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Lucy Gomez Sánchez will be seen singing Soul de Mexico in her 110th concert this February 24 in Lima. You read that right: 110. 46-year-old Peruvian, head of Complicus de Luis Miguel An official fan club, he has been traveling the world with his favorite artist for decades and has invested his savings to fulfill one of his life goals: the accumulation of absolute happiness. Every date, every stadium, every memory. Everything is written on an excel sheet that is the most envied in the United Latin America. The agitation for Louis' visit, as she tells him, is at its height, for it is less than a month away.

As of now, he has already requested leave from his job and plans are underway to meet him at the airport in person. You will know the exact day and time in advance. With so much time in these incarnations, the international business executive has top-secret contacts who share invaluable information with him. Make no doubt: if the star has gifts and surprises from his club, he will receive them. “It's very special for me to experience this in my country. It never ceases to excite me that the National Stadium is packed for two nights. People are coming from all over the country to see him in one of the most extraordinary moments of his career.” Lucy doesn't let blind love get the better of her in saying this. Not exaggerating.

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Completing 42 years on stage, Luis Miguel Gallego Pasteri (53) has broken records and won many accolades by taking part in a 'tour' that began last August. “Pollstar” magazine recently revealed that between 2023 and 2024, he will be the top-selling singer on the planet, surpassing Madonna and U2. Billboard, for its part, listed him as the most successful Mexican artist of all time; On par with Spotify, it announced that its songs have already had 10.5 billion plays on the Internet. In addition, the tour that will bring him back to Peru will gross over $420 million.

Taking place on February 24th and 25th at the National Stadium, the concerts will welcome Lucy and 80 thousand souls to one of the most anticipated events of the summer. Sold out in first three hours; Secondly, at the end of this edition, there are about a thousand seats left. “The process of bringing him took a year, and they were very complicated negotiations because of everything that his coming would mean. Having so many musicians on stage, it comes with a group of 100 people. Also, many companies were struggling to perform here, even from other countries,” said the concert. “El Nacional is the most important venue in the country for singers and bands,” explained Cesar Ramos, director of the production company MasterLive Peru. “He already deserves it.”

In these lands, the Sun

Again, he deserves to be more precise. Luis Miguel has set foot on the national soil 11 times in 1982, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2013 and 2019. He was a 12-year-old in the early 80s who didn't perform live, he only showed up for promotions. It wasn't until March 1990 that he made a cameo appearance in Jose Diaz's Colossus.

Journalist George Henderson vividly remembers the first visit. “I worked at Radio Miraflores and he was known with his father, Luisito Rey. He was a very awake child. While we were taking time for air, I invited them both to the corner bodega for a soda. Over the years, I interviewed him many times. Here in Peru, But abroad, in Viña del Mar, when I was 15, I saw him doing what he wanted with Quinta Vergara. He was and still is great,” he recalled.

Later, during the nineties, the star would talk here with famous local figures such as Gerardo Manuel, who continued to call him Luchito in videos that can be found on YouTube. Also, with Gisela Valcárcel and Jaime Bayly. “In Lima he sang in places like the San Agustin School, the Manuel Bonilla Stadium in Miraflores, the Jockey Club, the Lima Polo Club and the Monumental Esplanade. Twenty thousand people of average ability,” he adds. That is until now.

Present and future

In an inevitable analysis, understanding the overwhelming success of Luis Miguel today, six years after the release of his last album and five years after the premiere of the biographical series broadcast by Netflix, of which he was an executive producer. In 2019, as it turns out, he had a wonderful reunion with the public, protected by both events. However, what explains its enormous popularity in post-pandemic times?

Helping to rehearse the first answer is the Argentinian Eugenia Cabral, singer and another unparalleled follower of the author of Diario de Una Fan, a very popular place on the Internet, in which she shares news related to the race of the sun better than many other media.

“Luis Miguel is current because it did not arise because of fashion. He is an artist with an amazing voice and expressive talent, which, combined with immense professionalism, dedication and discipline, make him great. But basically it sings about the most important feeling: love. Also, the industry Despite trying to convince him otherwise, he is true to what he thinks and thinks, even if it is worth it. […] It has brought people back to concerts, of course with a lot of male audiences and many 'millennials' discovering it, yes, because of the series,” Yuge points out.

Peruvian television critic and journalist Patricia Salinas makes another argument: “He was the last of the greats. Not just Latin American music, but world music. Just as there is only one Sinatra, there is only one Elvis, there is only one Luis Miguel. Now that idols are artists like Bad Bunny, it's almost a fantasy to think of successors to that talent.

Popular Mexican entertainment journalist Martha Figueroa, author of the book “Mickey: A Different Tribute” (2013), shares with Somos: “No matter what happens, he's going to come back because he still has that great voice. It doesn't matter if there are new songs or not. In the end, they are. Likes regulars better. […] Another factor is the mystery that always surrounds it, making it unattainable and wanting to look at it when it is presented to see if it is actually real. [ríe]. If he's going out everywhere every time, it's not exciting anymore. But no. “You never know what he's up to.”

Martha notes that the star's passing personal moments also have to do with the radiant performance he exhibits on this tour, in which he goes out to shake hands with fans after concerts or during his appearances. Enjoy playing with his band or the drones that record him. “Yes, it reflects in racing. He is accompanied by his partner – Spanish Paloma Cuevas – and his daughter – Mexican Michelle Salas – and his brothers do him well. He seems to have found the balance that has been so elusive for so long.

Will Luis Miguel be around for a while then? The journalist is determined. “After this tour he'll definitely take a few years off, but he'll be back anyway. I see him singing like Frank Sinatra until he's 70. He's, finally, our Frank Sinatra. He, in fact, told me that. That's how he sees it. The stage is his happiest. place, he will do everything possible to stay there,” he concludes. We must know all the turns of the sun. //