{"id":120349,"date":"2025-09-05T08:22:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T08:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/120349\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T08:22:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T08:22:11","slug":"disaster-strikes-minutes-before-shakira-goes-on-stage-in-front-of-thousands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/120349\/","title":{"rendered":"Disaster strikes minutes before Shakira goes on-stage in front of thousands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A dressing room flooding is the last thing any performer wants <a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/tour\/20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\" before hitting the stage. \">before hitting the stage.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But unfortunately for <a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/shakira\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Shakira, \">Shakira,<\/a> that&#8217;s exactly what happened before one of her shows this week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/latest\/shakira-shares-message-to-fans-after-being-hospitalised-due-to-abdominal-issues-so-much-strength-new-comments\/16f410d1-d64f-4515-a680-0f00de81deb0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"\ufeffThe Hips Don&#039;t Lie hitmaker, 48, \">\ufeffThe Hips Don&#8217;t Lie hitmaker, 48,<\/a> shared a video with her more than 93 million followers on Instagram, revealing disaster struck backstage.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video above.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/latest\/domino-kirke-badgley-penn-badgley-wife-shares-first-picture-of-newborn-twins-with-fans\/8dcfc326-c63f-47d3-9e80-4945acfbb706\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Penn Badgley&#039;s wife shares first picture of their newborn twins after giving birth\ufeff\">Penn Badgley&#8217;s wife shares first picture of their newborn twins after giving birth\ufeff<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/bc31058f-f351-4770-9704-62020095eebe.jpeg\"  alt=\"Shakira\"\/>Disaster strikes before Shakira&#8217;s concert as her dressing room floods. (Instagram\/@shakira)<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/latest\/rosie-odonnell-responds-to-donald-trumps-renewed-threats-to-strip-her-us-citizenship\/37668a06-c8bf-4c41-933d-6dc39d9239dd\" target=\"_blank\" title=\" Rosie O&#039;Donnell responds to Donald Trump&#039;s renewed threats\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rosie O&#8217;Donnell responds to Donald Trump&#8217;s renewed threats<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She wrote on her stories, in a rough translation from Spanish: &#8220;Look at my dressing room before last night&#8217;s concert.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But despite the bout of bad luck, it&#8217;s believed the show went on without a glitch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/2023\/09\/13\/11\/27\/shakira-career-evolution-in-pictures\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/a6585bc8-9b5d-4269-816b-3f75c89218f3.jpeg\"  alt=\"Shakira\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shakira&#8217;s career evolution: 1991 to 2023<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffShakira is currently on her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran world tour.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/latest\/lady-gaga-cancels-miami-show-reschedule\/06f8bfb9-26ab-40ef-9f94-6ea9a6475843\" target=\"\" title=\"Lady Gaga cancels show minutes before she&#039;s due to take the stage\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lady Gaga cancels show minutes before she&#8217;s due to take the stage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/8301723b-d9a4-41da-8ca3-4cf076f74aa9.jpeg\"  alt=\"Shakira\"\/> &#8220;Look at my dressing room before last night&#8217;s concert.&#8221; (Instagram\/@shakira)<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/latest\/witney-carson-who-is-she-dancing-with-the-stars-us-performer-explainer\/2edabb4a-9119-4f4b-af4d-131d2bbd4555\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The woman whisking Robert Irwin off his feet on DWTS: Meet Witney Carson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The woman whisking Robert Irwin off his feet on DWTS: Meet Witney Carson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This month, the singer is playing a string of shows \ufeffin Mexico and a date in New York.<\/p>\n<p>She previously fell on stage while performing in Montreal, Quebec. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/a381ada5-9d0c-49d3-a7f4-694b24bfd84d.png\"  alt=\"Shakira\"\/>She previously fell on stage while performing in Montreal, Quebec. \ufeff (Instagram\/@shakira)<img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/fbf8e579-81f5-481d-99d3-702357fd6794.png\"  alt=\"Shakira \"\/>&#8220;No one is saved from falls,&#8221; she wrote at the time. (Instagram\/@shakira)<\/p>\n<p>She laughed off the incident and shared a video with fans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No one is saved from falls,&#8221; she wrote at the time, with it going viral on social media. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Shakira <a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/latest\/shakira-shares-message-to-fans-after-being-hospitalised-due-to-abdominal-issues-so-much-strength-new-comments\/16f410d1-d64f-4515-a680-0f00de81deb0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"was forced to cancel a concert in Lima, Peru, due to being hospitalised.\ufeff\">was forced to cancel a concert in Lima, Peru, due to being hospitalised.\ufeff<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a daily dose of 9honey, <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/edm?client_id=honey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">subscribe to our newsletter here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, the Colombian hitmaker \ufeffshared a post to followers on social media, thanking them for support and their messages after being hospitalised with abdominal issues.<\/p>\n<p>The Whenever, Wherever singer told fans that their messages gave her &#8220;so much strength&#8221; amid her health battle.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/8d270baa-4fa6-4d7c-9e4d-35c05e77c2e0.jpeg\"  alt=\"Shakira\"\/>Earlier this year, Shakira was forced to cancel a concert in Lima, Peru, due to being hospitalised.\ufeff (Getty)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Thank you all for your loving messages,&#8221; Shakira wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;You give me so much strength!! 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