Fuerza Regida steals SXSW
At SXSW’s Rolling Stone Future of Music showcase Mexican band Fuerza Regida brought “swagger, style and smash hits,” drawing enthusiastic crowds, while Christina Aguilera headlined the Sips & Sounds mini‑festival on March 13 in Austin [](https://www.statesman.com/entertainment/music/article/christina-aguilera-sxsw-sips-sounds-setlist-22076524.php). Nick Jonas also appeared at SXSW, keeping the festival stacked across pop and regional scenes .
Rolling Stone put Fuerza Regida on its April cover, photographed by David LaChapelle, marking the band’s prominence in the magazine’s Future of Music issue. rollingstone.com Fuerza Regida headlined Rolling Stone’s Future of Music showcase at ACL Live at The Moody Theater in Austin on March 13, 2026, with doors and set times listed on the venue’s event page. acllive.com Their SXSW set featured smash single “Marlboro Rojo” among other hits, and the band hit the stage flanked by Street Mob labelmates including Chino Pacas, Línea Personal and Clave Especial. musicianvoice.com SXSW’s artist listing credits Fuerza Regida with more than 35 billion total streams and roughly 45 million monthly Spotify listeners, underscoring their scale heading into the festival. schedule.sxsw.com The band’s 2025 album 111XPANTIA debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with about 76,000 equivalent album units, making it the highest-charting Spanish‑language album by a duo or group. billboard.com Rolling Stone’s feature and the SXSW showcase framed Fuerza Regida as a touring act on the rise—Rolling Stone notes new music and a stadium‑scale push from the group and its Street Mob operation co‑founded by frontman Jesús “JOP” Ortíz Paz. rollingstone.com Meanwhile at SXSW, Christina Aguilera headlined the Sips & Sounds mini‑festival on March 13 with a set including “Dirrty” and “Beautiful” and a fireworks production, and pop names like Nick Jonas appeared at Spotify events and film premieres across the weekend. setlist.fm
