I just discovered on youtube that Shakira is on world tour again, currently in the US and Latin America. It's been a while since I last saw her (list below) and various things have happened since then that have kept me away from the big arena gigs. One being a tinnitus that became permanent after the Halestorm gig I saw in 2013, the other the discovery that there are lots of opportunities around here for me to play wrong notes in public, which has shifted the focus of my musical interest from mostly listening to mostly playing. With all that, I missed the El Dorado Tour in 2018 (which also ran into trouble when Shakira had problems with her voice ahead of the first European dates).
Shakira performing at Medellin, Colombia. Photo: Wikipedia
I did watch a very lovely video of the New Jersey show from May 15 though (always good to be able to adjust the volume). From this I figured that the Las mujeres ya no lloren tour promotes an eponymous, all-Spanish album which I missed when it came out last year, so I ordered a copy of that. UPDATE 3.6. CD arrived today, after listening to it twice, I'm a bit underwhelmed, so may not be writing up a review.
Latin American dates are scheduled through to November. If and when the tour comes to Europe, I may have to think about some hearing protection ...
Previous Shakira concerts I attended (some of the pre-blogspot blogposts have disappeared):
London 16.12.2002
Madrid 25.04.2003
Madrid 22.06.2006
Antwerpen 31.01.2007
London 18.03.2007
Köln 08.04.2007
Lyon 17.11.2010
Paris 6.12.2010
PS Bonus video - La quiero a morir / Je l'aime a mourir - this wasn't included in the concert linked to above. This one hour video from Toronto is also lovely - seems to have a lot less advertising than the New Jersey one.
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