Rolling Stones Play Free Gig to 1M In Rio

[method77]

The Rolling Stones have announced that they will play a free gig on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach next year.

Up to 1.5 million people are expected to attend the show, which will take place on February 18.

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

Traditionally, up to 1.5 million people gather on Copacabana Beach to celebrate New Year's Eve, and organisers say that they are expecting a similar number for the band's gig, according to Reuters.

[method77]

Copacabana is good

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[robsterman1]

Now THAT be a real funfest!

[Wolfie]

I always wanted go to Brazil for the Carnivale.

[DudeAsInCool]

I always wanted go to Brazil for the Carnivale.

check out cruise rates, wolfie - i might be game if other people go

[method77]

watch the concert live through AOL tonight

[DudeAsInCool]

The Stones Rock 1.5 Million in Rio Days Before Carnival

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 18 — It takes audacity to come into the city that is home to the world's most famous Carnival just one week before that bacchanalia begins and play any style of music other than samba. But the Rolling Stones have never lacked for swagger, and on Saturday night about one and a half million people, according to the police and other authorities, flocked to Copacabana Beach for a free concert starring Mick Jagger and company.

Mick Jagger greeted the throngs in Portuguese and dressed for the occasion.

The prospect of seeing the Stones without having to pay market prices attracted fans from all over Brazil as well as the rest of South America and even Europe and the United States.

http://nytimes.com/2006/02/19/internationa...kxL3OCJYSJFJGpg

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[Redneck4sure]

Nice pics, Dude. :good job:

but yours can't compare to Method's.

[method77]

great pics