Argentina will wrap up its USA Tour for the October worldwide break by going through Puerto Rico on Tuesday evening in Miami — the first-ever assembly between the 2 nationwide groups. One of many major points of interest of the occasion will likely be a particular halftime present at Chase Stadium, headlined by one among 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 will likely 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 way in which, 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 last anticipated to incorporate main leisure parts, promoters and organizers are more and more merging music and sport.
Ivy Queen performs onstage throughout the 2024 Premios Juventud Awards.
Chatting with Diario Olé, Javier Fernández, CEO of VMG Sports activities and organizer of the Argentina–Puerto Rico sport, defined the imaginative and prescient behind the venture: “At halftime, we now have the legendary Ivy Queen. We’re making a partnership with AFA to carry the musical aspect to AFA (Argentina FA) occasions as nicely, one thing that’s nonetheless creating and can develop over time in our relationship.
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Fernández additionally emphasised the long-term purpose of creating this a worldwide mannequin. “We are going to proceed increasing this till it turns into one thing parallel: a soccer sport with a powerful leisure present,” he concluded.
Argentina followers already received 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 carry her personal vitality to the stage at Inter Miami’s Chase Stadium.
