadium with 70,000 followers, reinforcing his capacity to attract huge crowds abroad. Andrés Charvel, CEO of 515 Leisure, emphasised the dimensions of the second, saying: “The response has been extraordinary. Breaking the venue’s historic file demonstrates the highly effective connection audiences have with such an iconic determine, and the demand exhibits that followers have been ready for this second for a very long time. Along with the venue, our manufacturing crew, and the artist’s crew, we’re working to execute one thing the world has by no means seen earlier than.”
The milestone comes shortly after controversy in Brazil, the place Ye was banned from performing in São Paulo following remarks involving Nazism and anti-Semitism. Regardless of that setback, his Mexico Metropolis return is shaping as much as be considered one of his most profitable dwell occasions in years.
