‘El Puma’ returns to Mexico with a tour of several concerts

Cult Venezuelan singer José Luis Rodríguez “El Puma” will return to Mexico after years away with a tour of several concerts across the country, some of which will be for charity.

The artist will appear on Pepsi Center in Mexico Cityor the following September 13 and 14; two days later at the Pabellón M Auditorium in the northern city of Monterrey; On the 23rd of the same month at the Forum Mundo Imperial on the coast of Acapulco, and finally in Playa del Carmen, an event for which there is still no set date.

“I don’t know how long I haven’t come to my senses Mexico (…). It was the first country I visited on my international tour, and if I’m ever going to conclude something, I’d like it to be here, I have good memories of this country,” Rodríguez said at a press conference on Wednesday.

Upon returning to Mexicohe Venezuelan He hinted that he would be performing new songs like “Amores que enanga” but reviewing twenty of his greatest hits.

“I bring the things I owe Mexico, but it’s about what people want to hear. I recorded about 600 songs, but we have 25 in the show, it’s impossible to sing them all. We will try to remember and have fun,” he said.

A collection of two concerts which will be held in the Mexican capital will go to Reintegra AC, an association that seeks social justice through the prevention of crime among young people living in environments of violence.

“We are very pleased to organize this event with him ‘Puma’. With this event, we will raise funds to continue to change this city that needs it so much,” said Jimena Cándano, Director of Reintregra.

With this new Mexico tour, The a singer He pointed out that he is working on a documentary series about his life in which the “whole truth” about what happened during his 80 years of life will be revealed.

One of the most complex moments he went through was double lung transplant which he had after years of fighting pulmonary fibrosis without a cure in 2017.

“I had the thing with the lungs, pandemic, stagnation, whatever five years, And I hope that now things will normalize and that I will meet you again,” he explained when asked about his absence from Mexico, one of the countries where he has been most adored for years.

The disease, he admitted, forced him to change his character “impulsive and violent” others more patient and calm, but this did not make him lose sight of his priority as an artist: to be close to people.

“When an artist starts, he struggles to become known, and when he arrives, he struggles to remain unnoticed. This is not coherent, I take the responsibility that I created myself to be recognized (…). I want to give, give and give until I’m dry “, he said.