Her hips may not lie, but you might not realise quite how massive Shakira is in 2018. Despite it being over a decade since her last top 10 hit in the UK, the Colombian singer is one of the 60 most streamed artists on Spotify, her 2017 single Chantaje has over 2 billion views on YouTube, and on Monday night she near as dammit sold out the O2 Arena.
After a seven-year Shakira drought, London was poised to welcome her back last year, but the wait lengthened when she was forced to postpone touring for seven months due to a vascular lesion that left her fearing she would never sing again.
So this show had been a long time coming, and there was an air of giddiness hanging over the arena as she bounced...