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Lady Gaga sets fire to Rio de Janeiro for a free concert

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American singer Lady Gaga, wearing a scarlet red dress, ignited a delirious crowd on Saturday on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. His concert was free.

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04 May 2025 – 03:47

(Keystone-ATS) After starting her show with “Bloody Mary”, the American star, which had not happened in Brazil since a tour in 2012, then chained with “Abracadabra”, one of the flagship titles of his latest album, “Mayhem”, launched in March.

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“I dried several days of lessons at the Faculty to come here. Lady Gaga is everything for me. I have been a fan of her since 2008, ”said Walter Segundo, 23 -year -old who has arrived Tuesday from São Luis, in the Brazilian state of Maranhao, nearly 3000 kilometers from Rio.

U2

Throughout the week, fans of the 39 -year -old American singer flocked in the city. The town hall of Rio tapped on an audience of 1.6 million people and specifies economic benefits of $ 100 million, almost 30% more than for the free Madonna concert in the same place a year ago.

The municipal authorities wish to perpetuate this tradition of the free concert in May, in order to stimulate tourism during a period considered as 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 on Saturday, an impressive security device was deployed, with more than 5,000 agents, drones and video surveillance cameras with facial recognition.

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