Los Tigres del Norte play to lots of of followers contained in the midtown venue of Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis, New York, on Friday, Could 24, 2025.
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Madison Sq. Backyard may’ve been El Foro Sol.
For one evening, it felt just like the entirety of New York’s Mexican group was watching Los Tigres del Norte, probably the most celebrated corrido bands on the earth, play probably the most historic venues in america for the very first time.
Marcela Rivera, left, and Lidar Portela, proper, maintain the Mexican flag and stand for a portrait as lots of of followers of the norteño band Los Tigres del Norte navigate the bustling block exterior of Madison Sq. Backyard earlier than the beginning of the Sinaloa, Mexico band’s present at Madison Sq. Backyard in Midtown, New York Metropolis, New York, U.S., on Friday, Could 24, 2025.
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Followers eagerly await the beginning of the norteño band Los Tigres del Norte present at Madison Sq. Backyard in Midtown, New York Metropolis, New York.
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“ What occurred tonight at Madison Sq. Backyard it is one thing you by no means dream, you by no means notice in your entire profession that at some point you had been gonna be right here at this place,” says Eduardo Hernandez, a member of Los Tigres Del Norte.
The band has performed virtually each single place within the nation — from armories to rodeos, in huge cities and small cities – however the group has by no means performed Madison Sq. Backyard. It is a touchstone profession second for the band, whose each milestone has at all times been as a lot their followers’ as these of its members.
Hernán Hernández performs his bass guitar for lots of of followers in Madison Sq. Backyard in Midtown, New York Metropolis, New York, U.S., on Friday, Could 24, 2025.
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“I feel our followers need to be right here,” band member Hernan Hernandez says. “Possibly for some folks it is their first time like us.”
Los Tigres have at all times made its followers — the immigrants, the folks on this nation who cook dinner within the kitchen, minimize the grass — the celebrated topic of every live performance. Lots of the band’s greatest songs even take direct inspiration from followers’ extraordinary lives, making Los Tigres reveals an change from the general public to the band and again.
Elizabeth Vargas and Luis Vargas, stand for a portrait earlier than having fun with a night watching the norteo band Los Tigres del Norte play Madison Sq. Backyard.
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Elizabeth Vargas is a fan who identifies most with the track “La Puerta Negra.” It is a track about two younger lovers whose household does not approve of their relationship. La puerta negra, “the black door,” is a tool the household makes use of to maintain them aside, however the singer assures his lover that they may overcome it.
Vargas shares that there was a black door in her personal life. Her Mexican household didn’t approve of her husband, who’s standing beside her tonight, as a result of he’s Cuban.
Jorge Hernández greets the lots of of followers in Madison Sq. Backyard in Midtown, New York Metropolis, New York.
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Tons of of followers of the norteño band Los Tigres del Norte take group photographs on the bustling block exterior of Madison Sq. Backyard earlier than the beginning of the Sinaloa, Mexico band’s present at Madison Sq. Backyard.
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Left photograph, Ernesto Sanchez a vendor promoting hats to followers of the norteño band Los Tigres del Norte exterior of Madison Sq. Backyard earlier than the beginning of the Sinaloa, Mexico band’s present at Madison Sq. Backyard. Proper photograph, Brian Contreras is prepared for the beginning of the present.
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Tons of of followers of the norteño band Los Tigres del Norte navigate the bustling block exterior of Madison Sq. Backyard earlier than the beginning of the Sinaloa, Mexico band’s present at Madison Sq. Backyard.
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“It doesn’t matter what occurred, [the door] at all times opened for us,” Vargas says in Spanish. “In order that track was like, wow, for me. Each time I heard it, it was for him.”
For Jocelyn Romero, she hears her dad and mom’ immigrant expertise mirrored within the track “La Carta.” Within the track, Los Tigres describe delivering a letter from a son to his mom who’ve been separated by the border.
Joselyn Romero dons a white hat.
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The track’s lyrics replicate the son’s phrases to his mom: “Espero estar el día de la despedida / Para realizar mi sueño de volvernos a abrazar” (I hope to be there on the day you say goodbye / to comprehend my dream of us hugging once more.)
”You set your self of their sneakers,” Romero says, “ I perceive their entire life.” The closeness she discovered along with her dad and mom via Los Tigres’ music impressed her to purchase them tickets to the present.
Followers eagerly await the beginning of the norteño band Los Tigres del Norte present at Madison Sq. Backyard.
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Vanessa Huesca stands for a portrait in her hat earlier than the beginning of the norteño band Los Tigres del Norte present at Madison Sq. Backyard.
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As lots of of followers of the norteño band Los Tigres del Norte navigate the bustling block exterior of Madison Sq. Backyard, distributors promote shirts, hats, and drinks earlier than the beginning of the Sinaloa, Mexico band’s present at Madison Sq. Backyard.
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Yobani Escandon Galvan, left, and Rosalina Maldonado, heart, stand for a portrait exterior of Madison Sq. Backyard earlier than the beginning of the Sinaloa, Mexico band, Los Tigres del Norte present at Madison Sq. Backyard.
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In current months there have been conversations within the Latin music group elevating considerations that ticket gross sales and live performance attendance for artists like Los Tigres may be impacted by fears of ICE raids. Some cultural occasions and live shows have been scaled again or canceled.
For the band, this potential danger for followers is one thing it’s intimately accustomed to. The group shared that its members beforehand lived on this nation with out authorized standing.
“I do know that individuals are a little bit afraid, nevertheless it’s one thing us Mexicans like — the concern, the motion,” Ernesto Sanchez, a sombrero salesman who frequents Mexican cultural occasions and live shows all through the town, jokes in Spanish.
“ Pues, aquí estamos,” Sanchez says — “effectively, right here we’re.”
Followers eagerly await the beginning of the norteño band Los Tigres del Norte present at Madison Sq. Backyard.
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Ernesto Sanchez sells hats to followers of the norteño band Los Tigres del Norte exterior of Madison Sq. Backyard earlier than the beginning of the Sinaloa, Mexico band’s present at Madison Sq. Backyard.
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A pair dons their cowboy hats as they make their manner into Madison Sq. Backyard for a night of music from the norteño band Los Tigres del Norte.
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