Global superstar Shakira is bringing her tour to two more California cities before heading to Mexico.
According to Yahoo After a month away from the stage, Colombia-born pop sensation Shakira wraps up the U.S. leg of her globe-spanning tour in California.
Known worldwide for bangers like “Hips Don’t Lie” and the anthem “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa),” she kicks off the “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour” with twin California dates on August 3.
After those, she’s down to just three more U.S. shows, before the bulk of the tour shifts to Mexico and her native South America. Since May, the singer has already hit a string of American cities, from Chicago to Washington, Atlanta, and Miami, capping the run in Texas last month before the brief pause.
So which California venues will get her next?
Shakira rolls into SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on August 5, then heads north to Valley Children’s Stadium in Fresno on August 7, per her official lineup. The only other U.S. stop in sight is a return to the megacity New York on September 27.
Next stops on the tour:
Aug 5—SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles, CA
Aug 7—Valley Children’s Stadium, Fresno, CA
Aug 11—Estadio Caliente, Tijuana, Mexico
Aug 14—Estadio Heroe de Nacozari, Hermosillo, Mexico
Aug 17—Estadio Olimpico Universitario Jose Reyes Baeza, Chihuahua, Mexico
Aug 20—Corona, Torreon, Mexico
Aug 23—Parque Fundidora, Monterrey, Mexico
Aug 26–30—Estadio GNP Seguros, Mexico, Mexico
Sept 2 & 3—Estadio La Corregidora, Santiago de Queretaro, Mexico
Sept 6 & 7—Estadio Akron, Guadalajara, Mexico
Sept 11 & 12—Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla, Mexico
Sept 18—Estadio GNP Seguros, Mexico, Mexico
Sept 24—Estadio Luis “El Pirata” de la Fuente, Veracruz, Mexico
Sept 27—Global Citizen 2025, New York City, New York
Oct 25 & 26—Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali, Colombia
Nov 1—Vive Claro, Distrito Cultural, Bogota, Colombia
Nov 8, 9 & 11—Atahualpa Olympic Stadium, Quito, Ecuador
Nov 15, 16 & 18—Cercado de Lima, Lima, Peru
Nov 22—Estadio Nacional, Nñunoa, Chile
Nov 28 & 29—Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Asuncion, Paraguay
Dec 3 & 4—Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay
Dec 8 & 9—Estadio Velez Sarsfield, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Shakira Fresno Concert Ticket Prices Drop 20% Just Days Before the Show
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Ticket prices for the Latin-pop sensation Shakira’s upcoming Fresno show have tumbled by more than 20% just days before the curtain rises—and a lucky group of Fresno State students could end up with free seats.
The new lowest entry cost stands at $62.50, a 29% cut from the original $87.60. Those still chasing a spot on the lawn can thank the last-minute markdown.
According to ABC30 Meanwhile, Fresno State is throwing in a sweetener: the first 250 students who snap up a football season ticket for the Bulldogs get a no-cost ticket to Shakira’s Thursday night show. The grab opens at 8 a.m. Monday.
Even fans who already hold a football season ticket can cash in. The university said a quick email check will reveal a link to the same free concert seat.Now, the million-dollar question: Will Shakira’s freshman Valley Children’s Stadium night be memorable? Five pieces of good fortune will seal the deal.
Fresno rarely gets a star of this size. Audra McDonald in Warnors a few months back still feels like a small wonder. Shakira likely brings tenfold that energy. The Colombian superstar is wrapping U.S. stops on her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran tour before a long Mexican run. She’s playing coliseums like Allegiant in Las Vegas and SoFi in L.A., where the Black Eyed Peas open her two-night stand.
This is Shakira’s first-ever Fresno performance; currently Pollstar says the show could shatter the city’s one-night attendance record. If that happens, promoters will see Fresno as a real home for oversized stadium tours and the Save Mart Center as the right-sized place to host them.
