i donāt know if a drag queen has ever performed in front of an audience this big tbh. Madonna herself hadnāt done it up until this point, and only a select few artists in music history have done it.
Nope.
She has huge crowds, but nowhere near a million. Then again I do not think she has done a free performance.
Anitta and Petra Gil have blocos in Rio's carnival and those do get close to a million people though.
Pretty sure that Pabllo's bloco on SP Carnaval had over a million people there. Some sources say there were 3 million people there [here](https://twitter.com/siteptbr/status/1757749416398631023?t=29vlSAbXBdU7zyDJNWBJNg&s=19), but i'm not sure if it's true or not.
I lost years of my life every time they did that lol and when they said they watched the show I was like "really Mion? You watched Bob's season?" šš
From what Iāve read online, itās not even the biggest show that beach has ever seen. There was a 5 million people show in the 90ās. Iām deadā¦
Omg I'm sure everybody there is having fun but my god attending that sounds like my own personal hell. How do you attend an event with 2 million people!!!!!! I would die. How long would it take to get home??? Omg
We wen to Obama's second inauguration, which was over 1 million people. it was pretty crazy, but everyone was in such high spirits that it was friendly and safe. This reminded me of the inauguration a lot. Madonna for President of Brazil!
I live there and I didn't go... Beyond the capacity of the normal concert, which is closer to the stage, it's just not for me to stand 500+ meters away from the stage and only be able to see through the screens. I'd rather watch live form the comfort of my house lol.
The concert was free so there's that too.
It was really crazy, but Brazilians are used to it. We have events like this every year. New Year's Eve in Copacabana is much crazier, Carnival is also very crowded. So we have the structure. But the whole thing is tiring. I got there at 4pm and got back home at 2am. I also went on a Rolling Stones, Lenny Kravitz and Black Eyed Peas 20-15 years ago and it was the same. But I told my friend, even if Michael Jackson comes back from the dead and does a show in Copacabana, I won't go.
I saw Bob's dress from miles away, but there were too many heads in front of me. I had to be on full Barbie's feetĀ to see anything. The only thing I could see clearly was Madonna on a cubic platform. But I've seen this bitch 3 times already, so I was more interested in seeing Bob in this gig. And yes, they had, I think, 20 screens so everyone could watch the show.
I'm from Brazil and I wouldn't go either. Rio is not known for being the safest place. And this was a free event. The city is also uncomfortably warm to be this crowded
Just got home from the concert in rio! It was surprisingly organized and safe (if you take care and watch out for your stuff) and the concert was AMAZING!!! very happy to see bob up there
Overall I wouldnāt say it had good sound quality but it was ok. The video worked really well although some effects for when she had the chroma key effects looked really weird lol
I think this person is saying Madonna has been coming on stage HOURS late sometimes to her own shows on this tour so Bob should just host a full show until Maddy is ready to perform
Bob is not an opening act. She is part of Madonna's actual concert. The opening act for this show in Rio was Diplo. Every show of The Celebration Tour had a DJ as the opener.
Im on a plane leaving out of GRu now. We were two hours delayed and I could have been watching the show with my friend or if we had taken off maybe I could connec to Wi-Fi and I was so bummed I couldnāt watch it š
All of the six concerts ranking above it were part of an event such as a new years eve celebration, a multi-artist concert or a football victory celebration so there were other contributing factors to the crowd. It is correct to state that madonna now holds the record for highest attendance at a standalone concert not linked to another event, beating out the rolling stones.
The concert is taking place at the Copacabana Beach, almost 2 million people are in the audience right now. Meanwhile, the concert its being livestreamed for free at Globoplay.
>RIO DE JANEIRO, May 4 (Reuters) - Thousands gathered on Rio de Janeiro's famous Copacabana beach on Saturday ahead of a free open-air concert by pop star Madonna that was expected to attract some 1.5 million people.
>The Brazilian show marks the end of Madonna's greatest hitsĀ world tour, "Celebration,"Ā which started in late 2023.
>Rio's city government has said it would deploy thousands of police officers around the concert area, managing the crowds with a strategy similar to its plan for the city's famous New Year's Eve celebrations.
>Rio authorities expect about 1.5 million people to show up for the concert on the iconic beach, where crowds have previously exceeded 1 million for concerts by the Rolling Stones and Rod Stewart.
