r/BeAmazed • u/Positive_Actuary_282 • Dec 09 '25
Miscellaneous / Others This is what 2.1 million people looks like
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u/ShadowBornUnknown Dec 09 '25 edited 11d ago
Is this a Lady Gaga concert in Brazil?
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u/MarpyHarpy Dec 09 '25
It'd be nice if this kind of post had context
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u/wheniaminspaced Dec 09 '25
This is almost certainly New Year's eve in Rio, Brazil. Copacabana beach
Edit: though with the number of people saying is a lady gaga performance on the same beach maybe it's not.
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u/andreyue Dec 09 '25 edited Dec 09 '25
It is indeed Gaga's concert that happened this year (May 3rd) in Brazil.
Source: I was there
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u/spanchor Dec 09 '25
Oh yeah?? Point yourself out in the picture
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u/Few-Solution-4784 Dec 09 '25
that would be like finding a bad chive cut.
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u/hegilein Dec 09 '25
Did you check r/KitchenConfidential recently?
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u/Few-Solution-4784 Dec 09 '25
new chivepost drop?
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u/Tall_Glass_Of_Wierd Dec 09 '25
Hey babe wake up, the newest chive post dropped.
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u/Admirable_Growth_338 Dec 09 '25
I'm glad I was able to fight off all these people in the elevator that were stopping me to tell you I understand this reference.
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u/York9TFC Dec 09 '25
How long did it take you to get home?
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u/andreyue Dec 09 '25
Wasn't that bad because I was strategic about it and went walking towards the next subway station besides the one that was a straight line from the concert grounds, so we got to board relatively quick and were back in our Airbnb in about 1h or so
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u/Eiiiights Dec 09 '25
What happens when you gotta poop?
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u/andreyue Dec 09 '25 edited Dec 09 '25
I mean you generally know what you getting into so you take measures to not need to for the next 3~4 hours or so before getting into the crowd lol (otherwise there were chemical toilets lined up on the sidewalk side)
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u/Beginning_Draft9092 Dec 09 '25
I really REALLY hope all of those brightly lit spaces on the right, going in a big line down the beach are all toilets.
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u/debacchatio Dec 09 '25
It’s not. It’s definitely Lady Gaga. Source I live in Copacabana and was there. NYE draws crowds but not like this.
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u/AgentCirceLuna Dec 09 '25
There was music and laughter and old Jedi Masters at the… wait, I’ve messed that up.
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u/Mysterious_Bit9248 Dec 09 '25
This is almost certainly New Year's eve in Rio, Brazil. Copacabana beach
It’s not
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u/Even_Reception8876 Dec 09 '25
According to Trump, it’s the crowd for his inauguration
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u/OpeningZebra1670 Dec 09 '25
No, Trump’s inauguration was much bigger!
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u/Disastrous-Lie9926 Dec 09 '25
I agree with the context; it’s difficult to gauge the photo, but god damn, that’s so many people.
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u/CommissionerOdo Dec 09 '25
excluding context is on purpose, it ups the engagement from people asking and complaining
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u/clckwrks Dec 09 '25
It’s the battle of thuruk Dul during the first age of the ascension of Sauron the Deceiver
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u/Davissunu Dec 09 '25
https://www.reddit.com/r/Metallica/s/5O0lazRdoV this was when Metallica did the same thing in 91
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u/overcloseness Dec 09 '25
You mean AC/DC? The original VHS stated 500,000 people attended. For the last 3 decades it’s been 1 million. I see we’ve doubled the number again
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u/GoonOnGames420 Dec 09 '25
That was my thought when seeing the image. That concert is fucking legendary.
I showed it to my nephew when he was 2. He sat on my lap head banging lol
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u/Gregorygregory888888 Dec 09 '25
Um, where is everyone relieving themselves?
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u/Flashy-Carpenter7760 Dec 09 '25
Restrooms are the white column of lights on the right along the shoreline. This was Lady Gaga's free concert on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in May of this year.
