Madonna held a free concert in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with financial support from Banca Itaú (to celebrate her centenary), the Rio city prefecture and state government, and Heineken. The event attracted over 1.6 million people, becoming the largest concert of her career, the largest audience ever for a solo concert by any artist, and the largest audience for a female artist at a single concert. “The Celebration Tour” was conceived as a retrospective of Madonna’s recording career spanning over 40 years. It featured several of her songs that had not been performed live in decades, including “Justify My Love,” “Bad Girl,” “Erotica” (with original lyrics and production), and “Rain,” from 1993’s “Bedtime Story.” ” from 1995, as well as “Nothing Really Matters” from 1999, “Die Another Day,” “Mother and Father,” and “Live to Tell” from the mid-2000s.
