Madonna’s Rio de Janeiro Free Concert Breaks Attendance Record

Madonna wrapped her Celebration Tour with an enormous free live performance in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The Queen of Pop closed her international trek with a record-breaking present at Rio’s Copacabana Seashore on Saturday (Could 4), drawing greater than 1.6 million followers to the majestic website.

Though Copacabana Seashore has seen bigger crowds throughout previous New Yr’s Eve occasions, Madonna’s free live performance beats the earlier document held by the Rolling Stones, who carried out there in 2006, based on a information launch from promoter Stay Nation.

The 65-year-old pop celebrity’s Rio present additionally surpasses her document attendance of 130,000 followers at Paris’ Parc des Sceaux in 1987, the Related Press experiences. Forward of the Rio live performance, dubbed the “Celebration in Rio,” Madonna’s web site touted the free occasion because the “greatest gig but” of her four-decade profession.

Throughout Saturday’s live performance, which was broadcast domestically on Brazilian tv, Madonna carried out quite a few hits, together with “Like a Virgin,” “Like a Prayer” and “Into the Groove.” She was joined onstage by particular friends Anitta and Pabllo Vittar.

The Rio present was sponsored by Itaú financial institution and marked Madonna’s first present in Brazil since 2012. Tickets had been made accessible to followers on a first-come first-serve foundation on the day of the occasion.

Rio de Janeiro marked the final cease on Madonna’s Celebration Tour, which is projected to earn greater than $225 million. The tour launched in London in October 2023 earlier than visiting Canada, the U.S. and Mexico Metropolis.