"... up to 1.5 million people are expected to attend."

It's a free concert, but The Rolling Stones will make there money,
I can see some live-DVD at the horizont ... ;-)






Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 2005-12-13 23:18 by HighwireC.

Rolling Stones to play free concert on Rio beach
Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:22 PM ET

By Fernanda Ezabella

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - Rock legends the Rolling Stones will play a free concert on Rio de Janeiro's famed Copacabana Beach in February, organizers said on Tuesday, and up to 1.5 million people are expected to attend.

"City Hall considers this show to be like another New Year. We will treat it like that," Ana Maria Maia, a Rio official for special events, told a news conference.

The British veterans -- Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Ron Wood -- and support musicians are currently playing across the United States on their "Bigger Bang" tour.

Up to 1.5 million people traditionally gather on Copacabana Beach to celebrate New Year's Eve and organizers said they expected a similar number for the February 18 show.

A big security operation will be mounted. Rio is plagued by violent crime which often spills over from the slums ruled by drug gangs into the city streets.

More than 2,400 police will be on duty in three shifts and streets in the Copacabana area will be sealed off, officials said.

It will be the third time in Brazil for the Stones -- once rock's most notorious bad boys, now a multimillion-dollar entertainment corporation after more than 40 years together.

Jagger has a young son from a liaison with Brazilian TV presenter and model Luciana Gimenez, who lives in Sao Paulo.

The Stones have performed some notable free concerts in the past, including in London's Hyde Park in 1969, and the infamous event at Altamont Speedway in California later that year when Hells Angels who were hired as security guards killed a fan.

Last week the Stones were nominated for a Grammy for their new album "A Bigger Bang," hailed by critics as their best work in years.

Rolling Stones vai gravar DVD no Rio

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O grupo Rolling Stones, que faz no dia 18 de fevereiro de 2006 único show gratuito no Brasil, na praia de Copacabana, vai gravar um DVD ao vivo da apresentação. O anúncio oficial foi feito nesta terça de manhã, no Palácio da Cidade da Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro, uma das patrocinadoras do evento.

Segundo a organização, o show, que será transmitido ao vivo pela Rede Globo, começa às 21h45 e espera reunir 1,5 milhão de pessoas durante as duas horas de apresentação. O palco será montado em frente ao hotel Copacabana Palace.

O empresário Luiz Oscar Niemeyer, promotor da turnê no país, informou que a abertura para o Rolling Stones deve ficar a cargo de uma banda nacional, ainda não definida.

that would be cool.

1.5 miilion.

wow

itll b the biggest bang thats 4 sure , there gonna need a highway 2 the b-stage