Madrid pumps up the volume on Latin music

The Spanish capital is emerging as a new hub of the Latin music industry, attracting residencies by super stars such as Bad Bunny and Shakira

Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny kicks off a series of 10 concerts on Saturday in Madrid, a city with a booming Latino population now emerging as a new hub of the Latin music industry.

It will be the most shows of the singer’s Debí tirar más fotos tour outside of his native Puerto Rico, where he staged a 31-show residency last year.

Colombian pop superstar Shakira will follow with a 12-night residency beginning September 18 at a temporary venue under construction in southern Madrid that will hold roughly 50,000 people.

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