Live from rio 1994 to a 3 5 million audience.
Rod stewart concert 3 5 million.
The only other concert that has passed the three million attendee mark was rod stewart s free concert held at the copacabana beach during the 1994 new year s eve celebration.
1st john 5 19 and we know that we are of god and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
Instead of getting married again i m going to find a woman i don t like and just give her a house on 31 december 1994 stewart played in front of 3 5 million people on copacabana beach in rio and made it into the guinness book of world records for staging the largest free rock concert attendance in history.
Rod stewart people get ready.
The beach is visited by thousands of people at any part of the day but the largest gathering on one of the biggest beaches in the world happened during the rod stewart concert on new year s eve in 1994.
Just like with jean michael jarre s concert in moscow the official reports say that there were 3 5 million people.
City authorities and both major sunday dailies estimated the crowd at 3 5 million.
On december 31 1994 the new year s eve celebrations featured a rod stewart concert with an attendance of 3 5 million making it the largest concert crowd ever.
Jean michel jarre has attracted a live audience of more than a million spectators on five occasions three times in paris 1979 1990 and 1995 once in houston 1986 and once in.
Rod stewart treated the crowd to a setlist of favorites with an exciting encore.
Both jean michel jarre s concert in moscow 1997 and rod stewart s concert in copacabana 1994 have been reported to attract audiences of more than 3 5 million people.
Live from rio 1994 to a 3 5 million audience.
Rod stewart s free new year s concert at copacabana beach may have set an attendance record for an open air concert.
He gained recognition for not only putting on the largest live concert but also for the largest free rock concert of all time.