Two things happened for The Warning at the 27th Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas on Thursday, November 12, 2026. In the afternoon, “Ego” won Best Rock Song at the Premiere ceremony, and the band’s co-writers accepted it for them. In the evening, the sisters played “Te Solté la Rienda” in the telecast’s tribute to José Alfredo Jiménez.
For the award itself (the category, the other nominees and who wrote the song), read our main page: The Warning win the 2026 Latin Grammy for Best Rock Song with “Ego”.
Times are Mexico City time (CDMX); in November, Las Vegas is two hours behind. The sources section at the end says how each fact was read.
The night in order
| When (CDMX) | What happened, and where we read it |
|---|---|
| Nov 10, 22:39 | The band posts its first day in Las Vegas (band, Instagram) |
| Nov 12, 14:00 | The Premiere ceremony begins, 12:00 in Las Vegas (Latin Recording Academy) |
| Stream 34:08 | Best Rock Song is announced at the Premiere; “Ego” wins (TNT América Latina’s stream) |
| Nov 12, 14:36 | The Academy’s Best Rock Song page is updated with the winner (latingrammy.com) |
| Nov 12, 14:47 | The Academy uploads the acceptance video (Latin GRAMMYs, YouTube) |
| Nov 12, 15:00 | The Academy congratulates the band and co-writers (Academy, Instagram) |
| Nov 12, 15:51 | The band posts “VIVA MÉXICO Y VIVA LAS MUJERES MEXICANAS!!!” (band, Instagram) |
| Nov 12, 19:00 | The telecast begins, 8 p.m. ET (Latin Recording Academy) |
| Nov 12, 21:55 | The band posts “Nuestro primer Latin Grammy” (band, Instagram) |
| Nov 12, 22:53 | The Academy posts its reel of the performance (Academy, Instagram) |
| Nov 13, 19:37 | The band’s thank-you post (band, Instagram) |
| Nov 14, 14:55 | The band’s post about the performance (band, Instagram) |
The band’s own record of the week starts two days earlier, on Tuesday, November 10: “primer día en Las Vegas! ya listas para los @latingrammys🤘🏻” [first day in Las Vegas, ready for the Latin Grammys; our translation].
The award, at the Premiere
Best Rock Song was presented at the Premiere, the afternoon ceremony held before the evening telecast. In TNT América Latina’s own live stream of the Premiere, the category is announced at 34:08. The stream’s automatic captions show “Ego” read out at 35:22, and the acceptance is under way by 36:04.
The Academy’s Best Rock Song page was updated with the winner at 14:36. The acceptance video was on YouTube at 14:47. At 15:00 the Academy posted on Instagram: “¡Felicidades! @thewarningrockband, @antondelost, Mónica Vélez Domínguez, @holanikorubio. Mejor Canción de Rock” [Congratulations … Best Rock Song; our translation].
In the band’s own words, posted that evening at 21:55, it was “Nuestro primer Latin Grammy” [our first Latin Grammy; our translation].
Who accepted for The Warning
The sisters were not on the Premiere stage. Two of the song’s co-writers, Niko Rubio and Anton Delost, accepted the award for them: in the Academy’s own video, the person at the microphone introduces Anton and gives the name Niko, and the Academy’s Instagram congratulation tags both. We did not listen to the video. We read YouTube’s automatic captions on it and on TNT’s stream, which carry the same words but are machine-made, so we paraphrase instead of quoting. Those captions give the reason for the band’s absence: it was in rehearsal for its performance later that night.
What follows is a speech in Spanish, written in the sisters’ voice. In paraphrase:
- Receiving the award from the Academy filled them with emotion and pride, especially as representatives of Mexico in rock within the Latin music community.
- They thanked the people who wrote the song with them, their team, the teams at Lava and Republic, and everyone who listened to “Ego” and made it their own.
- The award, they said, was for all Mexicans and for the girls in Mexico who dream of being on a stage, and a sign that the world is listening.
The captions show the speech closing on the same line the band posted on Instagram at 15:51. Here it is as the band wrote it:
“VIVA MÉXICO Y VIVA LAS MUJERES MEXICANAS!!!”
[Long live Mexico and long live Mexican women; our translation.]
The full acceptance runs 2:25 on the Latin GRAMMYs YouTube channel.
The performance: “Te Solté la Rienda”
Watch the Latin Recording Academy’s reel of The Warning’s performance on Instagram
In the telecast, The Warning played “Te Solté la Rienda” as part of a tribute to José Alfredo Jiménez. The Academy posted its reel of the band’s segment at 22:53, captioned “🎶 Te Solté la Rienda 🎶 @thewarningrockband #LatinGRAMMY”. It runs 1:27. At 0:20 it shows three musicians, two at microphones with guitar or bass and one at a drum kit, under a backdrop that reads “JOSÉ ALFREDO JIMÉNEZ”, and no other performer, so the reel is the band’s own part, not the whole tribute.
