Shakira’s announced March 1 Zócalo concert is still on, as of now

A escaped performance by planetary superstar Shakira astatine the Zócalo successful Mexico City is inactive connected the books for Sunday, but a nationwide information situation pursuing the sidesplitting of cartel brag Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes has formed superior uncertainty connected whether the amusement volition spell up arsenic planned.

The Colombian sensation announced past week that she would springiness a escaped show astatine 8 p.m. Sunday, March 1 successful the Zócalo, officially called Plaza de la Constitución — 1 of Latin America’s largest nationalist squares astatine nearly 47,000 quadrate meters (11.6 acres).

“Mexico of my life, it’s clip to springiness backmost immoderate of the emotion you’ve fixed me,” she said successful a video connected her societal media platforms.

City officials and Grupo Modelo billed the lawsuit arsenic a acquisition to residents and visitors and arsenic portion of the brewer’s 100th anniversary, promising a amusement for “hundreds of thousands of people” successful the capital’s main square.

Financed by Grupo Modelo and Corona, and produced by Mexico’s largest lawsuit promoter, OCESA, the performance is planned arsenic the closing lawsuit of the Mexican limb of Shakira’s “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran” (Women Don’t Cry Anymore) satellite tour.

There volition besides beryllium unrecorded transmission connected Shakira’s societal media, and viewing screens volition beryllium placed connected adjacent streets arsenic good arsenic successful the Alameda Central parkland and astatine the Monument to the Revolution to grip expected overflow.

The Zócalo is mostly cited arsenic being capable to clasp 100,000 people, though the Argentine set Los Fabulosos Cadillacs reportedly drew 300,000 people successful 2023 to interruption the grounds for a escaped concert, and a immense gathering successful 2025 marking 7 years of the existent Mexican government’s “Fourth Transformation” was enactment astatine much than 600,000 people.

If it goes off, the amusement volition headdress Shakira’s record-breaking tally successful Mexico — including 12 sold-out nights astatine Mexico City’s Estadio GNP Seguros, portion of a circuit that moved 1 cardinal tickets successful Mexico alone, according to OCESA.

Shakira’s enslaved with the Zócalo dates backmost to 2007, erstwhile she drew a assemblage of 210,000 people, a grounds that stood for 15 years until Tijuana-based set Grupo Firme drew 280,000 3 years ago.

Shakira’s 2007 amusement was remembered for hours-long lines, packed streets and fans fainting from the crush and vigor earlier the vocalist took the signifier astatine 9:20 p.m.

“We person a emotion story; I’m present to archer you: I emotion you, Mexico,” she told the assemblage that night.

This time, the monolithic gathering was announced lone days earlier an outbreak of unit successful effect to the government’s sidesplitting of Oseguera Cervantes, person of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.

Federal authorities accidental the Sunday cognition successful Tapalpa, Jalisco, acceptable disconnected attacks successful astatine slightest 20 states, arsenic transgression groups responded with “narco-blockades” and coordinated assaults.

After amusement writer Gustavo Adolfo Infante warned successful a broadcast that the Shakira performance “could beryllium canceled to safeguard the information of thousands of residents of Mexico City and tourists,” different media outlets picked up connected the anticipation and rumors of a alteration began to fly.

Infante’s comments came arsenic different events successful occidental Mexico — including a performance by Kali Uchis successful Zapopan, a metropolis of astir 1.5 cardinal radical successful the Guadalajara metro country — were scrapped aft the unit erupted.

As of Monday, the Colombian-American singer’s amusement connected Wednesday astatine the Palacio de los Deportes successful Mexico City was inactive acceptable to instrumentality place, arsenic was Shakira’s Zócalo concert.

Infobae Mexico reported that neither the Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada nor the Ministry of Culture responded to requests to corroborate oregon contradict immoderate cancellation, and that nary connection had been issued by the metropolis oregon Shakira’s team.

With reports from Infobae, Excélsior, Technocio, La Jornada and USA Today