Fans of Lady Gage Hugs to her free concert in Rio
The cult Brazilian beach Copacabana is full of fans Lady Gagewho come for hours in advance to ensure the best place for a free mega-concent of American pop stars on Saturday night at Rio de Janeiro. As soon as they leave the nearest metro station, the young fans of 39-year-old singers approach dozens of street sellers, offering them beautiful or steam with the character of their idol.
Then they have to wait in a long row to check them with metal detectors before they are allowed to enter the beach. Local authorities have arranged impressive security forces with more than 5,000 police officers, drones and face recognition cameras.
The Rio City Council expects an audience of 1.6 million people and earning $ 100 million, which is almost 30 percent more than Madonna’s free concert in the same place a year ago.
Saturday’s concert is part of the tour that promotes ‘Mayhem’, the eighth album Lady Gage, whose songs such as ‘Abracadabra’ and ‘Die with a Smile’, recorded with Bruno Mars and won her 14th Grammy, achieved exceptional success on Streaming Platforms.
– I arrived at 7.40 in the morning. For now, everything is fine. Tonight it will be more complicated when it is crowded, but we will survive. Lady Gaga deserves it, ”22 -year -old Alisha Duarte told AFP, trying to cool down the rainbow color, a symbol of the LGBT community that is well represented in Copacabani.
Lady Gaga has not performed in Brazil since the 2012 tour. She was supposed to be the main star of the Rock in Rio 2017, but for health reasons she was forced to cancel her last minute.
