Lady Gaga rocks Brazils Copacabana Beach with free concert for more than 2M fans

Lady Gaga gave a free concert Saturday night in front of 2 million fans who poured onto Copacabana Beach for the biggest show of her career.“Tonight, we’re making history.(…) Thank you for making history with me,” Lady Gaga told a screaming crowd.The Mother Monster, as she is known, kicked off the show at around 22:10 p.m.

local time with her 2011 song “Bloody Mary.”Cries of joy rose from the tightly-packed fans who sang and danced shoulder-to-shoulder on the vast stretch of sand.Concert organizers said 2.1 million people attended the show.Lady Gaga performed her classic hits, including “Poker Face” and “Alejandro,” switching between an array of dresses including one with the colors of the Brazilian flag.Some fans – many of them young – arrived on the beach at the crack of dawn to secure a good spot, armed with snacks and drinks.They spent the day under a blazing sun, while others perched in trees, determined to get a panoramic view.“Today is the best day of my life,” said Manoela Dobes, a 27-year-old designer who was wearing a dress plastered with a photograph from when she met Lady Gaga in the United States in 2019.“It’s surreal to be here.”Madonna also turned Copacabana Beach into a massive dance floor last year.The large-scale performances are part of an effort led by City Hall to boost economic activity after Carnival and New Years’ Eve festivities and the upcoming month-long Saint John’s Day celebrations in June.“It brings activity to the city during what was previously considered the low season – filling hotels and increasing spending in bars, restaurants, and retail, generating jobs and income for the population,” said Osmar Lima, the city’s secretary of economic development, in a statement released by Rio City Hall’s tourism department last month.Rio’s City Hall said in a recent report that the show should inject at least $106 million into Rio’s economy.Similar concerts are scheduled to take place every ...