Bad Bunny: Latin star lights up London with history-making stadium show

A significant story is unfolding on the international scene. Bad Bunny: Latin star lights up London with history-making stadium showImage caption, Bad Bunny is reaching the end of his huge Debí Tirar Más Fotos world tourByMitch MansfieldBBC Newsbeat, Tottenham Hotspur StadiumPublished1 hour agoBad Bunny brought Latin America to London on Saturday night, as he became the first artist from that part of the world to headline a UK stadium. The Puerto Rican rapper captivated a star-studded crowd of about 50,000 on the first of two sold-out nights in Tottenham, with a celebration of Central and South American culture, communities - and even the climate. The fans' energy levels defied the hot and humid conditions with a fiesta from start to finish.

But as the singer sent a message of solidarity to Venezuela following its devastating earthquakes, it was also an evening of contrasting emotions. Turning London into LondresBad Bunny - whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio - is approaching the end of his Debí Tirar Más Fotos world tour. And the 32-year-old performed with the low-key confidence and charisma of an artist now completely comfortable on the world's biggest stages.

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The setlist was unsurprisingly dominated by the album that gives the tour its name. DTMF, as it's also known, made history at the Grammy Awards in February as the first sung entirely in Spanish to win album of the year. Starting the show where the record ends, La Mudanza (The Move) set the tone for the evening - showcasing his ability to blur genre boundaries, blending modern Latin rap with old-school salsa, supported by a live traditional band.

But several songs later, it was Nuevayol that really got the party started, as one of the standout singles to help Bad Bunny break through into more mainstream British audiences. You don't need to understand the lyrics - or to have grown up with the more native sounds - to be swept up in his universally danceable rhythms, cinematic samples and infectious hooks. Image caption, The world's biggest house party?

Much of the show took place on a second stage designed as a Puerto Rican-style home But for those who are invested in the words, DTMF is also a deeply personal record - exploring loss and longing, against a backdrop of nostalgia and identity. The themes have been brought to visual life on this tour through stunning stadium-scale production, with a Puerto Rican-style home at the back of the stadium floor serving as a second stage. It gives the show a communal and intimate feel, putting him among the crowd - as though performing at the world's biggest house party in the local town the design evokes.

Despite the size (and, no doubt, cost) of the spectacle, it has a humble character - favouring homely and traditional imagery, over the high-tech mega-runways of other contemporary stadium shows. Bad Bunny doesn't just remember his roots; he puts them front and centre.

The development has drawn wide international attention, with diplomatic circles watching closely.