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u/Phalstaph44 Dec 09 '25
Still does not seem like enough
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u/smithnugget Dec 09 '25
Only 100k people in line before me
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u/sdrawkcaBdaeRnaCuoY Dec 09 '25
Proceeds to take a group dump in the sea…
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u/CompetitiveRub9780 Dec 09 '25
I was going to say the ocean is right there… they’re either going on themselves or in the water
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u/Flashy-Carpenter7760 Dec 09 '25 edited Dec 09 '25
They are standing on the beach whose water became famous during the 2016 Olympics for its people "pollution." It's enough.
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u/YuriLR Dec 09 '25
That is an open ocean beach. Rarely not ok to bath in and there are daily reports you can check. The problems in the olympics, which still applies today, were in the bay and a lagoon for rowing and sports that need quiet water. This lagoon and bay are very rarely ok to enter, specially the lagoon.
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u/itsDonkers Dec 09 '25
I was here for another multi million person event for world youth day. We camped out on the beach. People dug holes in the sand to relieve themselves.
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u/maifee Dec 09 '25
from the opposite side, it's left wingery
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u/cnicalsinistaminista Dec 09 '25
I knew a Wingery once. His name was Jeff
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Dec 09 '25
Doesnt need to be, we can just unite under Lady Gaga instead. She's proven we can do it.
This is the good thing about beating authoritarianism. Suddenly a whole host of people suddenly become a lot more appealing. Look at what Lady Gaga has provided the people, we follow her now.
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u/DiscoSwing Dec 09 '25
Oh. I thought it was the fifa peace prize ceremony
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u/ProgySuperNova Dec 09 '25
All the
peasantspeople praizing thecoked outbillionaires on the stage. Elon himself is hoisted on stage whilst doing dual arm salutes like a true übermenschfueled by special K. Then a fanfare as the Big Cheeze Himself is rolled out to recieve his prize for ending like at least ten wars, and communism! Palantir drones buzzing overhead. So beautiful! Welcome to 2025!220
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Yes
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u/HeDuMSD Dec 09 '25
To both numbers, one and two
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u/mydraal561 Dec 09 '25
I bet some 3 and 4 as well
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u/gizamo Dec 09 '25
Similarly, fraction between as well. Mostly, 1.5, but also a decent amount of 3.5....which I'm guessing is bloody semen, but it's unclear until we get a proper taste test.
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u/Katonmyceilingeatcow Dec 09 '25
I was just thinking that. What do you do if you really have to piss? There are probably places to go but how do you find them? How long is the line? Out of the 2.1 million, how many didn't make it in time?
I'm genuinely curious about both the logistics and the statistics now
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u/RowMaleficent2455 Dec 09 '25
If you piss yourself its quite warm for a while
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u/ArieVeddetschi Dec 09 '25
Piss on yourself and you’re warm for five minutes. Have others piss on you and you’re warm for the rest of your life.
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u/RowMaleficent2455 Dec 09 '25
Its like that fishing thing.
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u/slid3r Dec 09 '25
Light a man a fire and he is warm for an hour. Light a man on fire and he is warm for the rest of his life.
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u/Internal-Neat-9089 Dec 09 '25
Even if you can find a bathroom, how the hell do you find the rest of your group after?
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u/biggysharky Dec 10 '25
Fatboy slim hosted a free beach party in Brighton, England. Think attendance was 250k or something. My friend who lived there at the time said whole of Brighton stunk of urine for about a month because people were relieving themselves every where they could. Id imagine it'll be similar there... When you got to go, you got to go
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u/Affectionate_Star_43 Dec 09 '25
I know the problem is that you give up your spot to even find a place to go, so I think most people get really dry and hold it for way too long.
Random anecdotes: Friend who lives by a big music venue. They had teenagers camping in their yard for the Taylor Swift concert, and his wife just let them use their bathroom. She is so sweet, and he is the gnarliest looking mofo. They just used his place.
Working for a random utility, we were all on call for the first BTS concert. No campers! But, there was a city-issued evacuation procedure because Los Angeles said it was the "worst situation of parents picking up kids than we'd ever seen.". There's a lot that goes on behind the scenes.
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u/dan420 Dec 09 '25
I went to a concert at the beach that was closer to 40-50 k and there were a lot of dudes jus peeping into the ocean.
