"After making a cameo during Shakira and Jennifer Lopez's 2020 halftime show in Miami, Bad Bunny will return to the Super Bowl stage next year - this time, as the headlining act. The 2026 Super Bowl LX will take place Feb. 8 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. The Puerto Rican hitmaker's performance is expected to be the first fully Spanish-language performance on the stage, and he's the first Latino man to headline."
"The announcement came after Bad Bunny, full name Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, said he would not tour his latest album, "Debí Tirar Más Fotos," to the continental U.S. due to the ongoing threat of ICE arresting his concertgoers. "There was the issue of - like, f- ICE could be outside [my concert]. And it's something that we were talking about and very concerned about," he told i-D magazine."
"Instead, the Grammy-winning artist's No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí (I Don't Want to Leave Here) residency - which took place at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan - brought an estimated $733 million to Puerto Rico as for his concert. As an unincorporated territory of the United States, Puerto Rico still has an ICE presence. In June 2025, Benito posted footage on his Instagram stories of an ICE raid in progress in Carolina, showcasing agents arresting alleged undocumented immigrants."
Bad Bunny will headline Super Bowl LX at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, marking the first fully Spanish-language halftime performance and the first Latino man to headline. He declined to tour his latest album in the continental U.S. over concerns about ICE arresting concertgoers, saying "There was the issue of - like, f- ICE could be outside [my concert]." His No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí residency in San Juan generated an estimated $733 million for Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico retains an ICE presence; Benito posted footage of a June 2025 raid. Santa Clara County is a sanctuary jurisdiction, though federal agents can operate independently.
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