Shakira She swept Rio de Janeiro this Saturday with the free mega-concert she offered on Copacabana beach, where she established herself as the first Latin artist to perform in the city’s legendary arenas with the most massive show of her artistic career.
The Colombian gathered two million fans, according to data from the Rio Mayor’s Office, who chanted with the artist for more than two hours a repertoire full of hits that have marked several generations in the last thirty years.
Before the concert, a moment has gone viral. In the subway, while his followers were heading to the concert, Some of his most passionate followers joined their voices and shouted: “Piqué, go to f*****!”.
The cause of the breakup between the singer and the footballer was a possible infidelity of Piqué with Clara Chía, Piqué’s current partner. “We regret to confirm that we are separating. For the well-being of our children, who are our top priority, we ask for respect for privacy. Thank you for your understanding,” indicated a short statement signed by “Shakira and Gerard.”
RELIEF! The crowd on the way to Shakira’s show in Copacabana shouts: “Hey, Piqué, I’m going to take no c*.” pic.twitter.com/gqBIScb5TC
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From this moment on Shakira has released the songs that have given life to the current tour and the success that has given it its name: Women no longer cry. This is a line from the song created with the Argentine producer Bizarrap called Bizarrap Music Sessions #53a song that in just over twenty-four hours achieved almost 64 million views.
Shakira, the first Latin artist to offer a free mega-concert on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, opened her presentation with “La Fuerte,” a song with which she began the presentations of her most recent tour. Women no longer cryand with which the Colombian reiterated that, despite the pain, we must overcome the wounds and continue dancing.
The queen of Latin pop was applauded in unison by hundreds of thousands of fans when she appeared on a 1,500-square-meter box, the largest built for this type of show, after a great drone show. The remote controls formed the image of a wolf in the sky—a symbol of the empowered woman that the artist has projected on her tour—and then shaped a silhouette of her face and ended with “I love you Río,” before singing her songs.
Dressed from head to toe in a bright suit with the colors of the Brazilian flag, Shakira walked along an extensive catwalk, greeted her audience closely and then sang the song.
The excitement of the fans, many of them stationed near the stage from the early hours of the day, was reflected in screams, crying and overflowing euphoria at seeing their diva so close, despite the fact that her presentation started more than an hour later than scheduled.
The attendees were impatiently waiting for the Barranquilla crowd, after the lively preamble made by Vintage Culture and DJ Maz, who warmed up the atmosphere on the legendary beach from the end of the afternoon with their electronic mixes before the main show.
For the next two hours, the winner of four Grammy Awards and fifteen Latin Grammy Awards offered a repertoire full of hits that marked different phases of her career and that will delight several generations in the capital of Rio.
“Hips Don’t Lie”, “Whenever, Wherever”, “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)”, “I am Here”, “She Wolf”, “Where are you heart”, “Monotonía” and “Inevitable” appear in a list of thirty songs published by the Colombian hours before the show.
Among the confirmed guests are the brothers Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia, two of the most representative voices of Brazilian popular music (MPB), but the Colombian is also expected to sing with the Brazilian Anitta the song “Chantaje”, a song recently released by both artists.
Shakira’s concert this Saturday is the biggest presentation of her career, an event in which the Colombian will also break the audience record if she exceeds the 2.1 million spectators who accompanied Lady Gaga last year, a figure that will only be known at the end of the event, but which at first glance seems to have already been reached.
The massive mobilization, especially of Latinos led by Argentines, Uruguayans, Chileans, Peruvians and Colombians, forced the authorities to close all access to the Copacabana neighborhood for vehicles four hours before the concert.
Likewise, the spectacle forced the deployment of a strong security scheme, with some 8,000 police officers, and the setting up of an infrastructure similar to that used in the New Year’s festivities, when up to three million people say goodbye to the year on this beach.
The show, which is part of the annual “Everyone in Rio” event, also closes the world tour Women no longer crywhich the artist started in February of last year also in Rio de Janeiro, in a kind of tribute to Brazil, one of the first countries to open its doors to her in her musical beginnings.