After having to postpone his dates in Mexico and Colombia due to a fall in the second half of 2024, the Argentine singer-songwriter Fito Paez is back to perform at the Zócalo in Mexico City on January 18 next, according to the Secretary of Culture of CDMX, Ana Francis Mor.
The Secretary of Culture of Mexico Citythrough his X account (@CulturaCiudadMx), reported:
“The Government of Mexico City, through the Ministry of Culture of Mexico City, presents in the Zócalo @FitoPaezMusica, a fundamental musician and singer-songwriter of Latin American rock. With 28 albums, three novels, two films as a screenwriter and director , 11 Latin Grammy Awards and a Grammy, #FitoPáez is more than a musician: he is a storyteller, an icon who has marked generations with his art.”
The Government of Mexico City, through the Ministry of Culture of Mexico City, presents in the Zócalo @FitoPaezMusicafundamental musician and singer-songwriter of Latin American rock.
With 28 albums, three novels, two films as a screenwriter and director, 11 awards… pic.twitter.com/XBc26Mcj4R
— Secretary of Culture of Mexico City (@CulturaCiudadMx) January 3, 2025
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It was last September 4 that the musician born in Rosario, Argentina in 1963 announced that he suffered “a domestic accident that resulted in the fracture of five ribs”, which is why he saw “due to the impossibility of facing the next September concerts in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Bogotá“. In the same statement, he said that his team was already working on the concerts “between now and the next few months.”
“A stumble is not a fall,” he wrote then. He has now made it clear, in the voice of the head of the capital’s Ministry of Culture, Ana Francis Morsince she was in charge of announcing Páez’s long-awaited concert at the Zócalo:
“We have January 18, now we can announce the Fito Páez concert, who, as you remember, (he) was going to come in September and had an accident, it seems to me that he hurt his ribs, and well, “We can finally reschedule this concert that was pending.”
Who is Fito Páez, prominent Argentine musician?
The singer-songwriter from Rosario is an outstanding pianist (just listen to Euphoria to prove it), film director and key figure of the rock in Latin Americaas well as in Argentina, along with other exponents such as Charly García, Luis Alberto Spinetta and Gustavo Cerati.
Among many other things and achievements, throughout his career he has sold more than 3 million records, he has to his credit 28 studio albums published and four others that record some of their live performances.
“The troubadour of Argentine rock”, as he was once known, has collaborated throughout his extensive career with artists such as Mercedes SosaCaetano Veloso, Charlie GarciaLuis Alberto Spinetta, Andrés Calamaro, Joaquín Sabina, Gustavo Cerati and even The Blue Angels.
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