BBC Verify debunks Rio concert numbers

[robboadam 2,221]

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.

 

 

 

[nATAH 48,575]

well some people attended from their balconies so

[NUTELLA 8,609]

2 minutes ago, robboadam said:

a crowd density expert

[River 116,164]

lol BBC

The Daily Mail is more reliable than these f-ckers 

[27monster27 12,986]

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 Sunday at 09:13 PM by 27monster27

[FfFfFfFF 55,680]

The expert seems to be specialized in this type of crowd:

All my people in the crowd, grab a partner take it down

Edited Sunday at 09:15 PM by FfFfFfFF

[bionic 49,771]

So they're saying that only 50 people attended

[Gohan 16,396]

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 

[Bronco 10,757]

Lol like anyone has trusted the BBC in the last 10 years.

[heit8r 309]

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

[BoomKack 6,585]

Defund the BBC

[MaybeKermit 4,884]

For people with a job, they should get a JOB …… like what in the chronic online unemployment is this

Edited Sunday at 09:37 PM by MaybeKermit

[mamo 18,970]

so who was the Madonna stan that sent in this question to begin with? I would like to talk.

[Rat Boy 43,471]

We only post POSITIVE Gaga news here!!

[Ladle Ghoulash 23,464]

Anyway, there were 2.5M people there idgaf