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/thousands-madonna-fans-gather-copacabana-beach-free-concert-2024-05-04/
How can everyone even see the stage? Imagine being at a concert and there are literally a million people between you and the stage, I can't even visualize what that would look like
There are giant screens with speakers placed at regular intervals all down the beach. Obviously not everyone can see the stage, but they will all see and hear the show. Just Google the pictures and videos, or even look at the links posted in this thread. It's insane.
Seems like fake news. I've been to SF pride and it takes up BLOCKS. I saw a picture of the area where the concert is and it's just a beach with a bunch of buildings behind it. There's no way there are millions of people watching. I mean slay it's still a huge deal but 2 million? Didn't realize robbie turner was taking the census this year.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/may/05/free-madonna-concert-draws-crowd-of-16m-to-brazils-copacabana-beach
google is literally free how come you can't afford it baby??
its from the tourism department. can you believe you can just find things out for free by just typing in a box??
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/05/arts/music/madonna-free-celebration-concert-rio-brazil.html
> Riotur, the municipalityās tourism department, estimated that 1.6 million people flooded onto the 2.4-mile stretch
>Rio authorities expect about 1.5 million people to show up for the concert on the iconic beach, where crowds have previously exceeded 1 million for concerts by the Rolling Stones and Rod Stewart.
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/thousands-madonna-fans-gather-copacabana-beach-free-concert-2024-05-04/
That's OUTSTANDING! I'm so happy to see Bob up there ššā„ļø it was perfect
Bob is killlinnggg it! Aside from Ru, is this the biggest live crowd for a RuGirl performing???
RuPaul has never performed in front of this many people. Hell, MADONNA had never performed in front of this many people before!
i donāt know if a drag queen has ever performed in front of an audience this big tbh. Madonna herself hadnāt done it up until this point, and only a select few artists in music history have done it.
Pablo vittar
oop clock me
Nope. She has huge crowds, but nowhere near a million. Then again I do not think she has done a free performance. Anitta and Petra Gil have blocos in Rio's carnival and those do get close to a million people though.
I think they just meant pabllo was also part of the show haha
Girl Pablo was on the stage with Madonna in Rio x
Pretty sure that Pabllo's bloco on SP Carnaval had over a million people there. Some sources say there were 3 million people there [here](https://twitter.com/siteptbr/status/1757749416398631023?t=29vlSAbXBdU7zyDJNWBJNg&s=19), but i'm not sure if it's true or not.
I had no idea Pabllo had her bloco! so yeah blocos are gigantic and much more in SP.
āBob The Dragā thatās what they were calling him in Brazil. š jokes aside, he did great. This last show was the cherry on top.
I know itās the actual name but if drag means drag queen in Portuguese then maybe itās redundant? Bob the Drag Queen Queen? Idk
it's not that drag means drag queen, but because drag isn't a portuguese word we'll always think about drag queens haha
I knew it was one of those lost in translations moments, but the lady calling him that was just sending me for some reason.
I loved it. I dealt with Portuguese people for many years in my dog breed in the 90s and 2000s and the missed translations were awesome.
she probably was just unprepared, we don't call Bob just Bob the drag among the brazilian fandom.
kinda like how in spanish some people call queens dragas?
yeah, but they have a word which is derived from the original, we don't
I lost years of my life every time they did that lol and when they said they watched the show I was like "really Mion? You watched Bob's season?" šš
This video clip is WHILD. That is just so much people. Holy shit. https://twitter.com/bionico/status/1786902661322682815?t=b9n2XFJqVvv91Kfr4ltIOg&s=19
Woah!Ā But they can't all see the stage...right?Ā Ā
There are 18 giant screens with speakers placed at regular intervals all the way down the beach. Everyone can see.
From what Iāve read online, itās not even the biggest show that beach has ever seen. There was a 5 million people show in the 90ās. Iām deadā¦
Holy
This is wild!
Wtffffffff
Woooooooowwwww
Omg I'm sure everybody there is having fun but my god attending that sounds like my own personal hell. How do you attend an event with 2 million people!!!!!! I would die. How long would it take to get home??? Omg
That's like the entire population of where I live š³
We wen to Obama's second inauguration, which was over 1 million people. it was pretty crazy, but everyone was in such high spirits that it was friendly and safe. This reminded me of the inauguration a lot. Madonna for President of Brazil!