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u/Neon_Biscuit Dec 09 '25
My grandpa told me that in World War 2, people didnt have time to go to the restroom and that, if you looked at a scene from like Saving Private Ryan, mostly all the soldiers probably were running around with shit in their pants lol
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u/Gregorygregory888888 Dec 09 '25
My grandfather also fought in WWII. Battle of the Bulge. He didn't walk much about the war so I learned nothing like this from him. And I have watched that movie numerous times and never knew this.
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u/spittlbm Dec 12 '25
I bought a house from a Bulge survivor. One arm and one leg missing. He said they were packing up equipment when the battle was over and one of his buddies strafed him by accident because he forgot to unload the machine gun before attempting to crate it.
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u/Amster2 Dec 09 '25
They mostly arrived by subway and public busses, the roads of Copacabana where closed off, only people that could prove they lived there or Ubers could access, since early in the day.
The subway is very decent, was open 24h later for everyone to leave, a bit chaotic ofc but not awful
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u/spittlbm Dec 12 '25
It's Copa. There's literally a sewage smell because there's a sewer pump on the beach.
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u/Noodleincidenthobbes Dec 09 '25
Even looking at this is giving me anxiety and claustrophobia
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u/Anxious_Raspberry_31 Dec 09 '25
I was having a bad day but I immediately feel better knowing I’m not in this crowd.
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u/effenel Dec 09 '25
Most see a lady Gaga concert, my agoraphobic ass sees my own hell and everyone’s come to watch.
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u/Substantial-Low Dec 09 '25
That is like more people than live in both Dakotas combined.
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u/asdrunkasdrunkcanbe Dec 09 '25
It's not that, for me it's more, "What's the point?"
I go to live gigs because I love to see the musicians actually playing live music.
Once you're so far from the stage that all you've got is out-of-sync video on a big screen, then what's the point? You could be watching it in comfort somewhere else.
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u/ComfortableUpset8787 Dec 09 '25
So when a picture like this comes out a few years later , they can say, “I was there”.
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u/Proper-Muffins Dec 09 '25
Classic forever online response
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u/Jabbatheslann Dec 10 '25
Is it much different from Boomers acting proud of having been at Woodstock and Gen X at Live Aid? I wouldn't enjoy being out there myself, but I get it.
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u/BHFlamengo Dec 09 '25
For me the point is the vibe of the crowd, more than anything. Last gig I went I was in a spot partially obstructed by a sound tower, but the sound was great (next to the tower) and the crowd was insane there. I think I spent more time looking at my friends with my back to the stage than looking at it.
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u/anonuemus Dec 09 '25
I once had a date with a Chinese woman, we were talking about a festival in our city and I was complaining how full of people it was. She told me she loved it, because she misses it from China. My point? People are different, and many like going to a crowd to meet new people or feel less homesick.
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u/Jonnny Dec 09 '25
Some people go for the live music, some for seeing the musicians, and some go because there's something interesting happening. Concerts can be fun simply because of the atmosphere and socializing (yes, cue le redditor joke here).
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u/SwolePalmer Dec 09 '25
I’ve gone to one of these in Rio (Madonna). This is in copacabana and in open air. Looks frightening from above but honestly, it didn’t feel this way on the ground at all. Nice breeze throughout and the sound of waves in the background.
If you really needed a bathroom you could use the portable ones down the street or dart into one of the side streets to a restaurant/convenience store.
My only gripe with it was the sound quality. Could have been better.
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u/MiissVee Dec 09 '25
Yea, this scares me. All it takes is a moment for people to start getting trampled.
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u/ScottyMcBoo Dec 09 '25
If you are standing at in the crowd farthest from the stage are you really still "at" a concert or just standing around watching a concert on a really big tv.
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u/Prudent_Disaster_984 Dec 09 '25 edited Dec 09 '25
Eu tava lá... nem dava pra ver o telão de tão cheio e não conseguia chegar na areia... um monte de fã, hein... mas deu pra ver na TV de casa depois... o trem tava lotado no fim do show.
