When it came time to plan his 57-stop world tour this year, Bad Bunny chose to skip the U.S. entirely — except the Bay Area. The Puerto Rican star just announced that he’ll be performing at halftime during the Super Bowl on Feb. 8, 2026 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.
The announcement comes on the heels of successful summerlong residency on his island of Puerto Rico, which attracted over 600,000 visitors to San Juan and generated an estimated $200 million in tourism revenue. The intention to stay in Puerto Rico was a political one: Bad Bunny is a vocal supporter of the U.S. territory’s independence movement, and his massive 2025 album Debí Tirar Más Fotos blended traditional genres like bomba, plena and salsa with reggaeton beats and lyrics that called out modern-day colonialism.
In an interview with i-D, Bad Bunny recently revealed that he skipped the States partly out of fear that immigration enforcement could target his largely Latino fanbase. “There was the issue of — like, fucking ICE could be outside [my concert]. And it’s something that we were talking about and very concerned about,” he told reporter Suzy Exposito.
Bad Bunny’s world tour, which kicks off in November, is in high demand, with multiple dates per city in Latin American cultural capitals. There are 12 concerts in Mexico City alone, plus shows in Japan and Europe.
