Woman Gaga: Crowds flock to free seashore live performance in Brazil

Massive crowds are attending a free Woman Gaga live performance on Copacabana seashore in Rio de Janeiro.

The Brazilian authorities say a couple of million individuals are on the occasion.

The live performance is being paid for by town in an try to revitalise Rio’s economic system, and so they count on it might usher in $100m (£75m) to the native economic system.

Saturday’s efficiency is a part of a promotional tour for Woman Gaga’s eighth album, Mayhem, whose songs embody Abracadabra and Die With a Smile.

Some followers – often known as Gaga’s “Little Monsters” – started queuing early within the morning and waited in lengthy strains to achieve entry to the seashore.

An enormous safety operation is in place, with 5,000 law enforcement officials on obligation and attendees having to go by way of steel detectors. The authorities are additionally utilizing drones and facial recognition cameras to assist police the occasion.

Woman Gaga isn’t the primary particular person to play a free live performance in Rio. Madonna gave a live performance on Copacabana seashore in Could 2024, which was additionally paid for by town.

Many individuals travelled from all throughout the nation to see the live performance.

One man, 28-year-old Luan Messias, mentioned he spent all night time on a bus from Itanhaem in neighbouring Sao Paulo state.

“I can not anticipate her to sing Abracadabra, it is nice to bounce to, like her early stuff,” he mentioned.

Alisha Duarte, 22, informed AFP information company she began queuing at 0740 within the morning. “Woman Gaga is price it! It is going to get tremendous crowded, however we’ll survive,” she mentioned.

One other fan, Paulo Oliveira, defined why individuals had been so excited in regards to the live performance. She “tells us that we might be who we’re, that we might be totally different and that being totally different is cool,” he informed Reuters.

It is going to be an “unforgettable present”, live performance attendee Lai Borges informed Reuters. “It is going to be emotional and I’ll cry so much,” she mentioned.