Regional Mexican music star Julión Álvarez announced on Monday (Nov. 11) the first date of his long-awaited return to the United States, which will take place next year on April 19 at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.
The concert and the rest of the tour — which will be titled 4218 Tour USA 2025 and whose dates will be announced at a later date — will be presented by CMN (Cardenas Marketing Network), the promoter behind Luis Miguel’s historic tour, and Copar Music, Julión Álvarez’s management and booking company.
“We are putting together the tour right now, because there are two possibilities: to do some stadiums or several arenas,” said Ricardo Álvarez, CEO of Copar Music and Julión’s brother, in an exclusive interview with Billboard Español. “For the moment, this is the only date we have for sure; next week we will announce the complete tour.”
After receiving several proposals for a tour, Ricardo Alvarez said they decided on CMN because “the commercial agreements they presented to us were the best option.”
The 4218 Tour USA 2025 comes eight years after a legal process that began on Aug. 10, 2017, when the U.S. Treasury Department singled out Julio Álvarez for alleged money laundering and links to drug trafficking. This caused the closure of his social media accounts, the veto on platforms and the rejection of U.S. companies to work with the Chiapas-born singer, and kept him away from the stages in this country.
In May 2022, the charges were dropped and Julión Álvarez announced in a press conference: “In 2013, I wanted to diversify and I partnered with a real estate company to build houses. I did not know that these people were being followed by the U.S. government and for that reason I was linked to them. Fortunately everything has been cleared up and now we will begin the process to reestablish the social networks, to be able to upload our music to platforms and give the fans what they have been asking for almost five years.”
During that time, the 41 year old singer toured Mexico with his show, recording sold-out shows and earning the nickname “El Rey de la Taquilla” (The Box Office King). On the music side, he never stopped recording; first he did it in collaborations and later launched his production De Hoy En Adelante Que Te Vaya Bien, via Fonovisa Records, winner of the Latin Grammy 2023 in the best banda music album category.
For the 25th anniversary of the Latin Grammys, he is nominated for the second time in the same category, now with his album Presente (also released under Fonovisa Records). A few weeks ago, he finalized the work visa process for him and his entire team.
“I learned in all aspects,” he added at the press conference in 2022. “Personally today I am more patient and calm. We can say that there is a Julión before and another one after what happened. Now I have the strength and wisdom to have a healthy financial life and I know how to manage what I have. I have gone through many tests, many investigations and much discrimination. Today I can say with my head held high that we are victorious and stronger.”
A few days ago, Julión Álvarez took to social media to hint at a potential tour announcement, and on Sunday (Nov. 10) he posted a video in which he showed his passport and a suitcase with the text “Los tiempos de Dios son perfectos” (God’s timing is perfect), setting off alarms among his followers and the press.
The pre-sale of tickets for the concert in Los Angeles will take place on Nov. 14, and the following day, the general sale will begin through ticketmaster.com. Below, check out the official announcement of their comeback.
