Bomba Estereo Joins 25N With Free Live performance in Mexico Metropolis’s Zocalo

Bomba Estéreo is heading to Mexico Metropolis to lift its voice towards gender violence. The Colombian duo will give a free live performance on the Zócalo on Nov. 30 as a part of a marketing campaign for 25N — or Worldwide Day for the Elimination of Violence Towards Ladies, which is acknowledged globally on Nov. 25 — introduced the capital’s Ministry of Tradition on X.

“This nice live performance shall be held as a part of the 16 days of activism towards gender violence, a marketing campaign that begins on Nov. 25, the Worldwide Day for the Elimination of Violence Towards Ladies,” the secretariat mentioned in its message on Thursday (Nov. 21).

The band, led by vocalist Li Saumet, will be a part of the listing of Mexican and worldwide acts who’ve carried out within the nation’s most vital public sq., and the second largest on the earth after Tiananmen Sq. in China.

The 16-day marketing campaign of activism towards gender violence was proposed as “a key alternative to resume commitments and demand concrete measures and accountability from resolution makers,” based on UN Ladies.

UN Ladies explains that this motion emerged as an initiative within the run-up to the thirtieth anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Motion in 2025, a visionary plan to attain gender equality and advance the rights of ladies and ladies worldwide.

The presentation of Bomba Estéreo will characteristic the participation of Mexican singer-songwriter Samantha Barrón because the opening act for the present, added the Ministry of Tradition.

Bomba Estéreo shaped in Bogotá in 2005 as an experimental undertaking led by musician and audio-visual artist Simón Mejía y Saumet, and has been one of many strongest proposals within the different/Caribbean/dance music scene since their 2010 hit “Fuego.”

Bomba’s 2022 tune with Unhealthy Bunny, “Ojitos lindos,” reached No. 7 on Billboard‘s Sizzling Latin Songs chart and peaked at No. 26 on the Billboard Sizzling 100. The duo has additionally acquired 10 Latin Grammy nominations and has shared the stage with artists comparable to Luis Fonsi and Will Smith.

Bomba Estéreo will return to Mexico after its profitable participation within the Hera HSBC Competition, devoted solely to artists and bands led by feminine singers, held Aug. 24 on the Curva 4 of the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, residence of F1 within the nation.

Beneath, try the announcement of the Secretary of Tradition of Mexico Metropolis concerning the duo’s live performance on the Zócalo.