Pitbull

In the organizer's words:

Global star Pitbull has just announced his new tour. During his "Party After Dark Tour 2025", the artist will visit the LANXESS arena for the first time. With countless top hits, the musician is known worldwide and easily reaches billions of streams. During his show, fans can look forward to the world star's best-known hits as well as newer projects, which will start in November 2024. On February 25, 2025, Pitbull will be stopping in Cologne for an exclusive concert in Germany during his tour and will be joined by US rapper Lil Jon.

The Miami-born rap star with Cuban roots is a reliable guarantee for a good party. Pitbull'shit with Kesha, "Timber", only takes a few seconds to get every crowd going. His escapist anthem "Time Of Our Lives" with Ne-Yo pushes you into weekend mode even after the hardest working week. And "Give Me Everything" with AFROJACK, Ne-Yo and Nayer brought EDM together with rap back when EDM wasn't even "a thing", let alone a hype. All of the songs mentioned here have collected well over a billion streams, and Pitbull'stwelve studio albums to date have earned him platinum and gold awards in the three-digit range. In mid-November, Pitbull will also be releasing a collaboration that shows him to be a stylistic free spirit: "Now Or Never" is actually a remix of the Bon Jovi classic "It's My Life". Very few people would have thought of that. Another amazing fun fact: Pitbull'sGrito - which can be roughly translated as a trademark shout or scream - "EEEEEEEYOOOOOOOO!!!!!" - is one of only around 40 sounds that are registered as protected by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Pitbull is also the boss of his own music label Mr. 305 Inc, co-owns the Trackhouse Racing Team alongside racing driver Justin Marks, which competes in the NASCAR Cup Series, and as befits a successful rapper, Pitbull also has his own "super premium" vodka brand called Voli 305.

Pitbull grew up in Miami in the 80s and 90s and sees this as the key to his success as a rapper and businessman. In an interview with the radio network NPR in 2019, he said: "Miami was basically the capital of cocaine back then. So I saw at a very young age how to become an entrepreneur and an 'entrepreneur' very effectively and successfully." Pitbull learned and experienced during this time what he now passes on on his albums. With one crucial difference: "I turned something negative into something positive. It's the same dedication, the same mentality, the same hard work, the same struggle - just with a different product, and my product is music." A "product" that has a far more tolerable addiction factor.

Since August of this year, Pitbull has been bringing his "product" back to the people on a grand scale. That was the start of his impressive Party After Dark Tour, which he will also be bringing to Cologne in February 2025. He will be joined by Atlanta rap star Lil Jon, with whom Pitbull first recorded the song "JUMPIN" in 2023. Lil Jon will be bringing his unique crunk style and tracks such as "Turn Down For What", "Shots" and of course "Snap Yo Fingers".

Pitbull'stour is aptly named Party After Dark. It's a good party and made for Germany's biggest indoor arena - the LANXESS arena in Cologne. The shows offer breathtaking visuals, explosive pyrotechnics and, of course, Pitbull'sequally explosive live performance. Pitbull will be accompanied by his live band The Agents and the bustling dancers from The Most Bad Ones. Pitbull also promises that the tour will be an immersive experience. The audience will not just be reduced to the role of spectators, but will instead be part of a debauched Party After Dark, for which he and Lil Jon will provide the perfect soundtrack.

On February 25, 2025, Pitbull will be making a guest appearance at the LANXESS arena in Cologne for a Germany-exclusive show.

The general advance sale starts on Friday, 15.11.2024, at 10.00 am.