Luis Miguel, in his first performance in Bogotá at the Medplus Coliseum, which was completely filled with spectators of all ages, brought more than 24,000 of his fans to their feet in a night full of great hits.
The concert started after nine in the evening. At this point, the character of Luis Miguel appeared on a platform at the bottom of the stage, whereupon the audience erupted in a single round of applause for their musical idol. The musicians appeared on stage, the lights went down and the Sol de México, dressed in a suit and dark tie, began the long-awaited show.
Luis Miguel's concert in Bogotá was a wonderful musical journey through more than forty years of career. | Photo: Esteban Vega La Rotta
The audience chanted excitedly: great songs from Sol de México like The unconditional, Love love love, Guilty or not, under the table, we, Everything and nothing and when the sun gets hot until you forget me, give me a man looking for a woman, give up yourself and it will be that you don't love me.
The presentation had one of its liveliest moments when an emotional fragment began with the album's songs. Romancespublished in 1991, and one of the most important in the Mexican's career, since it was the bestseller. In addition, it received positive reviews from lovers of boleros and ballads at the time.
Luis Miguel offered an impressive musical journey spanning more than forty years of career. who moved between his first songs and then gave way to his more romantic side with the help of iconic boleros in his voice like Somos Novios and No sé tu. In the third moment of the concert, the audience applauded a mariachi show, which of course also included hits like “La Bikina”.
The group that accompanies Luis Miguel on this tour is Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, Founded in 1897 by Maestro Gaspar Vargas López, with an extraordinary history of family tradition of six generations of artists. This work has been classified by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
Luis Miguel concert at Bogotá Medplus Coliseum February 17, 2023 | Photo: Esteban Vega La Rotta
In other moments of the presentation, which lasted an hour and forty minutes, Luis Miguel played, to the surprise of the Mexican's followers, “Come Fly With Me”, a song by Frank Sinatra, the legend of world music nicknamed “The Voice”. The artist relied on a pre-recorded video of the North American singer appearing on a giant screen while the Sol de México gave life to a song he recorded with Sinatra in 1993, one of the great milestones of his career. The song was part of Frank Sinatra's Duets II album.
Another big surprise of the evening was the appearance of Michael Jackson's image, also on the big screen. with which the Mexican sang the smile thanks to new technologies. The special duet was born through the hands of a fan on YouTube who shared this creation in 2020. Luis Miguel not only reproduced it on his social networks but also integrated it into his tour.
The celebrity revisited great themes from his career. | Photo: Colprensa
Luis Miguel's world tour, which began in August 2023, This brought the now 53-year-old Mexican back into the spotlight of the music industry and soon became a success.
After a long musical silence, a stagnant career and almost on the verge of bankruptcy, this tour confirmed why Luis Miguel remains one of the great musical artists of Latin America: the dates of his concerts are sold out within a few days. And he managed the unthinkable: filling the monumental stadium in Madrid, Spain, the Santiago Bernabeu, twice.
After beginning his long-awaited international tour in Santo Domingo, Colombia is the ninth country the legendary singer has visited this year.
The singer shone in the Colombian capital. | Photo: Colprensa
The next meeting with his followers in the country's capital will take place this Sunday evening, February 18, where El Sol de México will once again illuminate with his music and his voice those who made his beautiful songs part of his sentimental upbringing have.