This week, RBD finished his Soy Rebelde Tour. Anahí, Dulce María, Maite Perroni, Christian Chávez and Christopher Uckermann offered a historic show at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City on Thursday.
Although The big absence on this reunion tour was that of Alfonso “Poncho” Herrerathe actor dedicated an emotional message to his former bandmates, in which he expressed his happiness for everything they have achieved with the reunion.
“What a happiness to see them bringing so much joy to so many people. Congratulations on the closing of the tour! “, Herrera expressed through his X account. The former RBD accompanied his publication with a photo of those who were his bandmates in his last show.
Since the tour began in August, The actor’s absence has been a topic of conversation among RBD fanswho at first thought that Herrera would join the Soy Rebelde Tour as a surprise, but they were left wanting.
The fans’ assumptions were motivated by an interview that Poncho Herrera gave, in which – according to RBD followers – He hinted at his possible participation in the tour.
“Hopefully I can go to the Azteca… to celebrate a Pumas championship,” said the actor, who finally confirmed that he would not be part of the reunion.
Why wasn’t Poncho Herrara part of the Soy Rebelde Tour?
Since it became known that Poncho Herrera would not be part of RBD’s reunion tour, a wave of criticism and negative comments on social networks fell on the actorwho gave life to Miguel in the youth soap opera.
Although many claimed that Herrera decided not to participate in the reunion because he was ashamed of having been part of the band, the actor denied the rumors and explained that He couldn’t be part of the tour due to work reasons..
“Because I’m going to be working, friends. The only thing I can say is that it is going to be a very successful project and I wish them all the success in the world,” he said last year when he was captured by Mexican media at the Mexico City airport.
At that moment, The actor expressed that he is not ashamed of having been part of RBD and he stressed that if he had not joined the group’s projects it is because he felt happy with the projects he had.
“Not at all, I am happy to have been part of such a successful project, I am grateful and I will continue to be grateful; I am simply happy for the projects I have right now and I believe that one thing does not go against the other,” he said.
When did the Soy Rebelde Tour start?
In January, RBD announced that he would meet again to undertake the Soy Rebelde Tourwhich began in August in El Paso, Texas, and continued through Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Las Vegas.
The band too visited cities in Brazil, Colombia and Mexicowhere the reunion tour ends tomorrow.
In 2020, the virtual concert To be or to seem brought together some of the members again from RBD, who sold nearly 300,000 tickets for the event. That same year they released the single “I’ve always been here” and the live version of “Sálvame”.
That reunion, in the middle of the pandemic, made it clear that RBD fans had not forgotten them and wanted to see more of them. Therefore, at the end of last year They announced that they would return to the stage to give them the farewell they deserve.
The band was active from 2004 to 2008. A year later they published their last album. In total, they released six studio albums: Rebelde (2004), Nuestro amor (2005), Celestial (2006), Rebels (2006), Empezar desde Cero (2007), Para Olvidarte de Mí (2009).
RBD managed to sell more than 15 million records worldwide, and raised more than 72 and a half million dollars on their tours, with which they visited 23 countries and 116 cities.
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