Bad Bunny Opens 10-Night Madrid Residency with Myke Towers Surprise

Bad Bunny opened the first night of his 10-date Madrid residency on May 30 at a sold-out Riyadh Air Metropolitano, delivering a two-and-a-half-hour set that moved through his catalog and carried the full weight of a seven-year homecoming. His last performance in Spain's capital was July 2018. The crowd felt that gap.

The night pulled from Debí Tirar Más Fotos alongside a run of catalog hits including "Callaíta," "Tití Me Preguntó," "Me Porto Bonito," "Yonaguni," and "Dákiti." Practically every chorus turned into a stadium-wide sing-along. Benito told the crowd early: "Tonight, we're going to sing a lot of songs we haven't sung before. I hope you're ready."

Myke Towers Joins Bad Bunny Onstage for 'Adivino' in Madrid

The surprise of the night came when Myke Towers appeared onstage for "Adivino", the show's designated exclusive track. Towers stayed on for a full medley, running through "Diosa," "Si Se Da," "Lala," and "La Falda" to one of the loudest receptions of the evening.

The show also leaned hard into Puerto Rican culture throughout. Bad Bunny performed a segment from "La Casita," his second stage built to look like a Puerto Rican house, where he spent real time with fans in the front rows, took photos, and listened to their stories. Five fans were invited up after reciting the phrase "Acho, PR es otra cosa." Spanish actresses Esther Expósito and María León, along with Italian entrepreneur Chiara Ferragni, were among the guests who passed through. Los Pleneros de la Cresta also performed as part of the night's cultural thread.

"Coming back to Madrid and performing like this fills my heart," Bad Bunny told the crowd. "I will always remember this night as the night I came back to Madrid. Thank you for waiting for me so long."

Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour Passes $200 Million in Revenue

The Madrid run is part of the first leg of the Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour, which launched in Santo Domingo in November 2024. According to Billboard Boxscore, the tour has already crossed $200 million in revenue and ranks among the highest-grossing tours of the year. Nine more Madrid dates remain.

For independent artists and creators watching this tour cycle, the scale of what Bad Bunny is doing with cultural specificity is worth studying. The La Casita stage setup, the Plena musicians, the flags and pavas in the crowd. These are production choices that double as identity statements, and they're landing in 80,000-seat stadiums. That's a lesson in how specificity scales, not in spite of a global audience but because of one.

If you're building something rooted in your own culture and community, this is proof the approach works at the highest level. Check out [what's coming to LA's live music calendar](/events) and [share your own work with our community](/submit) if you're moving in that same spirit.