On Tuesday night (2.11,) Shakira launched her ‘Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour’ in Brazil at the Estádio Olimpico Nilton Santos venue in Rio de Janeiro.
Treating fans to such hits as ‘Hips Don’t Lie’, ‘Whenever Wherever’ and ‘She Wolf,’ the now 48-year-old, the Columbia superstar singer kicked off the trek in support of her latest LP of the same name.
Prior to hitting the stage, Shakira took to Instagram with a picture of herself in the dressing room and writing:
“Today is the day. Currently writing these lines from my dressing room.” “The reflection in the mirror gives me back the image of a woman who has given up to her last breath in every rehearsal, in every chord, in every step.” “Twelve Months. Fourteen hours a day. A whole year preparing every detail with the goal in mind: to give them the best show of my life.” “I know that perfection doesn’t exist, but I do, that tonight I will give myself to you just as I am, with a voice sharpened by experience and skin marked by every battle won and lost.” “Tonight, it won’t be just to watch me sing. It will be to howl, feel, shout what we don’t dare to say yet. Dance, laugh, cry, hug, lose and find each other in every song. Because what we’ve built together isn’t just music. It’s a pact. It’s a language, the language of our herd.” “And if anything is true, a wolf never forgets his pack and after tonight each of you will be with me forever.” “I can’t wait to see them already! I am here.”
On February 13, the legendary Latina (born Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoli) will perform her second show in Sao Paulo, Brazil, followed by a concert in Lima, Peru before she heads to her hometown of Barranquilla, Colombia later in the month. Shakira will also perform in Santiago, Chile, Buenos Aires, Argentina and in Mexico in March prior to the US leg of her tour that starts in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 13 and will include stops in Montreal and Toronto in Canada, as well as Miami, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and more before concluding on June 30 in San Francisco, California.
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Author: Al Denté
Photo: Coto1510