Girl Ultra brings "el Tour de RRRomeo" to The Gremlin in McAllen

The Mexico City singer's first Valley show since Cine El Rey in 2019 lands Tuesday, Feb. 16, behind a new album made with Chromeo.

September 12, 2019: Girl Ultra at Cine El Rey on 17th Street. That was the last time the Valley saw her. The return is booked for a Tuesday in February, at a much smaller room.

Girl Ultra plays The Gremlin in McAllen on Tuesday, February 16, 2027, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 to $22 through Eventbrite, and the date was announced October 8. At that price, for an artist with a new record and a national tour behind it, this is one of the better deals on the Valley calendar this winter.

The new record is *RRRomeo*, an eight-track album co-created with the funk duo Chromeo, released in October on Big Dada, per Clash. Guests include Buscabulla, Empress Of and Jean Tonique, as The Line of Best Fit reported. That's a lineup that leans into the funk and dance side of her R&B — a natural direction for a singer who works across Latin, indie and soul.

The tour carries the album's name: Girl Ultra: el Tour de RRRomeo, per Live Nation. The listed run opens February 3 in Chicago and reaches Portland, Oregon, by March 2, with dates in between including Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Houston and Phoenix. McAllen fits into the Texas leg in mid-February, which means the Valley gets the full production rather than a one-off.

A Chromeo-assisted funk record, played on a Tuesday night in McAllen for twenty bucks.

There's also a story in the room change. Cine El Rey is a grand old theater; The Gremlin is a club. For an artist whose new record is built for dancing, a smaller floor where people can actually move is arguably the better fit.

The gap matters too. Seven-plus years is a long time between visits, and plenty of national tours that hit Austin and Houston never make the drive south. Girl Ultra coming back to the Valley at all says something about the crowd she found here in 2019.

Expect *RRRomeo* to drive the set — this is the first chance anyone here gets to hear it live — with older songs mixed in for the people who were at El Rey.

Mark it down: Tuesday, February 16, The Gremlin, 7 p.m. Bring friends, and bring dancing shoes.

Sources: JamBase: Girl Ultra at The Gremlin, Feb 16 2027 (jambase.com); Clash: Girl Ultra Announces New Album 'RRRomeo' (clashmusic.com); The Line of Best Fit: Buscabulla, Chromeo and more feature on new Girl Ultra album (thelineofbestfit.com); Live Nation: Girl Ultra events (livenation.com); Wikipedia: Girl Ultra (en.wikipedia.org); Eventbrite: Girl Ultra at The Gremlin (eventbrite.com); Cine El Rey in McAllen, TX (Cinema Treasures) (cinematreasures.org)