Peso Pluma has canceled three scheduled performances in Latin America. The musician planned to make stops in Perú, Paraguay, and Chile over the next week but has backed out of those appearances, citing “personal reasons.”
Two headlining performances — at Parque Olímpico in Asunción, Paraguay, on Feb. 24 and Estadio Nacional in Lima, Peru, on March 2 — have been scrapped in addition to Peso Pluma’s appearance at Viña del Mar.
The event, scheduled for March 1, would have marked his first appearance at the international music festival. When the festival announced him as a performer, a Viña council member penned a letter to Mayor Macarena Serrano requesting he be removed from the lineup, citing his lyrics about “organized crime and corruption, drug dealing and drug cartels.”
Still, the event confirmed that the musician’s set would go on as planned, sharing in a press release: “Following the controversy generated [about] Peso Pluma’s participation in the upcoming edition of the festival, organizers of Viña del Mar International Festival state the festival will not censure or discriminate.” María Becerra will be moved into Peso Pluma’s now vacant headlining slot.
The Mexican star’s next scheduled performances include a headlining set at Rolling Stone’s weeklong Future of Music showcase at South by Southwest on March 13 and a homecoming headlining performance at the Tecate Pa’l Norte festival on March 29. He’s then scheduled to appear at Coachella in April.
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Earlier this week, Peso Pluma announced the Exodo tour, a massive headlining run making stops throughout North America from May through October. Each run the singer has completed thus far has only grown in scale.
“It’s been huge, filling arenas, filling stadiums. For each show to be sold out and for each city to have people showing up with their full heart and soul is what I’m enjoying most out of this. It feels good,” Peso Pluma told Rolling Stone last year. “When I have special guests, that’s when I really feel how far we’ve come. When I was a kid, I never imagined having these huge collaborations with people that I listened to. Now, being able to have people from different countries and cultures that I’ve recorded with makes me happy.”