"of their fanbase. In 2005, they released another MTV-branded album, only this time in a non-acoustic live performance. This album generated a new hit for the group, called ""Vossa Excelência"", that basically criticizes the hypocrisy and lack of care from politicians, thus bringing the band back to its roots. It was seen as another opportunistic stunt by Brazilian critics, as the song was released exactly when Lula's government was facing manifold accusations of corruption. On February 18, 2006, Titãs opened the Rolling Stones free concert at Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro for an audience of some 1.5 million people. In"
"little political 'storm in a teacup'."" The subsequent A Bigger Bang Tour began in August 2005, and included North America, South America and East Asia. In February 2006, the group played the half-time show of Super Bowl XL in Detroit, Michigan. By the end of 2005, the Bigger Bang tour set a record of $162 million in gross receipts, breaking the North American mark set by the band in 1994. On 18 February 2006 the band played a free concert to over one million people at the Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro—one of the largest rock concerts of all"
"Daniel Grinbank Daniel Grinbank (born May 12, 1954) is an Argentine businessman and impresario. His business creations include four radio stations, a record label and a production company. In 2002 he set up a mutual fund to aid Club Atlético Independiente, a football and sports club in Greater Buenos Aires. Grinbank was behind The Rolling Stones' free concert in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) on 18 February 2006, as well as performances in Argentina by AC/DC, Aerosmith, Arctic Monkeys, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Coldplay, Bob Dylan, Franz Ferdinand, Guns N' Roses, INXS, Madonna, Paul McCartney, Metallica, Luis Miguel, Nirvana, Robert Plant,"
"Live Earth concert, Rio de Janeiro The Live Earth concert for South America was held at Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 7, 2007. It is one of two free Live Earth concerts, the other being held in Washington, D.C. It was the last concert to start during the day-long event. However, that didn't make it the last to finish, for the New York concert was still going on when things wrapped up in Rio. Lenny Kravitz was the headliner, playing a free gig there for the second time. A few days before the event, a State prosecutor"
"No) Satisfaction"" at the halftime show of Super Bowl XL in Detroit. Before performing ""Satisfaction"", Jagger made an uncharacteristic comment on their longevity: ""This one we could've done for Super Bowl I."" Jagger was asked to leave out two sexually suggestive lyrics. The audio on his microphone was lowered twice for the two requested omissions, but Jagger still sang those lyrics. The outstanding scale of the tour was realised on 18 February 2006 when the Stones played a one-night concert on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The free concert was broadcast on television and broke several records as"
"equipment became increasingly sophisticated. When the Stones began to fill stadium-sized venues, or larger, they ran into the problem of the audience no longer being able to see them. This was particularly the case when they performed a free concert for an estimated 1.5 million people in Rio de Janeiro on the ""A Bigger Bang"" tour in 2006. The show required over 500 lights, hundreds of speakers, and a video screen almost in length. Due to the length of the beach on which the Stones performed, sound systems had to be set up in a relay pattern down the length"
"notes. Rock in Rio (album) Rock in Rio is a live album and video by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, recorded at the Rock in Rio festival, Brazil in 2001 on the last night of the Brave New World Tour. The band played to approximately 250,000 people; the second largest crowd of their career (the band's largest concert attendance was their 1985 Rock In Rio performance to an audience of 300,000) and with the relatively recent return of lead singer Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith to the band, they recorded their fifth live release. It features many of"
"Earth happened at exactly the same spot, in front of the Copacabana Palace hotel. The following artists performed at the Brazilian Live Earth concert (in order of appearance): Live Earth concert, Rio de Janeiro The Live Earth concert for South America was held at Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 7, 2007. It is one of two free Live Earth concerts, the other being held in Washington, D.C. It was the last concert to start during the day-long event. However, that didn't make it the last to finish, for the New York concert was still going on when"
