‘We’re going nowhere’: J Balvin takes the global stage as a World Cup opening ceremony headliner

By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Barranquilla, Colombia (CNN) — Surrounded by rows of costumes, reggaeton superstar J Balvin fuels up in his dressing room as thousands of people in the coastal Colombian city of Barranquilla wait outside for his raucous five-hour live performance to begin. The moment of calm belies what is turning out to be