Grupo Firme is about to kick off La Última Peda Tour on April 11 in Mexicali, following the cancellation of a efficiency in Mazatlán after a message on a banner with alleged demise threats attributed to a drug cartel appeared in Tijuana. And the trek will proceed with bolstered safety.
“Individuals can include confidence and have a superb time,” Eduin Caz, the band’s frontman, mentioned throughout a press convention Thursday afternoon at Estadio Caliente in Tijuana, the place the second present of the tour is scheduled for April 12. “We now have strengthened safety for this tour in Mexico. The reveals of Grupo Firme are supposed to be loved, and that’s how will probably be.”
After a three-year absence from Mexico, La Última Peda Tour will take Grupo Firme to 23 stadiums throughout the nation, together with their eighth efficiency at Estadio GNP Seguros (previously Foro Sol) on June 28. The tour will even mark their return to palenques, a extra intimate kind of present that permits for better interplay with the viewers.
“We have to relive that closeness with those who solely all these venues can present,” mentioned Jhonny Cazares, the group’s third voice. “Nice artists we admire, like Alfredo Olivas and Julión Álvarez, do them. These [venues] are smaller, however they’re no much less essential. Plus, they’re a part of our tradition.”
In the meantime, the state authorities and the Baja California Prosecutor’s Workplace are persevering with their investigation into the threats in opposition to the band. The cancellation of the March 1 live performance, which was a part of the Mazatlán Carnival, was a results of the invention of an alleged narcomanta and a human head in a field Feb. 25 in Tijuana — a reality confirmed to Billboard Español by the Baja California State Prosecutor’s Workplace. Up to now, 4 arrests have been made within the case, Excelsior TV reported citing the prosecutor’s workplace.
“We’re grateful for the help of the authorities, who’ve been attentive from the very starting,” Caz added. “We are able to’t share extra particulars in order to not hinder the investigation.”
Developing, Grupo Firme shall be releasing a brand new album in Might. In an interview with Billboard Español, the singer shared some particulars concerning the undertaking, which was helmed by famend songwriter and producer Joss Favela together with Abraham Luna, the group’s second voice and producer.
“The musical preparations are totally different,” revealed Caz. “We’ve included piano, electrical guitar, and saxophone with banda and norteño. Our musical roots stay the identical. The lyrics are in my model, principally about heartbreak — these are those that come most naturally to me.”
He continued: “We recorded 17 songs however will maintain solely 12; they’re all superb. I don’t need any of them to go unnoticed or not get the eye they deserve.”
He additionally shared that it took them a few yr to pick out and report the songs, with Caz contributing as a songwriter alongside Horacio Palencia, Nathan Galante, and Joss Favela — the identical creator of “El Beneficio de la Duda,” which led Grupo Firme to spend two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Regional Mexican Airplay chart in mid-2024.
As for a possible collaboration with Don Omar — who just lately expressed in press convention in Mexico Metropolis his need to report with the band — Caz mentioned: “There’s a terrific friendship. We haven’t been in a position to align schedules, first because of well being points for each of us. The tune has already been chosen; it’s only a matter of timing. It might be superb to make it occur.”
