Madonna will play to the biggest crowd of her career in May.
On Monday, the pop legend announced that she will wrap up her holiday tour with a free show on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on May 4.
The show marks her first appearance in Brazil since 2012 and is set to be “a thank you to her fans who have celebrated more than four decades of her music during the tour's epic world run,” according to the press release. release.
The show will take place in front of the Belmond Copacabana Palace Hotel, with Brazil's TV Globo broadcasting the concert live. Fans will not need to purchase tickets.
Copacabana Beach has been the site of many major concerts over the years: Rod Stewart pulled off more than 4 million participants at his show there in 1994. Lenny Kravitz played to 300,000 in 2005. and the Rolling Stones reportedly drew 1.5 million fans in 2006.
Madonna last visited Brazil in December 2012 for The MDNA tour, stopping at venues including Rio's Parque dos Atletas, São Paulo's Estádio do Morumbi and Porto Alegre's Estádio Olímpico Monumental.
Madonna opened her festive tour at London's O2 Arena in October 2023, touring across Europe until December. She kicked off the New York leg of her US tour on December 13, with shows scheduled through April 26 — including a five-show run at Mexico City's Palacio de los Deportes.
“Her voice is still as strong as ever, and she won't be able to deal with dozens of dancers on stage forever, so now is the perfect time to celebrate her,” wrote one Rolling rock review of her New York show.
The tour had several notable guests along the way: In Los Angeles, Kylie Minogue and Cardi B joined her on stage on separate occasions. Madonna performs numerous hits including “Like a Prayer,” “Hung Up,” “Vogue” and “Like a Virgin” during the holiday tour.
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