UPDATE: New show added - December 5 in Amneville, France!
Hot on the heels of her triumphant performances at the World Cup
Kick-Off Celebration and on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival, Shakira
has today announced the first dates for the European leg of her
upcoming world tour. Spread across November and December, the European dates include shows in Lyon, Zurich, Madrid, Lisbon, Bilbao, Barcelona, Montpellier, Turin, Geneva, Rotterdam, Munich, Paris, Frankfurt, Berlin, Cologne, Antwerp, Manchester, Dublin, Belfast, Glasgow and London.
Head to shakira.com/tour for full details of the tour. And join
the Shakira Fan Club now to take part in these new European ticket
pre-sales, which begin on Tuesday, 29 June @ 10am local time!
Ahead of her appearance at next weekend's Glastonbury Festival in the UK, Shakira chatted to the event's co-organiser Emily Eavis for the Observer newspaper. Click here to read/hear their fascinating conversation.
Check out Shakira's recent interview with CBS's Katie Couric, above. You can also read Katie's interview with Shakira in the latest issue of Glamour by clicking here.
In other news, we've posted a gallery of pictures from th Los Premios 40 Principales awards, which you can check out here.
The release of the US edition of She Wolf is now just three days away, and the positive reviews are still coming in. The quote above is from New Jersey's Star Ledge - click here for the full review. And head over to shakira.com/shewolfalbum to order your copy (wherever you live).
In other press news, Shakira has been talking to the Economist magazine about her charitable work with the Barefoot Foundation. Click here to read their fascinating article.
Also, don't forget that Shakira is set to appear on ABC's American Music Awards on Sunday (Nov 22nd).
With Shakira's new album, She Wolf, released in the US this coming Monday, MTV.com have written their review of the record. And they blooming well love it! Click here to read the review.
And remember, you can currently preview the entire album on Shakira's MySpace by clicking here.
In other news, Shakira appeared on Jimmy Fallon's show this week. Check out the clip of Shakira talking about the Barefoot Foundation, below.
Shakira is also appearing on ABC's Good Morning America today (Thursday) at 7am EST.
We're pleased to report that the new album has continued its global run of great reviews with a glowing 4-star assessment in the new edition of Rolling Stone.
Shakira's special US edition She Wolf album is now available to pre-order from the US iTunes store, ahead of its 23/11 release. Click here to pre-order your copy of the Deluxe Album (which includes bonus live tracks and video content) or here for the standard version (which includes the new US single Give It Up To Me).
If you spread the word about the iTunes pre-order on Facebook, you can download a free remix of Did It Again. Click here to spread the word and get your free MP3 (US fans only).
The brand new issue of Rolling Stone magazine in the US has Shakira on its cover - look out for it on news stands now. Click here to check out a preview of the piece or click here to watch a behind-the-scenes video from the cover shoot.
