Shakira suffers nasty fall on stage while performing live in El Salvador on her world tour

Pop superstar Shakira suffered a nasty fall when performing live on stage this weekend.

The 49-year-old songstress was performing her hit Si Te Vas from her fourth album Dónde Están los Ladrones? when she tumbled over.

In the clip, Shakira bowed to her fans before running across the stage and out of nowhere crashed to the floor.

She then immediately got to her feet like a true pro as she told the crowd: 'Ouch, what a fall!'

The unfortunate tumble took place at the Jorge El Mágico González National Stadium in the El Salvadorian capital San Salvador on Saturday night.

Shakira kicked off the latest leg of her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour in the Central American country with five dates.

She later shared a clip on the fall to her Story and told her fans 'not to worry' as she is 'made of rubber'.  

She opened the show on Saturday and performed at the same stadium the following night.

She will return for shows on 12, 14 and 15 February before travelling to Mexico.

Fans praised her professionalism for continuing with the show after apparently suffering a painful fall.

One local said: 'Shakira has overcome worse falls and always manages to rise like a phoenix! Poor thing but that can happen to anyone, let's go Shakira!'

Another added: 'Super agile in getting up quickly and continuing the show.'

This wasn't Shakira's only accident during her current World Tour.

On 20 May last year, she fell over while performing Whenever, Wherever in Montreal, Canada.

Afterwards, she wrote on social media: 'No one is immune to falls.'

It comes after last December Shakira became emotional as she was joined on stage by her sons Milan and Sasha for a live performance in Argentina.

The singer performed her 2023 song Acróstico (Acrostic in English) which features vocals from her sons.

Milan, 12, and Sasha, 10, wore identical light blue suits for their performance and were greeted with cheers from the crowd when they stepped on stage. 

Shakira looked sensational in a baby blue dress with a metallic corset-style top and a pleated detail. 

Milan gave his mother a kiss on the cheek and Sasha waved the crowd after they finished the song.

The song Acróstico is an open letter of love to Shakira's children. It is constructed so the first letter of each line, taken consecutively, form words.

The singer shares her boys with her ex-partner, former professional soccer player Gerard Piqué, 38, whom she split from in June 2022. 

The performance was part of the star's Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran stadium tour, which has become the highest grossing Latin tour ever for a woman, and earned her Billboard's Global Touring Icon award last November.

Originally launched in April 2024 in support of her album of the same name, which hit number #1 on Billboard's Top Latin Albums and Latin Pop Albums charts, the tour will consist of 82 shows by its end.

Gerard divides his time between Barcelona and Miami where his children live.

In June 2022 amid rumours of him cheating after 11 years and two children together, Shakira announced her and Pique were breaking up.

The Colombian music star has since gone on to brand him 'Voldemort' among other digs in her music.

'In the end, the truth or what happens or occurs is not told in the way it was. I cannot control this,' Gerard told CNN, via AS at the time. 

'The best thing is that in the end I am surrounded by my loved ones, my family, my friends, the people who really know you. 

'They know what you are like and what you do, and that gives me a lot of peace of mind.

'I am very happy, I have a great time and I feel privileged. The life I have had, being able to play for the club of my life for more than twenty years, wonderful children, an incredible family, lifelong friends, those from school that I still have.'

He went on to date Clara Chia but it was reported in April last year that they had split.