In pictures – The American singer performed this Saturday evening on Copacabana beach in Brazil. An event that brought together a tide of fans. Two people were arrested, providing for a bomb attack.
An impressive show. Lady Gaga sang in front of a human tide this Saturday, May 3 on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. In front of the stage, the spectators resumed in unison the tubes of the American pop star. “Bad Romance”, “Alejandro”, “Born This Way” … On the occasion of this free concert, more than 2.1 million fans gathered, according to the municipality. A much higher figure than the million and a half of spectators of the Madonna concert in the same place a year ago, even if some specialists consider the estimate exaggerated.
Brazilian police also announced this Sunday that they have thwarted a bomb attack and the arrest of two people in connection with this attempted attack. “Rio de Janeiro civilian police, in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice, prevented a bomb attack during the Lady Gaga show in Copacabana”Police announced on X, adding that he had arrested a man and a teenager.
«Gagaagana»
On social networks, many images of this meeting have been shared, on which you can easily see the flood of spectators attend the show. «Gagaagana», “The best artist of our generation”, “Thank you for redoing my week”can we read for example on X.
A return to Brazil after 13 years of absence
This is the first time since 2012 that the 39 -year -old singer returns to Brazil. 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, which she did not fail to recall this Saturday.
-“Brazil, I missed you so much”shouted the American pop star before singing one of his greatest successes, “Poker Face”, on a monumental chessboard, one of the grandiose sets of this two -hour show. The artist entered the scene with about twenty minutes late on the scheduled time, perched more than two meters high on the endless train of a scarlet dress which, by opening, revealed a vertical cage in which his dancers were hidden, for “Bloody Mary”.
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Lady Gaga then chained with “Abracadabra”, one of the flagship titles of her latest album, “Mayhem”, launched in March. In the middle of the song, she removed the red dress, revealing another that she wore below in the colors of Brazil: green, blue and yellow. “You expected me, you must have asked yourself why I took so long to come back, but I was healing, regaining strength (…) Now, I’m ready and I’m going to give everything for you”she said, moved to tears, during a speech in the middle of the concert. “Tonight we write the story”she launched, while the public «Gaga, I love you» (Gaga, I love you in Portuguese).
5000 security agents
A meeting that many young people would have missed nothing in the world. “I have dried up several days of university to come here, Lady Gaga is all for me, I have been a fan of her since 2008”said to AFP Walter Segundo, a 23-year-old student who arrived Tuesday from Sao Luis, in the Brazilian state of the Maranhao (northeast), nearly 3000 kilometers from Rio.
Throughout the week, the «little monsters» (Little monsters), affectionate nickname of Lady Gaga fans, flocked to the city famous for its carnival which attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists from around the world. Municipal authorities, who also hope for economic benefits of more than $ 100 million, wish to perpetuate this tradition of the mega free concert in May, in order to stimulate tourism during a period considered low season. Mayor Eduardo Paes has already suggested that he intended to bring the Irish rock group U2, without specifying a date. For the Lady Gaga concert, an impressive security device has been deployed, with more than 5,000 agents, drones and video surveillance cameras with facial recognition.
