Packed Copacabana Beach reveals appetite for Lady Gaga's return in Brazil | ABS-CBN News

American pop icon Lady Gaga takes the stage on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach on Saturday (May 3) night in a free concert that is expected to draw more than 1.6 million people and be one of the biggest of her career. The 2016 Olympic host city is hosting large-scale free events featuring global stars as a way of filling hotels, bars and restaurants that have been struggling in recent years with an economic and public security crisis. Madonna's show on the same beach a year ago attracted 1.6 million people from all over Brazil and was the biggest live performance of her decades-long career. Officials say Lady Gaga's performance, scheduled for 9:45 p.m. (0045 GMT Sunday), may attract an even bigger number. The 39-year-old singer, known for hits like "Bad Romance" and "Poker Face," last performed in Brazil in 2012, having canceled an appearance at the Rock in Rio festival in 2017 over health issues. Now, she's presenting her latest album, "Mayhem," which critics have considered a return to her musical origins. The city estimates that Gaga's visit, funded mainly by private sponsors, could inject over 600 million reais ($100 million) into Rio's economy. (Production: Lais Morais, Janaina Quinet, Renato Spyrro, Sergio Queiroz, Tito Nogueira, Anna Portella) For more ABS-CBN News videos, click the link below:    • ABS-CBN News   For more Breaking News & Live Coverage videos, click the link below:    • Breaking News & Live Coverage   For more latest news and analysis from ABS-CBN News videos, click the link below:    • The latest news and analysis from ABS-CBN ...   For more News Digital News Raw Cuts, click the link below:    • News Digital Raw Cuts OLD   Subscribe to the ABS-CBN News channel! - http://bit.ly/TheABSCBNNews Watch full episodes on iWantTFC for FREE here: http://iwanttfc.com Visit our website at http://news.abs-cbn.com Facebook:   / abscbnnews   Twitter:   / abscbnnews   Instagram:   / abscbnnews   #NewsDigital #LatestNews #ABSCBNNews