Forty years into her legendary career, Madonna played to her largest audience ever with a free concert at Copacabana beach Saturday night in Rio de Janeiro that drew 1.6 million people. The concert ...

Beyond the spectacle, the economic impact of the massive influx of tourists is undeniable. Restaurants, bars, tour operators, ...

There was another concert—100 times larger than Diljit’s—which took place in the 1990s. In December 1994, Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach became the epicentre of an extraordinary New ...

The annual New Year's Eve celebrations which traditionally see millions of people gathered on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro have been cancelled this year as Brazil grapples with surging ...