Twelve-time Grammy Award-winner and international artist Shakira has announced plans to play in San Diego during her El Dorado World Tour. The Colombian singer-songwriter will perform at Valley View Casino Center next year on Feb. 9. The tour, produced by Live Nation, will feature many of her catalog hits and kicks off on Nov. 8 in Cologne, Germany. It will feature stops throughout Europe and the U.S. including Paris’ AccorHotels Arena and New York’s Madison Square Garden. A Latin American leg of the tour will be announced at a later date.
“Thank you all so much for listening to my music in so many places around the world. I can’t wait to be onstage again singing along with all of you, all of your favorites and mine. It’s going to be fun! The road to El Dorado starts now!” Shakira said.
The tour announcement comes on the heels of Shakira’s 11th studio album release, “El Dorado,” which hit No. 1 on iTunes in 37 countries and held five of the top 10 spots on the iTunes Latino Chart within hours of its release. The five-time platinum album, including her already massive global hits – “La Bicicleta,” “Chantaje,” “Me Enamoré,” and “Déjà vu” – currently holds the top spot on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums, marking her sixth No. 1 album on this chart.
Her single, “Chantaje” featuring Maluma, is 16-times diamond certified, while its video currently has been viewed more than 1.4 billion times, making it the No. 5 fastest video to reach 1 billion views worldwide and working its way to soon be the most viewed video of her entire catalogue.
Tickets go on-sale to the general public beginning 10 a.m. Friday, June 30. For all ticket purchase information, visit www.shakira.com.
Over the course of her career, Shakira has sold more than 60 million records worldwide and has won numerous awards. She is the only artist from South America to have a No. 1 song in the U.S., and has had four of the 20 top-selling hits of the last decade. Her 10th studio album “Shakira” was released in 2014, featuring hits such as “Can’t Remember to Forget You,” with Rihanna and “La La La (Brazil 2014)” which she performed at the finals of Fifa’s World Cup 2014 in Brazil. In 2016, she starred as Gazelle in Disney’s record-breaking film “Zootopia,” as well as contributing to its soundtrack with “Try Everything.” At the age of 18, she founded the Pies Descalzos (Barefoot) Foundation, which currently provides education and nutrition to over six thousand impoverished children in Colombia and is expanding its work to other countries, including newly launched projects in Haiti and South Africa. In October 2011, Shakira was named a member of President Obama’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics.
