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19-417: At the beginning of 2019, Aitana hinted a solo tour via social media. On March 1, 2019, Aitana announced through her social media, her participation at the 2019 Cap Roig Festival , which made her fans think that her highly anticipated solo tour might only be a festival one. Those rumors increased when, six days later, the singer announced her headlining gig at the 2019 Universal Music Festival. On March 14, 2019,

38-597: A "pre-tour familiar shows". On April 4, Aitana finally announced through her social media that her debut tour would be called "Play Tour" and that it would promotion her 2018 EP Tráiler, as well as her first studio album, which was released in June 2019. Its first 12 dates were announced that same day, Aitana's Play Tour began on June 22, 2019 at the Plaza de Toros, in Murcia. On June 3, Aitana announced her biggest concert to date at

57-548: A result of the 2007–2008 financial crisis , with rumors of an acquisition by Telefónica beginning to take place as early as this year. On May 6, 2014, Telefónica submitted a binding to gain 56% PRISA had in Canal+ Spain, in exchange for paying about 725 million euros. PRISA ended up accepting the offer the following month. On June 18, 2014, Telefónica submitted a binding offer to acquire Mediaset Spain 's 22% ownership of Canal+ Spain for 295 million euros. The offer

76-540: Is a "true musical party starring one of the best voices in the country" and that "the Catalan singer is able to show in her show, energy and feeling embraced in pope bases and melodies that pass through different genres, all of them under the umbrella of a mainstream sound, either in its more urban layer or in its more melodic themes where the Artist proves to have a special voice color". The tour's most attended show to date

95-475: Is distributed via optical fiber and ADSL as well as with satellites such as Astra . The platform, which was officially launched on July 8, 2015, stems from the merger of Canal+ , previously responsible for the satellite TV operations, and Telefónica's Movistar TV . It is the largest subscription television provider in Spain with 3.7 million customers and 45% of market share. Since 2013, various news regarding

114-743: The Palau Sant Jordi , Spain's largest indoor arena which sold-out in less than five hours. This concert, as well as the Granada and the October show in Madrid were recorded for the tour documentary included in the album reissue Spoiler: Re-Play . In December 2019, Aitana announced that an extension of the tour would be revealed earlier next year. Thus, on February 7, 2020 she announced the second part of it, which she named + Play Tour (in reference to her single " + ") and revealed its first 6 dates. It

133-476: The Castell de Cap Roig. Past artists at the festival included Sting , Damien Rice & Andrea Bocelli . The garden has an area of 17 hectares and has a capacity of 2,118 people. The construction of the castle and the gardens began in 1931. It was designed and built by Nicolai Woevodsky and Dorothy Woevodsky. As of 2001, the first edition of the festival began. The 17th edition, held in 2017, surpassed

152-550: The Spanish TV platform. All television channels in Spain from Sony Pictures Entertainment , The Walt Disney Company , Warner Bros. Discovery , Paramount Global and Comcast will continue to be broadcast on Movistar Plus+. This also saw the incorporation of the studios' content directly on Movistar Plus+'s video on demand services, with said content coming directly from Sony's AXN Now , Warner Discovery's HBO Max and Paramount and Comcast's SkyShowtime , while Disney's content

171-483: The brand Movistar+ Lite. It features select content but not LaLiga football matches or cinema and series exclusives. The streaming offer saw a complete overhaul on August 1, 2023, now offering a larger amount of content and the majority of the linear TV channels available on the satellite and IPTV offers, making the service more similar to Sky 's Now . Over the course of 2023, Movistar Plus+ renew its deals with all major Hollywood Studios to continue offer their content on

190-563: The end of the tour's first leg, multiple shows were recorded in order to make an extense tour special documentary. This one was included in the Spoiler reissue, Spoiler: Re-Play , released exclusively in physical editions on December 20, 2019. This documentary in particular includes footage from the arena shows in Madrid, Barcelona and Granada, which took place between October and December of that year. On July 24, 2020, Aitana's first live album and DVD will be released in physical stores under

209-495: The final show in the WiZInk Center were released on February 14, 2020, over 80% of the tickets were sold in less than a day, which pushed the singer and her team to expand the ticket offer. Every tour stop had its own mini documentary, which was less than two minutes long. Those were posted on YouTube some time after the concert took place and follows Aitana backstage, walking down the city, getting ready and performing. At

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228-534: The name Play Tour: En Directo . This one captures the singer's biggest concert yet, the Palau Sant Jordi gig in Barcelona. On November 6, 2020, a short documentary titled "Play Tour: Detrás de las Luces" premiered on Movistar + . Cap Roig Festival The Cap Roig Festival is a music festival held in the town of Calella de Palafrugell , Spain , occurring annually between July and August at

247-498: The possible purchase of Canal+'s Spanish assets by Telefónica were published. According to media reports, there were also many companies that expressed interest in buing the Pay-TV platform, as Al Jazeera, Vivendi , which owned Canal+ France , and Liberty Global mogul Rupert Murdoch. This was critical for PRISA , owners of Canal+ Spain, as they had been looking for ways to resolve the debt the company had been accumulating since 2008, as

266-453: The previous attendance record with 46,316 viewers, which sold out 20 of the 27 scheduled concerts. The festival has made more than 15 million euros & 220 jobs during the 2017 summer months . Movistar%2B Movistar Plus+ (formerly Movistar+ ) is the trade name of the subscription platform for digital television owned by Telefónica , which operates in Spain . The service

285-506: The singer was interviewed at the 2019 Premios Dial red carpet. There, she announced that her first solo tour would begin around summer. This will be her first headlining tour as her 2018 OT 2017 in concierto concert tour was a joint one with her Operación Triunfo mates. She also let the press know that she had no clue of what the dates were; that her record label was still planning the tour's route, In late March, she announced four intimate acoustic shows sponsored by Los40 , which she called

304-451: The year. On May 29, 2020, Aitana announced that all the "+ Play Tour" dates besides de Madrid December concert were cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic. A new tour will be programmed for 2021. The remaining tour date in Madrid was reschudeled to December 7, 2021 as part of her new tour. The decision was announced on October 27. Different newspapers and music professionals have reviewed the singer's debut concert tour. They all agree that it

323-459: Was later accepted on July 4, 2014, allowing Telefónica to obtain full control of the company. On April 22, 2015, the CNMC gave its approval to the sale of Canal+ to Telefónica . After this, Canal+ began the process of merger with Movistar TV until July 7, 2015, which resulted in the creation of Movistar+ the following day. In June 2019, an over-the-top video streaming service was launched under

342-604: Was set to begin on May 23, 2020 at Valencia's bullring but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic . This concert was set to take place on May 30 but was advanced due to unknown reasons even though fans believe that the reason of the date change is the coincidence with a Miriam Rodríguez (fellow friend of Aitana) show in the city and then moved to September 13. Thus, the extension is set to begin on June 12 in Almería. More national and international dates will be announced throughout

361-614: Was the August 22nd show in Fuengirola which attracted over 11,500 fans to the Marenostrum Castle Park, an outdoor venue with a makeshift amphitheatre. When the tickets for the October shows in Madrid and Barcelona were made available on August 21, 2019, both sold-out in less than a day. Therefore, more tickets were released to meet the demand. Almost every show of the tour surpasses the 75% of attendance. When tickets for

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