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At Copacabana, 2 million Brazilians go gaga for Lady Gaga

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Dmitry Ponyavin
May 4, 2025

After thousands of people waited up to 12 hours to pack Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach, pop icon Lady Gaga stunned with the biggest show of her career — just as she promised.

Millions of Lady Gaga fans flocked to Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro to watch the American pop star's first performance in Brazil since 2012. Thousands of Little Monsters waited 12 hours in anticipation of the free concert.

Discover how the concert is one way Brazil's second-largest city looks to help its ailing local economy.

Dmitry Ponyavin Editor, producer and correspondent covering major news stories from around the world.
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