{"id":165833,"date":"2026-05-03T11:19:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T18:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=165833"},"modified":"2026-05-03T11:19:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T18:19:01","slug":"shakira-draws-two-million-fans-to-copacabana-beach-for-historic-free-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/shakira-draws-two-million-fans-to-copacabana-beach-for-historic-free-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakira draws two million fans to Copacabana Beach for historic free concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Shakira<\/strong> brought a massive free concert to <strong>Copacabana Beach<\/strong> in <strong>Rio de Janeiro<\/strong> on May 2, 2026, drawing 2 million attendees, according to city officials. The show was part of her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran (Women No Longer Cry) world tour, named after her 2024 album. This concert followed other huge beach shows in the city, including Madonna\u2019s performance in 2024 and Lady Gaga\u2019s in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Watch a short clip below:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shakira gave a free concert on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday night, an event that the city\u2019s mayor said drew 2 million people to one of the world\u2019s most iconic waterfronts. Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rhqTsDNgxD\">https:\/\/t.co\/rhqTsDNgxD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fv3Etx2jpR\">pic.twitter.com\/fv3Etx2jpR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Associated Press (@AP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP\/status\/2050934148919931296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 3, 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 Colombian singer began her set at around 11 p.m. local time, more than an hour later than planned. Fans cheered as drones wrote \u201cI love you Brazil\u201d in Portuguese above the beach. Shakira performed several of her biggest hit songs, including \u201cHips Don\u2019t Lie,\u201d \u201cLa Tortura\u201d and \u201cLa Bicicleta.\u201d She wrapped up the show with \u201cBZRP Music Sessions #53,\u201d a song inspired by her separation from Spanish soccer player Gerard Piqu\u00e9. The track turned into a viral sensation thanks to its sharp lyrics about Gerard Piqu\u00e9\u2019s cheating. During the concert, she also spoke about women\u2019s strength, saying women rise wiser after every fall.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-165838\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shakira-Brazil-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shakira-Brazil-2026.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shakira-Brazil-2026-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shakira-Brazil-2026-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shakira-Brazil-2026-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shakira-Brazil-2026-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shakira-Brazil-2026-860x484.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>People arrived at the beach early Saturday morning to find good spots, while vendors sold snacks, drinks, and other items. City officials said the concert could generate about 777 million reais through tourism, hotels, restaurants, and local businesses. The event also showed how Rio uses major music shows to support its economy and portray the city as a cultural spot. Rio Mayor Eduardo Cavaliere celebrated the event on X, writing that \u201cThe She Wolf made history in Rio.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shakira brought a massive free concert to Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on May 2, 2026, drawing 2 million attendees, according to city officials. The show was part of her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran (Women No Longer Cry) world tour, named after her 2024 album. This concert followed other huge beach shows in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":165839,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,7,4],"tags":[1539],"tmauthors":[3734],"class_list":{"0":"post-165833","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-news","9":"category-pop","10":"tag-shakira"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165833","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=165833"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165842,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165833\/revisions\/165842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165833"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=165833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}