Shakira has postponed an upcoming live performance in Medellín, Colombia as a result of stage security issues.
The ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ hitmaker was as a result of play at Estadio Atanasio Girardot tomorrow (February 24) as a part of her ongoing ‘Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran’ tour. Nonetheless, the present has been postponed after occasion organisers raised issues a few broken roof.
It’s the most recent in a collection of problems on the tour, coming shortly after the ‘Soltera’ singer was pressured to reschedule one other date in Lima, Peru, final weekend. She was hospitalised with an belly situation, and took to social media to share that she was “unhappy to not be capable to take the stage”.
Likewise, yesterday (February 22) she additionally took to X/Twitter to handle the newly postponed present. “My folks from Medellín! It hurts me so much not to have the ability to get on stage and sing for you as a lot as I needed to.”
— Shakira (@shakira) February 22, 2025
She continued: “My youngsters had been excited to get to know Medellín, and I used to be excited to satisfy you once more and share all of the surprises I had ready for them. I’m sorry for the inconvenience, particularly for many who have travelled. It’s out of my fingers and people of my manufacturing staff, however I’m positive we’ll quickly discover a new date to have a good time collectively.”
Live performance promoter Páramo Presenta stated not solely would the efficiency be rescheduled, however that they had been working with Shakira’s staff on “new live shows for Colombia within the second half of this yr, information that can be celebrated by a couple of metropolis within the nation.”
Explaining the choice to in the end cancel Monday’s live performance, Páramo Presenta stated the injury to the roof “places in danger the security of the artist, her employees and, most significantly, that of the viewers”. Followers can discover out extra about ticket refunds right here.
That is Shakira’s first tour in seven years and is available in assist of her 2024 album ‘Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran’, for which she just lately received Greatest Latin Pop Album on the Grammys. The tour boasts elaborate manufacturing and 160’ screens, with a first-of-its-kind CGI animated model of the singer showing through the interludes.
Her subsequent scheduled date is on Friday (February 21) in Colombia’s Barranquilla, with additional reveals to come back in Medellin, Bogota, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Monterrey, Guadalajara and Mexico Metropolis, winding up on March 30.
Later within the spring, she’s going to embark on the North American leg of the tour. In October, she needed to postpone the unique run of dates so she may improve them from arenas to stadiums as a result of demand.
In a four-star evaluation of the ‘Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran’ album, NME wrote: “With a profession that spans 4 many years, she continues to push the envelope for Latin pop music and make the style a world occasion. All her earlier information had at the very least one music in English, however this time, she opts to sing absolutely in Spanish. With this susceptible but versatile assortment, Shakira reveals there aren’t any limits to the artwork of her catharsis by way of music.”
Extra just lately, Shakira devoted her fourth Grammy win to her “immigrant brothers and sisters”, saying: “You’re liked, you’re value it, and I’ll at all times struggle with you,” she said. “To all of these ladies who work actually laborious on a regular basis to offer for his or her households, you’re the true she-wolfs.”
