The seventh edition of Rock in Rio Lisboa, held every two years since 2004, will be closed tonight by the Swedish DJ Avicii and Brazil's Ivete Sangalo, who repeated to replace the loss of the American Ariana Grande.
The Swedish DJ, 26, held in Lisbon one of his last concerts since last March announced his temporary withdrawal to explore other fields and have more time for his private life.
Avicii, whose real name is Tim Bergling, is known for songs like "Levels" or "Wake Me Up" and strengthened his career since 2013 with his two studio albums, "True" and "Stories", with which he climbed to the top positions of the charts in countries like Sweden, the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany.
Sangalo, one of the most successful Brazilian artists, repeat concert before a legion of followers, including that given the abundant Brazilian community in Portugal.
The Brazilian, who played on Saturday, repeated action to supply Ariana Grande, unexpectedly low for a throat infection.
For this incident, the organization also offered the possibility of reimbursing the money the ticket to viewers who have purchased for 29, when he should touch Grande.
The problem with the American singer was the second in the festival, after the Romans do the Korn barely touched half an hour because of some technical problems.
Rock in Rio, which opened last May 19 with the headliner Bruce Springsteen, Queen has had on the 20th, with Hollywood Vampires 27 and Maroon 5, 28, among others.
It is estimated that each day has received at least 50,000 spectators.
In the 2014 edition, the festival hosted in five days 345,000 visitors.
The place chosen for this megafestival was again the Bela Vista City Park, east of Lisbon and has 85 hectares.
The event has mobilized about 1,000 professionals for campus security, including police, firefighters, private security and civil protection, as well as two fixed structures and ten mobile medical teams.
Since its founding in Brazil 30 years ago, Rock in Rio has brought together over six million people in four countries, Brazil, Portugal, Spain and the United States, thus becoming one of the most important music festivals in the world .
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