PHOTOS: Madonna makes waves in Brazil with free concert gathering 1.6 million people
Talk about a grand finale. Madonna transformed Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro into a sea of her fans on Saturday for the closing show of her latest world tour, The Celebration Tour, which has performed in 80 locations since October. The final concert, announced last March, was free for everyone, and drew the largest crowd of the pop superstar’s four-decade career. Riotur, Rio City Hall’s tourism agency, estimated that 1.6 million people flocked to the beach to get a glimpse of Madonna. That would make the show more than 10 times bigger than Madonna’s previous record attendance of 130,000 a...