Talento de Barrio Tour

The Talento de Barrio World Tour was the third concert tour by reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee to promote his album Talento de Barrio. The tour had two legs, the first in the United States and the last one in Latin America.^[1] It kick of at Viña del mar 2009 international festival and ended at Mar de Plata, Argentina on December 15, 2009.^[2]

Talento De Barrio World Tour

Continental tour by Daddy Yankee
Location	South America • North America
Associated albums	Talento de Barrio
Start date	January 31, 2009
End date	December 15, 2009
Legs	2
No. of shows	26 in South America 12 in North America 39 total
Attendance	300,000+
Daddy Yankee concert chronology

Background

By 2009, Barrio Fino, Barrio Fino en Directo and El Cartel: The Big Boss, sold over 7 million of copies worldwide and also the top selling Latin albums in the United States of 2005, 2006 and 2007. Talento de Barrio was a box office success in Puerto Rico, breaking records in attendance. The soundtrack was commercial success and was quickly certified platinum in the United States and gold across Latin America.^[3]

Reception

During the first leg of the tour in the United States, Yankee performed in smaller venues than his previous tour, the Big Boss Tour, which consisted of larger arenas but received mixed responses from the audiences.

In 2009, at the concert held in Colombia with Aventura, an attendance of over 30,000 fans was reported, while in Santo Domingo, an attendance of around 60,000 fans was reported.^[4][5] In Cordoba, attendance was reported of over 10,000 fans. In Chile, attendance was more than 25,000 fans.^[6] In Neuquen, Argentina attendance was 18,000.^[7] In Atofagasta, Chile, was around 12,000.^[8] The overall attendance of the second leg was 300,000 fans.^[9][10]

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
The Americas[11][12][13][14][15][16]
January 31, 2009[a]	Caracas	Venezuela	La Rinconada Hippodrome
March 13, 2009	Atlantic City	United States	Trump Taj Mahal
March 14, 2009	Wallingford		Toyota Presents the Oakdale Theatre
March 15, 2009	Washington D.C		DAR Constitution Hall
March 27, 2009	New York		Roseland Ballroom
March 28, 2009	Boston		Orpheum Theatre Boston
May 1, 2009	Willemstad	Curacao	Hopi Bon
May 2, 2009[b]	Valledupar	Colombia	Parque de la Leyenda Vallenata
May 16, 2009[c]	San Juan	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico Convention Center
May 23, 2009[17][d]	Tortola	British Virgin Islands	Cane Garden Bay
June 12, 2009	Oranjestad	Aruba	Don Elias Mansur Ballpark
June 27, 2009	Villavicencio	Colombia	Estadio Bello Horizonte
July 1, 2009	Cordoba	Argentina	Coliseo Orfeo
July 2, 2009
July 4, 2009	Buenos Aires		Estadio Diego Armando Maradona
July 5, 2009	Montevideo	Uruguay	Estadio Charrua
July 12, 2009[e]	Santiago	Chile	Estadio Bicentenario de la Florida
July 14, 2009[f]	Coquimbo		Estadio Sanchez Rumoroso
July 16, 2009	Panama City	Panama	Figali Convention Center
August 1, 2009[g]	Cucuta	Colombia	Estadio General Santander
August 7, 2009[h]	Medellin		Estadio Atanasio Girardot
August 8, 2009	Santa Cruz	Bolivia	Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera
August 9, 2009	Cochabamba		Estadio Felix Crapiles
August 11, 2009	La Paz		Estadio Hernando Siles
August 21, 2009[18]	Monterrey	Mexico	Arena Monterrey
August 27, 2009[i]	Mayaguez	Puerto Rico
September 26, 2009[19]	Manugua	Nicaragua	Estadio Nacional Denis Martínez
Leg 2 - South America [20][21]
October 3, 2009[j]	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	Estadio Olimpico Felix Sanchez
October 10, 2009[k]	Lima	Peru	Estadio Universidad San Marcos
October 11, 2009	Viña del Mar	Chile	Quinta Vergara Amphitheater
October 12, 2009	Antofagasta		Club Hipico
October 15, 2009	Copiado		Estadio Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla
November 8, 2009[l]	Cali	Colombia	Estadio Pascual Guerrero
November 10, 2009[m]	Ciudad de Mexico	Mexico	Estadio Azteca
November 12, 2009			Palacio de los Deportes
November 13, 2009	Guadalajara		Foro Alterno de la UdeG
November 15, 2009[22][n]	Cartagena	Colombia	Estadio Jaime Morón
December 8, 2009	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Estadio de Ferro
December 10, 2009	Neuquen		Casino Magic
December 11, 2009[23]	Asuncion	Paraguay	Club Olimpia
December 13, 2009	Mendoza	Argentina	Estadio Andres Talleres
December 15, 2009	Mar Del Plata		Estadio Polideportivo "Islas Malvinas"

Attendance

City	Attendance
Guadalajara	7,000
Managua	10,000[24]
Santiago	20,000[25]
Medellin[4]	30,000
Cordoba	10,000+
Cochabamba[26]	20,000
Santo Domingo	50,000
Medonza	10,000
Antofagasta[8]	12,000
Neuquen[7]	18,000
Total	180,000

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
April 3, 2009	Miami	United States	James L. Knight International Center	Breach of Contract[27]
April 4, 2009	Orlando		House of Blues
April 5, 2009	Tampa		USF Sun Dome
October 17, 2009[28]	Maracaibo	Venezuela	Centro Comercial Lago Mall	Low ticket sales due to concerns
October 18, 2009	Caracas		CCTT Caracas
October 24, 2009	Guatemala City	Guatemala	Centro Comercial Tikal Futura	Breach of contract

Notes

1. This concert was part of Solid Festival 2009
2. This concert was part of Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata
3. This concert was part of Music Hall 2009
4. This concert was part of BVI Music Festival 2009
5. This concert was part of the Third edition of Cumbre de Reggaeton
6. This concert was part of Maraton de Reggaeton III
7. This performance was part of Segundo Festival Internacional de la Frontera
8. This concert was co-headlined by Aventura
9. The Concert of August 27, 2009 was part of Yellowpass 2009
10. This concert was part of the Idolos Latinos 2009
11. The Concert of October 10, 2009 was part of BRAHMA URBAN DANCE 3
12. This concert was co-headlined by Aventura
13. This concert was part of the 40 principales festival
14. The concert of November 15, 2009 was Co-headlined Aventura