According to THE FRESNO BEE Such a signal could send a steady stream of tours this direction. For Fresno State, the timing is good: as the school enters the bigger, bolder Pac-12, its athletics department is hunting new revenue streams.
A string of big concerts would underscore the need for a multi-purpose stadium that works across seasons and for more than seven Saturdays of fall football. Sponsors and city leaders will notice. Shakira could stand as living proof of the plan while the university weighs public-private partnerships to bankroll a shiny new stadium.
So, yes, a good deal now hinges on the pop star’s first show in Fresno. Here’s what must unfold without a hitch.
“Can Shakira Rock Fresno? Key Things That Will Make Her Stadium Debut a Hit”
A breath of cooler air
When the date hit the calendar last month, the doubters wasted no time: It’s going to fry. One Facebook voice put it straight: “August 7. Outside. Fresno. No thanks.”
But how high? And will the heat carve tickets from people’s pockets? The National Weather Service’s Monday discussion said the eight-to-14-day outlook “carries a 40 percent chance of numbers above the norm.”
The average August 7 high in Fresno weighs in at 98, the service’s records show. That suggests at least low 100s, though a rogue spike seems a long shot. The high-water hand of history sits at 112, recorded in 1908.
Notably, the show is scheduled to kick off at 7:30 p.m., positioning Shakira a neat twenty minutes before the day dips below the horizon. According to SetlistFm, her latest stops on the tour tended to fire up closer to 9 p.m. Assuming we aren’t trudging through a prolonged heat wave, the air should relax in the hours after sundown, allowing concert-goers to dodge the worst of the afternoon blaze.
How’s the stadium and parking situation.
Nothing can upend a night faster than gridlocked streets and an impatient line into a full lot. Just check the snapshots from the recent Luke Bryan stops in Atwater and Harlan Ranch of Clovis.
The folks at Fresno State know how to shepherd a crowd. Between the Save Mart Center, which can handle the best part of a small city, and the stadium, where 40,000-plus made the post-game stampede feel like a brisk walk last football season, the system is battle-tested.
Even with a tighter schedule—Shakira’s lots opening at 6 p.m. and no tailgating—we still expect smooth entries and exits. The university has published a campus-wide parking-map, showing options for attendees.
Roughly 2,000 pre-sold spaces will be divided between two stadium-adjacent lots: one off Cedar Avenue to the east and the other off Millbrook Avenue to the west. The spaces are likely to sell out, the university warned, and parking passes will go live for purchase on August 30.
Other campus lots will open at 6 p.m. and will be accessible for both pre-sale and day-of purchase. Rideshare vans from Uber and Lyft will serve the large lot off Woodrow Avenue near the Save Mart Center. Shuttle buses will use the same campus stops as they do on gamedays, making the same short crossing from the west side to the stadium.
An utter spectacle.
A flat show, or one that folds hours ahead of curtain, could still knock the university’s stadium plans off-kilter. When Fresno was put on the calendar, it landed amid production woes that compelled Shakira to shelve or shift a string of dates, leaving fans to wonder how many more might go the same way.
The Union-Tribune observed that, a month before the San Diego stop, the probability of her playing Snapdragon was “dicey, given the harrowing series of stage malfunctions and unstable venues” she’d navigated. She finished the tour, though, before more than 20,000 roaring fans under a full sky.
Over the course of a year, a crew that’s long cycled through the Grammy Awards, the Eurovision Song Contest, and the VMAs conjured the current stage production, which the Union Tribune, dazzled, called “an utter spectacle, with beaming laser light shows and a douse of pyrotechnics.”
The setlist packed in 25 songs for a total of about two hours and five minutes, and the production counted more than a dozen costume changes, the account notes.
That lines up with what Ryan Borba, a Fresno-born managing editor at Pollstar, says. Stadium shows, he insists, are crafted as immersive, communal experiences and the crowd will encounter an offering wholly beyond what Fresno has yet known.
What’s the economic upside.
