Thousands of fans flock since dawn on Copacabana beach to attend the comeback of Lady Gaga in Brazil. On Saturday evening, the American popstar offers a free mega-concert in Rio de Janeiro, under high security and with recorded economic benefits.
Copacabana’s iconic beach fills up with fans of Lady Gaga who came for hours in advance to secure a place of choice for the free mega-concert of American popstar on Saturday evening, in Rio de Janeiro.
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A security system with more than 5,000 agents
As soon as the nearest metro is released, the “Little Monsters” (little monsters), as these 39 -year -old singer fans are affectionately nicknamed, are discussed by dozens of itinerant sellers who offer them fans or pareos bearing the image of their idol.
They must then wait in a long queue to be checked with metal detectors by police before having access to the beach.
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Local authorities have deployed an impressive security device, with more than 5,000 agents, drones and facial recognition video surveillance cameras.
Greater economic benefits than for the free Madonna concert
The town hall of Rio tables an audience of 1.6 million people and hopes economic benefits of $ 100 million, almost 30% more than for the free concert in Madonna in the same place a year ago.
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The Saturday concert is part of the promotion tour of “Mayhem”, the eighth album of Lady Gaga, whose titles like “Abracadabra” or “Die with a Smile” – recorded with Bruno Mars and darkened with a Grammy, the 14th of the singer – had a resounding success on the streaming platforms.
“I arrived at 7:40 am. For the moment, everything is fine. It will be more complicated this evening when it is full to crack, but we will survive, Lady Gaga deserves that,” said Alisha Duarte, 22, who tries to refresh himself with a fan with rainbow colors, symbol of the LGBT community, represented in number.
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“Me, I look forward to that she sings Abracadabra”
Alan Jones, a hairdresser from the state of Santa Catarina (south), tattooed on his left arm a drawing with a skull inspired by the clip of “Born This Way”, his favorite song.
“It is thanks to this song that I started to accept myself as I am,” says this young man for whom the plane ticket for Rio was a “birthday present” before he celebrates his thirty years next week.
“Me, I look forward to that she sings Abracadabra, it is a very dancing song, like those of her beginnings,” said Lan Messias, 28, who has traveled all night by bus from Itanhaém, in the neighboring state of Sao Paulo, to attend the concert.
Lady Gaga has not occurred in Brazil since a tour in 2012. She was supposed to be one of the headliners of the Rock In Rio festival in 2017, but had been forced to cancel at the last minute for health reasons.
