{"id":46282,"date":"2025-09-10T18:27:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T18:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/10\/bad-bunny-skipped-the-u-s-on-tour-over-ice-concerns\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T18:27:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T18:27:02","slug":"bad-bunny-skipped-the-u-s-on-tour-over-ice-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/10\/bad-bunny-skipped-the-u-s-on-tour-over-ice-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Bunny Skipped the U.S. on Tour Over ICE Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tFans of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/bad-bunny\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bad-bunny\" data-tag=\"bad-bunny\">Bad Bunny<\/a> were confused about why the musician left the continental United States off his upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-latin\/bad-bunny-tour-dates-1235331322\/\"><em>Deb\u00ed Tirar M\u00e1s Fotos<\/em> world tour<\/a>. In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/i-d.co\/article\/bad-bunny-puerto-rico-residency-issue-375-cover\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><em>i-D<\/em><\/a> published Wednesday, the singer said the decision was tied to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/trump-administration\/\" id=\"auto-tag_trump-administration\" data-tag=\"trump-administration\">Trump administration<\/a>\u2019s recent mass <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/trump-admin-judge-blocks-guatemalan-children-deportation-1235419519\/\">deportations<\/a> targeting Latinos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tWhen asked by interviewer Suzy Exposito if his decision was \u201cout of concern\u201d for Latino fans, Bad Bunny responded: \u201cMan, honestly, yes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cThere were many reasons why I didn\u2019t show up in the U.S., and none of them were out of hate \u2014 I\u2019ve performed there many times,\u201d Bad Bunny explained. \u201cAll of [the shows] have been successful. All of them have been magnificent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tPart of the appeal of doing a residency in his native Puerto Rico has been welcoming fans from over the world to his island, including many from the United States who had never visited La Isla del Encanto. The singer is set to conclude his<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-lists\/bad-bunny-puerto-rico-residency-celebrity-guests-1235418027\/\"> No Me Quiero Ir de Aqu\u00ed<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-lists\/bad-bunny-puerto-rico-residency-celebrity-guests-1235418027\/\">residency<\/a> on Sept. 14 after 30 shows since mid-July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve enjoyed connecting with Latinos who have been living in the US, but specifically, for a residency here in Puerto Rico, when we are an incorporated territory of the U.S\u2026 People from the U.S. could come here to see the show,\u201d Bad Bunny said. \u201cLatinos and Puerto Ricans of the United States could also travel here, or to any part of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tHe added: \u201cBut there was the issue of \u2014 like, fucking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/ice\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ice\" data-tag=\"ice\">ICE<\/a> could be outside [my concert]. And it\u2019s something that we were talking about and very concerned about.\u201d <\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tBad Bunny has been vocal about his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bad-bunny-ice-officers-raid-puerto-rico-1235367103\/\">distaste for ICE<\/a> and the Trump administration. Back in June, he seemed to witness an ICE raid in Puerto Rico, and posted a video on his Instagram of the moment: \u201cThey came here\u2026 Sons of bitches, instead of letting the people alone and working.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tBad Bunny is set to kick off his<em> Deb\u00ed Tirar M\u00e1s Fotos <\/em>tour on Nov. 21 in Santo Domingo before traveling across Latin America through late February. Next spring, the singer will head to several cities in Europe, Sydney, Australia, and Tokyo. In December, he\u2019ll perform eight shows at Mexico City\u2019s Estadio GNP Seguros, and in June, he\u2019ll play 10 shows in Madrid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-latin\/bad-bunny-skipped-the-us-tour-over-ice-concerns-1235424755\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans of Bad Bunny were confused about why the musician left the continental United States off his upcoming Deb\u00ed Tirar M\u00e1s Fotos world tour&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":46283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}