Thousands brave triple digits and long lines to see Shakira at Valley Children's Stadium

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Thousands of fans waited done aggravated vigor and agelong lines to spot and perceive Shakira execute connected stage.

It was the archetypal performance ever held astatine Valley Children's Stadium.

More than 30,000 fans lined up to drawback a glimpse of the planetary superstar.

While galore were capable to get successful early, others faced a nighttime of vexation earlier ever mounting ft wrong the stadium.

The agelong hold to get done the gross tested the tempers of galore fans.

Once the superstar started the show, each eyes shifted to Shakira.

The amusement started much than an hr past docket -- arsenic radical were inactive waiting to get inside.

We spoke with respective fans aft the show.

While immoderate did not similar the agelong lines, they loved the singer's performance.

"It was not precise organized, but this is our archetypal one," said 1 fan. "Come on, Fresno State. We tin marque the adjacent 1 better!"

"Everything astir the performance was beautiful, from the costumes to the makeup, the vocals," said different fan. "She whitethorn person been lip-syncing, but it was beautiful!"

Originally, the amusement was expected to commencement astatine 7:30 pm. The clip was pushed backmost to 8:30 pm, but Shakira didn't instrumentality the signifier until 9:30 pm.

She did enactment connected 2 hours of what galore said was a large concert, with fireworks astatine the extremity of the show.

We received a connection from Fresno State Athletics regarding the Shakira concert.

They apologized for the precocious gross opening and the agelong lines to participate the stadium, saying successful part, "Tonight, we fell short. That's connected us."

They accidental the hold was owed to their ain issues and not Shakira oregon her team, who were acceptable to execute close connected time.

They accidental they'll larn from this to bring different world-class enactment to Fresno.

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