Daddy Yankee's Radio Show And Tour News

According to the latest numbers released by Arbitron, "Daddy Yankee On Fuego," broadcast on ABC Radio Networks, is the highest-rated radio program among Latinos ages 12-34 within such key markets as New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Phoenix, Miami, and Sacramento — essentially, urban hubs with large Latino populations. WKSQ in New York City saw its ratings rise 184% among listeners ages 12-24. I've never quite understood how they can accurately determine these demographic-specific factoids but, hey, I'm just telling y'all like they told me.

In more DY-related news, his album El Cartel: The Big Boss will be released June 5th on Interscope Records. According to Billboard.com, DY is planning a 40-city arena tour of U.S. and Latin America which will kick off Aug. 31 at the Allstate Arena in Chicago. The U.S. part of the tour spans 18 cities, with the last performance being held at Houston's Toyota Center. Miguelito, DY's 8-year-old protege, has signed on as the opening act. Oh, and the tour is called Da Bigg Boss (why they're choosing to spell the title in this retardedly ghetto-ass way is beyond me). In any case, here are the dates that have been revealed (more will be announced at the Billboard Latin Music Conference/Awards April 23-26 in Miami):

Aug. 31: Chicago, IL (Allstate Arena)
Sept. 2: Boston, MA (Agganis Arena at Boston Univ.)
Sept. 7: New York City (Madison Square Garden)
Sept. 8: Washington, DC (Patriot Center)
Sept. 9: Uncasville, Connecticut (Mohega Sun Arena)
Sept. 14: Miami, FL (American Airlines Arena)
Sept. 15: Orlando, FL (TD Watehouse)
Sept. 21: Hidalgo, TX (Dodge Arena)
Sept. 22: Laredo, TX (Laredo Ent. Center)
Sept. 23: San Antonio, TX (AT&T Center)
Sept. 29: Las Vegas, NV (Mandalay Bay Events Center)
Sept. 30: Fresno, CA (Save Mart Center)
Oct. 5: San Francisco, CA (Cow Palace -- I'm still waiting for someone to write me and tell me there's no such place! I mean "COW Palace"? lol)
Oct. 6-7: Los Angeles, CA (Gibson Amphiteatre)
Oct. 13: Dallas, TX (American Airlines Arena)
Oct. 14: Houston, TX (Toyota Center)

This will be Yankee's second arena tour (in 2005, he traveled the US and Latin America with his "Who's Your Daddy?" tour). To date, he's the only reggaetón artist who has been able to headline an arena tour stateside BY HIMSELF (multiple acts on one bill are quite common, of course) and successfully move tickets, but time will tell whether he'll be as successful this time around....