More recently the beach has been a site for huge free concerts unrelated to the year end festivities.
Rod stewart concert 3 5 million.
On december 31 1994 the new year s eve celebrations featured a rod stewart concert with an attendance of 3 5 million making it the largest concert crowd ever.
City authorities and both major sunday dailies estimated the crowd at 3 5 million.
Rod stewart people get ready.
Live from rio 1994 to a 3 5 million audience.
The beach is visited by thousands of people at any part of the day but the largest gathering on one of the biggest beaches in the world happened during the rod stewart concert on new year s eve in 1994.
Live from rio 1994 to a 3 5 million audience.
Jean michel jarre has attracted a live audience of more than a million spectators on five occasions three times in paris 1979 1990 and 1995 once in houston 1986 and once in.
Both jean michel jarre s concert in moscow 1997 and rod stewart s concert in copacabana 1994 have been reported to attract audiences of more than 3 5 million people.
Rod stewart treated the crowd to a setlist of favorites with an exciting encore.
Just like with jean michael jarre s concert in moscow the official reports say that there were 3 5 million people.
Rod stewart later said.
The guinness world records site credits the largest live concert to rod stewart who drew 3 5 million for a new year s eve 1994 performance at copacabana beach rio de janeiro brazil.
The only other concert that has passed the three million attendee mark was rod stewart s free concert held at the copacabana beach during the 1994 new year s eve celebration.
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