Who José Alfredo Jiménez is, for readers outside Mexico. The band calls him “un artista mexicano tan grande” [so great a Mexican artist; our translation] and says his music “ha estado presente por generaciones” [has been present for generations; our translation]. Billboard calls “Te Solté la Rienda” a “ranchera classic”, ranchera being a traditional Mexican song style, and Rolling Stone notes the tribute coincided with the 100th anniversary of his birth. The title means, roughly, “I gave you free rein” (our translation). The Academy had announced the tribute in its pre-show releases, along with one to Willie Colón.
The band posted about the performance on Saturday, November 14, at 14:55. Two lines from that post:
“Qué orgullo haber podido rendirle tributo a un artista mexicano tan grande como José Alfredo Jiménez! Su música ha estado presente por generaciones y nos hizo muy felices poder hacer nuestra propia versión de una de sus canciones.”
[What pride to have been able to pay tribute to a Mexican artist as great as José Alfredo Jiménez! His music has been present for generations, and it made us very happy to make our own version of one of his songs; our translation.]
In the same post the band names the artists it shared the stage with: Camila Fernández, Reik, Sofía Reyes and Yami Safdie (tagged as @camifdzoficial, @reikmx, @sofiareyes and @yamisafdie).
The running order, as Billboard reports it. According to Billboard’s ranking of the night’s performances (Isabela Raygoza), The Warning opened the tribute with “a muscular, guitar-driven rendition” of “Te Solté la Rienda”. Reik followed with “La Media Vuelta”, then Sofía Reyes and Yami Safdie sang “Si Nos Dejan”, and Camila Fernández closed with “El Rey”.
Edgar Barrera’s role, as Rolling Stone reports it. Rolling Stone (Lucas Villa) writes that Barrera “led the homage to José Alfredo Jiménez”, with the band “joining him” for “Te Solté la Rienda”.
The day after
On Friday, November 13, at 19:37, the band posted a longer thank-you. One sentence from it:
“Es un honor que nuestra música sea reconocida por nuestros colegas de la Academia.”
[It is an honour that our music is recognised by our colleagues in the Academy; our translation.]
Where to watch
Official uploads only; fan uploads are not linked.
- The performance: the Latin Recording Academy’s reel, 1:27, posted 22:53 CDMX on November 12.
- The acceptance: the Academy’s video on YouTube, 2:25.
- The announcement in context: TNT América Latina’s stream of the Premiere, from 34:08.
- The red carpet: TNT América Latina, Los Angeles Times en Español and Billboard. Not transcribed, so linked rather than quoted.
The rest of the rock and alternative categories
From the Academy’s list of 27th Latin Grammy winners:
- Best Rock Album: Fito Paez, Shine
- Best Pop/Rock Album: Juanes, Juanesteban
- Best Pop/Rock Song: “Hasta Jesús Tuvo Un Mal Día” (CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso et al.)
- Best Alternative Music Album: Rosalía, LUX (Complete Works)
- Best Alternative Song: “Ante la duda, baila” (Jorge Drexler among its credited songwriters)
What comes next
- Sunday, November 22, 2026: the band plays halftime at the NFL Mexico City Game. We have found no NFL announcement of the songs, the length or any guests.
- Already out: on Friday, November 13, a three-track release titled Sessions appeared on Apple Music, with Apple Music Sessions versions of “Bite My Tongue” and “Kerosene”; it is not yet in our discography, which runs to November 8.
- Further out: the band’s 2027 dates are in our tour guide.
Two days after the Latin Grammys, Paulina Villarreal was a guest of Garbage at their free concert in the Zócalo, Mexico City’s main square, on Saturday, November 14. The Secretaría de Cultura de la Ciudad de México, which put on the show with the city government, says in its own video description that she took part in “I Think I’m Paranoid” and that more than 90,000 people attended. Milenio’s live coverage reports that Shirley Manson introduced her and that the two shared the microphone, and Paulina herself shared a clip of it in her Instagram stories that night. We have added it to our collaborations guide.
FAQ
What did The Warning play at the Latin Grammys 2026? “Te Solté la Rienda”, a song by José Alfredo Jiménez, in the telecast’s tribute to him on November 12. The band calls it “nuestra propia versión” [our own version] of one of his songs. Billboard reports they opened the tribute.
Who accepted The Warning’s Latin Grammy? Co-writers Niko Rubio and Anton Delost, at the afternoon Premiere. They read a speech written in the sisters’ voice. The captions on the Academy’s own video give the reason for the band’s absence: it was in rehearsal for its performance.
Was The Warning at the Latin Grammys? Yes. The band posted about its first day in Las Vegas on November 10 and performed in the evening telecast on November 12. They were not on stage at the Premiere, when “Ego” won Best Rock Song.
