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A challenge prior to the concert in Boston

After completing the first Latin American stage of Women no longer cry World TourShakira took a few weeks off before resuming his activity with the second phase of the tour, which will cover the United States and Canada on 23 dates that will take place in stadiums.

One of those dates will be in Boston, specifically on May 29, in the prestigious Fenway Park, an emblematic place in the city, since it is the home of the Red Boston socks, the local baseball team.

During the last weeks, the Colombian has been anticipating details of her North American tour, especially in terms of special guests she will have in some of her shows, such as Wyclef Jean, Pitbull or Alejandro Sanz. However, this Saturday, May 3, the Colombian resorted to a different strategy to capture the attention of Boston inhabitants.

In his Instagram account, Shakira launched a curious challenge to David Ortiz, former Dominican besonist and legend of Boston’s red socks, who won the 2004 World Series, breaking an 86 -year -old drought without titles for the team, popularly known as the “curse of the bambino.”

Calling him for the nickname by which all the supporters of the red socks know him, Shakira raised a challenge: “Hi, *Papi *. It’s me, Shakira. Hey, I’m going to take my tour to Fenway Park on May 29 in Boston. So I want to see you there. I have heard that you know how to dance. So show it,” he said with a smile.

It was enough with this message so that both their fans and those of the Dominican batter were expectation, and Ortiz soon responded.

“Hi Shakira, what happens? We are waiting for you here this May 29 in Fenway Park. As you can see, he is already heating,” he said, referring to the summer that is approaching, while focusing the stands of Fenway Park, illuminated by the sun. Then, Ortiz began to dance while singing the choir of “crazy”, one of the successes of the Colombian. The Dominican closed with a smile: “I see you here in Fenway. I love you, Shakira.”

The moment was celebrated by the fans of both celebrities, who are anxious because the Colombian tour passes through Boston at the end of May.

Shakira was the most collection artist worldwide in March

Recently, *Billboard *released the singer’s collection figures, confirming that Shakira reached a historical milestone in March 2025 by heading the list of the *Top Tours *with the *women no longer cry World Tour *, raising the impressive sum of 70.6 million dollars.

This result not only doubled the income recorded in February, when it was presented in Brazil, Peru and Colombia, but also established a new record. The money that Shakira entered in March became the greatest collection in a month of March since the creation of the monthly lists of Billboard Boxscore in 2019. In the process, the Colombian exceeded the collection of other outstanding figures in this area, such as Bad Bunny, Coldplay and P! NK.

In total, the singer raised 46.6 million dollars for her seven dates at the GNP Seguros stadium, with 396,000 tickets sold. This figure was three times greater than the second place in the Boxscore list, rapper Tyler The Creator, who entered little more than half than the Colombian during the month, despite offering more concerts than her.


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