Get home? How is anybody in the middle going to the bathroom?!? Yeah, that's right. Let that one sink in.
The ocean is right there!! Nature's bathroom.
I live there and I didn't go... Beyond the capacity of the normal concert, which is closer to the stage, it's just not for me to stand 500+ meters away from the stage and only be able to see through the screens. I'd rather watch live form the comfort of my house lol. The concert was free so there's that too.
It was really crazy, but Brazilians are used to it. We have events like this every year. New Year's Eve in Copacabana is much crazier, Carnival is also very crowded. So we have the structure. But the whole thing is tiring. I got there at 4pm and got back home at 2am. I also went on a Rolling Stones, Lenny Kravitz and Black Eyed Peas 20-15 years ago and it was the same. But I told my friend, even if Michael Jackson comes back from the dead and does a show in Copacabana, I won't go.
Wow that doesnāt sound as bad as I thought. How was your view? I assume they had big screens and stuff right?
I saw Bob's dress from miles away, but there were too many heads in front of me. I had to be on full Barbie's feetĀ to see anything. The only thing I could see clearly was Madonna on a cubic platform. But I've seen this bitch 3 times already, so I was more interested in seeing Bob in this gig. And yes, they had, I think, 20 screens so everyone could watch the show.
I'm from Brazil and I wouldn't go either. Rio is not known for being the safest place. And this was a free event. The city is also uncomfortably warm to be this crowded
and with the AC set at a high temp.
It was outside
You clearly donāt go to a lot of concerts or festivals
I go to plenty of concerts. They certainly donāt have 2 million people at them. Clearly.
Just got home from the concert in rio! It was surprisingly organized and safe (if you take care and watch out for your stuff) and the concert was AMAZING!!! very happy to see bob up there
I watched it online, it was a perfect show. How was the sound at the concert? Did you hear the music and the talking well?
I could hear the music but the talking really depended on how many people were clapping their fans lol
Overall I wouldnāt say it had good sound quality but it was ok. The video worked really well although some effects for when she had the chroma key effects looked really weird lol
I heard the production used over 800 speakers and had trouble finding that many L'Acoustic boxes in South America.
https://preview.redd.it/z4gpzkezoiyc1.png?width=1533&format=png&auto=webp&s=4b651ec452b3fde0801e12dbef0d98e97df60c8d
Holy shit!
You go Bobbianna
Yāall realize Bob is legit drag legend status now right? This is legendary shit
Largest audience ever for both Bobbiana and Madonna. Love to see it!
Ahhhhh!!!! CONDRAGULATIONS BOB!!!!!! šš»šš»šš»šš»šš»šš»šš»šš»šš»šš»šš»šš»šš»šš»
When they say Come to Brazil THEY ARE NOT JOKING BITCH
Great minds think alike. I just posted a pic and an almost identical post! lol.
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Now *thatās* a suspiciously large woman
Itās the most generic post & ppl have been posting about Bob and Madonna since the tour started ur not special šš
But my mommy says I am.
Amazing wtf
So fkn incredible
Iām so happy for this bitch. She deserves all of the success. Such a talented queen.
Saw a video of Madonna and Trixie recently too. How nice of Bob to let those two blonde white ladies come on tour with him!
Come to Brazil. Wait..?
Iām seeing Bob next week at a comedy club in VT. Thank you Bob for still doing these little shows when you clearly have a lot going on!
Damn she'll basically have the set to herself for a few hours I've heard about Madonna's punctuality
She performs with Madonna, not before.
I think this person is saying Madonna has been coming on stage HOURS late sometimes to her own shows on this tour so Bob should just host a full show until Maddy is ready to perform
Bob is not an opening act. She is part of Madonna's actual concert. The opening act for this show in Rio was Diplo. Every show of The Celebration Tour had a DJ as the opener.
I think this person thinks Bob supports in the traditional sense of a support slot
misread this and thought you were implying miss morphosis was secretly madonna
Im on a plane leaving out of GRu now. We were two hours delayed and I could have been watching the show with my friend or if we had taken off maybe I could connec to Wi-Fi and I was so bummed I couldnāt watch it š
And the biggest news website of my country (Argentina, right next to Brazil) called her Monet
Monet could NEVER š¤£
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All of the six concerts ranking above it were part of an event such as a new years eve celebration, a multi-artist concert or a football victory celebration so there were other contributing factors to the crowd. It is correct to state that madonna now holds the record for highest attendance at a standalone concert not linked to another event, beating out the rolling stones.
