Miami (USA) .- The unforeseen health, logistics and security on stage have marked the world tour of Shakira, forcing the cancellation or reprogramming of several concerts, while the Colombian singer prepares for a new performance this Friday in Miami, where he resides since 2023.
The Hard Rock Stadium, located in Miami, will host between Friday and Saturday the next two dates of the tour ‘Women no longer cry’ of the Barranquillera, for which some tickets are still on sale, especially in the resale.
Beyond the added value of the headquarters -Miami is considered the second home of Shakira- this concert is a new test for the Colombian, which by various misfortunes, especially linked to the organization, has been forced to cancel more than half a dozen actions in recent months.
The most recent varapalos
The last cancellation took place on May 31 in Washington, after the production of the Shakira tour could not be transported in time from the city of Boston, where a concert of the Colombian scheduled for May 29 had been canceled. “
Due to circumstances outside my will, it saddens me and it hurts not to be with you tomorrow in Washington, I hope to return to Washington DC as soon as I can. Meanwhile, know that I am eternally grateful for their unconditional support, ”the singer then lamented in a statement.
The suspension of the concert in Boston, separated by more than 600 kilometers from the US capital, was the product of “unforeseen circumstances,” the Fenway Park stadium reported on social networks, where the show was going to take place, without revealing more details.
However, the producer Live Nation revealed that the cancellation was due to the fact that “structural elements were identified that did not comply with the standards”, in a statement collected by the medium USA Today. In addition to suspensions, the New Jersey State Health Department reported last month that he investigated a possible mass exposure to measles at the artist’s concert at the Metlife Stadium.
Operating problems in the Caribbean and South America
These types of unforeseen were also the general tonic during the first part of the tour in Central America and South America. Shakira was forced to cancel his only date in the Dominican Republic, scheduled for April 2, for “operational problems outside the artist,” said the organizers in a statement.
This time he barely transcended information on the exact cause of the suspension, and the promoters just indicated that the show would be rescheduled for September. The Colombian artist then came from two setbacks in Chile, associated with technical problems with the scenario that was going to be mounted in the National Stadium of the Chilean capital, and that forced the postponing the concerts.
Shakira held the producer of the cancellation and explained on social networks that the reason was the slope of the ground of the enclosure, which put their health at risk, as well as that of the dancers and the fans.
The two shows, scheduled for March 2 and 3, ended up being held on the outskirts of the stadium on April 4 and 5, and also added a third date, on April 7. Desolation in his native Colombia and disadvantages of health in Peru
New problems outside the artist, again logistics, were the cause of the postponement of a date in her native Colombia, which was going to take place on February 24 in Medellín. According to the Páramo producer, responsible for the show, “during the assembly process of the show (…) the scene of the stage installed by local production suffered damage,” which meant a potential danger to the health of the artist and the public.
In Peru, the Shakira concert scheduled for February 16 was suspended by Colombian abdominal pains, which had to be hospitalized on the night prior to the performance. However, it was available to act in the following show, scheduled on February 17, and the canceled performance was rescheduled for next November.
The tour had already started with a bad footing months before, since the dates programmed between November and December 2024 in the United States and Canada had to be rescheduled by 2025 for the high demand for tickets and the decision of the organizers to change the headquarters of the concerts.
