3 h. ago Aerial footage shows scale of Lady Gaga concert as over 2m flock to Copacabana beach

Aerial footage shows the mind-boggling scale of Lady Gaga’s biggest-ever concert, as more than two million fans descended on Rio’s Copacabana beach last night (3 May).

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6 h. ago AP PHOTOS: Lady Gaga rocks Copacabana Beach with a free concert for more than 2 million fans

Lady Gaga performed a free concert on Copacabana Beach on Saturday night, the second such show in as many years organized by Rio de Janeiro’s City Hall. The show was the biggest of the pop star’s career, as it was for Madonna who also turned the expansive stretch of sand into a massive dance floor last year.

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24 h. ago Lady Gaga to rock Copacabana Beach with a free concert for more than 1 million fans

Lady Gaga will give a free concert on Copacabana Beach Saturday night, the second such show in as many years organized by Rio de Janeiro’s City Hall

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6 d. ago Kneecap under investigation by counter terrorism police after 'kill your MP' comment

Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap are under police investigation following a resurfaced video showing a member of the group telling fans to 'kill your local MP' during a concert in 2023

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1 week ago Definitely shady! Oasis fans lost more than £2million to ticket scams, Lloyds estimates

Oasis fans make up more than half (56%) of all reported concert ticket scams so far this year, according to Lloyds’ data, losing £436 on average

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1 week ago Oasis reunion tour ticket scams cost fans more than £2m, Lloyds bank estimates

Victims include fans rushing to buy tickets at well over face value, data collected by Lloyds Banking Group suggestsOasis fans have collectively lost more than £2m to scams since tickets for its reunion tour went on sale last year, a major bank has estimated.Lloyds Banking Group based the calculation on the volume of fraud reports made by its own customers. Oasis fans make up more than half (56%) of all reported concert ticket scams so far this year, according to Lloyds’ data, losing £436 on average. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Oasis fans scammed out of more than £2million by fraudsters amid scramble for gig tickets

Analysis by Lloyds bank suggests more than 5,000 Oasis fans could been duped into handing over money for fake concert tickets for the band's sold-out reunion tour losing more than the average scam

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1 week ago Oasis fans scammed out of more than £2million for reunion tour tickets

Lloyds Banking Group based the calculation on the volume of fraud reports made by its own customers and found that Oasis fans make up more than half of all reported concert ticket scams so far this year

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1 week ago Coldplay draws 200,000 fans as Hong Kong bets big on concert tourism boost

The British band were the first major international act to perform at the newly-opened Kai Tak Sports Park

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2 w. ago ‘She had no interest in the comfort zone’: celebrating the centenary of Celia Cruz, Cuba’s Queen of Salsa

Exiled from Castro’s Cuba, she became a superstar – and a trailblazer in the macho world of salsa. Fans and collaborators including Angélique Kidjo hail an icon of Black empowermentOn 13 November 1973, at Roberto Clemente Coliseum in Puerto Rico, Celia Cruz took to the stage in a bejewelled, psychedelic blue dress and vast afro, saluting the 12,500-capacity arena with her trademark rallying cry: “Azucar!” – sugar.The Cuban singer had been a star for more than two decades by this point, but this concert marked a rebirth. Backed by the Fania All-Stars, the in-house orquesta of the label that brought salsa to the US, Cruz performed Bemba Colorá. Devotees have variously decoded its lyric and “big red lips” metaphor as a repudiation of a neighbourhood gossip, a commentary on anti-Black racism or an anthem for female empowerment. Stretched out to a righteous 12-minute call-and-response in Puerto Rico, she recast the song as a cry of anguish over her exile from her homeland, adding lines l...

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3 w. ago Viral Usher fan sets record straight on steamy concert encounter

Jimalita Tillman, a retired homeschool mum, caused a stir online after being serenaded by the R&B superstar at his London O2 Arena show last Wednesday

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4 w. ago Usher accused of 'seducing' female fan at London concert amid viral divorce claim

Usher accused of 'seducing' female fan at London concert amid viral divorce claim  NationalWorld

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4 w. ago Taylor Swift fan, 16, gets to see idol in concert thanks to once

Keisha Martin spent her 16th birthday in hospital but was still able to see Taylor Swift live in concert thanks to an anonymous German

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