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MEXICO CITY — Following the announcement that Italian opera legend Andrea Bocelli will share the Zócalo stage with cumbia institution Los Ángeles Azules and singer Ximena Sariñana on April 18, city officials confirmed this week that they consider the booking “completely normal” and have no intention of slowing down.
The free concert will feature a full symphonic orchestra and is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of fans to the Plaza de la Constitución — continuing a tradition of landmark Zócalo performances that included Shakira’s record-breaking show just weeks prior.
Sources close to the city’s cultural programming office, however, confirmed that preliminary discussions are already underway for future events, including a proposed evening with Metallica and Guadalupe Pineda, a tentative double bill pairing Björk with Los Yonics, and what one official described only as “a Radiohead and Pepe Aguilar situation we’re still working through logistically.”
Also reportedly in early conversations: Celine Dion and Banda MS, Roger Waters and Paquita la del Barrio, and a headline slot for Bad Bunny and Plácido Domingo that two separate departments claim the other one proposed first.
When asked what unifying artistic vision connected these lineups, a spokesperson pointed to the April 18 bill and said, simply, “Can you imagine this fusion?”
Rumour has it that the Kid Rock and Peso Pluma crossover has already been cancelled.
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