Mon Laferte on Tour
At Coachella 2019, Mon Laferte took the Main Stage wearing a chic red pin-up dress and playing a classic guitar. Then she unleashed her bluesy Latin rock, which rang out loud and confidently, while dancing in unison with her horn players. Laferte coursed through her latest album, Norma, and a Dua Lipa cover, and while this was a much bigger stage than she'd played at Lollapalooza Chile (where she'd shined in 2018), her delivery was more than powerful and emotionally charged enough to fill it. (Think of Amy Winehouse backed by a Tito Puente arrangement.) Chilean artists Javier Mena and Tomasa Del Real also played at Coachella, but make no mistake, the multi-platinum Laferte is the biggest star. She has toured with Colombian megastar Juanes, appeared at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl with Café Tacvba and sold out multiple headlining shows at Mexico City's 10,000-seat Auditorio Nacional. In 2019, Laferte undertook her stateside La Gira De Norma headlining tour. The venues are getting bigger, but so is her profile, and rightfully so — the world had better be ready.
Mon Laferte Background
Born in the coastal Chilean city of Viña Del Mar, Norma Monserrat Bustamante Laferte came up playing the Chilean bar circuit in nearby Valparaiso and Santiago. Then known as Monserrat Bustamante, the singer gained notoriety on the popular TV show Rojo and released her first album, La Chica de Rojo. A move to Mexico City in 2008 gave her a new beginning, and Mon Laferte was born. Laferte still calls Mexico City home, and she's become the most streamed Chilean artist of all time. Her hits "Tu Falta De Querer" and "Amárrame" (featuring Juanes) each have well over 100 million Spotify spins. The video for "Amárrame" has also been watched nearly 300 million times on YouTube, and the track won a Latin Grammy for Best Alternative Song. She has four platinum records to her name, including 2018's Norma, produced by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of The Mars Volta.