Shakira closed her historic series of 13 concerts at the GNP Seguros Stadium in Mexico City on Friday night (Feb. 27), becoming the artist with the most performances in a single tour at the iconic venue. For this final show, the superstar had her fellow Colombian artist Beéle as a guest and featured Santos Bravos in the “Walk with the She-Wolf.”
The performance marked a new milestone for Shakira, with 800,000 tickets sold across those shows, “something unprecedented,” according to promoter Ocesa.
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“How are you, my Mexican family? How are you back there? Thirteen GNP Stadium shows are more than a gift, it’s a miracle, a reward from life,” the singer said to the 65,000 people gathered at the capital’s stadium. “You know my journey hasn’t been easy these past few years because no one is spared from life’s falls.”
Shakira reiterated her excitement about concluding her historic Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour in Mexico, which had its epicenter in the capital city, where the Colombian artist made history and reaffirmed her esteemed position as a global star.
“Definitely, there’s no better reunion than that of a little she-wolf with her Mexican pack, awooo! Mexico, tonight, forever and always, we are one,” the performer greeted her audience.
The tour’s finale at the GNP Seguros Stadium introduced a new guest, singer Beéle, with whom she performed her hit “Hips Don’t Lie,” in the new version recorded alongside Ed Sheeran. Beéle joined Grupo Frontera, Danna Paola, and Belinda as guest artists who accompanied Shakira during her series of shows at the venue, which began nearly a year ago.
Shakira recently announced a unique collaboration with Beéle, who, like her, was born in Barranquilla: a song titled “Algo Tú,” to be released on March 4. Additionally, she performed “¿Dónde Estás Corazón?” live for the first time since 2019, to the surprise and delight of the audience.
The final “Walk with the She-Wolf” at the Mexican stadium, a symbolic and empowering act that the singer performed every night to open her show, featured special guests on Friday: the members of Santos Bravos, HYBE’s first Latin boy band.
This historic moment in Shakira’s career, with a tour that moved hips and shattered world records, coincides with yet another international recognition: her nomination this week to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
The nomination crowns remarkable achievements since the Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour began. The tour set a Guinness World Record as the highest-grossing tour of all time by a Hispanic artist, earning an astonishing $421.6 million and selling 3.3 million tickets across 86 shows, according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore.
Shakira will wrap up her stay in Mexico this Sunday (March 1) with a massive free concert in the Zócalo — the second-largest public square in the world, only behind Tiananmen Square in Beijing — where she will return nearly after 20 years and where she is expected to set a new attendance record.
The artist first performed there on May 27, 2007, drawing an official crowd of 210,000 people, which surpassed the previous record of 170,000 set by Mexican rock band Café Tacvba in 2005. The current attendance record at Mexico City’s main square belongs to the Argentine band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, who gathered 300,000 attendees on June 3, 2023. Grupo Firme holds the second spot, having drawn 280,000 people a year earlier.
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