Mexico's 'Vive Latino' Music Festival Forges on Despite Coronavirus

DRG, a Scandinavian production banner owned by NENT Studios, has joined forces with the Mexican outfit Dopamine to co-finance, develop and produce English-language scripted content.

Over two dozen students have tested positive for coronavirus from the University of Texas after going to Mexico for spring break.

MEXICO CITY — Tenor Placido Domingo said Monday he is resting at home after catching the new coronavirus.

MEXICO CITY -- Tenor Placido Domingo said Monday he is resting at home after catching the new coronavirus.

Morat bandmember Juan Pablo Villamil says he has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) after traveling to Spain and Mexico.

Spanish opera singer Plácido Domingo has been hospitalized in Acapulco, Mexico, for coronavirus.

Just days after SXSW was canceled and Live Nation and AEG suspended all their concerts in North America, more than 40,000 people attended the Vive Latino pop and rock festival in Mexico City.

Amid continuing cord-cutting and a coronavirus pandemic changing TV viewing habits, AT&T's streaming service DirecTV GO on Tuesday launched in Mexico. "We have worked for several months on this project.

Advocates along the Mexico-U.S. border say they are increasingly concerned about the coronavirus’ impact on migrants.

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Indie marketing and distribution company Ingrooves Music Group has signed a global distribution for Mexico's Serca Music, a leading regional Mexican music label. The deal covers new releases as well as Serca's rich catalog, which includes acts like Invasores de Nuevo León, Los Traileros del Norte and La Leyenda.

Mexico's first coronavirus death is a 41-year-old man who earlier this month went to a concert by Swedish rock band Ghost in Mexico City. According to reports published in multiple media outlets, including the BBC and Mexico’s El Universal, the man went to the concert at Mexico City’s Palacio de los Deportes on March 3, along with over 50,000 other fans.The man had been hospitalized since March 9 but today, Mexico's Secretary of Health announced his passing.

Mexican singer-songwriter Carla Morrison is turning to artists like Bad Bunny, J Balvin, Camila Cabello and Mabel to help her get through tough times in self-isolation amid the coronavirus pandemic.Morrison, who is currently living in Paris, shared with Billboard her ultimate quarantine playlist, which she named "QURANTINI'S.""I feel very sad at the moment, in quarantine really feeling down for the people being affected by it and myself," Morrison tells Billboard.

While the coronavirus pandemic has led authorities around the globe to cancel concerts and sporting events, and even shut down daily activities in some places, Mexico City is going ahead with Vive Latino — one of the most important music festivals in the country. Some acts backed out, but tens of thousands of music fans flocked on Saturday to the first day of the festival, which still expected Guns N' Roses, Carlos Vives and Zoe to be among its headliners.

MEXICO CITY -- While the coronavirus pandemic has led authorities around the globe to cancel concerts and sporting events, and even shut down daily activities in some places, Mexico City is going ahead with Vive Latino — one of the most important music festivals in the country.

MEXICO CITY — The filming in Mexico of a big budget Steven Spielberg-produced Amazon mini-series, starring Spanish actor Javier Bardem, has been suspended due to concerns about the coronavirus, according to a letter sent to cast and crew on Friday and seen by Reuters.

A tweet on March 13 summed it up: “While Spain canceled international flights, Disney closes its doors, Canada switches university classes to online mode, Italy is in quarantine…in Mexico @CLaudiashein says #vivelatino2020 is on!Vive Latino -- Mexico City's massive annual music festival that can draw crowds up to 100,000 people -- kicked off Saturday afternoon (March 14) despite thousands of tweets criticizing the choice to move forward in the middle of the Coronavirus pandemic.