Bad Bunny took a page from U2 and The Rolling Stones by performing Sunday on a truck driving the streets of New York City.
The Puerto Rican artist literally stopped traffic and also drew more than a million viewers during a live-stream of the two-hour show.
“It was difficult for me to do a concert without an audience,” said Bunny, whose real name is Benito Ocasio. “But I’m accepting the new reality and I hope people enjoy this. We need it.”
The flatbed, dressed up to look like a subway train, left Yankee Stadium and rolled through the Bronx and Washington Heights before stopping in front of Harlem Hospital, where the 26-year-old thanked health care workers and performed “Yo Perreo Sola.”
In 2004, U2 performed “All Because of You” on a flatbed truck as it drove through New York City for the song’s video. The Rolling Stones promoted a tour in 1975 by performing on a flatbed rolling along New York’s Fifth Avenue.
Imagine being late to work & having to explain to your boss that you were stuck in traffic behind a bad bunny concert on your way to work & your boss not believing you... pic.twitter.com/olIf4w7qzy
— Papa Burgundy (@Nighthawk_2011) September 21, 2020
Bad Bunny dodging traffic lights & tree branches the way I be dodging guys in my dms pic.twitter.com/8wqe2vS0yP
— Ana (@yolandazpd) September 21, 2020
Bad Bunny : La Santa my fave song pic.twitter.com/J8ect34Zfx
— Tóxico pero fiel (@elgueroatl) September 20, 2020
BROOOOOOOOOO I love you @sanbenito pic.twitter.com/tF0rla1rHC
— Chuck Bass (@MisterClasico) September 20, 2020
Best part of the concert was Bad Bunny hitting back a tree that hit him pic.twitter.com/DvBFDrf7dB
— Wendy (@winzzle_) September 21, 2020