World star Enrique Iglesias announced that he has canceled the Tecate Emblema Festival taking place at the Autodrome Hermanos Rodrguez in Mexico City.
The Spanish singer-songwriter, who was due to headline the first day of the event on Saturday May 13, pulled out of the performance on medical orders after contracting pneumonia.
The ‘Taking Back My Love’ star, who shocked his followers by kissing a fan at a meet and greet earlier this year, took to his social media platforms just hours before he was due to take the stage at the two-day festival to to make the announcement.
“Dear fans, to my great regret, I will be unable to perform at the show in Mexico tonight,” read a statement in Spanish shared on Iglesias social platforms.
“I have pneumonia and the doctors advised me to rest and not to get on a plane.”
Retiring: Enrique Iglesias, 48, announced he has called off his headlining performance on the first day of Tecate Emblema Festival in Mexico City after falling ill with pneumonia; Pictured 2019
Iglesias continued, “I’m honestly sad to have to cancel this show in a country that has given me so much. I hope to recover quickly and be with you guys again in full form soon.”
After struggling to find late replacements, Mexican concert promoter OCESA unveiled a group of artists who would fill in for Iglesias’ absence.
New additions to Hour 11 include Netflix’s Elite star Danna Paola, as well as Kabah, Magneto, Caló, JNS, The Sacados and Litzy, all part of the ’90s pop tour group.
The rest of the line-up remains unchanged, with The Chainsmokers also serving as headliners for the first night of Tecate Emblema.
Other musicians performing on the first day of the festival include One Republic, Melanie C, Belinda, Niki, Pabllo Vittar, The Driver Era and Alizzz.
According to the official Tecate Emblema page, OCESA also released a statement explaining that fans who purchased their individual tickets for Saturday May 13 will have access to the event tomorrow or, if they prefer, a refund could.
Robbie Williams and KYGO star in the second day of the festival, which takes place on Sunday 14th May.
The rest of the line-up for day two will also see Black Eyed Peas, Bizarrap, Camilo, Becky G, Roisin Murphy, Emilia, Lasso and Moenia on stage, among many others.
The show’s cancellation follows the release of Iglesias’ 11th studio album, Final (Vol 1), and ahead of the upcoming Final (Vol 2).
Statement: “I have pneumonia and the doctors advised me to rest completely and forbidden me to get on a plane,” the Spanish singer-songwriter shared on his social media platforms, including Instagram, just hours before his scheduled performance at the festival Ending one era, beginning another: Iglesias announced that ‘Final’ (Vol. 1) and the forthcoming ‘Final’ (Vol. 2) will likely be the last two albums he will release in traditional album form
The “Final” volumes are reportedly the last the “Hero” star will release in traditional album form.
“It could be my last album.” I haven’t thought about that for the past few months. “It’s something I’ve been thinking about for the past few years,” the Madrid native, Spain, shared during an Instagram chat with Ricky Martin and Sebastian Yatra, as reported by The Reporter in September 2021.
“There will be Vol. 1 and vol. 2, but they are final. “I’m in this moment in my life, in this chapter of my life, that I think it’s the right time to release it, and I’ve been thinking about it since 2015.”
Despite the news, fans can rest assured that Iglesias insisted he won’t quit making music entirely.
“I’ll never stop writing songs because I love writing songs, but I’ll do it in a different way – which means they don’t necessarily have to be packaged as an album – so this project is important to me .” he explained at the time.