Shakira Brings Macondo Park to Madrid for 'Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran' Residency

Shakira returns to Madrid eight years after her last appearance there, mounting a 12-show run tied to her 'Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran' tour. Although the concerts themselves begin at night, the surrounding experience opens hours earlier at a site the Colombian singer has named Macondo Park, drawing its name and premise from the imaginary town at the center of Gabriel García Márquez's Cien años de soledad, the novel that made the Buendía family's home famous and that was published nearly sixty years ago. Visitors can now walk the grounds in Madrid. Among them is Angie Bonilla, 32, who traveled from Portugal wearing a black Shakira shirt printed with the phrase 'Las mujeres ya no lloran, las mujeres facturan.' Bonilla knows Macondo is the name Shakira chose for this temporary city but admits she has never immersed herself in García Márquez's book; she is there for Shakira, not for the author. The venue is set to host up to 12 Shakira concerts, turning the literary reference into a fair-like destination that precedes each performance.