robboadam 2,222 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Watch: Was Lady Gaga's Rio concert really attended by 2.1m people? https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm20rg0vvp9o After a reader wondered if 2.1 million people could really have seen Lady Gaga at Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach in May, BBC Verify looked into it. The Lady Gaga concert was paid for by the seaside city in an attempt to revitalise its economy. Fans reportedly travelled from all across the country to see the grandiose performance, which was expected to bring in more than $100m (£75m) to the local economy. Rio officials heralded the 2.1 million attendance as a triumph. However, careful analysis by the BBC Verify team and a crowd density expert reveal it is highly improbable the claims are accurate. Instead, it would require the entire length of the beach, rather than a section, to comfortably fit more than two million people. Despite the BBC's findings, city officials have maintained their claims. They have not however explained how their data was measured. 10 1 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nATAH 48,617 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 well some people attended from their balconies so mother, what must i do? 17 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUTELLA 8,648 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 2 minutes ago, robboadam said: a crowd density expert 4 40 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 116,201 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 lol BBC The Daily Mail is more reliable than these f-ckers So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy 3 2 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
27monster27 13,001 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 (edited) 7 minutes ago, robboadam said: Instead, it would require the entire length of the beach, rather than a section, to comfortably fit more than two million people. I get what they are saying, but it is bold of them to assume people were comfortably standing there lol. People would gladly at any festival cram themselves into spaces to attend. Lady Gaga herself stated this at almost every festival show for The Fame Ball in 2009; people want to suffer for the love of music. They definitely would cram uncomfortably to fit in. So I don't agree with this argument. Edited July 13 by 27monster27 he/him/his 7 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FfFfFfFF 55,680 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 (edited) The expert seems to be specialized in this type of crowd: All my people in the crowd, grab a partner take it down Edited July 13 by FfFfFfFF 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic 49,805 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 So they're saying that only 50 people attended stream bionic 12 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gohan 16,396 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 9 minutes ago, FfFfFfFF said: The expert seems to be specialized in this type of crowd: All my people in the crowd, grab a partner take it down LMFAOOO a madoldner got really really mad and said lemme re-check those numbas tryna go ask Alice, tryna catch that rabbit 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco 10,795 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Lol like anyone has trusted the BBC in the last 10 years. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
heit8r 311 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 18 minutes ago, robboadam said: Instead, it would require the entire length of the beach, rather than a section, to comfortably fit more than two million people. That's the things, we weren't confortable ahaah 8 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoomKack 6,586 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Defund the BBC 1 7 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaybeKermit 4,886 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 (edited) For people with a job, they should get a JOB …… like what in the chronic online unemployment is this Edited July 13 by MaybeKermit 6 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamo 18,973 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 so who was the Madonna stan that sent in this question to begin with? I would like to talk. you can serve it to me ancient city style... 15 2 2 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rat Boy 43,472 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 We only post POSITIVE Gaga news here!! "****ing rat" - @Dynamite 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladle Ghoulash 23,537 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Anyway, there were 2.5M people there idgaf We have forgotten our public MANNERS 5 1 7 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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