Sue Surkes is The Times of Israel's environment reporter
Spanish-born singer Enrique Iglesias poses for a picture with Israeli soldiers at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, during a visit to Jerusalem's Old City, December 21, 2006. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Latin pop king Enrique Iglesias will return to Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park in May for his fourth performance in the country, the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported Monday.
The man behind the hit singles “Hero,” “Addicted” and “Not in Love” first visited Israel in 2006 to perform at a private party for the Russian-born Jewish businessman and politician Arkady Gaydamak.
In 2011 and 2015, the star, now 42, performed at the 10,400-seat Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv.
The Yarkon Park is a far bigger venue.
It accommodated 100,000 people for the late Michael Jackson’s 1992 Dangerous World Tour.
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In July, Britney Spears attracted around 60,000 to the park, slightly more than the audience for Guns N’ Roses when the band performed two weeks later.
In December, Iglesias’s partner, the Russian tennis player Anna Kournikova, gave birth to the couple’s twins in Miami.
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