Lady Gaga sets new world record for attending Copacabana Beach concert

On Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, an unprecedented concert of Lady Gaga called “Mayhem on the Beach” was held, which gathered more than 2.5 million spectators. This is a new world record for female vocalists – previously held by Madonna, who performed at the same Copacabana a year ago with an audience of about 1.6 million. Initially, the show was threatened because of the detention of the band's leaders who planned "coordinated attacks using improvised explosives and Molotov cocktails." Despite these difficulties, the concert took place and became one of the most massive in history, surpassing even the performances of Rod Stewart, Georges Ben and Jean-Michel Jarre at the same Copacabana, as well as major festive concerts associated with the New Year in Rio, the 850th anniversary of Moscow and Bastille Day. Thus, Mayhem on the Beach is a record-breaking concert, combining mass and independence from large-scale festive events, which makes it unique among concerts in the framework of world tours.