Shakira takes over Mexico City with record-breaking concert tour

Global popular superstar Shakira is making past connected the Mexico information of her “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran” satellite tour, with monolithic crowds successful 3 cities and a tally of sold-out Mexico City concerts that’s connected the brink of a record.

The 48-year-old Colombian known arsenic the “Queen of Latin Music” has packed the location for her archetypal 4 dates astatine Estadio GNP Seguros. With 3 much shows determination Friday, Saturday and Sunday, it’s each but guaranteed she volition go the archetypal solo creator to capable the Mexico City venue for 7 consecutive performances.

Shakira strikes a airs astatine the Estadio GNP Seguros aft the archetypal amusement of her existent tally successful Mexico City. (Shakira/Facebook)

In all, she is expected to gully 455,000 to the stadium formerly known arsenic Foro Sol. And that’s connected apical of the 100,000 she drew for 2 sold-out shows successful Monterrey’s BBVA Stadium March 12-13, and the 90,000 for 2 sold-out shows astatine Akron Stadium successful metro Guadalajara March 16-17.

When Shakira, a vocalist and songwriter who has achieved Madonna-like occurrence successful some the Spanish and English markets, archetypal announced her 2025 Mexico circuit dates past October, lone 1 amusement was scheduled for each of those 3 cities. But tickets sold retired rapidly and much shows were added.

Now, adjacent much person been added.

It was announced precocious Wednesday that Shakira volition instrumentality to Mexico adjacent the extremity of the summertime to execute Aug. 29 successful Mexico City, Sept. 2 successful Querétaro, Sept. 6 successful Zapopan (adjacent to Guadalajara) and Sept. 12 successful Puebla — each astatine large stadiums.

Presale tickets for Banamex cardholders volition statesman Friday, with wide summons income the adjacent day. And with dates near unfastened betwixt the caller concerts, there’s a accidental adjacent much shows could beryllium added.

Even without immoderate further shows, Shakira volition scope the milestone of 8 concerts connected 1 circuit astatine Estadio GNP Seguros — an accomplishment that surpasses each different planetary icons, including Paul McCartney, Metallica, Coldplay and adjacent Taylor Swift.

Shakira’s existent satellite circuit is named for her 12th workplace album, past year’s “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran” (“Women don’t outcry anymore”) — which features chart-topping singles specified arsenic “Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53.”

The victor of 4 Grammys and 15 Latin Grammys, Shakira is known for galore hits, but her all-time astir fashionable opus is “Hips Don’t Lie,” a duet successful which hip-hop pioneer Wyclef Jean repeatedly sings “Shakira, Shakira.”

Through 4 shows successful Mexico City, 1 of the highlights was Shakira sharing the signifier with Grupo Frontera, victor of 2 Latin Grammys past year. She and the Texas-formed band, which is profoundly rooted successful Mexican genres, performed “(Entre Paréntesis),” a opus from her 2024 album.

“I truly wanted to springiness you each a surprise,” Shakira told the media afterward. “Every day, I strive to springiness you thing much due to the fact that the Mexican assemblage has been truthful loyal, truthful loving, and has lifted maine up each clip I needed it. I wanted to astonishment you with thing that would capable your hearts.”

“(Entre Paréntesis)” joined “Ciega, Sordomuda” and “El Jefe” arsenic songs Shakira has added to her caller concerts arsenic a heartfelt tribute to Mexico, wherever her concerts person featured aggregate outfit changes, scintillating creation numbers, and divers setlists including rock, ballads and mariachi music.

The vocalist expressed her gratitude to the Mexican fans, stating that their enactment has been a root of spot and inspiration passim her career.

Just astir the lone ebb was a torrential rainfall connected Tuesday nighttime that near 60,000 fans scrambling for screen and astir derailed the party. But erstwhile Shakira yet took the signifier astatine 10:20 p.m., the ambiance was electrical and concertgoers, braving the downpour, danced and sang along.

Later, Grupo Frontera deed the signifier arsenic Shakira donned a sombrero and danced to the norteño beat.

As for the economical impact, Shakira’s concerts successful the nation’s superior are projected by the Mexico City enclosure of commerce to make 3.247 cardinal pesos (US $159 million), arsenic cited successful the online paper Infobae.

That fig — which includes summons sales, gross from edifice bookings, section commerce, and nutrient and beverage depletion — surpasses the interaction from Taylor Swift’s 2023 Eras Tour concerts successful Mexico City, though that was lone 4 concerts.

With reports from Milenio, Infobae, Billboard Español and TV Azteca