While it is not much of a concern to me as I don't particularly care for them, I would say sacrificing some tour dates in poorer red states where people have less disposable income is an acceptable trade-off given the newer, wealthier urban & international audiences they now have access to.
Then read on....5 paragraphs later.... Still, ticket sales were strong in cities such as Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Toronto, where a second October show was added to the schedule after the first concert quickly sold out, he said.
who cares ? Shakira is kicking her fat butz! SHAKIRA IS #1, not FAT CHICKS http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Pop+100
if you team Shakira with Shania Twain, they would DESTROY THE FAT CHICKS TOUR. All those cities where the Fat Chicks got shut out, they'd open the doors for a Shania/Shakira concert. Canada + Mexico !
They're making more money off their new CD than you'll ever see in your lifetime. Economic comprehension, brah.
who cares? she sings, dances and looks better than the fat chicks. im so happy that they 'arent proud to be a Texan'. im not proud that we produce fat chicks. i am proud we produced, a person who's texas proud and Houston proud.. BEYONCE!
http://www.sonymusic.com.au/news/details.do?newsId=20030212184340 Shakira's Tour For Peace Columbian singer Shakira joins a long A-list of campaigners for peace against a possible war in Iraq. The tiny superstar includes an anti war film in her shows on her current world tour, Tour Of The Mongoose. Singing sensation Shakira is currently in the middle of her Tour of the Mongoose world tour and is promoting peace not war as part of her show. Near the end of each gig a short film is projected on giant screens depicting the evils of war through a puppet show. The film introduces the track "Octavo Dia" and is causing quite a stir in the US. With talk of war in Iraq increasing, the Columbian singer recently explained her motivation for including the segment as part of her show. "I think that we see war as a virtual thing and we even get to believe that bombs fall on top of cardboard cut outs and stuff like that. They don't. They kill real people, real children, real mothers and millions of innocent people. I come from Columbia, which is a country that has been under the whip of violence for more than four decades, so I've seen the consequences of war and I've seen the psychological damage that it does in a society. And I think we're never ready for war. I just feel that there are always pacifist solutions." Shakira is not the first artist to speak out against a possible war. She joins a long list of campaigners for peace including members of Audioslave, Massive Attack, System Of A Down and many more.
