May 13

Global Superstar J Balvin Announces Highly Anticipated “Arcoiris” Fall North American Tour

Tickets On Sale To General Public Starting Friday, May 17th

 

J Balvin Will Also Return To The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon On May 20th


LOS ANGELES (May 13, 2019) – Following his widely praised, back-to-back weekend performances recently on the main stage at Coachella, Reggaeton’s leading global ambassador J Balvin announces his highly anticipated fall North American tour. Balvin’s history making Coachella debut was just a first glimpse of what fans can expect on the upcoming “Arcoiris Tour “– with multiple chart-topping hits and groundbreaking visual production, which will be brought to life once again by the Colombian superstar and the  FriendsWithYou Art Collective.

 

“one of the most eye-popping and elaborate sets ever to be immortalized on festival’s stage… [it] was a monumental achievement — one of the greatest Coachella has ever seen Variety

 

Produced by Live Nation, the 25-city trek will kick off on August 30th in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and make stops in Miami, Toronto, New York City, Las Vegas and more before wrapping on October 26th in Los Angeles, CA. Tickets for the September 11th Infinite Energy Arena show go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, May 17th at 12pm (noon) local time at InfiniteEnergyCenter.com. American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Tuesday, May 14th at 10am local time through Thursday, May 16th at 10pm local time.

J Balvin’s “Arcoiris Tour” will also feature support appearances from two fast-rising young Puerto Rican music stars with the seemless Reggaeton and Latin Trap fusion of Lyanno, and the wide ranging musica urbano versaltility of Eladio Carrion.

 

Following the “Arcoiris Tour” onsale, look for J Balvin to return once again to The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon with a special interview and performance appearance on May 20th.  Before the tour kickoff, J Balvin will be making history once again this summer as the first Latin artist ever to headline the famous Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago, IL, taking place August 1st – 4th this year in Grant Park.

 

J BALVIN’S “ARCOIRIS” (‘Rainbow’) FALL NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES

– With Special Guests Lyanno and Eladio Carrion –

 

DATE

CITY

VENUE

Fri Aug 30

San Juan, PR

Coliseo De Puerto Rico

Wed Sep 11

Atlanta, GA

Gas South District*

Thu Sep 12

Orlando, FL

Amway Center

Sat Sep 14

Miami, FL

AmericanAirlines Arena

Fri Sep 20

Detroit, MI

Fox Theatre

Sat Sep 21

Toronto, ON

Scotiabank Arena

Wed Sep 25

Uncasville, CT

Mohegan Sun Arena

Thu Sep 26

Fairfax, VA

EagleBank Arena

Fri Sep 27

Atlantic City, NJ

Borgata Event Center

Sat Sep 28

Boston, MA

Agganis Arena

Sun Sep 29

New York City, NY

Madison Square Garden*

Thu Oct 03

Tulsa, OK

BOK Center

Sun Oct 06

Hidalgo, TX

State Farm Hidalgo Arena

Thu Oct 10

Lubbock, TX

United Supermarkets Arena

Fri Oct 11

El Paso, TX

Don Haskins Center

Sat Oct 12

Phoenix, AZ

Talking Stick Resort Arena

Sun Oct 13

Chula Vista, CA

North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre

Thu Oct 17

San Jose, CA

SAP Center at San Jose

Fri Oct 18

Reno, NV

Grand Sierra Theatre

Sat Oct 19

Las Vegas, NV

Pearl Concert Theatre at Palms Casino Resort

Sun Oct 20

Bakersfield, CA

Rabobank Arena

Wed Oct 23

Santa Ynez, CA

Chumash Casino Resort & Spa

Thurs Oct 24

Santa Ynez, CA

Chumash Casino Resort & Spa

Fri Oct 25

Rancho Mirage, CA

The Show at Agua Caliente

Sat Oct 26

Los Angeles, CA

STAPLES Center

 

*on sale starting 12pm local time

 

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About J Balvin

Declared as “Reggaeton’s Global Ambassador” by The New York Times, J Balvin is now one of the top streaming music artists in the world, regardless of language, and has developed a legion of fans represented by over 60 Million social media followers. Likewise hailed by Billboard as “the biggest breakout act Latin music has seen in many years” and Pitchfork asthe face of modern Reggaeton,” J Balvin is leading a second generation of Musica Urbano stars that have propelled Latin music to an unprecedented global embrace.  Simultaneously, Balvin has become Latin music’s strongest cultural envoy to both the fashion and pop art communities, while becoming one of the music industry’s most in-demand collaborators, and worldwide major festival performers.

 

Hailing from Medellín, Colombia, José Álvaro Osorio Balvin developed a distinctive musical style all his own that pays reverence to the first-wave of Reggaeton stars from Puerto Rico, while fusing wider influences of hip-hop, mainstream pop, Dance Music and innovative global rhythms tied with lyrical inclusivity.  Between his game-changing major-label debut album LA FAMILA, multiplatinum successor ENERGIA and several landmark singles such as Mi Gente, Safari, Ginza and more, J Balvin  has won three Latin Grammy Awards, numerous Billboard Latin Music Awards, notched a Guinness World Record for the longest #1 run for a solo Latin single, and collected over TWENTY BILLION Total YouTube Views. Along the way, Balvin has now worked with artists, such as Beyoncé, Justin Bieber, Cardi B, Pharrell Williams, Bad Bunny, Daddy Yankee, Ariana Grande, Camila Cabello, David Guetta, Juanes, Nicky Jam, Diplo/Major Lazer, Selena Gomez, Sean Paul, Anitta, Skrillex, Liam Payne, French Montana, Wisin & Yandel, Ozuna and more.

 

J Balvin’s most recent album VIBRAS debuted at #1, gave birth to Latin music’s most-praised tour of 2018, and was hailed by TIME. Rolling Stone, Billboard and many more as: “One of the Best Albums of 2018” ­- while also propelling the Colombian star to frequent #1 global rankings on both YouTube & Spotify’s charts. This year has already seen J Balvin perform in the opening segment of The GRAMMY Awards, named the Premios Lo Nuestro “Artist of the Year” for an unprecedented third consecutive year, seen his genre anthem “Reggaeton” notch his 13th #1 Billboard single, and become the first male Latin music artist to launch his own fashion line with GUESS’ “VIBRAS” collection.   As Latin music’s leading representative on this year’s global festival season, J Balvin has already been named the first-ever Latin music artist set to headline Lollapalooza, and just delivered the first-ever Reggaeton set on the mainstage at Coachella.

 

About Live Nation Entertainment

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J Balvin Media Contact:

John Reilly, jreilly@rogersandcowan.com

Sylvia Bedrosian, sbedrosian@rogersandcowan.com

 

Live Nation U.S. Concerts Media Contacts:    

Emily Bender, emilybender@livenation.com

Monique Sowinski, moniquesowinski@livenation.com