Review: Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull wow fans at SAP Center in San Jose

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Ricky Martin performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

In these days when Bad Bunny, Peso Pluma and Karol G all rank among the top 10 most-streamed artists of the year on Spotify, it might be hard to remember a time when when Latin music wasn’t a massive crossover success story in the United States.

Yet, one really doesn’t have to go too far back to find when the genre really struggled to get recognition in the mainstream pop realm in this country.

Three of the entertainers who helped to massively change all that, and further cleared the path for all the success that Bad Bunny and so many other Latin acts are enjoying in 2023, have combined forces and are out on the road delighting fans on the blockbuster Trilogy Tour.

A jam-packed audience of some 12,000 or so highly exuberant fans turned out to dance and sing along with the three equally impressive performers — Pitbull, Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin — on Wednesday (Dec. 6) at the SAP Center in San Jose.

It was an amazing opportunity to see three highly influential Latin music artists — all of whom, in turn, stand on the shoulders on the giants who came before them — on the same bill. Fortunately, local fans will have another chance to catch the action when the Trilogy Tour returns to the Bay Area for a show on Jan. 31 at Chase Center in San Francisco (chasecenter.com).

(This review will be updates shortly. Please check back.)

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Pitbull performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Pitbull performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Pitbull performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Pitbull performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Pitbull performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Pitbull performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Pitbull performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Pitbull performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Pitbull performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Pitbull performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Pitbull performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

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Pitbull setlist:

1. “Don’t Stop the Party”

2. “Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor)”

3. “Hotel Room Service”

4. “International Love”

5. “Gasolina”

6. “On the Floor”

7. “Culo”

8. “Jumpin”

9. “Timber”

10. “Fireball”

11. “Time of Our Lives”

12. “Give Me Everything”

Enrique Iglesias performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Enrique Iglesias performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Enrique Iglesias performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Enrique Iglesias performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Enrique Iglesias performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Enrique Iglesias performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Enrique Iglesias performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Enrique Iglesias performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Enrique Iglesias performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Enrique Iglesias performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Enrique Iglesias performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Enrique Iglesias performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Enrique Iglesias performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Enrique Iglesias performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Enrique Iglesias performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Enrique Iglesias performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Enrique Iglesias performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

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Enrique Iglesias setlist:

1. “Tonight (I’m Lovin’ You)”

2. “Be With You”

3. “Duele el corazón”

4. “Bailamos”

5. “Cuando me enamoro”

6. “Loco”

7. “Me pasé”

8. “Súbeme la radio”

9. “Escape”

10. “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”

11. “I Like It”

12. “Hero”

13. “El Perdón”

14. “Bailando”

Ricky Martin performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Ricky Martin performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Ricky Martin performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Ricky Martin performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Ricky Martin performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Ricky Martin performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Ricky Martin performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Ricky Martin performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Ricky Martin performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Ricky Martin performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Ricky Martin performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Ricky Martin performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Ricky Martin performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Ricky Martin performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Ricky Martin performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Ricky Martin performs during The Trilogy Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)