MEXICO CITY (AP) — There were multiple hats on and off the stage at the first Mexican Al Regional Music Festival in Mexico City on Saturday.
Boots, which have traditionally been paired with hats, were less common as most of the 70,000 attendees on the first day of the festival opted for tennis shoes to fend off Natanael Cano and La Arora Musical marathon between the main stage performances by La Arrolladora Banda. René Camacho’s Limón and the alternative scene of artists such as Fuerza Regida and Alicia Villarreal. Jeans and wide buckle belts are very popular.
“This is the first Arre Festival, so tonight you will go down in history. Thank you so much for joining us,” said Villarreal, who performed “Acaso estar tú” while wearing a hat decorated with exquisite rhinestones. ”, “Te te vas grande la yegua”, “Te Advantagea” and “Yo sin tu amor” and other hits.
The main stage is called “La Hacienda” and has several floors. It recreates that type of Mexican country home, with a tiled roof, a bistro and windows with balconies that are lit from within at dusk. There are also fireworks and a wide walkway where artists sing and parade.
Cano was the most anticipated guest of the evening, having invited Gabito Ballesteros of “AMG” and “Lady Gaga” as well as “CH y la Pizza” after the concert started Fuerza Regida frontman Jesús Ortíz Paz is a guest. midnight. The star of Corridos tumbados, who usually talks about organized crime and drugs, took some time to breathe on stage as he was affected by the height of the city.
“I’m frustrated… They told me Nata, don’t jump, don’t run, you’ll get tired, I don’t care,” said Cano, who is from Hermosillo, Sonora, almost at sea level City. “Because we’re going to have a crazy time tonight.”
Cano’s war cry, “If they knew it, they would sing it,” was heard several times during the concert, as he continued happily drinking from a bottle of wine and swaying in the company of dancers, who sometimes carried rifles as stage a part of. He began his speech with “My Beautiful Angel,” an original by América Sierra, and ended with an encore of the same song. His other famous songs are “I Criticize Me”, “Higher Than the Lows”, “La Lokerona”, “Diamonds” and “Bacas of Bills”.
The Fuerza Regida band from San Bernardino, California, made its debut in the capital and was one of the most anticipated performances of the day. In addition to “CH y la Pizza”, they also performed “Sabor Strawberry”, “TQM”, etc. ”, “Igualito said to my dad” and “They said I wouldn’t make it. “
“This is our first time in this beautiful city,” Ortiz Paz said. “Remember, this is not a concert, this is a festival!”
Another American artist to triumph at Arre was Chiquis, who took over the main stage, toasted with tequila and threw a fur hat, red roses and gold crowns to her fans. When Chiquis performed “De contrabando” and “Ovarios,” she thought of her mother, the late “Diva de la Banda” Jenni Rivera. He also included “Paloma negra,” “Queen Bee” and “A lo east” in his speech.
“This is for you,” Chiquis said as he toasted the first “glass” of tequila with the public. “I wish you abundance, peace, love, affection and lots and lots of sex.”
“Join women like me who don’t worry about having cellulite!” she later said. “This is worthy of my pure mother.”
California’s Danny Lux and Mexico’s Sandra Echeverría also performed at La Hacienda. Echeverría asked for congratulations to his son Andres, who happened to be 8 years old on Saturday. Other artists performing that day include American trio Conexión Divina and Grupo Marca Registrada from Culiacan, Sinaloa.
The Arre Festival will continue on Sunday with performances by Peso Pluma, Camila Fernández, Pesado, Los Aptos and Ramón Ayala y sus Bravos del Norte.