Shakira has postponed one other date on her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran world tour.
Citing stage manufacturing points, the singer, 48, introduced on social media her concert events scheduled for March 2 and three at Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile, wouldn’t go forward as deliberate, marking the third postponement on the Latin American leg of her tour.
She stated in an announcement on-line, translated right here from Spanish to English: “You all, who’ve accompanied me for 30 years, know greater than anybody my professionalism and the way a lot I attempt to provide the finest.
“You possibly can solely think about how painful it’s for me as an artist after a lot effort to return to a rustic I like and need to reprogram my present for circumstances out of my and my manufacturing staff’s management.”
The Colombian added stage manufacturing on the venue had been managed by an exterior staff reasonably than her personal touring workers, and the mandatory necessities had not been adopted accurately.
Because of this, the stage “shouldn’t be secure sufficient to ensure the protection of my band, dancers, followers and me,” she stated.
Shakira added: “There are two issues I might by no means compromise: the safety of my staff and that of my followers, and I might by no means supply a present under the standard requirements that you simply all deserve.
“My coronary heart is damaged in a thousand items to not be capable to carry out for you on account of causes out of my management.”
Shakira additionally assured followers she would return to Chile to ship a full present “even when I’ve to examine the ground myself.”
Her tour started on Feb. 11 at Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro and is about to proceed with two performances at Campo Argentino de Polo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 7 and eight.
The Latin American leg of the run is scheduled to conclude in April earlier than the North American stretch begins on Could 13 at Financial institution of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C.
Her tour is about to complete with two reveals at Estadio Nacional in Lima, Peru, on Nov. 15 and 16.
This newest postponement follows the singer’s earlier resolution to reschedule her Feb. 24 live performance at Atanasio Girardot Stadium in Medellín, Colombia.
On the time, she attributed the cancellation to circumstances “out of my arms,” with Billboard reporting security considerations on the venue.
She stated in a social media publish on Feb. 23: “My individuals from Medellín! It hurts me rather a lot not to have the ability to get on stage and sing for you as a lot as I needed to.”
Every week earlier, Shakira had canceled her Feb. 16 live performance in Lima on account of a well being difficulty, with the singer telling followers on-line: “I’m sorry to tell you all that final night time I needed to go to the ER for an stomach difficulty and am at the moment hospitalized.”
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