Officially, all tickets for Saturday’s show, titled Medallo en el Mapa, are sold out. His management confirmed that 54,000 people would be there to support the Latin star as he achieves one of his greatest dreams.
Maluma said that she is very excited, saying that this was something she had always hoped for since the beginning of her career. Maluma spoke from Medellin to The Associated Press. It fills me full of adrenaline and nerves. Being up there, seeing my family, my friends, my people, is a great feeling. It is an artist’s dream to perform in their hometown.
He enthusiastically added: “We must show the world you can be prophet in your own country.”
With a maximum capacity for almost 45,000, the stadium has already hosted J Balvin (from Medellin) and Karol G (from Medellin). But Maluma says that this will be the biggest concert held in the stadium due to the 360-degree concept. The stage is in the middle, and the audience fills the grass.
He is planning to invite guests of the “highest caliber, my dreams artists”, but is keeping their identities secret at this time.
The singer believes that putting on a show such as “Medallo en el Mapa,” is a way of diminishing the stigma associated with drug-trafficking in his hometown. Maluma was only two months old when Pablo Escobar passed away in 1993.
“Things are different now than when I started my career. People used to talk very negatively about Medellin whenever they spoke about it. They talked about drug trafficking, violence and said that Colombia was dangerous. He also mentioned that many of his fellow citizens have excelled in business, music and sports over the years.
Maluma stated, “I am part the herd that has an alternative vision and a new perspective and has worked hard for it.” “That’s what I want with ‘Medallo en el Mapa. I want the world to see that Medellin’s violence is gone, that Medellin doesn’t drug trafficking is a thing of the past, and that Pablo Escobar was not murdered many years ago.”
On Monday, he also fulfilled another dream, as he attended the unveiling of his wax figure at Madame Tussauds Orlando. The statue was flown to the singer’s liking at the Museum of Modern Art, Medellin.
“I know there are many people in this country who don’t have the opportunity to travel to Orlando, New York, or Los Angeles to see a sculpture like that, so to be capable of bringing it from the United States into Colombia to be given that gift to my town… it’s the best thing for me,” the singer said. He also recalls that he once visited a branch at the wax museum and took pictures next to replicas of his idols. “Now, my figure will be next to all the artists that I have been following.”
The Museum of Modern Art will have Maluma’s wax figure on display for free for this week. It will then be transferred to the Girardot Stadium for the concert. It will then be returned to Madame Tussauds Florida in Florida where it will be on display in May.
