City authorities and both major sunday dailies estimated the crowd at 3 5 million.
Rod stewart concert brazil 1994 3 5 million.
Rod stewart s free new year s concert at copacabana beach may have set an attendance record for an open air concert.
Both jean michel jarre s concert in moscow 1997 and rod stewart s concert in copacabana 1994 have been reported to attract audiences of more than 3 5 million people.
Jean michel jarre has attracted a live audience of more than a million spectators on five occasions three times in paris 1979 1990 and 1995 once in houston 1986 and once in.
More recently the beach has been a site for huge free concerts unrelated to the year end festivities.