Mau y Ricky

Mau y Ricky came to Madrid with “Hotel Caracas”, the record the organisers themselves presented as their most personal and honest work. The album, which earned the brothers three Latin Grammy nominations, looks back to their roots in Venezuela with songs such as “Vas a destrozarme”, “Pasado mañana”, “Canción 2” and “Gran día”. That was the repertoire announced for the night of December 21, together with the hits that made them one of the references of the new Latin scene: “Desconocidos”, “La boca” and “Mi mala”, from their debut album “Para aventuras y curiosidades”, which reached the top of the charts across the Americas.

Mau y Ricky blend pop and reggaeton in a duo format that has become one of the hallmarks of recent Latin music. Their date at Starlite Occident Madrid fell on the busiest weekend of the edition: Camilo had played on Friday the 20th, with a DJ Nano after party, and Clean Bandit closed on Sunday the 22nd. After that week, the calendar continued with Isabel Pantoja, Taburete and Estopa, and on December 31 the festival held its first New Year’s Eve in the capital, with Hombres G and Juan Magán. The Mau y Ricky concert was the youngest Latin pop contribution to a bill that mixed Spanish and international names.