Gloria Estefan converted the Madrid Plaza de Colón into the musical heart of the 2025 HISPANITY Festival with a massive free concert this Sunday. Thousands of people chanted their great successes under a relentless sun.
The Cuban artist, who celebrates 50 years of career, offered a tour of her most emblematic songs before a delivered and diverse audience.
At noon the music began to sound through the speakers with themes of other groups, but the moment they expected came shortly after, when the singer took the stage welcomed by a deafening ovation, says the agency EFE.
“What a delight to be part of this special celebration!” He said as soon as he took the microphone. The high temperatures accompanied the show.
“The earth hurts you,
The earth gives you
In the midst of the soul,
When you are not. ”All the energy of @GloriaSefan To celebrate the #Hispanidad2025. pic.twitter.com/lvqBGCQJN8
– Community of Madrid (@comunidadMadrid) October 5, 2025
The Cuban star started the concert with “Hey my song”, with which thousands of voices joined theirs, dancing and chanting the chorus under the high temperatures that, far from scares the public, seemed even more lighting the mood.
The repertoire was a trip through the five decades of his career, with songs such as “I do not intend”, “Today ‘” or “The neighbor”, although the most anticipated moment came with the first chords of “With the years I have left”, where she invited her husband, Emilio Estefan, on stage, the Spanish agency points out.
Nathy Peluso also on stage
Another vibrant moment came with “Chirriki chirri”, when Gloria Estefan was accompanied by Nathy Peluso, with whom she launched the remix of this issue.
Between applause and screams of the public, both overflowed energy and complicity, merging Estefan’s classic Latin rhythms with the contemporary and overwhelming style of Peluso.
Argentina was not the only guest to the stage, since Emily Estefan also went up, who began her passage through Madrid with a theme of American singer Billie Holiday.
The concert ended with “Free Cuba”, with which Gloria Estefan wanted to pay tribute to her roots and the role of migrants in the common history of both sides of the Atlantic.
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In the public was the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, who greeted the singer before her performance, refers to the Spanish agency.
This recital was one of the central acts of Hispanidad 2025 program, whose fifth edition is celebrated in the Spanish capital until October 12 under the motto “All the accents of Spanish fit in Madrid.”