"present on the DVD that are not on the CD track listing. !scope=""col"" colspan=""3"" | CD !scope=""row""|Brazil (ABPD) !scope=""col"" colspan=""3"" | DVD !scope=""row""|Brazil (ABPD) Ao Vivo em Copacabana Ao Vivo em Copacabana (English: Live in Copacabana) is the first live album by the Brazilian recording artist Claudia Leitte, released on June 27, 2008. The album was recorded during a single concert performed on February 17, 2008, at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro in front of audiences of up to one million people. The disc had sold over 700,000 copies, which earned her a certified Triple Platinum and Gold Record"
"record for the biggest attendance in a free concert, with an estimated audience of 3.5 million during his 1994 New Year's Eve concert in Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro. Concert A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, choir, or band. Concerts are held in a wide variety and size of settings, from private houses and small nightclubs, dedicated concert halls, arenas and parks to large multipurpose buildings, and even sports stadiums. Indoor concerts"
"Rock in Rio (album) Rock in Rio is a live album and video by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, recorded at the Rock in Rio festival, Brazil in 2001 on the last night of the Brave New World Tour. The band played to approximately 250,000 people; the second largest crowd of their career (the band's largest concert attendance was their 1985 Rock In Rio performance to an audience of 300,000) and with the relatively recent return of lead singer Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith to the band, they recorded their fifth live release. It features many of their"
"live album in the Maracanã Stadium. I think it is a gift for the people who truly love us, plus I have so much faith in that concert and very soon you will be able to see it (in DVD) so you can see what happened."" The DVD was filmed on October 8, 2006 before a crowd of more than 50,000 people in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The filmed concert was part of the tour the band made throughout the country, titled Tour Brasil 2006, which reached 13 Brazilian cities. The concert was filmed by 27 cameras recording simultaneously, with"
"cavaquinho player. Famous musicians and singers are often featured at these shows as guest performers. The bloco performs for free on the street once a year. That used to take place in the neighborhood of Copacabana, on the Sunday following Carnival, thus 'closing' Carnaval. In 2006, the city asked them to perform at 9am, instead of later in the day, so that fewer people would come. Nevertheless, they attracted tens of thousands of people to parade with them, dancing along the road and the adjacent beach. In 2007 they performed again at 9am attracting an estimated 80,000 people and in"
"Biquini Cavadão Biquini Cavadão is a Brazilian rock band formed in Rio de Janeiro in 1985. They are an influential 1980s band that still continues successful to this day. Biquini Cavadão is the name of a tiny cut-a-way bikini well known in Brazilian beaches during the eighties. It is also the name of one of the most famous bands in Brazil in the last thirty years, with more than one million copies of their albums sold, with more than two thousand shows nation wide, as well as abroad. Bruno Gouveia (vocals), Miguel Flores da Cunha (keyboards), Alvaro Birita (drums) and"
"band recorded an EP consisting of three recordings and an instrumental track: ""Me Deixa Em Paz, Obsessão, Popcorn"" and ""Sem Compromisso"". In the same year their first album ""Carnaval Só Ano Que Vem"", was recorded and distributed by the Brazilian label Som Livre. In 2006, they became known in the international scene, appearing in Portugal at the Festival do Sudoeste, and their first US tour playing venues such as Montclair State University, in New Jersey and Chicago’s Millennium Park. In February 2006 they also participated alongside Caetano Veloso and other Brazilian acts at the Tropicalismo festival to celebrate the Tropicália"
"Live in Rio (RBD video) Live In Rio is the fourth DVD by Mexican pop group RBD. The video was recorded on October 8, 2006 before an audience of 50,000 people at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on the group's Tour Brasil 2006. RBD made history in this concert by becoming the first Spanish language act to sell out the Maracanã, overshadowing in the process the turnouts for acts such as Luis Miguel or Guns N' Roses. This particular concert also saw the first performance of ""Ser O Parecer"", RBD's lead single off of their then upcoming"
