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  • Shakira’s new album will have ‘tell-all’ anthems about split with Gerard Pique

    By IANS

    LOS ANGELES: Shakira’s ex-boyfriend Gerard Pique may want to cover his ears in the coming months as the pop sensation is set to hang their laundry out to dry all over the charts.

    The 46-year-old Colombian singer was in a romance with 36-year-old Spanish football ace Gerard for 11 years from 2011 until 2022 and together they share sons Milan, 10, and Sasha, eight, reports ‘Mirror.co.uk’.

    The breakup has been one of the most dramatic in recent showbiz years — with allegations of cheating, jam jar clues, and a diss track already racking up hundreds of millions of hits.

    According to Mirror.co.uk, more ear-bashing tunes are in store for Gerard, as Shaky is said to be preparing to unleash hell — and all the details of the collapse of their relationship — in her upcoming album.

    A music insider told The Sun: “Her next album is definitely going to be a tell-all record and she won’t be shy about letting everyone know what happened.

    “She was working on another record before she had suspicions about infidelity, so those songs are being re-written with new endings to give fans a fuller picture of the truth.

    “Those who’ve heard snippets say it blends Latin, rock, and hip hop and is more empowering than angry.”

    Shakira has also been hitting out at her ex as he appears to have swiftly moved on from their break up — by dating a look-alike model.

    LOS ANGELES: Shakira’s ex-boyfriend Gerard Pique may want to cover his ears in the coming months as the pop sensation is set to hang their laundry out to dry all over the charts.

    The 46-year-old Colombian singer was in a romance with 36-year-old Spanish football ace Gerard for 11 years from 2011 until 2022 and together they share sons Milan, 10, and Sasha, eight, reports ‘Mirror.co.uk’.

    The breakup has been one of the most dramatic in recent showbiz years — with allegations of cheating, jam jar clues, and a diss track already racking up hundreds of millions of hits.

    According to Mirror.co.uk, more ear-bashing tunes are in store for Gerard, as Shaky is said to be preparing to unleash hell — and all the details of the collapse of their relationship — in her upcoming album.

    A music insider told The Sun: “Her next album is definitely going to be a tell-all record and she won’t be shy about letting everyone know what happened.

    “She was working on another record before she had suspicions about infidelity, so those songs are being re-written with new endings to give fans a fuller picture of the truth.

    “Those who’ve heard snippets say it blends Latin, rock, and hip hop and is more empowering than angry.”

    Shakira has also been hitting out at her ex as he appears to have swiftly moved on from their break up — by dating a look-alike model.

  • Music star Shakira to serve eight-year sentence in tax evasion case

    By AFP

    BARCELONA: Prosecutors in Barcelona said Friday that they would seek a prison sentence of more than eight years against global music superstar Shakira, after she rejected a plea deal on accusations of tax evasion.

    Prosecutors are demanding a fine of nearly 24 million euros on the 45-year-old “Hips don’t Lie” songstress, who is accused of defrauding the Spanish tax office out of 14.5 million euros ($14.7 million) on income earned between 2012 and 2014.

    The court will now need to decide on holding a trial and set a date.

    Prosecutors say Shakira moved to Spain in 2011 when her relationship with FC Barcelona defender Gerard Pique became public but maintained official tax residency in the Bahamas until 2015.

    Shakira has slammed the “complete violation of her rights” and “abusive methods” by the prosecutors and say they were “insisting on claiming money earned during my international tours and the show ‘The Voice’” on which she was a judge in the United States, when she was “not yet resident in Spain”.

    Shakira was on the singing competition show between 2013 and 2014.

    Shakira’s defence team argues she moved to Spain full-time only in 2015 and has met all tax obligations.

    She says she has paid 17.2 million euros to the Spanish tax authorities and she has “no debt to the treasury for many years”.

    BARCELONA: Prosecutors in Barcelona said Friday that they would seek a prison sentence of more than eight years against global music superstar Shakira, after she rejected a plea deal on accusations of tax evasion.

    Prosecutors are demanding a fine of nearly 24 million euros on the 45-year-old “Hips don’t Lie” songstress, who is accused of defrauding the Spanish tax office out of 14.5 million euros ($14.7 million) on income earned between 2012 and 2014.

    The court will now need to decide on holding a trial and set a date.

    Prosecutors say Shakira moved to Spain in 2011 when her relationship with FC Barcelona defender Gerard Pique became public but maintained official tax residency in the Bahamas until 2015.

    Shakira has slammed the “complete violation of her rights” and “abusive methods” by the prosecutors and say they were “insisting on claiming money earned during my international tours and the show ‘The Voice’” on which she was a judge in the United States, when she was “not yet resident in Spain”.

    Shakira was on the singing competition show between 2013 and 2014.

    Shakira’s defence team argues she moved to Spain full-time only in 2015 and has met all tax obligations.

    She says she has paid 17.2 million euros to the Spanish tax authorities and she has “no debt to the treasury for many years”.

  • Pop star Shakira and footballer Gerard Pique separate: Statement

    Spanish football hero Pique, 35, won the 2010 World Cup and the 2012 European Championship, and is a three-time Champions League winner with Barcelona.