Slightly satisfied, it caused shouts and applause, they sang their songs and launched screens in Quito

The cold of the mid-December nights in the capital did not reach the interior of the stage, where the euphoria of Peso Pluma quickly infected the fans and many took off their jackets.

Featherweight – whose real name is Hassan Emilio Kabande Laija – stepped onto the stage of the General Rumiñahui Coliseum, in the city of Quito, after 9 p.m., and the crowd exploded when it sounded Rubicon. Screams and applause permeated the site, which, because it was built below ground level, has the appearance of a gigantic pot.

The General Rumiñahui Coliseum was inaugurated on July 9, 1992 and has a capacity of 15 thousand people. It is the largest capacity closed sports venue in Quito and is also used for artistic shows such as this concert.

“With their sweaters open,” said a policewoman, pointing with her outstretched arm toward the entrance to the Colosseum, at the second checkpoint. an action by the National Police to check whether concertgoers do not bring alcoholic drinks. The public cooperated and the process had no setbacks.

When the second song played, Zapata, the corridos en tumbados artist, was in the middle of euphoria – without letting go of his microphone decorated with hearts and dollar signs – He grabbed a screen and threw it towards the space between the stage and the audience. He fell a few inches away from Salomé, a fanatic. Some parts reached his humanity, but without consequences.

—I liked it a lot, it made me tremble with emotion, I was infected by the joy and the sounds of all the instruments, it is a new genre for me because I am 33 years old and with this concert it made I want to keep listening to the artist. I was also very happy to see the joy of so many young people and my 16-year-old teenage daughter,” Salomé González told us. However, The only thing I didn’t like was that the television thrown by the artist hit my foot and I received what jumped out of the device. – he concluded.

— For me it is a super important experience, as the urban and youth genre of Featherweight is quite representative on an international level. It is a super fun, super happy concert and I love that they did not allow alcoholic drinks or anything else to enjoy the concert,” said Gabriel Surea, 26, who arrived from Cayambe.

— It’s great, super, because he didn’t come and the truth is that we already expected it — Karla Gálvez, 21 years old, told us.

The audience, mostly young, knew and sang all the songs and applauded cheerfully. Towards the end of the concert, The Mexican artist picked up the replaced screen and threw it on the ground.

Featherweight arrived in Quito following the route of the Double P Latin America Tour 2023which started in the city of Guadalajara, Mexico and does not end in Quito, plans to arrive with its recital on December 15 in Asunción, Paraguay, and on December 17 it will be presented in Bogotá, Colombia.

Featherweight is 23 years old and made them listen 40 million times their songs on the Spotify platformmaking him the most listened to artist in Mexico this year.

when he sang Lady Gaga, the audience sang their hearts out, the artist said goodbye, the audience asked for another. The clock showed 10:36 PM and the concert was coming to an end.