The American singer Madonna turned Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro into the biggest nightclub in the world with a historic concert on this Saturday night attended by a estimated audience of 1.5 million people.
The queen of pop did not give her fans a break and reviewed one after another his greatest successes of his 40-year careerbefore an audience, mainly women and people from the LGTBI collective, who chanted and danced to all the songs.
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Madonna inside the concert
He did not deny greetings to the hundreds of people who attended the concert from dozens of boats anchored in front of the stage.
Her admirers They applauded at all times and they accompanied her several times with a concert with several fans, due to the unusual temperatures of 30 degrees due to the season.
At 10:36 p.m. local time in Brazil American DJ Diplo was in charge of warming up the night with a selection that included several funk classics, the musical genre born in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.
The American, as in all her presentations, changed clothes several times during the show and even wore a suit with the yellow and green colors of the Brazilian flagthe same ones she painted her nails with.
But he also won over the public by bringing a ensemble of children percussionists from a samba school to accompany her in the interpretation of The beautiful island, a song in which He wore the shirt of the Brazilian soccer team and appeared alongside the popular singer and drag queen Pabllo Vittar..
Nothing better than Copacabana
During the presentation he declared his love for Brasli and said that there was no better place for his concert than the Copacabana beach, the screens displayed photos of Brazilian personalities such as the educator Paulo Freire, the soccer player Marta, the murdered councilor Marielle Franco and the indigenous leader Raoni. Shortly before she had appeared on stage alongside the also popular Anitta, the only Brazilian with whom he has recorded a song, during the performance of Vogue.
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Madonna with the Brazilian flag at her massive concert on Copacabana beach
There was also no shortage of applause for the numerous tributes which he performed, mainly on the gigantic television screens, to idols such as Prince and Michael Jackson, Brazilian personalities who died of AIDS, such as the singer Cazuza, and famous black leaders.
With this Saturday’s concert, Madonna ended the tour commemorating her 40 years of careerCelebration Tour, in which he reviews his entire career with his greatest hits, such as Like a Virgin, Vogue, Holiday, Like a prayer and The beautiful island.
The concert was historic for Madonna, who had never played for such a large audience, but also for Rio de Janeiro, which recorded a mobilization of nearly 56 million euros with a single musical event and hundreds of thousands of visitors.
Although the authorities had not yet revealed the audience at the end of the concert, it is most likely that the American had surpassed the mark achieved by the British Rolling Stones in February 2006, when they also attracted about 1.5 million people to Copacabana beach.
The massive mobilization caused by Madonna forced the Rio authorities to set up aan infrastructure similar to that used in the Reveillon festivitieswhen up to five million people say goodbye to the year in Copacabana.
With information from EFE
