LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 14: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Madonna performs during the opening night of her Celebration Tour at The O2 Arena on October 14, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Live Nation)
Oh, my God! The queen is coming here! Madonna confirmed at a press conference on Monday (25) in Rio de Janeiro “The biggest show of his career” in Brazil. With her “Celebration Tour”, the singer arrives here on May 4, to perform a free and historic show on Copacabana Beach. She performed three more times in the country with “The Girlie Show,” “Sticky & Sweet” and “MDNA Tour” tours in 1993, 2008 and 2012, respectively.
No tickets will be required for this event. Admission will be on a first-come, first-served basis and the stage will be set in front of the Belmond Copacabana Palace. The show will start at 9:45pm and will be broadcast live on TV Globo, Multishow and Globoplay. A huge structure will be constructed along the waterfront, including 16 audio and video towers. This will be the tour's only performance in South America “Show of the Century”Fans can now register at the link: https://www.madonnainrio.com/.
The security scheme will be similar to that adopted for New Year's Eve 2024, with checkpoints at the public entrance – with facial recognition, security towers and metal detectors. The military police will also be reinforced with an integrated mobile command and control center, in a truck adapted for real-time drone monitoring.
Rumors
In November of last year, Madonna announced for the first time, during a show on her current tour in Cologne, Germany, that she would be coming to Brazil. But the star did not give any details. At the beginning of this month, the first rumors of a show on Copacabana Beach began to spread.
Last week, a plane circled the coast of Rio carrying an orange banner bearing the words “Brazil, I'm coming”, which excited fans even more. However, the arrival was only officially confirmed on March 22, through a video from the Queen herself.
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Oh, my God! The queen is coming here!!! He just announced: “Brazil, I'm coming.” @MadonnaIn a video clip posted by Itao. The Queen of Pop is ready to make history at a show in Rio de Janeiro. The offer is expected to be… pic.twitter.com/VNyFzMpu0c
– Hugo Gloss (@HugoGloss) March 21, 2024
The “Celebration Tour” is a tour commemorating Madonna's 40-year career. The series of shows was scheduled to begin in July last year. But due to the star's urgent hospitalization, it was postponed and only started in October. The singer is currently traveling across North America and should finish performing in April. Negotiations for the final offer began in Brazil in 2022.
Madonna in Brazil
Madonna's first appearance in Brazil was with “The Girlie Show” in 1993, which promoted the album “Erotica”. It was the singer's first time performing in Latin America and Oceania, with shows in Mexico, Argentina, Puerto Rico and Australia.
In December 2008, the Queen of Pop finished the first part of her “Sticky & Sweet Tour” in the country: with two shows in Morumbi and three in Maracanã. The performances were part of the promotion of the artist's eleventh album, “Hard Candy.” At the time, the tour became the most profitable in history for a solo artist, breaking the record set by Madonna herself with her Confessions Tour.
The singer brought her “MDNA Tour” to the country in 2012, with four shows. The tour promoted the album of the same name, whose era was characterized by dance-pop music. The shows in Brazil, according to Billboard Boxscore, brought together more than 215,000 people and raised about US$26 million.
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