"the Revolution. The festival drew a reported 12,000 attendees each day. The lineup for the 2006 Langerado Music Festival included Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, The Black Crowes, The Flaming Lips, Wilco, the Meters, G. Love & Special Sauce, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Keller Williams, Burning Spear, Slightly Stoopid, the Disco Biscuits, Umphrey's McGee, Michael Franti & Spearhead, the Secret Machines, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Drive-By Truckers, Mofro, Brazilian Girls, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Kinky, Lake Trout, Lotus, Kid Koala, Lyrics Born, Los Amigos Invisibles, RJD2, Steel Train, Brothers Past, Rose Hill Drive, The Spam Allstars, the"
"Copacabana Stadium Copacabana Stadium, also known as the Beach Volleyball Arena (), was a temporary stadium located on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that hosted the beach volleyball competition of the 2016 Summer Olympics. It was erected in 2016 specifically for the Olympic Games and was planned to be dismantled after the Games. It opened on 26 July 2016 and had a seating capacity of 12,000. The site has previously been used for other international sports competitions, using temporary facilities. In 2007, the site hosted the 2007 Pan American Games' beach volleyball, triathlon and aquatic marathon competitions. For"
"reached number two on the ""Billboard"" 200 album charts. Stewart was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, presented by Jeff Beck. 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. By the early 1990s, Stewart had mostly abandoned creating his own material, saying that he was not a natural songwriter and that the tepid response to his recent efforts was not rewarding. In 1995, Stewart released ""A"
"Ao Vivo em Copacabana Ao Vivo em Copacabana (English: Live in Copacabana) is the first live album by the Brazilian recording artist Claudia Leitte, released on June 27, 2008. The album was recorded during a single concert performed on February 17, 2008, at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro in front of audiences of up to one million people. The disc had sold over 700,000 copies, which earned her a certified Triple Platinum and Gold Record by ABPD. On June 27, 2008, the album was released in CD and digital download formats. A DVD with two discs set was released"
"The biggest concert the band gave was in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during the ""Bigger Bang Tour"", in 2006. In bold, the tours which, when completed became the highest-grossing of all time. Works cited The Rolling Stones concerts Since forming in 1962, the English rock band The Rolling Stones have performed more than two thousand concerts around the world, becoming one of the world's most popular live music attractions in the process. In their early years of performing, the band would undertake numerous short tours of the United Kingdom and North America, playing in small- and medium-size venues to audiences"
"playing to over two million people in two months. Newbridge Memorial Hall will have to wait for a while!"" On 19 January 2001, the band recorded ""Rock in Rio"" in front of an audience of 250,000, their second-largest crowd in Rio de Janeiro (the largest crowd being their 1985 Rock in Rio performance during the World Slavery Tour). The Madison Square Garden concert on 5 August sold out in two hours. Three dates scheduled for Germany, Bulgaria and Greece in mid-July 2000 were cancelled so guitarist Janick Gers could recover after an accident at Mannheim, Germany, on 8 July: he"
"as part of television soap Cobras & Lagartos soundtrack. As the album's final single ""A Camisa e o Botão"" was another hit score for the band. Babado Novo was the headliner of 2006's New York City Brazilian Day, performing live for an audience of 2,5 million people on Times Square. January 2007 saw the release of ""Insolação do Coração"". The song was the first single of the band's fifth and final album ""Ver-te Mar"", which was recorded live in Salvador, Bahia and released on 16 February 2007. ""Doce Paixão"" and ""Pensando em Você"" were both released as singles subsequently. Leitte"
"history, more than 200 bands have performed, including world-wide important groups such as Iron Maiden, Korn, Motörhead, Kiss, Scorpions, Rammstein, In Flames, Black Label Society, Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer, Cannibal Corpse, Sabaton, NOFX, Lamb of God, Refused, Testament, Five Finger Death Punch, Trivium, Down, Crowbar, Sick of It All, Bad Religion, Bullet for My Valentine, Heaven Shall Burn, Pennywise, Hatebreed, At the Gates, Dead Kennedys, Exodus, or Black Flag, among others. The festival was first held in August 2006 under the name of ""Viveiro Summer Fest"" and it was for free thanks to local government. Two days before to the event,"
"the largest rock concert of all time. There were a reported two million people present on the beach and crowding subsequent streets. A special bridge was constructed for the band to cross from the stage to the hotel safely. Three days after the monstrous event, U2 played in São Paulo, and clearly affected by the huge night, ended their concert with the words, ""I can't get no, satisfaction!"" While the Guinness Book of World Records states the largest free concert ever was given in the same spot in 1994 by Rod Stewart, to 3.5 million people, that figure includes everyone"
