Lady Gaga puts on her biggest-ever show for free on Rio’s Copacabana Beach | Ents & Arts News

Lady Gaga acted in front of an estimated 2.1 million people on a free performance on the Copacabana beach of Rio de Janeiro.

About 500,000 tourists traveled to look at the concert, for which the city was paid in an effort to increase the struggling economy.

Saturday night’s two -hour show, which is marked Gaga’s Biggest ever, was the first time she played Brazil Since 2012, which canceled an appearance on the Rock in Rio Festival in 2017 on health issues.

Gaga, who released her seventh studio album, Mayhem, in March, was opened with a dramatic, operative edition of her 2011 -Snit Bloody Mary, before starting in Abracadabra, a recent track.

“Brazil! I missed you. I missed you so much, ”she exclaims before she starts in Poker Face, one of her biggest hits.

The American pop star has in a Similar crowds as Madonna’s in May last yearwho performed on the same beach, which is transformed into an enormous dance floor for the shows.

Gaga addressed the crowd in English and through a Portuguese translator and became emotional when she said, ‘I’m so honored to be here with you tonight.

“Tonight we make history, but no one makes history alone. Without everyone, the incredible people of Brazil, I wouldn’t have this moment. Thank you for making history with me.

“The people of Brazil is the reason I can shine today. But of all the things I can thank you for, the one I am most grateful for is: that You have been waiting for me. You’ve been waiting for me for more than ten years. ‘

She said it took so long to come back because she was “healing” and “getting stronger”. The pop sensation canceled many of her shows in 2017 and 2018 due to her Fibromyalgia -conditionwhich can cause pain and fatigue.

It is estimated that Gaga’s performance has injected about 600 million Reais (£ 79.9m) into the economy, almost 30% more than Madonna’s performance.

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The large -scale free performances will continue annually to at least 2028, which always takes place in May, which, according to the city’s government, is considered the economy’s ‘low season’.

A fierce safety plan was in place, including the presence of 3.300 military and 1,500 police officers, along with 400 military firefighters.

‘A dream becomes true’

The city has been teeming with Gaga fans since her arrival on Tuesday, while some were even vigilant outside the hotel where she stayed.

Many arrived at the beach at the dawn on Saturday to secure good places on the beach, despite the fact that the show did not start until 21.45 hours.

Ana Lara Folador, who attended with her sister, said it was a dream that came true, “and that Gaga” formed a part of my personality, as a person and an artist “.

Ingrid Serrano, a 30-year-old engineer who undertook a cross-continent trip from Colombia to Brazil to attend the show has appeared in a T-shirt with Lady Gaga’s foreign costumes over the years.

“I have been a 100% fan of Lady Gaga all my life,” she said, adding that the 39-year-old megastar ‘total freedom of expression’ represents-which one wants without shame. “

Matheeus Silvestroni, 25, an aspiring DJ and a Gaga fan since the age of 12, endured an eight-hour bus ride from Sao Paulo for the show.

He said it was Gaga who inspired him to embrace his sexuality and pursue his dream of becoming an artist.

“I was bullied because I was a fat, gay kid, so I was an easy target,” he said. “Gaga was very important because she sent a message that everything was in order with me, I wasn’t a freak because I was” born “.”

Rio is known for holding massive open-air concerts, with Rod Stewart holding a Guinness world record for the four million strong crowds he moved to Copacabana Beach in 1994.