Rod Stewart Concert 3 5 Million

The guinness world records site credits the largest live concert to rod stewart who drew 3 5 million for a new year s eve 1994 performance at copacabana beach rio de janeiro brazil.

Rod stewart concert 3 5 million.

Rod stewart later said. 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. 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.

He gained recognition for not only putting on the largest live concert but also for the largest free rock concert of all time. More recently the beach has been a site for huge free concerts unrelated to the year end festivities. Live from rio 1994 to a 3 5 million audience. Live from rio 1994 to a 3 5 million audience.

City authorities and both major sunday dailies estimated the crowd at 3 5 million. Rod stewart people get ready. 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. Rod stewart s free new year s concert at copacabana beach may have set an attendance record for an open air concert.

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. 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.