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Bad Bunny Brings the Heat to London With History-Making Shows: 7 Best Moments
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Pop stars often talk loftily about creating worlds, particularly when discussing a tour that’s designed to travel. Few acts, though, make good on that promise like Bad Bunny. The Puerto Rican singer has spent the past year expanding his Billboard 200-topping LP Debí Tirar Más Fotos into a blockbuster stadium show defined by an unwavering sense of place. As his audience has grown, the 32-year-old has only become more specific in his live output, doubling down on cultural detail – from aerial shots of the island’s landscape during “Weltita” to the iconic pink ‘La Casita’ b-stage – and keeping his heritage at the center of everything on stage.
Last time Bad Bunny (born Benito Martínez Ocasio) was in London, he played the 1,200-capacity O2 Forum Kentish Town supporting his debut album X 100pre. Eight years on, he has built a storied career: moving into Hollywood, scooping Grammys, and becoming one of the decade’s biggest global touring artists. Now, with two sold-out nights (June 27 and 28) at Tottenham Hotspur’s 50,000-capacity ground, he is the first Latin artist to headline a U.K. stadium, while recent Billboard Boxscore figures reported the Debí Tirar Más Fotos world tour has surpassed $360 million in total grosses – a feat made even more impressive with a total absence of U.S. dates across the trek.
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And after years of dominating global streaming without fully breaking through in the U.K. charts, 2026 has also marked a sea change in that regard. After headlining the Super Bowl halftime show in February, Debí Tirar Más Fotos surged to No. 2 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart and its title track hit No. 4, becoming Bad Bunny’s first solo U.K. top 10 hit. The double-header of shows in London, then, is the culmination of a long-awaited crossover moment in one of his few remaining major markets; a decisive arrival on British soil.
On stage in London for night two, he was supported by a traditions band, mixing the trap and Reggaeton fusion hits of his earlier career (“Monaco,” “Bichiyal”) with the plena and bomba folk flourishes that characterize much of his more recent output. In a live setting, the latter often foregrounds percussive elements, whistles, surging dynamic shifts and call-and-response vocals, all coming together to exude something of a jubilant, street party energy.
Debí Tirar Más Fotos is a deeply personal record, exploring loss and longing against a backdrop of reckoning with one’s own relationship to nostalgia. Almost miraculously, it sounds even better when it’s louder and in your face, the aura of Bad Bunny’s electrifying stage presence supercharging the experience. His music is crafted in a way to be shared with one another, danced to and lit up as much as it is played or sung; live, it’s clear that the album’s themes are meant to be collectively lived out.
These were the best moments from Bad Bunny’s Sunday night (June 28) fiesta extravaganza at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Sophie Williams
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