Lady Gaga gave a free concert in front of over 2 million fans on Saturday night, who put Kopakbana Beach in Rio de Janeiro for her biggest show.
“Tonight, we are making history,” Lady Gauge told the crowd shouting. “Thank you for making history with me.”
Mother Monster, as she is known, kicked the show after 10 o’clock in the local time period with her 2011 song “Bloody Mary”. Khushi’s cry grew tightly with fans filled with tightly, who sang and danced shoulder to shoulder to the huge stretch of sand.
Concert organizers said 2.1 million people attended the show, which was funded by the city of Rio in an attempt to revive the economy. In a recent report, the City Hall of Rio said that the show should bring at least 600 million reiss, or about $ 106 million.
For Gaga, demonstration was also an opportunity to promote her upcoming “Mehem Ball” TourHis latest records songs with devastation. The album started at number 1 at Billboard 200, when it was released in early March and includes a new hit such as “Abrakadbara”.
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Lady Gaga performed several old classics on her free show on Saturday, including “poker face” and “anterlasandro”, which switchs between a array of fabric including a Brazilian flag colors.
Some fans – many of them – arrived at the beach in the morning crack to secure a good place, equipped with snacks and drinks. He spent the day under a blazing sun, while other was sitting in trees, firm to get a panoramic view.
“Today is the best day of my life,” a 27 -year -old designer Manola Dobs said, wearing a dress wearing a dress with a photo of Lady Gaga in 2019, wearing a dress. “It is real to be here.”
Madonna also converted Kopakbana Beach into a large -scale dance floor last year.
Large -scale performances are part of a city hall to promote the Carnival and New Year’s eve celebration and the upcoming month’s Day celebrations in June to promote economic activity.
In a statement issued by the Tourism Department of Rio City Hall last month, Osshr Lima, secretary of the city’s economic development, said, “It brings activity to the city during the first low season – filling hotels and raising the spending in retail, generating jobs and income for population.”
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Similar concerts are scheduled to take place at least 2028 every year in May.
Lady Gaga reached Rio in the early hours of Tuesday. The city is alive with Gaga-Mania, as it is ready to welcome the pop star for its first show in the country since 2012. Rio’s metro employees danced to Lady Gaga’s 2008 hit song “Lovegeem” and gave instructions on Saturday in a video. A free exhibition celebrating his career.
While most of the attendees were from Rio, the event also attracted Brazilian and international visitors across the country.
Rio’s City Hall said in a statement on Friday that more than 500,000 tourists made more than twice as early in the coming days in the city in the coming days.
30 -year -old engineer Ingrid Serano traveled from Columbia to Brazil to participate in the show.
“I have been a 100% fan of Lady Gaga throughout my life,” Sarano said, who had been wearing a T-shirt characterized by Lady Gaga’s outlandish costumes for years.
For him, the mega-star “represents the total freedom of expression-which wants without any shame.”
Rio officials have a history of organizing a huge concert on Kopakbana Beach. Madonna’s show attracted an estimated 1.6 million fans last year, while in 1994, 4 million people were flooded by Rod Stewart for the 1994 New Year’s Eve show. According to Guinness World Records, he was Largest free rock concert in history,
To ensure that fan could listen to songs, sixteen sound towers were spread along the beach.
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Rio State Security Scheme included 3,300 military members, 1,500 police officers and 400 firefighters.
Among the attendees were Lady Gaga fans who recall their disappointment in 2017, when the artist canceled the scheduled performance in Rio at the last minute due to health issues.
Ricardo Filho, who is a fan since childhood, said it was worth waiting.
“He is the best artist in the world,” 25 -year -old said, “Gaga, I Love You” got up from the crowd in the Portuguese in the form of mantras.