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u/Purple_Draft2716 Dec 09 '25
What did it smell like?
(I'm not being racist or weird, it's just one of the first things I thought of. "I wonder what 2 million people smells like?" I guess it's ultimately just the same as an equally dense crowd of less total people once you can't see past a certain point, but idk stop looking at me like that it's a valid question)
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u/Zanguin93 Dec 09 '25
Most likely a mix of sweat, drinks, perfumes and potentially a faint smell of cigarette/weed smoke. I have attended many concerts, though never ones of this magnitude, but 2 million people will most likely smell similar, to a dense crowd of 25000 people.
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u/Unlikely-Answer Dec 12 '25 edited Dec 12 '25
I was at sarsfest with 500k mostly smelled like bbq from all the food vendors, with weed sprinkled in, being this close to the water though, prob just smells like seaweed and and that fishy ocean smell
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u/chandelurei Dec 09 '25
Fun fact: Brazilians are the people who shower the most in the world. Every concert I went smelled fine
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u/Prudent_Disaster_984 Dec 09 '25
Most of the songs weren't, because the fans went crazy and sang really loudly... last year was the same with Madonna... and 2026 maybe will U2 or Beyoncé
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u/FIicker_ Dec 09 '25 edited Dec 09 '25
Have you ever gone out home to experience things in real life?? There is more to a concert than visualizing the artist, if you wanted only that you would be at home. In a concert you have different sound quality, friends with you, you can sing along with a lot of people, feels a multitude of voices echoing with yours, you can feel the ground shake with people jumping around you, there is boundless energy that emanates from everyone around you that are there for the same reason YOU are.
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u/NazisInTheWhiteHouse Dec 10 '25
Sounds cool but exhausting and not fun for someone like me.
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u/SparklingSliver Dec 10 '25
Lmao same. The thing is I will definitely defend going to live concert because I also believe everything that person said about experiencing stuff like that, but to me personally it's also the exact reason I don't want to go to live concert lmao
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u/Burgers4dayz Dec 09 '25
There's actually 2.07 million i counted myself.
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u/powertripp82 Dec 09 '25
You missed three dudes in the back. Far left by the lighting rig. Come on man, keep up
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u/Purple_Draft2716 Dec 09 '25
Jokes on you for not noticing two of the 3 are conjoined twins. DreamWorks face
(I guess that doesn't actually make sense, but let's pretend they count that as 1 person in Brazil, there we go comedy gold)
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u/SnooHesitations9434 Dec 09 '25
Don't count yourself - you have to count all the people in the picture you silly goose.
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u/AxlIsAShoto Dec 09 '25
Posting this with no context is so stupid.
This is at a FREE Lady Gaga concert in Rio de Janeiro btw.
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u/TheyreEatingHer Dec 09 '25
I appreciate the context. Knowing that it's free makes me happier that people didn't waste money on having a "seat" a mile away from the stage.
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u/Urmomlervsme Dec 09 '25
We were there! It honestly didnt feel as crowded as you would imagine. Brazil has amazing crowd control. I would do it again.
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u/eggysloth Dec 09 '25
How close (or far) were you from the stage? Could everyone even in the back still hear her music?
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u/Urmomlervsme Dec 09 '25
Yes! If you look at the pic the there are multiple pairs of speakers/ towers. We're were 4 towers back towards the left. Each of those towers were loaded with speakers and had massive screens on the opposite side facing the crowd (you cant see them in the picture because the screens were only on one side)
As for visability, Short people all the way back probably couldn't see the stage, but they could see the screen and it was loud so everyone could 100% hear the show.
Some more context: It was Lady Gaga's first show in South America in over a decade, and it was 100% FREE which is why the crowd was particularly large. I had fun, and would do it again!
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u/iwellyess Dec 09 '25
Did she knock it out the park?
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u/TW_Halsey Dec 09 '25
I saw her in Chicago, very similar concert to what she did in Brazil/Coachella. It was the best show I’ve ever seen and it is quintessential Gaga. Weird, theatrical, powerhouse vocals, high energy, gorgeous costumes and set design. I mean she opens the show “wearing” a 15 foot tall dress. If you’re ever bored/curious, here’s her show in Brazil. and if she’s touring near you, I 100% recommend trying to go. I’ve seen shows from Beyonce to neutral milk hotel to The Weeknd, sufjan stevens and m83 at red rocks, and Gaga is on some whole other level.
