Gratitude and light rain poured more than a group of countless numbers throughout RBD’s — that is Rebelde, the fictional band turned genuine-lifetime superstars — closing date of North American displays in Los Angeles on Oct. 22. Following announcing a comeback tour previously this yr, the Mexican pop group established out for 30 dates across the U.S. and completed the final of it, four bought-out nights at BMO Stadium, with a last bow more than the weekend.
“Thank you for gifting us these evenings of appreciate, of pleasurable, of nostalgia,” claimed member Maite Perroni, who played the girl-following-door character of Lupita on “Rebelde.” The teenager drama collection grew to become a massive achievements and a most loved amongst young Latin American viewers right after it aired its to start with of hundreds of episodes in 2004. The display was established in the halls of the fictional Elite Way non-public school in Mexico Town and adopted a group of musically-inclined younger pupils — performed by Perroni, Christopher von Uckermann, Dulce María, Anahí, Christian Chavez and Alfonso Herra, the latter of whom sat out this tour.
“Rebelde” has many variations in diverse Latin nations, and the Elite Way faculty continue to serves as the foundational plot for the Spanish television sequence “Elite,” which was designed for Netflix and is presently in its seventh year.
Right until their disbandment in 2009, RBD unveiled nine studio albums in Spanish, Portuguese and English, and executed offered-out demonstrates all around the earth. Right before this tour, it had been much more than a ten years considering the fact that RBD’s very last in-person live performance (the group reunited for a digital exhibit in 2020).
“For us, it’s been a obstacle but at the identical time, the greatest present that we could’ve ever gained,” Perroni ongoing in one particular of the a lot of grateful speeches that just about every member shipped all through the evening. “Thank you for insisting, for remaining in this article — for staying in this article, you’ve normally been here for us.”
The shows at BMO marked the first 4-evening operate in the building’s history and were being the highest offering multi-night time display of all time for the location, in accordance to Dwell Nation, who created the trek. Much of the setlist remained anchored in the group’s major hits — from opener “Tras de Mí,” to the heart-filled closer, “Rebelde,” which noticed the band exchange their glitzy phase wear for the purple blazer and tie that served as the Elite Way uniform on the display.
The concert also presented each and every of the members with sufficient opportunity to glow as solo artists. Anahí has publicly stated that this tour is her “goodbye to the 1 matter I’ve liked doing the most in my lifetime,” and that sentiment was on exhibit even though she shipped chill-inducing falsettos throughout her rendition of “Sálvame,” which potential customers as the group’s most-streamed solitary on Spotify with around 200 million plays. The effectiveness was preceded by a video message that inspired fans to “embrace the coronary heart of your inner boy or girl.”
Chávez, who did not come out as homosexual till the team experienced previously break up, shined in an all-pink mariachi ensemble through a performance of “Tu Amor,” which is fifty percent in English and 50 % in Spanish. “We had been born with the common and simple right to be ourselves,” Chávez’s voice boomed in the video concept that preceded his solo visual appeal.
The phase style and design was also unbelievably impressive in scale: For the duration of solo performances, choose for example von Uckermann’s piano rendition of “Inalcanzable,” team users would descend on phase attached to big, neon-lit props that dropped them off at numerous details throughout the stage.
When the exhibit eventually clocked its ending at 11 p.m. — marked by a firework show and purple-and-white confetti in the shape of small ties — the celebration continued proper exterior BMO where by a man experienced set up a speaker and a DJ deck to spin common Latin bash-starters like “La Chona” and “El Beeper.” Rebelde will continue on partying by Dec. 1, with extra sold-out stadium demonstrates during Brazil, Colombia and Mexico.