Singer Shakira performs a free concert on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach, drawing large crowds, with at least one outlet reporting around 2 million spectators. The event comes after earlier headline shows on the same stretch of waterfront: Madonna performed there in 2024 and Lady Gaga performed there last year, according to the sources. BBC and other coverage describe Shakira’s appearance as part of a sequence of major, free, beach-side performances by international pop stars. Euronews reports that the concert begins after a delay of more than an hour and describes stage visuals during the performance, including drone imagery. The reports characterize the night as a major public event on one of Rio’s most prominent beach areas, with large attendance from the city and beyond.