Anitta appears onstage throughout “Vogue” at Copacabana Beach as Madonna carries out very first program in Brazil in 12 years
Madonnaliquidatedher career-spanning Celebration TourSaturday witha totally free performanceat Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s Copacabana Beach in front of 1.6 million fans, setting the record for the biggest audience ever for a stand-alone performance by any artist in history.
The efficiency significant Madonna’s very first time carrying out in Brazil given that 2012, and was declared as “a thank you to her fans for commemorating more than 4 years of her music throughout the legendary international run of the trip,” Live Nation formerly stated of the occasion.
Copacabana Beach has actually long been a magnet for legendary, well-populated programs, especially a Rolling Stones gig in 2006 that drew an approximated (and after that record-setting) 1.5 million fans. Madonna’s program Saturday night fell the record, with Live Nation putting the participation at 1.6 million individuals who turned Copacabana Beach into “the world’s biggest dancefloor.”
Madonna’s setlist stuck carefully to the hits-filled one she’s carrying out throughout the previous 8 months, however there was one surprise on tap for Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian vocalist Anitta– fresh off the release of her own brand-new albumFunk Generation— dropped in throughout the “Vogue” part of the show to provide some 10s:
Madonna last went to Brazil in December 2012 for her The MDNA Tour, stopping at locations such as Rio’s Parque dos Atletas, São Paulo’s Estádio do Morumbi, and Porto Alegre’s Estádio Olímpico Monumental.
Madonna opened her Celebration Tour at London’s O2 Arena in London back in October 2023, exploring throughout Europe through December. She started the U.S. leg of her trip in New York City on Dec. 13, with programs set up through April 26– consisting of a five-show perform at Mexico City’s Palacio de los Deportes.
The trip has actually had a number of significant visitors along the method: In Los Angeles,Kylie MinogueandCardi Bjoined her on phase on different events.