Mexican music star Peso Pluma performed the fourth date on his Doble P Tour, offered by Dwell Nation, on the unlikely stage of the FLA Dwell Enviornment in Dawn, Florida. It’s an unlikely cease as a result of Dawn, practically an hour north of Miami, shouldn’t be referred to as a bastion of Latin music — and the FLA Dwell Enviornment is extra more likely to host nation and rock than it’s Latin, a lot much less Mexican music.
That was not an issue for Peso Pluma. Driving excessive off a string of hits — he presently has an astounding 9 singles on the Billboard Scorching 100 — he performed to a crowd of over 11,000. The viewers was exceptional for being predominantly Mexican and for its broad age vary: There was an abundance of younger dad and mom with youngsters beneath 10 years outdated.
Listed here are 5 notable takeaways from Saturday night time’s (June 24) present.
1. The person and the band: The identify Peso Pluma and the time period “city” are sometimes utilized in the identical sentence. Don’t be confused. There could also be commonalities within the swagger and the outfits, however none within the music. Peso Pluma is a dynamic frontman who sings his coronary heart out, absolutely stay, backed by an brisk, tireless seven-piece stay band made up of two guitars, an upright bass, two tubas and one trombone, with all members wearing black and sporting black sun shades for a futuristic look. There aren’t any dancers or fancy pyrotechnics. It’s the person and his band, and it’s Mexican to the core, sonically bearing little resemblance to anything available in the market.
2. Spiderman: Spiders are the image of Peso’s album, and the spider motif was current all through the present. After which, there’s Spiderman. For individuals who harbored any doubts about Peso’s fandom for El Peter Parker, he donned his Spiderman masks halfway by means of the present.
3. The buddies: Peso launched his compa Jasiel Núnez early within the present for 2 songs, together with their “Rosa Pastel.” However past that pairing, Peso was beneficiant in calling out the various pals who’ve helped him alongside the way in which, together with his “hermana” Becky G and his compa Luis R. Conríquez. Of the latter, he mentioned: “He was the primary to offer me a duet, when duets have been scarce. We have to stick collectively. That’s why us Spanish audio system are dominating now.”
4. The youngsters: Had been it not for the time of day, one might need mistaken this for a household present. There was a notable variety of youngsters in attendance, starting from these clearly beneath 10 years outdated and sitting on their fathers’ shoulders to those that have been barely older, who sang each phrase to each track with gusto.
5. The chatter: Peso loves to speak — albeit judiciously — between songs. That’s factor, as a result of he’s wildly entertaining and informative. And he’s promised that his subsequent Miami cease might be at a stadium.