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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Oscar Lopez in Mexico City

Mexico president asks Bad Bunny to give free concert after Ticketmaster debacle

Bad Bunny
Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said Bad Bunny was a ‘supportive’ person. Photograph: Aude Guerrucci/Reuters

Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has called on Bad Bunny to give a free concert in the capital’s central Zócalo plaza after hundreds of fans were locked out of the Puerto Rican rapper’s sold-out show last weekend thanks to a Ticketmaster debacle.

During his regular morning news conference, López Obrador, or Amlo as he is commonly known, said Bad Bunny was a “supportive” and “sensitive” person, adding that, although the government could not pay the artist, it would fund limited production costs for the concert.

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