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The largest concert in the world of musicians saw a bomb threat, 2.5 million fans; 25x Taylor Swift, Rihanna's biggest appearances

The Copacabana beach in Brazil is not what you think of when they say music concerts. However, the extensive beach has been home to the largest musical appearances in the world for over three decades. From the Rolling Stones to 1.5 million screaming fans in 2006 to Madonna, who felt in 1.6 million during their ceremony in 2024, the beach was the most occupied concerts in the world at home. This weekend it was in Copacabana that the record for the most visited concert broke with an actor.

Lady Gaga appears during her concert at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 3, 2025 (photo by Daniel Ramalho / AFP) (AFP)

The most occupied concert by a female actor

On Saturday, May 3, Lady Gaga performed on Copacabana Beach. The concert was part of the singer's ongoing tour to advertise her album Mayhem, Mayhem. To exceed everything, it was a free concert without passes and tickets. Of course, the fans flocked to the legendary beach to take a look at the singer. Billboard reported that an estimated 2.5 million fans took part in the concert, which not only broke the record for the largest concert by a female actor, but also set a new record for the most occupied free concert of all time.

Us pop star Lady Gaga appears during a free concert at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 3, 2025 (photo of Stringer / AFP) (AFP)
Us pop star Lady Gaga appears during a free concert at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 3, 2025 (photo of Stringer / AFP) (AFP)

There were only three larger concerts. Rod Stewart moved 3.5 million fans in Copacabana on New Year's Eve 1994, while Jorge Ben had played up to 3 million a year at the same event location. In 1997 Jean-Michel Jarre performed at 3.5 million fans at Moscow State University as part of the city's 850th anniversary. All of these concerts were embroidered to a certain extent.

How massive was Lady Gagas chaos on the beach

2.5 million fans in front of a stage are a phenomenal number. Lady Gaga's concert eye even the largest musical superstars in the generation. Participation here is 25 -The highest number of visitors to a appearance by Taylor Swift or Rihanna. For comparison, Rihanna's concert concert at the Twickenham Stadium in London during her European stage of the Diamonds World Tour in 2013 was 95,971 participants. Similarly, Taylor Swift's largest concert in relation to the crowd size was her performance on the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) during her Eras tour in Australia in 2024, where she played against an estimated 96,000 fans.

Us pop star Lady Gaga appears during her concert at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 3, 2025 (photo of Stringer / AFP) (AFP)
Us pop star Lady Gaga appears during her concert at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 3, 2025 (photo of Stringer / AFP) (AFP)

The bomb threat to Lady Gagas occurs

The Brazilian police announced on Sunday that it was caught up with a conspiracy to trigger explosives in a free Lady Gaga concert, which moved more than 2 million people to Rio de Janeios Copacabana Beach this weekend.

The police said that they had arrested two people in connection with the alleged program to “gain awareness of awareness on social media on social media”.

Military police officers are on an elevated platform, while the fans are waiting for the start of the free mega concert by US pop star Lady Gaga on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 3, 2025. Brazilian police said on Sunday that they had arrested two people in connection with a film lawsuit to attack Lady Gaga's packaging of Mega-Concert in Rio de Janeiro. (Photo by Daniel Ramalho / AFP) (AFP)
Military police officers are on an elevated platform, while the fans are waiting for the start of the free mega concert by US pop star Lady Gaga on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 3, 2025. Brazilian police said on Sunday that they had arrested two people in connection with a film lawsuit to attack Lady Gaga's packaging of Mega-Concert in Rio de Janeiro. (Photo by Daniel Ramalho / AFP) (AFP)

The alleged leader of the group, who promoted violent online content and hate speeches against the LGBTQ community -was arrested in the southern state of Rio Grande Do Sul for illegal weapon owners, and a teenager was booked for child pornography in Rio, the authorities said.

However, the singer was not noticeable to this drama, added. “We are writing history tonight,” said Gaga, the “mother monster”, the tightly packed crowd. “Thank you for writing history with me,” she told the fans out of the stage.

((With Bloomberg inputs)))

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