2023-07-15 01:05:00
You had to arrive early Friday night to come and dance at Pitbull’s big “fiesta”, while the Plains, transformed into a huge dance floor, were closed before “Mr. Worldwide”.
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After a few gloomy days and two evenings canceled this week due to bad weather, festival-goers were looking, and with good reason, for a good dose of “party”. And, multi-generational rapper Pitbull has delivered the goods.
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Without being asked, the American of Cuban origin quickly launched the success machine, surrounded by his dancers in light outfits, with Don’t Stop the Party. Don’t stop the party, don’t stop the party [Que la fête continue, n’arrête pas la fête]“he sang, recalling this success of 2012.
success following success
The 42-year-old singer was in fine form and the crowd went wild. Audiences might be heard screaming from the opening notes of his songs, many of which made it to the Billboard 100 greatest hits charts at some point in his career, which began nearly 20 years ago.
«Dale! [Allons-y!]» he let go, to add to it by delivering a good hip thrust on several occasions, before sending successes such as Hôtel, Gasoline or Fireball, which he performed twice rather than once. You had to be insensitive not to want to follow the fiery cadence of the Miami artist.
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It is also in reference to this city in Florida, where he grew up, that he also presents himself under the name of Mr. 305, in reference to its area code. It is also the name of his own record company.
Black shirt and sunglasses
Dressed all in black and wearing his sunglasses, Armando Christian Pérez, his real name, was visibly happy to find his admirers in Quebec, whom he had not seen since his last visit to the defunct Colisée Pepsi, in April 2012.
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The singer, father of six children from more than one union, also gave an overview of his many collaborations made over the past two decades, through a few medleys. We were thus able to remember, the room On the Floor accompanied by Jennifer Lopez, I Like it, with Enrique Iglesias, Feel This Moment with Christina Aguilera and Rain Over Me with Marc Anthony, to name a few.
It’s finally on Give Me Everything that he closed his show, warmly thanking his audience, but without a reminder.
An evening that Quebec is not regarding to forget.
Jamaican scents
Before the Latino star, the young singer Koffee appeared for the first time in Quebec, in front of a site that was already packed.
Aged 23, the singer-songwriter delivered a performance with reggae accents sung in Jamaican patois, where she is from. Smiling and relaxed, the young woman allowed herself a famous nod to Bob Marley, pushing the first notes of the popular Redemption Song.
Explicit swings and lyrics
It was the Montreal singer of Honduran origin, Isabella Lovestory, who opened the ball yesterday, serving up her explicit reggaeton with electro-pop accents. Everything was there to ignite the crowd, ready to party.
Dressed in a metallic pink skintight ensemble, the 30-year-old entertainer definitely kicked off the languorous hip thrusts, which were later aplenty.
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