Shakira cancels sixth concert of world tour amid ongoing issues

Shakira canceled a Saturday performance successful Washington, D.C. – her sixth cancellation this year.

The fashionable Colombian vocalist was scheduled to execute this play astatine Nationals Park, though it seems the cancellation of her Thursday amusement successful Boston astatine Fenway Park made it intolerable for her and her squad to marque it to the show.

Capital Pride Alliance, the enactment that had enactment unneurotic the event, shared successful a statement on societal media, "Like Shakira’s fans and our friends and household who person traveled from astir the satellite to articulation america successful DC this weekend, we are profoundly disappointed that unforeseen circumstances person forced the cancellation of some this week’s performance successful Boston and [Saturday]’s performance astatine Nationals Park."

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Shakira performs onstage during her "Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran" satellite circuit astatine Met Life Stadium connected May 16, 2025, successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation)

The enactment besides shared different connection that was fixed to radical who had purchased tickets to the event.

"Due to complications with the erstwhile amusement successful Boston, Shakira’s afloat circuit accumulation cannot beryllium transported to Washington, D.C. successful clip for her scheduled show astatine Nationals Park connected Saturday, May 31," that connection read. "As a result, the D.C. amusement has been canceled. Despite each effort to marque it happen, it is not imaginable to determination guardant arsenic planned."

Shakira shared a connection of her ain to her Instagram followers, writing, "Nothing much achy for an creator than having to cancel 2 sold-out stadium shows similar Boston and DC for reasons beyond one's control."

"Thank you for being determination successful the bully times and the not truthful good," she continued. "We've cruised unneurotic done each bump successful the road, and you ever instrumentality maine to the different side. Los quiero con todo."

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Shakira performs connected Feb. 20, 2025, successful Barranquilla, Colombia. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation)

In February, Shakira launched her "Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran" satellite circuit successful South America. Shortly after, she canceled a performance successful Lima, Peru – her 3rd amusement of the circuit – due to the fact that she'd been hospitalized with an "abdominal issue."

A week later, a performance successful Colombia was postponed erstwhile the extortion of the signifier "suffered harm that puts astatine hazard the information of the artist, her unit and, astir importantly, that of the audience" portion a accumulation squad was assembling her show, the promotor explained successful a connection translated by Billboard.

Shakira has canceled six concerts this twelvemonth for her satellite tour. (David Ramos)

At the opening of March, she was acceptable to execute 2 shows successful Santiago, Chile, some of which were canceled conscionable hours earlier the archetypal was slated to begin. In a lengthy connection she shared connected societal media astatine the time, translated from Spanish to English by People, she explained successful portion that determination was an contented with the signifier assembly, and that it was "not unchangeable capable to warrant the information of my band, dancers, fans and me."

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"There are 2 things I would ne'er compromise: the information of my squad and that of my fans, and I would ne'er connection a amusement beneath the prime standards that you each deserve," she wrote. "My bosom is breached successful a 1000 pieces to not beryllium capable to execute for you owed to reasons retired of my control."

Stage information concerns were erstwhile again to blasted for the cancellation of her Thursday show successful Boston astatine Fenway Park. A typical for Live Nation told Fox News Digital, "During a regular pre-show check, structural elements were identified arsenic not being up to standard, truthful the shows were canceled. All squad members are safe."

Shakira speaks to her fans connected signifier during the "Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran" medium merchandise enactment astatine Hard Rock Live astatine Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood connected March 21, 2024, successful Hollywood, Florida. (John Parra/WireImage)

After the cancellation of Saturday's amusement successful Washington, D.C., societal media users began discussing what seems to beryllium a processing inclination for the tour.

"This is conscionable disrespectful to her fans… past infinitesimal each time," 1 idiosyncratic wrote connected X, formerly Twitter.

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Another wrote, "I emotion shakira to decease but one can't judge immoderate excuses. nary substance however galore method issues they bring out. this is is conscionable her fault. cancelling your performance connected the amusement time is conscionable unacceptable. idk if you cognize however this person impacted your image."

Shakira performs astatine 2025 Suenos Music Festival connected Saturday, May 24, 2025, astatine Grant Park successful Chicago. (Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP)

"I tin recognize 1 oregon 2 shows, but 6 is ridiculous!" different station read. "Figure it retired earlier oregon get a regular signifier that doesn't widen connected the level since it seems similar that is the contented here."

Others were upset astatine the news, including 1 instrumentality who wrote, "Can’t judge this ! Ughhhh! My full play was planned astir this show."

Another insisted, "All I cognize is, Shakira volition ne'er cancel oregon reschedule if things are up to her."

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