Shakira announces U.S. Tour.

International superstar Shakira will bring her “Oral Fixation” arena tour to 23 North American cities this summer. Beginning August 9 at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas and culminating on September 25 with a performance at the Dodge Arena in McAllen, this highly anticipated tour is being produced by Live Nation and presented by Verizon Wireless.

Shakira is well known for using wireless technology to reach her fans. She was among the first music artists to introduce exclusive content to Verizon Wireless V CAST customers last year. To ensure that as many fans as possible can participate in the “Oral Fixation” tour, Shakira and Verizon Wireless are taking their relationship to the next level by bringing unprecedented interactivity between Shakira and her fans. Details of these initiatives will be announced by Verizon later this week.

Her latest work, “Oral Fixation Vol. 2,” debuted on the charts at #4, the third Top Five debut in Shakira’s career, which after the stunning debut earlier in the year of “Fijacion Oral Volume 1,” made her the only artist ever to debut in the top 5 albums in English and Spanish in the same calendar year. Energized by her Top Ten hit “Hips Don’t Lie,” “Oral Fixation Vol. 2” is firmly planted in the Top Ten of the album charts and has already sold well over a million copies in the United States alone.