Bad Bunny closed the 2026 Grammys as the first artist ever to win Album of the Year for a Spanish-language record, Debí Tirar Más Fotos, on top of the six Grammys he now holds and the five awards he picked up at the 2025 Latin Grammys, where the same album won Album of the Year again. He broke Taylor Swift's two-year run at the top of Spotify Wrapped for 2025, and in February 2026 he headlined the Super Bowl halftime show. He is not an artist on the way up. He is, on the numbers, the biggest act in the world right now.
He is also, right now, on the road. The Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour runs from November 2025 to August 2026: 57 shows across 22 cities, with stops through Latin America, a run through Asia and Australia, and a European stadium leg. Istanbul is not on that list.
Why fans here keep asking for a date
Puerto Rico is not a place most Istanbul concertgoers have ever thought about musically, and Bad Bunny made that gap close fast. Reggaeton and Latin trap already had an audience in Turkey before he became the biggest name in the genre; his run of Grammys and the Super Bowl slot just made the case impossible to ignore. Every time a new leg of his tour is announced without a Turkish date, the same question comes up on Saucy's Instagram: why not here.
It is a fair question, and not an easy one to answer with a single reason. Bringing an artist of Bad Bunny's scale into any market involves the promoter, the artist's booking agency, routing logistics for a stadium-sized production, and a local venue that can actually hold the show. Istanbul has arenas and stadiums that could physically host him. Getting all the other pieces to line up on the same tour cycle is the harder part.
What we can say, and what we can't
There has been talk among fans and in parts of the local scene that a Bad Bunny show in Istanbul was in the works for this year, and that it did not happen because of the instability around the 2026 Iran-US conflict, with some saying tickets already sold were refunded. We are not going to stand behind the details of that story here: we cannot confirm a cancellation or a refund process took place, and we are not claiming one did.
What is true is simpler and, we think, still worth telling you. Saucy has been working to make a Bad Bunny date in Istanbul happen, this year's regional instability made an already difficult booking harder, and we have not dropped it. We are aiming to bring the case back to his team for next year, and we would rather be honest about where that stands than promise a show we have not booked.
Why the sign-up matters
Promoters and booking agencies pay attention to demonstrated demand when they decide where a tour goes next. A number they can see, backed by real names and emails rather than a hashtag, is a stronger case than an Instagram comment thread. That is what this sign-up is: not a ticket, not a queue position, a count of how many people in Istanbul would actually show up.
We are aiming for more than 50,000 sign-ups. There is no ticket to buy today and no event booked yet, so there is nothing to pay for and nothing to refund. If you want to see Bad Bunny in Istanbul, put your name down below, and follow Saucy on Instagram for how the campaign develops.
The songs, if you need reminding why
The videos below are official uploads from Bad Bunny's own channel: "Dákiti" with Jhay Cortez, "Me Porto Bonito" with Chencho Corleone, and "Tití Me Preguntó," both from Un Verano Sin Ti.