Shakira returned to the Spanish stages this Friday, September 18, with a concert in Madrid where she spoke about her departure from the country and her current situation. The artist opened her Madrid residency in front of 55,000 people, and turned several moments of the show into a narrative about breakup and personal recovery.
The singer recalled the contrast between her departure and her return with a phrase she attributed to those around her: "everyone tells me, with the face you left with and the face you returned with."
A return marked by her relationship with Spain
The performer also evoked the years she spent in Spain and her motherhood before dedicating Antología to the Madrid audience. The reference allowed situating the concert beyond a tour stop: the country is part of her family and personal trajectory.
Her intervention was not limited to that first evocation. Before Soltera, she revisited the difficulties that accompany a separation and the process of regaining autonomy.
The context of those words is her return after the breakup with Gerard Piqué. They do not constitute, by themselves, an announcement of new personal decisions nor a statement directed expressly at a specific person.
Where Shakira's concerts are held in Madrid
The residency takes place in a temporary stadium set up within the Iberdrola Music venue, in Villaverde. As explained by Demócrata, it is an infrastructure built for this series of performances, not a new permanent stadium for the city. Where the Shakira Stadium is.
This formula concentrates several concerts in the same space. The venue and the associated programming are part of an experience that extends beyond the singer's performance time.
The project incorporates Macondo Park, a proposal linked to Latin American culture and the literary reference of Gabriel García Márquez.
Twelve performances in the capital
The concert on Friday was the first of the twelve planned within the residency. This continuity turns the event into a multi-week program and differentiates the format from a single massive performance.
For attendees, the location and the temporary nature of the stadium are relevant details when organizing travel. The ticket corresponds to a specific date and the access conditions must be consulted in the organization's documentation.
The first night left two references for the start of the residency: the opening of the venue to its concert programming and Shakira's words about her relationship with Spain.