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Lady Gaga Brings “Mayhem” to Copacabana Beach

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Rio de Janeiro has once again shown that it is more than capable of dealing with a little “Mayhem” as Copacabana Beach played host to Lady Gaga tour of the same name and an estimated crowd of  2.1 million of her fan on Saturday 3 May). That is roughly the crowd size of 25-shows at London’s Wembley Stadium.

Some impressive logistics to handle the shoew and crowd size, but the city has had a bit of practice over the years including Madonna (2024), The Rolling Stones (2006) and even the late Pope Francis who held a mass on the beach in 2013 during his first overseas trip. The crowd then was estimated to be close to 4 million.  And, of course, New Year on Copacabana Beach brings in a crowd of 3 to 4 million each year.

Baile do Copa – Copacabana Palace

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Saturday, 18 February,  sees the return of the iconic Baile do Copa carnival ball to the equally iconic Copacabana Palace, A Belmond Hotel in Rio de Janeiro.

The hotel is celebrating its centenary this year and the ball – that took place for the first time in 1924 – will celebrate its own centenary in 2024. This year’s theme for the ball is “Time Tunnel” to encourage guests to dress to recreate some of those special moments from the hotel’s past 100 years, or even if they wish from its future. The hotel promises an evening of “decadence, joy and glorious excess,…”, something we all need in 2023. Many of the great and the good have attended the ball over the decades from Orson Welles to Brigitte Bardot, to name just two.