When was Best Rock Song announced? During the Premiere, which began at 14:00 CDMX (12:00 PT). In TNT América Latina’s stream it comes at 34:08. The Academy’s acceptance video was online at 14:47 CDMX.
Where can I watch The Warning’s Latin Grammy performance? On the Latin Recording Academy’s Instagram reel, posted at 22:53 CDMX on November 12. It is 1:27 long and shows the band’s own segment of the tribute.
Who else performed in the José Alfredo Jiménez tribute? The band names Camila Fernández, Reik, Sofía Reyes and Yami Safdie. Billboard places their songs after The Warning’s.
Sources and how we checked
Nobody from The Warning Pit was in Las Vegas. Everything here was read online on Sunday, November 15, 2026, except the Academy’s pre-show releases, read on November 8; times are CDMX (CST). Videos were read muted, through YouTube’s automatic captions; Instagram was read logged in, captions copied exactly.
Latin Recording Academy
- Best Rock Song 2026 category page, read by curl 08:00–08:20 (page modified 14:36 CDMX on November 12): https://www.latingrammy.com/en/awards/categories/best-rock-song/2026/
- 27th Latin Grammy winners page, read 08:00–08:20: https://www.latingrammy.com/en/awards/27th-annual-latin-grammy-awards/
- Acceptance video, “The Warning gana MEJOR CANCIÓN DE ROCK | Latin GRAMMY 2026”, uploaded 14:47 CDMX November 12, captions read 08:05–08:15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWhMGvptWw0
- Instagram congratulation, 15:00 CDMX November 12, read 07:52–07:56: https://www.instagram.com/latingrammys/reel/Dfp-EQNDQI0/
- Instagram reel of the performance, 22:53 CDMX November 12, opened 08:05–08:15: https://www.instagram.com/latingrammys/reel/Dfq0O-MAc-8/
- Premiere start time (3 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. PT, which is 14:00 CDMX), the Academy’s November 4 release, read November 8: https://www.latingrammy.com/en/news/akapellah-pablo-alboran-carminho-jorge-celedon-yerai-cortes-gusi-kakalo-karen-lizarazo-victor-nain-jr-and-marina-sena-to-perform-at-the-latin-grammy-premiere/
- Telecast start time (8 p.m. ET, 7 p.m. Central, which is 19:00 CDMX) and the tributes to José Alfredo Jiménez and Willie Colón, the Academy’s November 5 and 6 releases, read November 8: https://www.latingrammy.com/en/news/final-lineup-announced-to-perform-at-the-27th-annual-latin-grammy-awards/ and https://www.latingrammy.com/en/news/televisaunivision-and-the-latin-recording-academy-unveil-official-sponsors-for-27th-annual-latin-grammy-awards/
The band (Instagram, @thewarningrockband), read 07:52–07:56
- November 10, 22:39: https://www.instagram.com/thewarningrockband/p/DflpMXuoBkt/
- November 12, 15:51: https://www.instagram.com/thewarningrockband/reel/DfqDvOOyNi0/
- November 12, 21:55: https://www.instagram.com/thewarningrockband/reel/DfqtQ2rIWc-/
- November 13, 19:37: https://www.instagram.com/thewarningrockband/p/DftCxc1iVA0/
- November 14, 14:55: https://www.instagram.com/thewarningrockband/p/DfvHOWumkOx/
- Paulina’s Instagram story (@paulina.thewarning), posted the night of November 14 and read at 08:20 on November 15: a shared reel showing her singing with Garbage at the Zócalo. Stories expire after 24 hours, so there is no permanent link.
Broadcasters and government
- TNT América Latina, “¡La Premiere del Latin GRAMMY® 2026 EN VIVO!”, captions searched 08:05–08:15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huDh_clmqzU
- TNT América Latina, red carpet, metadata read 08:00–08:20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8t-WU3XNCg
- Secretaría de Cultura de la Ciudad de México, “Garbage en el Zócalo de la Ciudad de México”, description read 08:05–08:15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEmu3gU5g_g
- Apple Music, Sessions (released November 13), read 08:00–08:20: https://music.apple.com/us/album/sessions/6820681003
Press, read 08:00–08:20
- Billboard, Isabela Raygoza, all 2026 Latin Grammys performances ranked: https://www.billboard.com/lists/all-2026-latin-grammys-performances-ranked/
- Rolling Stone, Lucas Villa, the José Alfredo Jiménez tribute: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-latin/latin-grammys-jose-alfredo-jimenez-edgar-barrera-tribute-1235655750/
- Los Angeles Times en Español, red-carpet video (linked, not transcribed): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqBDG5BefFE
- Billboard, red-carpet video with Jessica Roiz (linked, not transcribed): https://www.billboard.com/video/the-warning-shares-what-fans-can-expect-from-them-in-2027/
- Milenio, Natalie González Arredondo, live coverage of Garbage at the Zócalo, November 14: https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/musica/garbage-concierto-zocalo-en-vivo-hoy-14-noviembre
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