Pop star Shakira has been taken to hospital in Peru after experiencing “an abdominal issue”, forcing her to cancel one among her live shows.
The Hips Do not Lie singer had been as a consequence of carry out in Lima for the primary time in over a decade.
“I’m sorry to let you all know that last night I had to go to the emergency room for an abdominal issue and I’m currently hospitalized,” Shakira wrote in a submit on Instagram.
“The doctors taking care of me have let me know that I’m not well enough to perform tonight.”
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Followers cheer as Shakira performs in Rio de Janeiro on 11 February. Pic: AP
On Saturday, the Colombian singer posted movies exhibiting a whole lot of followers greeting her on the airport as she arrived in Peru.
“I am very sad that I will not be able to take the stage today,” she wrote in her submit. “I have been deeply emotional and excited about reuniting with my beloved Peruvian audience.”
“I hope to be better by tomorrow and that they release me from the hospital as soon as possible to be able to put on the show that I’ve prepared for you all,” she wrote.
Shakira has been a trailblazer for Latin artists crossing over into the English-speaking market though she confronted controversy lately.
In 2023, the singer settled a tax fraud case with the Spanish authorities the place she ultimately ended up paying a €7.5m (£6.5m) superb and accusing tax authorities of draining her “energy, time, and tranquillity”.
The singer’s subsequent present in Lima is booked for Monday after beginning her tour in Brazil final week. Her tour is in help of her Grammy-winning album, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, centred round her highly-publicised break up from Spanish footballer Gerard Piqué.
Shakira took dwelling her fourth Grammy for the album after profitable Latin Pop Album earlier this month.
From Lima, she heads to her dwelling nation of Colombia earlier than touring till the top of June.
