When will Chicago see Peso Pluma? Not today. His show is disrupted for the third time

Chicago fans of superstar Peso Pluma are left high and dry, for the third time this year, because of the threat of severe weather. Two other Pluma concerts were canceled in Chicago because of the alleged threat of cartels.

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Peso Pluma performs at the Coachella Stage during the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2024 in Indio, California.

Peso Pluma performs at the Coachella Stage during the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2024 in Indio, California.

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When will Chicago get to see Peso Pluma?

On Sunday night, the red-hot Mexican singer’s headlining set at the Sueños Music Festival was canceled when festival organizers evacuated Grant Park about an hour before Peso Pluma’s scheduled start time. The move was a precaution ahead of a storm that ultimately lasted about 10 minutes.

It was his third scuttled Chicago show in less than a year.

Not long after his July 2023 concert at the Credit Union 1 Amphitheater, he canceled several Midwest shows including his October appearance at the United Center. That concert was then rescheduled to December, before he announced he was cancelling the remainder of his international tour, citing public safety issues. Mexican media reported that Peso Pluma received cartel threats in Tijuana from an organized group based in his home state of Jalisco.

Peso Pluma normalized collaborations in the banda-norteño genre, as demonstrated by the global hit “Ella Baila Sola,” by Eslabón Armado, which topped charts and placed him in the limelight. The instant classic led Peso to his first of two appearances on “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.”

Sueños festival-goers had hoped to hear his 2024 collaborations, such as “Quema” with reggeatonero Ryan Castro and “La Intención” with Cristian Nodal. His most recent collab is “Gimme a Sec” with rapper Rich the Kid and produced by Kanye West, released last week.

While Peso Pluma did not perform, he made a brief appearance at the Sueños official after party at The Mine.

Peso Pluma’s next attempt to perform here comes Oct. 6, when he’s scheduled to perform at the United Center. Fingers crossed.

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