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"Brazil, I'm coming soon," the "Material Girl" and "Vogue"
singer said in a video released earlier this week by local
lender Itau Unibanco.
More details about Madonna's concert will come out in a press
conference on Monday, according to an invitation sent to
journalists on Friday by Itau and Dutch beermaker Heineken,
which has a large presence in Brazil.
The local hotel industry cheered the reports.
"New Year's Eve has come early," Rio hotel union head Alfredo
Lopes said in an interview, explaining that hotel occupation in
the most tourist-heavy parts of the city could hit 100% ahead of
the concert.
Columnist Lauro Jardim from newspaper O Globo said this month
that the concert was scheduled for May 4, a date not yet
confirmed by authorities or the 65-year-old singer.
Past free concerts at Copacabana, drawing up to millions of
fans, have included the Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart and Lenny
Kravitz.
Madonna kicked off her "Celebration" tour last October.
(Reporting by Rodrigo Viga Gaier; Writing by Andre Romani;
Editing by Kylie Madry and Will Dunham)
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