{"id":159043,"date":"2026-02-11T08:17:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=159043"},"modified":"2026-02-11T08:17:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:17:42","slug":"shakira-will-perform-a-free-concert-on-copacabana-beach-in-rio-de-janeiro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/shakira-will-perform-a-free-concert-on-copacabana-beach-in-rio-de-janeiro\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakira will perform a free concert on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Shakira<\/strong> will perform a free concert on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on May 2, according to O Globo, an international media outlet. The event was then confirmed by the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, <strong>Eduardo Paes<\/strong>, who shared the announcement on his social media profile and posted a video of one of Shakira\u2019s past performances. With this announcement, the city officially revealed that the \u201cDon\u2019t Bother\u201d singer will be its next artist for its large open-air concert.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AboutMusicYT\/status\/2021590185092235735?s=20\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shakira will reportedly be the headline performer at Copacabana, Brazil in May 2026. The show is expected to draw more than one million people. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IwG9bKVjiC\">pic.twitter.com\/IwG9bKVjiC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; About Music (@AboutMusicYT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AboutMusicYT\/status\/2021590185092235735?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The announcement ends weeks of public speculation about who could headline the massive event, which<strong> Madonna<\/strong> and <strong>Lady Gaga<\/strong> previously led in previous years. The show is part of a cultural program called \u201cTodo Mundo no Rio,\u201d created by the city government to promote large-scale and free public concerts. This initiative has caught the attention of both locals and tourists, who gather in big number on the beach to enjoy these shows.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eduardopaes\/status\/2021589175149920355?s=20\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"pt\" dir=\"ltr\">Confirmo! <br \/>Em tempo: de agora em diante cobrem do <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CavaliereRJ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@CavaliereRJ<\/a> ! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DjgcFAYsre\">pic.twitter.com\/DjgcFAYsre<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eduardo Paes (@eduardopaes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eduardopaes\/status\/2021589175149920355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mayor Eduardo Paes took to social media and video of Shakira singing \u201cWhenever, Wherever\u201d with the message \u201c<strong>Confirmo<\/strong>.\u201d This makes the Colombian artist the third one to headline this Copacabana concert.\u00a0 In 2024, Madonna performed on the same stage, and in 2025, Lady Gaga achieved a historic record with over 2.5 million attendees in the city. Now, Shakira\u2019s headlining concert arrives during a major cultural period for Rio de Janeiro, with the city positioning itself as a major destination for free international concerts and public festivals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shakira will perform a free concert on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on May 2, according to O Globo, an international media outlet. The event was then confirmed by the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, who shared the announcement on his social media profile and posted a video of one of Shakira\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":159044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,1425,7],"tags":[1539],"tmauthors":[3734],"class_list":{"0":"post-159043","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-concert","9":"category-news","10":"tag-shakira"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159043"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=159043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}