A delirious crowd was able to acclaim free Saturday night Lady Gaga on the iconic beach of Copacabana. The singer ignited Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, during a mega-concert for her big return to Brazil since 2012.
“Brazil, I missed you so much,” cried the American popstar before singing one of its greatest successes, Poker Faceon a monumental chessboard, one of the grandiose sets of this two -hour show.
A tribute to the LGBT community
The 39 -year -old singer entered the scene with twenty minutes late on the time, perched two meters high on the endless train of a scarlet dress which, by opening, revealed a vertical cage in which her dancers were hidden, for Bloody Mary. Lady Gaga then chained with Abracadabraone of the titles of his latest album Mayhemlaunched in March. In the middle of the song, she removed her red dress, revealing another she wore below in the colors of Brazil: green, blue and yellow.
And before Born this waythe diva Pop wanted to salute in particular “the LGBTQ community of Brazil”, in which it has a large number of fans.
-Throughout the week, the “Little Monsters” (little monsters), affectionate nickname fans of the 39 -year -old American singer, flocked to the city famous for her carnival which attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists from around the world.
An impressive safety device
The town hall of Rio said on X that 2.1 million people attended the concert in Copacabana, more than the 1.6 million for that of Madonna in the same place a year ago, even if these figures were disputed by certain specialists who deemed them exaggerated. 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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Municipal authorities, who also hope for economic benefits of more than $ 100 million, wish to perpetuate this free mega-concert tradition 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.
