Overview
- City officials said roughly two million people filled Copacabana Beach for the free show on Saturday, the biggest audience of Shakira’s career.
- The production opened with a drone she-wolf over the shore, featured Brazilian stars like Anitta and Caetano Veloso, and started just after 11 p.m. local time.
- Authorities deployed nearly 8,000 officers along with drones, facial recognition cameras, and 18 screening points to manage the crowd.
- Riotur and City Hall estimated an economic impact of about 777–800 million reais, part of the Todo Mundo no Rio push to draw visitors in May through at least 2028.
- The event followed an April stage-assembly accident that killed a worker, which police and safety officials are investigating with organizers saying they are cooperating.