LOS ANGELES, June 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Twelve-time
GRAMMY® Award-winner and international superstar
Shakira has announced plans to embark on her EL DORADO WORLD TOUR,
presented by Rakuten. The tour, produced by Live Nation, will
feature many of her catalog hits and kicks off on November 8th in Cologne, Germany. It will feature stops
throughout Europe and the US
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 #1 on iTunes in
37 countries and held 5 of the top 10 spots on the iTunes Latino
Chart within hours of its release. The 5x 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
6th #1 album on this chart. Her single, "Chantaje"
featuring Maluma, is 16x diamond certified, while its video
currently has been viewed over 1.4 billion times, making it the #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 for the EL
DORADO WORLD TOUR go on-sale to the general public
beginning Friday, June
30th at 10am
local time. Citi® is the official presale credit card for the U.S.
leg of the EL DORADO WORLD TOUR.
As such, Citi® cardmembers will have access to purchase U.S.
presale tickets beginning Tuesday,
June 27th at 10am local time until Thursday, June 29th at
10pm local time through Citi's
Private Pass® program. For complete presale details
visit www.citiprivatepass.com.
On her first-ever partnership with Rakuten, Shakira commented,
"I'm so excited to be announcing the EL DORADO WORLD TOUR, I feel this will be
my best tour yet, and am thrilled to be supported by such an
amazing partner as Rakuten, with whom I share the same
values!"
Global internet services leader, Rakuten Inc, with over 70
services and one billion members across e-commerce, digital
contents and fintech businesses, will be the sole presenting
sponsor of the El Dorado World Tour. Rakuten is known for its
support of major music and sporting events in Japan and around the world but this will be
its first sponsorship of a pop star of Shakira's global standing, a
bold new step aimed at boosting Rakuten's global branding, customer
& community engagement. Viber, one of Rakuten's subsidiaries,
will hold a presale beginning Wednesday,
June 28th at 10am
local time and a Live Nation presale will begin Thursday, June 29th at 10am local time. For all ticket purchase
information, please visit http://www.shakira.com/.
EL DORADO TOUR
DATES:
DATE
|
CITY
|
VENUE
|
08 Nov-17
|
Cologne,
Germany
|
Lanxess
Arena
|
10 Nov-17
|
Paris,
France
|
AccorHotels
Arena
|
11-Nov-17
|
Luxembourg,
Luxembourg
|
Rockhal
|
12 Nov-17
|
Antwerp,
Belgium
|
Sportpaleis
|
14-Nov-17
|
Amsterdam,
Netherlands
|
Ziggo Dome
|
16 Nov-17
|
Montpellier,
France
|
Park&Suites
Arena
|
17 Nov-17
|
Bilbao,
Spain
|
BEC
|
19 Nov-17
|
Madrid,
Spain
|
Wizink
Center
|
22 Nov-17
|
Lisbon,
Portugal
|
MEO Arena
|
23 Nov-17
|
La Coruña,
Spain
|
Coliseum da
Coruña
|
25 Nov-17
|
Barcelona,
Spain
|
Palau Sant
Jordi
|
28-Nov-17
|
Lyon,
France
|
Halle Tony
Garnier
|
30 Nov-17
|
Munich,
Germany
|
Olympiahalle
|
03 Dec-17
|
Milan,
Italy
|
Mediolanum
Forum
|
04 Dec-17
|
Zurich,
Switzerland
|
Hallenstadion
|
09-Jan-18
|
Orlando,
FL
|
Amway
Center
|
11-Jan-18
|
Sunrise,
FL
|
BB&T
Center
|
12-Jan-18
|
Miami, FL
|
American Airlines
Arena
|
16-Jan-18
|
Washington,
DC
|
Verizon
Center
|
17-Jan-18
|
New York,
NY
|
Madison Square Garden
Arena
|
19-Jan-18
|
Montreal,
Canada
|
Bell
Centre
|
20-Jan-18
|
Toronto,
Canada
|
Air Canada
Centre
|
22-Jan-18
|
Detroit,
MI
|
Little Caesars
Arena
|
23-Jan-18
|
Chicago,
IL
|
United
Center
|
26-Jan-18
|
Houston,
TX
|
Toyota
Center
|
28-Jan-18
|
Dallas, TX
|
American Airlines
Center
|
29-Jan-18
|
San Antonio,
TX
|
AT&T
Center
|
01-Feb-18
|
Los Angeles,
CA
|
The Forum
|
03-Feb-18
|
Phoenix,
AZ
|
Talking Stick Resort
Arena
|
06-Feb-18
|
Anaheim,
CA
|
Honda
Center
|
07-Feb-18
|
San Jose,
CA
|
SAP Center
|
09-Feb-18
|
San Diego,
CA
|
Valley View Casino
Center
|
10-Feb-18
|
Las Vegas,
NV
|
MGM Grand Garden
Arena
|
About Shakira
Over the
course of her career, Colombian singer-songwriter and GRAMMY®
winner Shakira has sold over 60 million records worldwide and has
won numerous awards including two GRAMMYs®, eight Latin GRAMMYs®,
and several World Music Awards, American Music Awards and Billboard
Music Awards, to name a few. She is the only artist from
South America to have a number one
song in the US, and has had four of the 20 top-selling hits of the
last decade. 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. Shakira served as coach on the 4th and 6th season
of "The Voice," NBC's hit reality vocal competition series that
searches for the nation's best voice. Her tenth 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". In June, she launched "La
Bicicleta" with fellow Colombian artist Carlos Vives, which broke records in
Colombia when it remained #1 for
18 consecutive weeks and spent 13 weeks at #1 in Spain, as well as reaching #1 on US Latin
iTunes. The video, shot in Shakira and Carlos's hometowns of
Barranquilla and Santa Marta,
respectively, has over 900 million views on Vevo to date. It was
followed up by the seductive track "Chantaje" (Blackmail) feat.
Maluma. With over 1.1 billion views on YouTube, it is one of the
platform's biggest Latin hits in history. It also reached #1 on the
"Latin Airplay" chart and was certified Double Platinum in
Spain. Shakira
recently released her 11th studio album, "El Dorado" which was recorded primarily in
Spanish. Upon release, the album charted #1 on iTunes in 37
Countries.
About Rakuten
Rakuten, Inc. (TSE: 4755) is a global leader in internet services
that empower individuals, communities, businesses and society.
Founded in Tokyo in 1997 as an
online marketplace, Rakuten has expanded to offer services in
e-commerce, fintech, digital content and communications to more
than 1 billion members around the world. Since 2012, Rakuten has
ranked in the top 20 of Forbes Magazine's annual "World's Most
Innovative Companies" list. The Rakuten Group has over 14,000
employees, and operations in 29 countries and regions. For more
information visit https://global.rakuten.com/corp/.
About Live Nation Entertainment
Live Nation
Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the world's leading live
entertainment company comprised of global market leaders:
Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media &
Sponsorship. For additional information, visit
www.livenationentertainment.com
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