Argentina will wrap up its USA Tour for the October worldwide break by going through Puerto Rico on Tuesday night time in Miami — the first-ever assembly between the 2 nationwide groups. One of many primary sights of the occasion might be a particular halftime present at Chase Stadium, headlined by considered one of Latin America’s most iconic music stars.
For the halftime present, Puerto Rican legend Ivy Queen will take heart stage. The singer, songwriter, rapper, and actress, broadly generally known as La Reina del Reggaetón (The Queen of Reggaeton), will make her return to stay efficiency, this time on a soccer stage.
Ivy Queen is not any stranger to main sporting occasions, having beforehand carried out on the Pepsi Smash Tremendous Bowl Live performance in 2007. For this event, the halftime between Argentina and Puerto Rico might be prolonged from the same old quarter-hour to round 20, giving the Puerto Rican star extra time to carry out her set.
Halftime exhibits turning into a rising development in soccer
With occasions just like the FIFA Membership World Cup main the best way, halftime exhibits are slowly turning into a part of soccer’s leisure tradition, a sport historically proof against mid-game spectacles. With the 2026 World Cup ultimate anticipated to incorporate main leisure components, promoters and organizers are more and more merging music and sport.
Ivy Queen performs onstage in the course of the 2024 Premios Juventud Awards.
Talking to Diario Olé, Javier Fernández, CEO of VMG Sports activities and organizer of the Argentina–Puerto Rico recreation, defined the imaginative and prescient behind the mission: “At halftime, we’ve got the legendary Ivy Queen. We’re making a partnership with AFA to convey the musical component to AFA (Argentina FA) occasions as effectively, one thing that’s nonetheless creating and can develop over time in our relationship.
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Fernández additionally emphasised the long-term objective of constructing this a world mannequin. “We’ll proceed increasing this till it turns into one thing parallel: a soccer recreation with a robust leisure present,” he concluded.
Argentina followers already bought a style of the brand new format final Friday in opposition to Venezuela, when Cuban artists Oniel Bebeshito, Lenier, and Alex Duvall carried out throughout an prolonged 20-minute halftime at Arduous Rock Stadium. This time, Ivy Queen will convey her personal vitality to the stage at Inter Miami’s Chase Stadium.
