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Following her halftime performance at Super Bowl LIV, Live Nation announced Shakira would tour in 2021.[1] Further news was delayed, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In September 2023, Shakira told Billboard she planned to release new music and embark on a "global tour" in the following year. She told the publication: "Putting a tour together is fun, but it's a great effort and you have to put everything on the balance and decide what the fans really want to hear, what songs you want to hear and how much production you want. In the end, the more production you have, the higher the ticket price. I want the tickets to be affordable. But to me, the most important thing is the repertoire. That's why I think [my next tour] will be the tour of a lifetime, because I have so many songs."[2]
On 13 April 2024, while appearing as a special guest during Bizarrap's set at Coachella, she announced the tour.[3][4] Three days later, Live Nation announced concerts in North America,[5] with additional concerts added due to demand in Thousand Palms, Miami and New York City, respectively.[6]
On 2 October 2024, Shakira's official website revealed concerts in the Latin America region;[7][8] additional concerts were subsequently added in several cities eight days later.[9] On 18 October, she announced plans to postpone the North American concerts, citing the "overwhelming demand", as well as the "need for larger venues".[10] Three days later, the upgraded concerts and venues were announced for May and June 2025 by Live Nation.[11] Additional concerts in Atlanta, Houston and Phoenix were announced on 10 December 2024.[12]
Production
Rehearsals for the tour started around mid-August 2024, with Shakira announcing them with a series of pictures through her social networks.[13] On another teaser from Shakira through Instagram, aimed at Latin America, the singer performs at Electric Air Studios a new arrangement for her 1997 single "Antología," accompanied by her longtime collaborator, Luis Fernando Ochoa.[14] In late October, Shakira posted, also through her Instagram account, another teaser video, this time aimed at North America, singing at the same aforementioned studio her 1996 hit single "Pies Descalzos, Sueños Blancos."[15]
In an interview for GQ España, Shakira has described the current process of her tour: "It's the most ambitious tour of my entire career, the biggest production I've had so far. Not because the public asks for it, but because I deserve it after so many years working in this world. I deserve the tour of my life. I'm throwing the house out the window. I am happy because I will be able to take a tour of the different stages of my artistic life, until today. It will be the longest show I’ve ever done with the biggest screen and everything you can imagine. More is more and better!"[16]
Commercial performance
Shakira holds the plaque of being the first artist to hold seven shows in Estadio GNP Seguros, Mexico City. The plaque was presented by Live Nation.
North America
During the pre-sale period of Shakira's North American arena leg, the tickets of most of the shows were sold out. The tickets vary widely in prices, between circa $200 and $2000 (excluding VIP or other add-on tickets), depending on the cities.[17] Due to overwhelming demand, Shakira added extra shows in Palm Springs, Miami and New York City.[18] Meanwhile, her shows in Phoenix, Inglewood, San Antonio, Dallas, Charlotte, Washington DC, Chicago were mostly sold out. In Miami, she was supposed to extend the record of being the female artist to perform most shows in Kaseya Center, 11 in total. However, the whole leg was moved to May 2025 due to Live Nation's decision to upgrade the several North American shows to a stadium.[10]
Latin America
In Argentina, Peru and Chile, she broke the record by selling all the tickets in 40 minutes. With multiple shows completely sold out,[19] new dates were promptly added to several cities.[9] In Colombia, the second stadium date in Bogotá was sold out in 1.5 hours.[20][21] In Barranquilla, Shakira moved the first show date from February 21 to 20 because it crashed with La Guacherna.[22] However, the first date was quickly sold out due to high demand, which prompted the city's mayor, Alex Char, to announce that the carnival celebration would be moved to February 22, so a second date could be scheduled.[23] In total, two million fans registered for the ticket notification.[24]Live Nation reported that 18 stadiums across Latin America with 950,000 tickets sold in less than 2 hours, and added multiple new shows due to unprecedent demand,[25][26] which broke the all-time record for ticket sales among female artists.[27] The singer promised she will bring the tour to most of the Latin American countries due to the overwhelming demand.[21]
In Mexico City, she is the first female artist to perform five and six sold-out shows at Estadio GNP Seguros, breaking the record previously held by Taylor Swift with four. She is the first artist to ever perform seven shows at the venue, breaking the record previously held by RBD with six.[28] The stadium is named as "Shakira stadium" on Google Map for honouring her record breaking achievement.[29][unreliable source?] On 7 January 2025, LATAM Airlines Brasil announced an additional flight on 12 February of the same year, from Confins Airport to Guarulhos Airport ahead of Shakira's concert the following day, to accommodate the increase in passenger demand.[30]
^The concert on 20 February 2025 in Barranquilla was originally scheduled on 21 February 2025, but was changed to avoid scheduling conflicts with the La Guacherna 2025.[22]
^The concert on 21 February 2025 in Barranquilla was made possible to be added with the decision and subsequent announcement by the town's mayor, Alex Char, of making the replacement of the date originally scheduled for La Guacherna 2025 to one day later, on 22 February 2025.[23]
^The 13 May 2025 concert was originally scheduled for 23 November 2024 at Spectrum Center, but was rescheduled with a new venue due to "overwhelming" demand.
^The 15 May 2025 concert was originally scheduled for 5 December and 6 December 2024 at Barclays Center, but was rescheduled with a new venue due to "overwhelming" demand.
^The 20 May 2025 concert was originally scheduled for 10 December 2024, but was postponed due to production changes.[10]
^The 22 May 2025 concert originally scheduled for 15 December 2024, but was postponed due to production changes.[10]
^The 26 May 2025 concert was originally scheduled for 30 November 2024, but was postponed due to production changes.[10]
^The 29 May 2025 concert was originally scheduled for 8 December 2024 at TD Garden, but was rescheduled with a new venue due to "overwhelming" demand.
^The 6 June 2025 concert was originally scheduled for 20 November and 21 November 2024 at Kaseya Center, but was rescheduled with a new venue due to "overwhelming" demand.
^The 11 June 2025 concert was originally scheduled for 17 November 2024 at American Airlines Center, but was rescheduled with a new venue due to "overwhelming" demand.
^The 13 June 2025 concert was originally scheduled for 16 November 2024 at Frost Bank Center, but was rescheduled with a new venue due to "overwhelming" demand.
^The 20 June 2025 concert was originally scheduled for 9 November 2024 at Kia Forum, but was rescheduled with a new venue due to "overwhelming" demand.
^The 22 June 2025 concert was originally scheduled for 7 November 2024, but was postponed due to production changes.[10]
^ abAlmanza, Diego (21 November 2024). "Shakira confirma séptimo concierto en Estadio GNP Seguros" [Shakira confirms a seventh and final date at the Estadio GNP Seguros]. Milenio (in Spanish). Mexico: Grupo Multimedios. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
