Madrid’s cultural campaign strengthened with Shakira’s ‘transcendent’ stand
Two of Latin music's leading stars, Shakira and Bad Bunny, have together sold nearly 1.4m tickets in the Spanish capital this year
News By Hanna Ellington | 14 October 2026
Madrid has turned into a cultural hotspot of Latin excellence this year, with Shakira wrapping up her 13-show residency on Monday (12 October) after drawing more than 700,000 fans to the Spanish…
capital and generating over $50 million (€45m) in tour revenue in what promoter Live Nation calls “one of the most ambitious live music events ever staged in Europe”.
Running for nearly a month from 18 September, the Colombian megastar played to over 50,000 people nightly in a purpose-built stadium set…
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