Garett Klassy, athletics director at Fresno State, remembers Nebraska’s 2012 when Garth Brooks drew Memorial Stadium for the first live show since 1987. The concert sold 90,000 tickets and its ripple, he says, exceeded $10 million in estimated economic impact.
Even though this Shakira show isn’t as large as the last Super Bowl, the university plans to track financial ripples across the city. A single successful night could boost the case for the stadium’s broader, year-round value.
“In California, each tourism dollar starts the dance at hotels, and about 30 cents comes through the door there,” says Pete Hillan, of the California Hotel and Lodging Association. The rest finds its way to bars, food spots, and other corners of the local economy.
“The flip side is this: if none of the 30 cents pops up, the other 70 cents rarely comes. A headline show like this flips that,” Hillan explains. A sold-out venue brings fresh guests to nearby hotels, giving them a chance to impress a brand-new crowd.
“It’s a gift. Hotels can show off and add to a fun, memorable night,” he continues. “When guests find a smooth ride—great rooms, friendly service—there’s a solid chance they’ll book again.
That’s the goal.” Knowing that, hotels up and down the corridor will “roll out the red carpet.” “It’s about giving every visitor a smooth, fun adventure from the moment they land to the moment they step out,” he says.
Meanwhile, other local stores and bars express low expectations for a big boost.
DiCicco’s Old Town Clovis expects a slight bump on concert day itself and possibly a larger lift in the few days before, if the nearby hotels fill up. Down on Bullard and West, J. J. Wettstead at Max’s Bistro and Bar thinks the impact on his numbers will be “semi-negligible.”
how many tickets need to be scanned at the door to declare victory.
Ultimately, winners and losers will be decided when the crowd count is final. The university and the promoters haven’t published a precise benchmark, but we can consult the archives for guidance.
Last summer, the highest-paid touring names at the Save Mart Center were Blink-182 and Peso Pluma, with ticket tallies of 14,381 and 14,333, as tracked by Pollstar. Before that, Karol G drew nearly 12,000 for her 2022 Strip Love tour. Madonna married a pair of 2006 dates for a combined 20,154 tickets.
Garth Brooks etched 51,743 across four 2016 sellouts. Marca MP, the popular Regional Mexican group, filled Chukchansi Park with 21,097 fans this past year, with Peso Pluma kicking off the night.
That number, according to the Fresno Grizzlies, stands as the highest ever for the venue. Valley Children’s Stadium welcomed its first concert Wednesday night, the first major non-sporting spectacle since Billy Graham’s four-night Central Valley Crusade in 2001, which drew 50,000 nightly despite the stadium’s 41,000-plus football capacity.
There’s still some uncertainty, as Fresno State announced the concert’s seating configuration produces a lower capacity than a normal gridiron layout, even with a crowd on the field. Shakira’s team has filled similar-sized soccer venues in Orlando and Charlotte, and in the past few seasons, Pollstar data shows that Spanish-language tours have outpaced every genre in the Fresno market.
The road to the show had a few speed bumps. Before Live Nation added the stadium to Shakira’s itinerary, a flyer leaked on Twitter and TikTok, raising questions and rumors. Security and ambivalence kept the flyer in purgatory for nearly a week, since no ticket sale or artist confirmation meant it could have been a false start.
This week, the Fres yes State Collegian noted that, so far, the university has not crafted a student ticket discount or a promotional campaign suggesting the same Red Wave that turns out for football also turns out for pop superstar spectacle.
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Shakira’s global tour hits Fresno this Thursday, and crews are already busy transforming Valley Children’s Stadium for the event.
A Skyview 30 flight above the venue Monday afternoon spotted rigging crews, sound stacks, and lighting trusses doing final installs ahead of the Latin star’s arrival.
Fresno State Athletics says booking Shakira was part of a broader effort to bring major acts to the stadium, boosting revenue for the University and the surrounding community.
Field-level stands, mid-deck sections, and the upper bowl still show a lot of open seats, and Box Office staff confirm that prices have dropped since the initial sale.