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Popular Mexican singer Julion Alvarez says he and his band had to cancel the show in Texas on Saturday night, when the singer visa to enter the United States was allegedly revoked.
The band, called the Julión Alvarez Y Su Norteño Banda, is scheduled to play at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, about 30 miles west of Dallas, and the artist’s team said Friday for a sold-out concert with 50,000 tickets sold.
Show promoter CMN and management company Copar Music said the show was cancelled “due to unexpected circumstances” and that Alvarez “didn’t be able to enter the US in time for the event.”
Alvarez also announced the news on his Instagram account, saying in the video he and his team were notified early Friday that his workplace visa had been revoked by US authorities.
“We can’t go to the US and fulfill our show promise with you. It’s a situation outside our hands. That’s what I have and what I can share,” he said in the video.
Alvarez said the setting has already been built and his production team is already preparing for the show in Texas.
“I apologize to you, and if God allows, we will contact you to provide you with more information,” he said.
The show’s promoters and Copar Music said they are working with the Alvarez team to reschedule the performance. It states that all tickets purchased previously will be recognized on a new date and refund details will be provided to those who are unable to attend.
A US State Department spokesman declined to comment on Alvarez’s case, telling CNN that visa records are confidential and that by law, they cannot comment on individual cases.
Alvarez and his band are the latest Mexican artists whose US visas have been said to have been revoked amid Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown.
Last month, the State Department revoked tourist visas for members of Mexican band Los Alegress del Baranco.
The Trump administration has also cracked down on foreigners who are allegedly linked directly or indirectly with drug cartels. This includes revoking the artist’s visa, featuring works depicting drug cartels that the administration considers foreign terrorist organizations.
In 2017, Alvarez revoked his US workplace visa after the US alleged that the US allegedly claimed that he and that around 20 other people, including soccer player Rafael Marquez, had ties to drug traffickers and was placed under sanctions, according to a statement from the US Treasury Department.
Alvarez denied the allegations, saying it was solely connected to traffickers over the purchase of the property.
Alvarez was removed from the sanctions list in 2022, allowing him to regain his visa and returned to the US earlier this year with three sold-out shows at Sophie Stadium in Los Angeles in April.
With nearly 17 million listeners on Spotify, Alvarez is famous in Mexico for his traditional musical style with elements of Banda, Nortena and Mariaci. Some of his top hits include heartbreak hits like “Pongamomous de Ackeldo” and “Te Fuvieras Id Anti.”