"In 2003, bought the Club Deportivo Leganés, a second-division Spanish team. The team's lineup of high-level Argentine players left after half a season, however, and the club declined and has failed to recover, causing Grinbank economic losses. Daniel Grinbank Daniel Grinbank (born May 12, 1954) is an Argentine businessman and impresario. His business creations include four radio stations, a record label and a production company. In 2002 he set up a mutual fund to aid Club Atlético Independiente, a football and sports club in Greater Buenos Aires. Grinbank was behind The Rolling Stones' free concert in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)"
"Barão Vermelho, Kid Abelha, Paralamas do Sucesso, , Lulu Santos, Rádio Táxi, Marina Lima, Engenheiros do Hawaii, RPM, Graffiti, Ultraje a Rigor, Legião Urbana, Ira!, Titãs, Capital Inicial, Nenhum de Nós, Biquini Cavadão, Lobão & Os Ronaldos, Léo Jaime, and inumerous others. In January 1985, the Rock in Rio festival took place in Rio de Janeiro, which brought together over one million people to the Cidade do Rock during the 10 days of the event, and is to this day the country's biggest and most influential festival. It represents a milestone in freedom of expression, as in that same year"
"facing the largest audiences ever seen by them in live shows. In 2006, the third independent album is released. ""Ciano"" came out with 14 tracks (11 unreleased songs and 3 re-recordings of hits from Quarto dos Livros) and it was then that the band really pushed into the mainstream, emerging on MTV with a well-produced video for the single ""Quebre as Correntes"", which also gained high rotation on radio stations throughout the country. Fresno appeared on cable TV station Multishow, gained prominence in the Trama Virtual music website and joined the YouTube sensation. Fresno was nominated on MTV's Brazilian Video"
"three hours, totaling approximately 26 songs, including encores that sometimes had as much as seven songs. The band also spontaneously played ""Stick to Your Guns"", from the ""New Jersey"" album for the first time in twenty years at the Amsterdam gig, after Jon Bon Jovi noticed seventeen banners held up in the front row with the lyrics to the song printed on them. The band played in Rock in Rio Lisbon on May 31, 2008, making it their first concert in Portugal since 1995. The band played a free concert in Central Park, New York City, to 60,000 fans in"
"of the concert held at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on October 8, 2006. The double-disc album's pressing was made in Mexico, but was not released for sale, just distributed to radio stations in early 2007. In Brazil, a special limited edition of the album was distributed to subscribers of cable TV channel Boomerang (in which RBD's originating telenovela, ""Rebelde"", was shown) with a cardboard cover imitating the school uniform the characters wore in the telenovela. The promotional release actually contained 12 live songs on each of the two discs. The album omitted the live concert audio"
"designer. Kravitz Design, focused on interior and furniture design, has designed residential spaces, as well as a chandelier for the crystal company Swarovski, named ""Casino Royale."" On July 7, 2007, Kravitz performed at the Brazilian leg of Live Earth in Rio de Janeiro, making him one of three major international rock stars to perform two huge free concerts at the world-famous Copacabana Beach along with Macy Gray and the Rolling Stones. Kravitz had already played there on March 21, 2005, drawing 300,000 people on a concert of his own. The Live Earth concert, with eight other acts on the bill,"
"and its Brazilian partner stepped in to organize Fan Fest in Recife on their own. 2014 World Cup Fan Fests attracted over 5.1 fans including nearly 1 million tourists from 202 countries. The Fan Fest at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro was the most popular one with 937 thousands attendees through the World Cup followed by São Paulo with 806 thousands visitors, Fortaleza with 781 thousands and Manaus with 504 thousands guests. Argentina v. Germany game attracted the largest number of people to Fan Fests totaling for 285 thousands at all 12 Host Cities. For the 2018 FIFA World"
"2006, on 26/27 May and 2/3/4 June. The third edition of Rock in Rio took place in Lisbon, Portugal, on May 30, 31 and June 1 and 5–6. The dates for Arganda del Rey, Madrid, were June 27, 28 and July 4–6. May 30 May 31 June 1 June 5 June 6 June 27 June 28 July 4 July 5 July 6 May 21 / 82.000 May 22 / 45.000 May 27 / 85.000 May 29 / 95.000 May 30 / 38.000 June 4 / 51.000 June 5 / 85.000 June 6 / 90.000 June 11 / 30.000 June 14"