question: Which American rock singer of Puerto Rican descent marked his first live performance as a solo artist at Live at the Gods Festival 2002? 
answer: Jeff Scott Soto
context: Title: Nuyorican
  Passage: Nuyorican is a portmanteau of the terms "New York" and "Puerto Rican" and refers to the members or culture of the Puerto Rican diaspora located in or around New York City, or of their descendants (especially those raised or still living in the New York area).  This term could be used for Puerto Ricans living in other areas in the Northeast outside New York State.  The term is also used by Boricuas (Puerto Ricans from Puerto Rico) to differentiate those of Puerto Rican descent from the Puerto Rico-born.
  Title: Live at the Gods Festival 2002
  Passage: Live at the Gods is a live album by Hardline which was released on DVD and CD in 2003.  It was recorded at the Gods Festival in Bradford, England on 2 June 2002, where Hardline was the headliner for this festival.  The concert was an all day festival which featured eight other bands, such as Jeff Scott Soto, whom marked his first live performance as a solo artist, and Harem Scarem.  Hardline was the last band to play at 2 a.m. and during the first couple of songs on the show, the band was suffering from technical and sound problems on stage.  The microphones and equipment were worn out after being on all day.  This also affected the back up singer's microphones the most, causing them to not hear their own voices over the loud music.  While performing the ballad "Face the Night", an angry Johnny Gioeli storms off stage to talk to the Tech Staff to fix the microphones, but keeps his cool and comes back on stage to perform the rest of the show.  Three back up singers were used (two female, one male) at the concert.  The female backup singers, Gudi Laos and Katja Kutz also toured with Johnny's other band – Axel Rudi Pell – on their 2002 Shadow Zone tour.  The line up for the band members in the show is the same as Hardline's second album, with the exception of bass player Christopher Maloney's replacement by producer Bob Burch.
  Title: Puerto Rican citizenship
  Passage: Puerto Rican citizenship was first legislated by the United States Congress in Article 7 of the Foraker Act of 1900 and later recognized in the Constitution of Puerto Rico.  Puerto Rican citizenship existed before the U.S. takeover of the islands of Puerto Rico and continued afterwards.  Its affirmative standing was also recognized before and after the creation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in 1952.  Puerto Rican citizenship was recognized by the United States Congress in the early twentieth century and continues unchanged after the creation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.  The United States government also continues to recognize a Puerto Rican nationality.  Puerto Rican citizenship is also recognized by the Spanish Government, which recognizes Puerto Ricans as a people with Puerto Rican, and not "American" citizenship.  It also grants Spanish citizenship to Puerto Ricans on the basis of their Puerto Rican, not American, citizenship.
  Title: Nuyorican Movement
  Passage: The Nuyorican Movement is a cultural and intellectual movement involving poets, writers, musicians and artists who are Puerto Rican or of Puerto Rican descent, who live in or near New York City, and either call themselves or are known as Nuyoricans.  It originated in the late 1960s and early 1970s in neighborhoods such as Loisaida, East Harlem, Williamsburg, and the South Bronx as a means to validate Puerto Rican experience in the United States, particularly for poor and working-class people who suffered from marginalization, ostracism, and discrimination.
  Title: List of Stateside Puerto Ricans
  Passage: This is a list of Puerto Ricans in the United States, including people born in the US who are of Puerto Rican descent, and Puerto Ricans who live in the US.  Since Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the US, Puerto Ricans can migrate to this country more easily than any other ethnic group.  Currently, more than four million Puerto Ricans and their descendants live in the US.  The following list contains members of the Puerto Rican community.
  Title: Music of Puerto Rico
  Passage: The music of Puerto Rico has evolved as a heterogeneous and dynamic product of diverse cultural resources.  The most conspicuous musical sources have been Spain and West Africa, although many aspects of Puerto Rican music reflect origins elsewhere in Europe and the Caribbean and, in the last century, the USA.  Puerto Rican music culture today comprises a wide and rich variety of genres, ranging from essentially indigenous genres like bomba to recent hybrids like reggaeton.  Broadly conceived, the realm of "Puerto Rican music" should naturally comprise the music culture of the millions of people of Puerto Rican descent who have lived in the USA, and especially in New York City.  Their music, from salsa to the boleros of Rafael Hernández, cannot be separated from the music culture of Puerto Rico itself.  Nevertheless, this entry will emphasize music culture as it has flourished on the island; readers should naturally consult other entries for genres like salsa (most commonly thought of).
  Title: Jeff Scott Soto
  Passage: Jeff Scott Soto (born November 4, 1965) is an American rock singer of Puerto Rican descent.  He is best known for being the vocalist on Yngwie Malmsteen's first two albums, and the lead vocalist for Journey on their 2006–2007 tours.  He also had a long tenure as the frontman of hard rock band Talisman.  Currently he works as solo artist, with his self-named band SOTO and as the vocalist of supergroups W.E.T., Sons of Apollo and Trans Siberian Orchestra.
citations: Live at the Gods Festival 2002 Jeff Scott Soto