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The Rolling Stones Concert, América Latina Olé Tour - 2016 Brazil Copacabana, Special Collector’s Edition. Details of The Rolling Stones concert in Copacabana, Brazil: The staggering figure of 1.5 million people. That is the number of attendees who enjoyed the free concert performed by British band The Rolling Stones on February 18, 2006, on the famous Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The London quartet’s performance was part of the A Bigger Bang world tour, promoting their album of the same name, released in 2005. In this part of the world, they played only two other shows, both in Argentina. They gave three performances in South America, but their appearance on the Brazilian beach will forever be remembered in music history as one of the largest concerts ever held. The event required an investment of nearly 10 million Brazilian reais (2.5 million dollars), contributed by two sponsors and the Rio city government. The performance had such an impact that the city’s security presence was tripled to New Year’s Eve levels, with 10,000 police officers on the streets. The stage was 24 meters high (the equivalent of an eight-story building) and 70 meters wide. Its main distinguishing feature was that it stood in front of the hotel where the musicians were staying, so a walkway was built to connect the hotel to the backstage area. The largest crowd Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, and Charlie Watts could remember performing for began the night with «Jumpin’ Jack Flash» and «It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It)», a one-two punch that sent the sand flying and turned up the Rio heat. Fans came from all over the world, filling every hotel in the city and in other parts of Brazil, just one week before Rio Carnival, the quintessential summer festival in South America. The British band played 20 songs, not only for the massive audience on the beach. The show was broadcast throughout Brazil on radio and TV, while the rest of the world could listen via satellite and the Internet, and watch in some movie theaters in the United States. Among the hits played in Copacabana were «Tumbling Dice», «Wild Horses», «Miss You», «Sympathy for the Devil», «Start Me Up», and «Brown Sugar». Although the attendance figure is astounding, the Guinness Book of World Records does not include it in its records. According to the book, the free concert with the largest attendance was the one Rod Stewart performed on the same Brazilian beach on the night of December 31, 1994, with 4.2 million people. The British band’s show lasted around two hours, and, according to The New York Times at the time, «in the end, the spectacle went off without major problems. Even the firefighters and security guards near the stage were dancing as the Stones finished the show just before midnight with ‘Satisfaction’.» Their appearance in Copacabana (along with the two concerts in Argentina) was the Stones’ last performance in South America. Until now, that is. This Wednesday the 3rd, they will kick off their Latin American tour at Santiago’s National Stadium, continuing to celebrate their more than 50 years on stage. Note: The poster will be shipped in a reinforced tube, properly protected, via express courier. The last three photos in the description are for illustrative purposes only and are not included with the poster.

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