Shakira could be fined over video shoot in Barcelona
FRIDAY, 20 AUGUST 2010 17:00 NEWS - SPAIN
COLOMBIAN pop-rocker Shakira is filming her next video in Barcelona, and will also be performing in the city's Palau Sant Jordi on November 24 this year.
But she could face a fine from Barcelona city council for doing so.
The half-Lebanese blonde bombshell was filming the first video for her next album, Sale el sol, on the Barceloneta beach, and skating at the Hotel W's rink on Wednesday and Thursday.
She caused jaws to drop when she skated along the beach, and was then seen coming back down the esplanade on a Harley Davidson.
Shakira also biked down the Paseo Juan de Borbó.
During the scenes, she rode the motorbike without a helmet, and also danced with fans in a fountain in the Pla de Palau to Waka Waka after the cameras stopped rolling.
And the council did not approve of her behaviour, saying both actions were against public byelaws.
They say she should have asked permission first, and intend to study the video footage on Youtube in order to sanction her for her behaviour.
This is not the first time the 33-year-old artist, born Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll her second surname betraying her Colombian mum's Catalán descent - has shot her music videos in Spain.
The clip for No in 2005 was filmed in the port of Barcelona, and the video for Gipsy, with Rafa Nadal, was also shot in Spain.
She was also photographed in a cornfield in Ibiza in July.
The Barraquina-born singer, who launched her first album at the age of 20, has three dates for her Spanish tour this year, which are to be confirmed.
One of these is in November in Barcelona.