Free mega event should take place on Copacabana Beach in May next year
Lady Gaga will be in Brazil in 2025. At least that’s what the undersecretary of events and institutional relations at the State Secretariat for Culture and Creative Economy of Rio de Janeiro guarantees, Rodrigo Castro.
In a video published on social media last Friday (12/20), Castro confirmed that the singer will perform in the capital of Rio de Janeiro next year.
In the recording, the undersecretary comments on the main events in the city’s cultural calendar and includes the show in the list:
There’s a lot of good news out there. The State Government is investing R$40 million in Carnival (…), after that comes Lady Gaga”, he stated.
Despite his speech, he did not announce information such as dates or times.
Since November, Lady Gaga has been featured as one of the attractions of a free megashow on Copacabana Beach. The event would take place in May 2025, following the model of the Madonnawhich took place in 2024.
The rumors gained strength after publications by the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes. He posted a video that shows Gaga singing “Shallow”one of the singer’s biggest hits.
‘Everybody in Rio!’ Experts will understand! Signs!”, wrote the mayor, in a mysterious tone, in the caption of the video.
So you don’t think I’m having an angry Friday! “Everyone in Rio”! Experts will understand! Signs! pic.twitter.com/7gsiRyxSlu
— Eduardo Paes (@eduardopaes) November 22, 2024
In addition to Lady Gaganames like Beyonce, U2 and even a hologram of michael jackson were mentioned by the mayor as possible presentations.
The artist’s last show in Brazil took place in 2012 with the tour Born This Way Ball Tourwhich passed through São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Porto Alegre. In 2017, she gave life to memes by announcing that participation in Rock in Rio was canceled on the day of the show.
Source: Rollingstone
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