RIO DE JANEIRO — Madonna put on a complimentary show on Copacabana beach Saturday night, turning Rio de Janeiro’s huge stretch of sand into an massive dance flooring bristling with a widevariety of her fans.
It was the last program of The Celebration Tour, her veryfirst retrospective, which kicked off in October in London.
The “Queen of Pop” started the program with her 1998 hit “Nothing Really Matters.” Huge cheers increased from the buzzing, securely loaded crowd, pushed up versus the barriers. Others held home celebrations in brilliantly lighted houses and hotels ignoring the beachfront. Helicopters and drones flew overhead, and motorboats and sailboats anchored off the beach filled the bay.
“Here we are in the most gorgeous location in the world,” Madonna, 65, informed the crowd. Pointing out the ocean view, the mountains and the Christ the Redeemer statue neglecting the city, she included: “This location is magic.”
Madonna carriedout her timeless strikes, consistingof “Like A Virgin” and “Hung Up.” For the intro to “Like A Prayer,” her head was entirely covered in a black cape, a rosary grasped in her hands.
The star paid an psychological homage to “all the brilliant lights” lost to AIDS as she sang “Live to Tell,” with black and white pictures of individuals who passedaway from the disease flashing behind her.
Later, she was signedupwith on phase by Brazilian artists Anitta and Pabllo Vittar.
Rio invested the last coupleof days preparing itself for the efficiency.
An approximated 1.6 million individuals wentto the reveal, G1 reported, mentioning Rio City Hall’s tourist firm. That is more than 10 times Madonna’s record presence of 130,000 at Paris’ Parc des Sceaux in1987 Madonna’s authorities site hyped the program as the mostsignificant ever in her four-decade profession.
In current days, the buzz was palpable. Fans milled outdoors the majestic, beachfront Copacabana Palace hotel, where Madonna is remaining, hoping to catch a look of the pop star. During the noise check on the phase set up in front of the hotel, they danced on the sand.
By midday Saturday, fans crowded in front of the hotel. A white-bearded male c