{"id":1853,"date":"2025-05-31T00:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T00:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/shakira-washington-dc-concert-canceled-worldpride-1235986628\/"},"modified":"2025-05-31T00:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T00:01:07","slug":"shakira-washington-dc-concert-canceled-worldpride-1235986628","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/shakira-washington-dc-concert-canceled-worldpride-1235986628\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakira\u2019s D.C. Pride Concert Canceled a Day After Boston Show Is Called\u00a0Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOn Friday (May 30), a day after her show at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/latin\/shakira-concert-canceled-boston-fenway-park-1235985123\/\">Boston\u2019s Fenway Park was canceled<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/shakira\/\">Shakira<\/a> has called off her WorldPride Welcome Concert set for Saturday night at Washington, D.C.\u2019s Nationals Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe news was shared on social media accounts for Nationals Park, home of Major League Baseball\u2019s Washington Nationals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-padding-t-050 lrv-u-padding-b-075 lrv-u-border-color-grey\">\n<div class=\"a-heading-border a-heading-border-background-color-grey a-heading-border-height-075 lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-050@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-color-brand-primary a-font-primary-bold-s lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-padding-r-1 a-article-related-module-title a-article-related-module-title--color-brand-primary\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex\">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/latin\/shakira-concert-canceled-boston-fenway-park-1235985123\/\" class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-flex-basis-144 u-flex-basis-96@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-3x2 a-crop-1x1@mobile-max lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shakira-concert-live-2025-transit-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shakira-concert-live-2025-transit-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Shakira\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-justify-content-center lrv-u-padding-lr-1 lrv-u-padding-lr-075@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-primary-medium-m lrv-u-padding-b-050 u-letter-spacing-0028@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tShakira Concert at Boston\u2019s Fenway Park Canceled Hours Before\u00a0Showtime\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  a-font-primary-medium-xxs lrv-u-color-brand-primary lrv-u-order-100\" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><br \/>\n\t05\/29\/2025<br \/>\n<\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cDue to complications with the previous show in Boston, Shakira\u2019s full tour production cannot be transported to Washington, D.C. in time for her scheduled performance at Nationals Park on Saturday, May 31,\u201d the ballpark <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKSsxhmvj53\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">statement<\/a> reads. \u201cAs a result, the D.C. show has been canceled. Despite every effort to make it happen, it is not possible to move forward as planned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe statement says refunds will be \u201cissued automatically for Ticketmaster and Nationals.com purchases,\u201d while anyone who bought tickets through third-party resellers should contact their point of purchase directly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PopFusionHQ\/status\/1928586741444743233\/photo\/2\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">original post<\/a> on Nationals Park socials included a separate statement from Shakira in both English in Spanish, reading: \u201cDue to circumstances beyond my control, I am sad and heartbroken that I will not be able to be in Washington, D.C. with you tomorrow. I hope that I can come back to D.C., as soon as I am able. Meanwhile, please know that I am eternally thankful for your unconditional support.\u201d That Shakira statement has since been deleted from the Nationals Park accounts and does not appear on any of Shakira\u2019s social channels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tShakira\u2018s show scheduled for Thursday night at Boston\u2019s Fenway Park was canceled just hours before it was set to start \u201cdue to unforeseen circumstances,\u201d the stadium announced on social media. Live Nation later told <em>Billboard<\/em> in a statement: \u201cDuring a routine pre-show check, structural elements were identified as not being up to standard, so the shows were canceled. All team members are safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWhile Shakira\u2019s WorldPride Welcome Concert has been canceled, the WorldPride D.C. website assures that all other events will continue as planned. Find a full schedule <a href=\"https:\/\/worldpridedc.org\/events\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tShakira\u2019s Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour is set to continue Monday at Atlanta\u2019s State Farm Arena.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday (May 30), a day after her show at Boston\u2019s Fenway Park was canceled, Shakira has called off her WorldPride Welcome Concert set for Saturday night at Washington, D.C.\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105,497,96,94,450],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genre-latin","category-latin","category-music","category-music-news","category-touring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1853\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}