More than two million fans attend a free party Lady Gaga in Rio de Janeiro

lady gaga She presented a free concert on Saturday night in front of more than two million fans, who poured on the Copakapana Beach in Rio de Janeiro for the largest show in her career.

“Tonight, we are making history,” Lady Gigg said for the crowd screaming. “Thank you for making history with me.”

Mother Monster, as well as known, started the show after 10 pm local time with her song “Bloody Mary” for the year 2011. The screams of joy from the tightly paved fans who sang and danced shoulder to the shoulder along wide sand.

Party organizers said that 2.1 million people attended the offer, which was funded by the city of Rio in an attempt to stimulate the economy. In a recent report, the Rio City Hall said that the exhibition should bring at least 600 million rings, or nearly $ 106 million.

For Gaga, the performance was also an opportunity to promote it next “Chaos Ball” tourIt includes songs from its latest record. The album first appeared in No. 1 on Billboard 200 when it was released in early March and includes new successes such as “Abracadabra”.

Lady Gaga also performed a number of old classics in its free show on Saturday, including “Poker Face” and “Alejandro”, and it turns between a group of dresses, including one in the colors of the Brazilian flag.

Some fans – many of whom were young – on the beach on the dawn crack to secure a good place, gunmen with snacks and drinks. Today they spent under the burning sun, while others sit in trees, determined to have a panoramic view.

“Today is the best day of my life,” said Manuella Dubus, 27 -year -old who was wearing a dress -up dress with a picture from where I met Lady Gaga in the United States in 2019.

Madonna turned Cobacabana Beach to a huge dance hall last year.

The wide range of performances are part of the effort led by the city hall to enhance economic activity after the celebrations of the Carnival, Eve New Year’s Eve and the next Saint John’s celebrations in June.

“It brings activity to the city during what was previously considered the low season – filling hotels, increasing spending in bars, restaurants, retail trade, generating jobs and income for the population,” said Osmar Lima, Minister of Economic Development in the city, in a statement issued by the Tourism Department in the city hall last month.

Similar concerts will take place every year at least in May until 2028.

Lady Gaga arrived in Rio in the early hours of Tuesday. The city has been alive with Gaga-Mania since then, as it has been welcomed by the pop star in its first show in the country since 2012. The metro employees in Rio danced to the 2008 Ladygame’s Ladygame and submitted instructions for Saturday in a video clip. A free gallery celebrates her career.

While the vast majority of those present were from Rio, the event also attracted the Brazilians from all over the country and international visitors.

The Rio City Hall said in a statement on Friday that more than 500,000 tourists flowed to the city in the days before the show, that is, more than twice the initial expectations, according to data from the local bus station and Tom Jobim Airport.

Ingred Sirano, a 30 -year -old engineer, traveled from Colombia to Brazil to attend the show.

“I was a fan of Lady Gaga throughout my life,” said Sirano, who was wearing a T -shirt with the exotic Lady Gaga fashion over the years.

For her, the huge stars represent “freedom of complete expression-being the one who wants one without shame.”

RIO officials have the history of organizing huge concerts on Copacabana Beach. Madonna’s offer attracted an estimated 1.6 million fans last year, while 4 million people were immersed on the beach for the 1994 New Year’s Eve. The largest free rock party in history.

To ensure that the fans can hear the songs, sixteen audio towers were spread along the beach.

The security plan for Rio State included 3,300 members of the army, 1500 police officers and 400 firefighters.

Among the audience was the admirers of the hands of Gaga, who remember their disappointment in 2017, when the artist canceled a decision in Rio at the last minute due to health problems.

Ricardo Felho, who has been admired by childhood, said it is worth waiting.

“She is the best artist in the world,” the 25 -year -old said, “Gaga, I love you” in Portuguese from the crowd behind him.