Shakira won’t be doing her Madrid residency in a small way; it will be far more than a string of concerts. Macondo Park will occupy Iberdrola Music from September 18 to October 11, coinciding with the Colombian’s 12 performances, and the lineup is unbelievable.
Among the artists who will pass through the venue are Amaia, Nathy Peluso, Guitarricadelafuente, Ángeles Toledano and Yerai Cortés. Lia Kali and Santos Bravos also appear, along with indie and urban names such as Rebe (not to be confused with Rebequita, who is also on the bill), Juicy BAE, ORTIGA, Dinamarca, Çantamarta, LaBlackie, Jimena Amarillo, Yapi, Azuleja or Nico.
The programming is completed with many more names, among them Stereo Madness, La Cochetona, Karina Sainz Borgo or Ruptura, in addition to figures from the latest edition of Operación Triunfo, such as the winner Cris Lora or Olivia Bay.
The idea of Macondo Park is that the residency functions as a cultural experience around music. According to El País, there will be spaces dedicated to literature, gastronomy, fashion and art, in addition to a library related to Gabriel García Márquez and to the books that have shaped Shakira, a Latin American gastronomic market, a museum about the artist’s career and family-friendly proposals.
After the concerts there will also be programming at Macondo Plaza, with music and partying. The residency, therefore, is conceived as a cultural event around Shakira and Latin American culture, not only as the stage where the artist will perform her 12 concerts. “Because Spain is Latin. America is Latin,” Shakira has written. “And I want to celebrate all that talent that unites us: the big names, but also a new generation of young artists who are shaping what comes next in music, fashion, literature, gastronomy and art.” The dates of the concerts are September 18, 19, 20, 25, 26 and 27 and October 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 and 11.
