Shakira ‘lost money’ on first world tour due to Cobra’s $1 million

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Shakira has always been very particular about the production elements of her various tours and performances, and has even lost some money because of it.

While chatting with Shaun Evans hot ones On Thursday, the Colombian pop star revealed that he ultimately suffered a loss at the 2002 Tour of the Mongoose because of a giant cobra background element at the beginning of the show.

“I remember my first world tour. I had this great idea of ​​coming up with Cobra,” she said. “In the middle of the stage was a giant cobra. It would swell at the beginning of the show.”

“That Cobra cost $1 million to build, so it was very expensive to take to the road,” she added. “I lost money at the end of the tour. It was one of my most successful tours. It was sold out everywhere, but I had to take a big loss because of that stupid Cobra.”

Tour of the Mongoose was her third tour and celebrated the release of her first English album. laundry service. During the show, she performed songs such as “Whenever, Wherever,” “The One,” and “Ciega, Sordomuda.”

Between hot ones On Thursday’s episode, Shakira also revealed that she was “huge” family guy Fan” reached out to Seth MacFarlane to help translate her 2009 song “Laba” into the English version of “She Wolf.”

“I was huge family guy “Being a fan, I always thought he was very creative and musical as well,” she said. “I really respect the musical direction of this show, so I looked for him and he ended up writing it himself. I found the right words and I found what I wanted to say.”

The new interview took place after she released her album Las Mujeres Ya No Jolanincludes songs such as “Puntería” with Cardi B, “Entre Paréntesis” with Grupo Frontera, and “Cohete” with Rau Alejandro.