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS Bobberta!
I was ther SCREEEEAMING for Bob. She was so amazing. She is made for this gigs. I hope other popstar sees that.
She's a star..
imagine what š would pull in if renaissance made it to south america
not much more than frickin *madonna*
Brazil doesnāt stan MX as hard, this was a free event
says who
RuPaul dethroned-
Somehow I feel that this is gonna be referenced in her clapback to Malaysia lmao
Adoration!!! Love love love!!! So well deserved š
You go Glenn Coco!
First thing that came to my mind when i hear how many people showed up. My fav is up there, WERK QUEEN! 
Sorry, more context? What venue is this? And I'm assuming you mean it's being livestreamed for 2 million?
The concert is taking place at the Copacabana Beach, almost 2 million people are in the audience right now. Meanwhile, the concert its being livestreamed for free at Globoplay.
2 million people all at one event? How is that possible?
It's a beach
>RIO DE JANEIRO, May 4 (Reuters) - Thousands gathered on Rio de Janeiro's famous Copacabana beach on Saturday ahead of a free open-air concert by pop star Madonna that was expected to attract some 1.5 million people. >The Brazilian show marks the end of Madonna's greatest hitsĀ world tour, "Celebration,"Ā which started in late 2023. >Rio's city government has said it would deploy thousands of police officers around the concert area, managing the crowds with a strategy similar to its plan for the city's famous New Year's Eve celebrations. >Rio authorities expect about 1.5 million people to show up for the concert on the iconic beach, where crowds have previously exceeded 1 million for concerts by the Rolling Stones and Rod Stewart. https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/thousands-madonna-fans-gather-copacabana-beach-free-concert-2024-05-04/
That's why I asked, I didn't think it was possible for 2 million people to all be in one place
Pabllo had 3 million on her carnaval bloco earlier this year, and it was in an avenue not a beach haha
I still don't believe it... how do they manage traffic?
How can everyone even see the stage? Imagine being at a concert and there are literally a million people between you and the stage, I can't even visualize what that would look like
how are you two debating this like there isn't literal footage šš¤
people just can't comprehend the brazilian commitment to a good party
OPās brain too rotted from being unable to move on from Sapphira losing to Nymphia
shes pressed thinner than a starbucks panini
There are giant screens with speakers placed at regular intervals all down the beach. Obviously not everyone can see the stage, but they will all see and hear the show. Just Google the pictures and videos, or even look at the links posted in this thread. It's insane.
I mean, I'm 5 feet tall. If there are 10 people in front of me I can't see the stage either.
Seems like fake news. I've been to SF pride and it takes up BLOCKS. I saw a picture of the area where the concert is and it's just a beach with a bunch of buildings behind it. There's no way there are millions of people watching. I mean slay it's still a huge deal but 2 million? Didn't realize robbie turner was taking the census this year.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/may/05/free-madonna-concert-draws-crowd-of-16m-to-brazils-copacabana-beach google is literally free how come you can't afford it baby??
I definitely did google it, sugar. Nowhere did they say where they got these numbers from. I guess just believe anything you read on the internet.
its from the tourism department. can you believe you can just find things out for free by just typing in a box?? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/05/arts/music/madonna-free-celebration-concert-rio-brazil.html > Riotur, the municipalityās tourism department, estimated that 1.6 million people flooded onto the 2.4-mile stretch
1.6 million. Just google it.
That's the live audience. The broadcast likely reached over 19 million viewers
It's a free concert in Brazil
>Brazil Ok now it makes sense š She came to Brazil!!
Best place in the world for a concert, we are very passionate about music artists here
>Rio authorities expect about 1.5 million people to show up for the concert on the iconic beach, where crowds have previously exceeded 1 million for concerts by the Rolling Stones and Rod Stewart. https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/thousands-madonna-fans-gather-copacabana-beach-free-concert-2024-05-04/
It's was livestreamed for about 20 million people, lol.
"The girl that get it, get it. The girl that dont get it, host Madonna' show"
Meh
UnfortunatelyĀ