This concert turned out to be the largest in the history of music: more than 4 million people attended it.

20.03.2024 07:56

On the final day of 1994, an event took place on the main beach of Rio de Janeiro that amazed humanity with its massive scale.

We are talking about a concert by British musician Rod Stewart.

The legendary performer's live performance was witnessed by... more than 4 million viewers!

The concert received the status of the most massive in the history of music. Almost 30 years have passed, and the record has not yet been broken.

Other mass concerts

The second largest concert was held 2.5 years later by the French multi-instrumentalist Jean-Michel Jarre.

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The event was held in early autumn 1997 near the building of Moscow State University. More than 3 million people came to the concert.

More than 2 million spectators attended the performance of the iconic rock band Queen in Sydney in 1985.

Copacabana Beach, where the above-described Rod Stewart concert took place, became the venue for another mass event: in 2006, about one and a half million people came to see the famous musical group The Rolling Stones perform.

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Author: Kurchev Anton Deputy Editor-in-Chief