Shakira postpones North American tour to switch from arenas to stadiums after overwhelming demand
Shakira has postponed her upcoming North American tour to upgrade from arenas to stadiums, only two weeks before the tour was set to kick off.
The ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ singer was slated to play arenas over the US and Canada next month but shared on Friday (October 18) that the tour would be pushed back due to overwhelming demand.
Now the tour, which will celebrate her recent album ‘Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran’, will start in May 2025 following her Latin American shows. The new dates will be announced Monday (October 21).
Writing on her Instagram story, Shakira said: “Your incredible support since my tour announcement has truly been extraordinary, and it’s already making this the biggest tour of my career.
“As Live Nation communicated earlier, the demand for tickets and more shows has reached the point that our tour now requires stadiums in the USA and more dates so I can see as many of you as possible.”
She went on to call the concert’s production “larger and unlike anything I’ve done before.”
“I know many of you made big efforts to be a part of these shows,” Shakira said. “Thank you so much for supporting me through this. Your understanding and love means the world to me and helps me to continue breaking barriers. I’ll be waiting for all of you with great anticipation. I promise to make it worth the wait and deliver the best show of my life!”
In other news, the singer recently settled her $15million Spanish tax fraud case “to protect” her children, “to be by their side” and “get on with her life”.
She addressed her legal battle with Spanish authorities, who accused her of tax evasion between 2012 and 2014 when she was allegedly a resident of the country. The singer denied any wrongdoing, explaining that she agreed to settle to protect her two young sons, 11-year-old Milan and 9-year-old Sasha.
She was hit with the first set of allegations back in 2021 when Barcelona prosecutors claimed Shakira should have been paying taxes as she was living in Spain for a substantial period between 2012 and 2014. The second wave of allegations came in September 2023. The Colombian pop icon was again charged with tax evasion in Spain – this time, the prosecutors claimed she had failed to pay €6.7million (£5.8 million) in tax on her income in 2018.
Last November, Shakira came to an agreement with the Spanish authorities after agreeing to pay the resounding debt to avoid potential prison time.
Since then, she has released her twelfth studio album, ‘Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran’. In a four-star review, NME said: “With a career that spans four decades, she continues to push the envelope for Latin pop music and make the genre a global event […] With this vulnerable yet versatile collection, Shakira shows there are no limits to the art of her catharsis through song.”
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Laura Molloy
NME
