Talento de Barrio Tour

The Talento de Barrio World Tour was the third concert tour by reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee to promote his album Talento de Barrio. The tour had two legs, the first in the United States and the last one in Latin America.[1] It kick of at Viña del mar 2009 international festival and ended at Mar de Plata, Argentina on December 15, 2009.[2]

Talento De Barrio World Tour
Tour by Daddy Yankee
Associated albumsTalento de Barrio
Start dateMarch 13, 2009
End dateDecember 15, 2009
Legs2
No. of shows
  • 8 in United States
  • 27 in Latin America
  • 35 total
Attendance300,000+
Daddy Yankee concert chronology

Background

By 2009, Barrio Fino, Barrio Fino en Directo and El Cartel: The Big Boss, sold over 7 million of copies worldwide and also the top selling Latin albums in the United States of 2005, 2006 and 2007. Talento de Barrio was a box office success in Puerto Rico, breaking records in attendance. The soundtrack was commercial success and was quickly certified platinum in the United States and gold across Latin America.[3]

Reception

During the first leg of the tour in the United States, Yankee performed in smaller venues than his previous tour, the Big Boss Tour, which consisted of larger arenas but received mixed responses from the audiences.

In 2009, at the concert held in Colombia with Aventura, an attendance of over 30,000 fans was reported, while in Santo Domingo, an attendance of around 60,000 fans was reported.[4][5] In Cordoba, attendance was reported of over 10,000 fans. In Chile, attendance was more than 25,000 fans.[6] In Neuquen, Argentina attendance was 18,000.[7] In Atofagasta, Chile, was around 12,000.[8] The overall attendance of the second leg was 300,000 fans.[9][10]

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue
North America
March 13, 2009 Atlantic City United States Trump Taj Mahal
March 14, 2009 Wallingford Toyota Presents the Oakdale Theatre
March 15, 2009 Washington D.C DAR Constitution Hall
March 27, 2009 New York Roseland Ballroom
March 28, 2009 Boston Orpheum Theatre Boston
April 3, 2009 Miami James L. Knight International Center
April 4, 2009 Orlando House of Blues
April 5, 2009 Tampa USF Sun Dome
Latin America[11][12][13][14][15][16]
May 1, 2009 Willemstad Curacao Hopi Bon
May 23, 2009[17][lower-alpha 1] Tortola British Virgin Islands Cane Garden Bay
June 12, 2009 Oranjestad Aruba Don Elias Mansur Ballpark
July 1, 2009 Cordoba Argentina Coliseo Orfeo
July 2, 2009
July 4, 2009 Buenos Aires Estadio Diego Armando Maradona
July 5, 2009 Montevideo Uruguay Estadio Charrua
July 12, 2009[lower-alpha 2] Santiago Chile Estadio Bicentenario de la Florida
July 14, 2009[lower-alpha 3] Coquimbo Estadio Sanchez Rumoroso
July 16, 2009 Panama City Panama Figali Convention Center
August 1, 2009[lower-alpha 4] Cucuta Colombia Estadio General Santander
August 7, 2009[lower-alpha 5] Medellin Estadio Atanasio Girardot
August 8, 2009 Santa Cruz Bolivia Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera
August 9, 2009 Cochabamba Estadio Felix Crapiles
August 11, 2009 La Paz Estadio Hernando Siles
September 26, 2009[18] Manugua Nicaragua Estadio Nacional Denis Martínez
October 3, 2009[lower-alpha 6] Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Estadio Olimpico Felix Sanchez
October 11, 2009 Viña del Mar Chile Quinta Vergara Amphitheater
October 12, 2009 Antofagasta Club Hipico
October 15, 2009 Copiado Estadio Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla
November 8, 2009[lower-alpha 7] Cali Colombia Estadio Pascual Guerrero
November 10, 2009[lower-alpha 8] Ciudad de Mexico Mexico Estadio Azteca
November 12, 2009 Palacio de los Deportes
December 8, 2009 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio de Ferro
December 10, 2009 Neuquen Casino Magic
December 13, 2009 Mendoza Estadio Andres Talleres
December 15, 2009 Mar Del Plata Estadio Polideportivo "Islas Malvinas"

Attendance
City Attendance
Managua 10,000[19]
Santiago 20,000[20]
Medellin[4] 30,000
Cordoba 10,000+
Cochabamba[21] 20,000
Santo Domingo 50,000
Medonza 10,000
Antofagasta[8] 12,000
Neuquen[7] 18,000
Total 180,000

Cancelled shows
List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation
Date City Country Venue Reason
October 17, 2009[22] Maracaibo Venezuela Centro Comercial Lago Mall Low ticket sales due to concerns
October 18, 2009 Caracas CCTT Caracas
October 24, 2009 Guatemala City Guatemala Centro Comercial Tikal Futura Breach of contract

Notes
  1. This concert was part of BVI Music Festival 2009
  2. This concert was part of the Third edition of Cumbre de Reggaeton
  3. This concert was part of Maraton de Reggaeton III
  4. This performance was part of Segundo Festival Internacional de la Frontera
  5. This concert was co-headlined by Aventura
  6. This concert was part of the Idolos Latinos 2009
  7. This concert was co-headlined by Aventura
  8. This concert was part of the 40 principales festival

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