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Copacabana riot begins with Ludmilla, Jorge Aragão, Glória Groove, Luísa Sonza and Teresa Cristina G1

1 of 11 Ludmilla performs on New Year's Eve in Copacabana Photo: Gabriel Monteiro/Riotur Ludmilla performs on New Year's Eve in Copacabana Photo: Gabriel Monteiro/Riotur

Artists of different rhythms warmed up the audience this Sunday (31) before New Year's Eve on Copacabana Beach, in the southern zone of Rio de Janeiro. Artists who had already performed at 10:10 p.m. included Ludmilla, Glória Groove, Luísa Souza, Jorge Aragão and Teresa Cristina.

Luísa Sonza sang the hit “Chico” without mentioning her exboyfriend’s name, as she had done in her last shows.

Luisa Sonza sings “Chico” at the Copacabana New Year’s Eve party

Shortly before the shows began, the audience gathered in large numbers on the two stages set up at the venue the performances were scheduled for 5:30 p.m.

In front of the Copacabana Palace, the party started with a performance by DJ Tamy on the stage in front of the Copacabana Palace, while DJ Tati da Vila will open the party on the stage in the Republic of Peru.

2 of 11 Jorge Aragão, who recovered from cancer in 2023, performs on New Year's Eve in Copacabana Photo: Luciola Villela/Riotur Jorge Aragão, who recovered from cancer in 2023, performs on New Year's Eve in Copacabana Photo: Luciola Villela/ Riotur 3 of 11 In Gold, Ludmilla appears in the Copacabana — Photo: Reproduction/TV Globo In Gold, Ludmilla performs in the Copacabana — Photo: Reproduction/TV Globo 4 of 11 Glória Groove performs in the Copacabana — Photo: Reproduction/TV Globo Glória Groove performs in Copacabana Photo: Reproduction/TV Globo

At around 7:20 p.m. a large crowd was already gathering in front of the hotel to watch Luísa Sonza's show. The same thing happened on the other stage, at Teresa Cristina's show. At 10:10 p.m. sharp, Ludmilla took the stage at the Copacabana Palace with the hit “É Hoje”.

“It's definitely very memorable, it's something special in my life,” commented Ludmilla about the performance on the Copacabana stage

5 of 11 Audience in Copacabana in the early evening — Photo: Reproduction/TV Globo Audience in Copacabana in the early evening — Photo: Reproduction/TV Globo 6 of 11 Teresa Cristina performs in Copacabana — Photo: Luciola Villela/Riotur Teresa Cristina presents in Copacabana — Photo: Luciola Villela/Riotur 7 of 11 Audience on the Copacabana promenade in front of the Copacabana Palace — Photo: Reproduction/TV Globo Audience on the Copacabana promenade in front of the Copacabana Palace — Photo: Reproduction/TV Globo 8 of 11 Público arrives in Copacabana for the New Year's Eve party Photo: Reproduction/TV Globo Público arrives in Copacabana for the New Year's Eve party Photo: Reproduction/TV Globo

The Copacabana fireworks will be spread across 10 ferries scattered along the coast. The party will also include an orchestra and a drone show. Everything is scheduled to last 12 minutes.

9 of 11 Magazine spots in Copacabana Photo: Reproduction/Twitter PMERJ Magazine spots in Copacabana Photo: Reproduction/Twitter PMERJ 10 of 11 The public begins to gather on the Copacabana promenade Photo: Reproduction The public begins to gather on the Copacabana promenade to concentrate Photo: Reproduction

The audience gathers on the stages of Copacabana New Year's Eve

Copacabana is the main “stage” of public New Year's Eve partying in Rio, but there will be shows in ten other districts of the city. It will be the debut of Bangu and Praça Mauá as addresses for the celebration.

Check out the other parties' locations below:

11 of 11 New Year's Eve stages in Rio — Photo: Reproduction/TV Globo New Year's Eve stages in Rio — Photo: Reproduction/TV Globo