Madonna: city hall confirms show in Rio de Janeiro on May 4th

It’s official: the show Madonna at the Brazil will be on May 4th, for free, at Copacabana beachat the Rio de Janeiro. The information was confirmed at a press conference held at the hotel Copacabana Palacein Rio, by Bonus Trackfor the Rio de Janeiro’s city hallfor the Government of the State of Rio de Janeirofor the Itaú and for Heineken.

A Madonna: The Celebration Tour in Rio should use a similar structure to New Year’s Eve in Copacabana and the show should start between 9:30 pm and 9:45 pm. The show should only have a separate area for the press, sponsors and authorities, with no extra division for the general public.

The official announcement comes less than a week after confirmation, in a promotional video from Banco Itaú, that the singer would come to Brazil “soon”.

“It’s official! Bonus Track is pleased to announce Madonna’s final stop on “The Celebration Tour” with a free show in Rio de Janeiro on May 4th at Copacabana Beach, the singer’s biggest show ever. The Celebration Tour IN RIO is presented by @itau and, together, we will create the biggest dance floor in the world!”, says the Bonus Track announcement.

“It was very interesting, not only our choice for Madonna, but why Madonna decided to be in the advertisement for a bank and a Brazilian brand, she hadn’t done any advertising for 30 years. And what she actually said is that the story that the story we wanted to tell was the story she was telling and that she wanted to tell too. It’s no surprise that she directed the commercial film, which she wrote together with us. So we ended up having a match of very interesting stories “, he said Eduardo TracanellaCMO of Itaú Unibanco at the press conference.

Madonna in Brazil

The information confirms the rumors about Madonna’s fourth visit to Brazil, which began to emerge at the beginning of March. According to information from Lauro Jardim, columnist for the newspaper The globethe singer would perform for free at Copacabana Beach, in Rio de Janeiro, on May 4th, as part of Itaú’s anniversary celebration campaign.

The possibility of the singer coming to Brazil again increased when Eduardo Paes, current mayor of Rio de Janeiro, shared an old post from the profile @jairmearrependi, on X, which said: “I will never forget that Eduardo Paes promised a Madonna show in Copacabana and didn’t deliver.” To the May 2023 message, the politician added a sequence of “eye-rolling” emojis.

🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 https://t.co/BKgTmQaosK

— Eduardo Paes (@eduardopaes) March 7, 2024

Problems with Copacabana residents

But not everyone is happy with the singer’s arrival! The Copacabana Residents’ Association (AMACOPA) would be trying, through a judicial measure, to prohibit the artist’s show on the sands of one of the most famous beaches in the world, even before confirmation that the performance will actually take place there.

The Celebration Tour and Madonna’s 40-year career

At the moment, Madonna takes to the stage with The Celebration Tourwhich celebrates the Queen of Pop’s 40-year career. The tour was scheduled to begin in North America in early 2023, but had to be rescheduled after the artist ended up in the hospital with a bacterial infection.

recovered, Madonna now take the stage with a setlist full of successes, which should accompany her in her possible presentation in Rio de Janeiro, has yet to be confirmed by Itaú. Check out:

1. Nothing Really Matters [tocada pela primeira vez desde 1999]
2. todo Mundo
3. Into the (Hollywood) Groove
4. Burning Up
5. Open Your Heart
6. Holiday / I Want Your Love
7. In This Life (Snippet)
8. Live To Tell
9. Like a Prayer [com sample de ‘Unholy’, de Sam Smith & Kim Petras]
10. Living for Love (Snippet)
11. Fever (Snippet)
12. Erotica / You Thrill Me
13. Papa Don’t Preach (Snippet)
14. Justify My Love
15. Fever (Snippet)
16. Hung up on Tokisha/ Hung Up [Versão do álbum]
17. Bad Girl
18. Up Down Suite / Vogue [com sample de ‘Break My Soul (The Queens Remix)’, de Beyoncé]
19. Human Nature (Snippet)
20. Crazy for You (Snippet)
21. The Beast Within
22. Die Another Day
23. Don’t Tell Me
24. Mother and Father
25. Little Star (Acapella)
26. I Will Survive [cover da Gloria Gaynor]
27. La Isla Bonita
28. Don’t Cry For Me Argentina
29. I Don’t Search I Find
30. Bedtime Story
31. Ray of Light
32. rain
33. Like A Virgin/ Billie Jean [cover de Michael Jackson]
34. Gimme All Your Luvin’ / Bitch I’m Madonna
35. Celebration