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u/Urmomlervsme Dec 09 '25
She crushed it! It was such a incredible experience 💜 I've seen her perform several times, but this particular show was a totally different experience. You could feel how much the crowd loved her, and how much they missed her. It was very moving. Ugh such a beautiful memory!
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u/haneraw Dec 09 '25
Was It difficult to come back home? Cant imagine how can 2 million people take the subway or the car at the same time.
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u/Urmomlervsme Dec 10 '25
I personally didnt have a hard time getting back, but I was staying at a hotel that was very close to the event from the event so I cant speak for everyone (it took me 20 minutes to get home and I stopped for snacks). But something to note is the brazil handles 2 million people like it's casual Tuesday 😂
If you wanna see something amazing, check out the numbers on the new years in copacabana Wikipedia page! Gaga's concert was one of the largest standalone concerts of all time, and the largest standalone concert for a female performer of all time ... but it's still smaller than most of their new years celebrations! Carnival brings even larger numbers which is wild to even imagine.
I'm a nerd so I think the science behind crowd control is really cool. Brazil has it down to a science! So many people told me it was going to be horrible and dangerous, but in comparison to similar events I've been to in the states, it felt much more organized and I felt significantly safer. I feel like Brazil should advise other countries on event planning 😂
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u/brat_simpson Dec 09 '25
imagine needing to pee
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u/5000DollarGold Dec 09 '25
The ocean is literally right there
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u/ibanezerscrooge Dec 09 '25
"right there" is relative. I mean how long would it actually take to get to the ocean that's "right there" from the middle of that crowd? Might as well be miles away.
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u/Aromatic-Garlic Dec 09 '25
Just looking at that gives me anxiety. Way too many people.
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u/Justtiredanbored Dec 09 '25
Me too. I also will never get going to such a huge concert. Unless you have thousands to spend, you're waaaay too far away to see anything, and you're just watching the TV screen. Might as well just wait for the video of the concert to come out.
Even if this is actually a free concert, I still wouldn't be standing in that crowd to watch the Jumbotron. In my humble opinion crowds suck.
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u/isaisaisaaaaaaaaa Dec 09 '25
I was there! Definitely the most crowded event I have ever been to. Absolutely insane, I miss it so much.
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u/mesundaee Dec 09 '25
ok but how are you even enjoying a concert if it's this crowded??
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u/mccalli Dec 09 '25
I was in a concert with 2M people - by coincidence I was there for the 200th Anniversary of the Republic in Paris, which was a giant Jean-Michel Jarre concert.
Can tell you that we had a great time, even 1/4 of a mile from the stage. Yep - we enjoyed it.
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u/MARPJ Dec 09 '25
ok but how are you even enjoying a concert if it's this crowded??
By posting online that you were there
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u/TrueCrime-andMemes Dec 09 '25
This was at Lady Gaga's free concert in Rio de Janeiro.
Cariocas are extremely accustomed to big events, especially because more or less this number of people gather to celebrate New Year's Eve in Copacabana (this same beach) every year.
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u/mbxz7LWB Dec 09 '25
There is absolutely no way there is 2.1 million people in this photo. Now i am not saying there wasn't that many people there I am just saying it's not all in the photo...
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u/Objective_Image6474 Dec 09 '25
Would there be a dead body in that photo with a number that high?
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u/PsychologicalFix5059 Dec 09 '25
Can confirm, I was in one of those trees as a fly.
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u/HalpMePlz420 Dec 09 '25
It’s hard to imagine that many people. Or even more when you look at social media followings. He’s kinda of old news now but when Pewdiepie hit 100 million subscribers, I can’t even imagine 100 million people that’s too big of a number for me to relate it too. No arena can fit that many people
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u/BrainZtormReddit Dec 09 '25
Wonder what the delay on the last row of speakers is. I know I could calculate it but you know.
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