Shakira has opened a landmark Madrid residency at Macondo Park, a purpose-built temporary complex in Villaverde that will host 12 concerts from 18 September to 11 October 2026 on her *Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran* World Tour. Euronews reports she performed a 25-song, two-hour set before roughly 50,000 fans on opening night — her first return to Spanish stages in years.

The Colombian star named the site after the fictional town in Gabriel García Márquez’s *One Hundred Years of Solitude*. Live Nation Spain has framed the run as far more than a stadium date: a short-lived cultural city devoted to Latin music, literature, food and fashion, parked on the Iberdrola Music grounds that also host Mad Cool.

Opening night: confession, catalogue and World Cup echo

According to Euronews, the set opened with “La Fuerte,” her Bizarrap collaboration from the latest album, then moved through “Girl Like Me” and a medley of “Las de la Intuición” and “Estoy Aquí.” Early remarks mixed gratitude with personal candour. “Good evening, Madrid, I can’t believe I’m here,” she said, later adding that “there is nothing like a she-wolf being reunited with her pack.”

The first hour stacked recent reggaeton-leaning work — including “Te Felicito” and “TQG” with Rauw Alejandro and Karol G — against catalogue pillars such as “Don’t Bother,” “Can’t Remember to Forget You,” “Hips Don’t Lie” and “Chantaje.” After “Loca,” she spoke about family rupture and finding orientation again, then performed “Soltera” beneath a giant stage “S.” Deeper catalogue cuts — “Ojos Así,” “Pies Descalzos,” “Antología” — framed a speech thanking Spain for more than three decades of loyalty, including the years she became a mother there. Near the close, “Waka Waka” — now also tied to 2026 World Cup branding in local coverage — led into a finale of “BZRP Music Sessions #53” with confetti and fireworks.

A temporary city, not just a stage

EL PAÍS English describes Macondo Park as roughly 220,000 square metres of colourful tents and a purpose-built amphitheatre. Three seating blocks hold about 26,318 of an expected daily crowd of around 55,000; Cadena Dial and other Spanish outlets have rounded capacity nearer 50,000. Eight pavilions under the Es Latina banner cover music, literature, gastronomy, fashion and related programming. Live Nation Spain president Pino Saglioco told reporters the project employed about 10,000 workers over 16 months and expects about 600,000 tickets across the dozen dates, with roughly 80% of attendees from Spain and Latin America and the rest mainly from elsewhere in Europe, especially France.

Supporting stages featured Spanish and Latin acts including Guitarricadelafuente, with Maro, Virtual Diva and Santos Bravos among names cited on opening day. EL PAÍS notes further billing across the residency such as Amaia, Argentina’s Louta, Mexico’s Santos Bravos, Colombia’s Aria Vega, and flamenco artists including Yerai Cortés and Ángeles Toledano, plus Barranquilla Carnival Dance School after-shows on concert days. A Shakira Museum partnership with Amazon Music and a book club tied to titles that have inspired the singer sit alongside culinary programming that has drawn Spanish and Latin American chefs.

Doors and schedule details have shifted in coverage: EL PAÍS said daily park doors would open at 3:30 p.m. rather than the originally announced noon; Euronews noted opening-night doors around 17:00 after a delay. Concerts fall on weekend blocks through 11 October, when Macondo Park is due to close.

Why the residency matters

The Madrid stand crystallises several strands of Shakira’s current era. *Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran* (2024), her twelfth studio album, has been widely read as processing her split from former footballer Gerard Piqué; the residency turns that catalogue into a multi-week Latin cultural embassy in Spain’s capital. Economically, Cadena Dial has cited an expected local impact on the order of €150 million. Politically softer but still local: Live Nation has pushed back on neighbourhood noise concerns by arguing the Villaverde and Getafe corridor is being revitalised rather than “demonised” by music.

Shakira has described Spaniards and Latin Americans as “two shores of the same culture,” with the Atlantic “a bond” rather than a barrier — a framing that matches how Live Nation is selling Macondo as shared Hispano-American space rather than a one-night pop landing.

What to watch

Whether remaining tickets sell out across all 12 nights; how ancillary pavilion programming holds weekday attention between weekend concerts; and whether the Macondo format — temporary stadium plus cultural village — becomes a template for other Latin residency projects in Europe. Opening night is now on the record; the residency runs through 11 October 2026.

This article draws on reporting from Euronews, EL PAÍS English and Cadena Dial as of 19 September 2026. Crowd figures, schedules and commercial estimates are attributed to those outlets and promoters and may be updated as official tallies land.