Shakira sets Zócalo record with 400,000 fans in historic Mexico City farewell

Colombian superstar Shakira performed for 400,000 fans connected Sunday nighttime from Mexico City’s historical Zócalo, breaking the grounds for astir attendees ever astatine a performance held successful the metropolis plaza, which faces the Metropolitan Cathedral, the 14th-century Templo Mayor and the National Palace. 

“Shakira’s performance was a immense success!” Mexico City’s bureau of the politician said connected its authoritative X account, “400,000 radical gathered astatine the Zócalo to sing and creation on with an internationally renowned artist, successful a nighttime that volition stay successful the representation of the [capital].” 

🎉 El concierto de @shakira fue todo un éxito. 🐺 400 mil personas se reunieron en el Zócalo para cantar y bailar junto a una artista de talla internacional, en una noche que quedará en la memoria de la #CapitalDeLaTransformación. 🌙🎶

México siempre te recibirá con los brazos… pic.twitter.com/nJGypMtGFn

— Gobierno de la Ciudad de México (@GobCDMX) March 2, 2026

President Sheinbaum — who successful each likelihood viewed oregon astatine slightest heard the performance from her residence successful the National Palace — commented connected Shakira’s record-breaking assemblage astatine her Monday greeting property conference, saying “people were happy; the warmth, the joy, the love, the zest for life: that’s Mexico.”

Sunday’s amusement officially wrapped the Mexican limb of Shakira’s “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran” (Women Don’t Cry Anymore) satellite tour, which saw truthful overmuch request successful Mexico that the vocalist divided her performance docket implicit 4 abstracted months: March 2025, August 2025, September 2025 and February 2026. Her past 4 stops — of 31 full shows successful Mexico — were Tuxtla Guitérrez, Chiapas, connected Feb. 21; Mérida, Yucatán, connected Feb. 24; and Mexico City connected Feb. 27 and Mar. 1.

“This is simply a communicative of emotion and relationship that I person with Mexico and that can’t beryllium compared to thing else,” Shakira said connected Sunday night. “Thank you for each the excitement, each the joyousness you’ve made maine feel.” 

Shakira’s performance successful the bosom of the superior saw the highest attendance ever recorded for a escaped performance successful the Zócalo, surpassing Los Fabulosos Cadillacs (300,000 successful 2023) and Grupo Firme (280,000 successful 2022).  

“Today, I consciousness a premix of excitement, nostalgia and gratitude,” Shakira told the audience. “Today is our past time present successful Mexico, my home. There’s decidedly nary amended reunion than that of a small she-wolf with her Mexican battalion present contiguous astatine the Zócalo. Forever, we are one.”

Shakira performing successful the Zócalo successful May 2007. (Saúl López/Cuartoscuro)

Shakira had antecedently performed successful the Zócalo successful 2007 arsenic portion of her Oral Fixation Tour. Back then, the paper El Universal reported that her performance drew astir 210,000 people. 

Free concerts successful Mexico City’s Zócalo person been organized by the metropolis authorities and firm sponsors (Grupo Modelo paid for Shakira’s Mar. 1 performance successful solemnisation of the 100th day of the Corona brew brand) since the 1980s. It was during the 1990s, however, that they became a much recurring taste tradition.

Some of the astir notable examples see nationalist and planetary superstars similar Vicente Fernández (2009), Britney Spears (2011), Paul McCartney (2012), Roger Waters (2016) and Rosalía (2023), among others. 

Recent cartel unit pursuing the government’s sidesplitting of cartel brag “El Mencho” connected Feb. 22 had galore wondering if Shakira’s amusement would spell on. However, the Sheinbaum administration’s robust information effect guaranteed that for Shakira and Mexico, “whenever, wherever … we’re meant to beryllium together.”

With reports from Sonica and El Financiero