Rod is in the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest free rock concert of all time. This suceess can be explain by both the place (copacabana beach) and the date (new year 1995).

Rod did not opted for a traditional venue like a footbal stadium for his free concert. He performed his way and staged his concert in one of the most beautiful beach in the world as a gift to many poor people from Rio de Janero and its favelas.

3.5M people came to listen his greatest hits.

Highlight : Of Course the new year party involved a counting down... And three and a half millions brazilians counting down seconds with Rodd Stewart is simply outstanding.

12 years after Rod Stewart concert, the rolling stones tryied to beat Rod Stewart for the biggest rock concert title.

They choose the same place, copagabana beach but it was not for the new year night.

The concert was far more mediatized than rod's one but on 18/02/2006 "only" 1.5 millions brazilians came to see Mike and his band.

Hard to believe that a country singer could be in the top 3 ! But Garth Brooks is not the average country singer. He is the second best disk seller in the US (just behind the beatles) and his album No Fences (Capitol Nashville) is one one the biggest hit of all time with 16millions album sold.

His free concert in Central park gathered 750,000 millions of people which is the reccord for a rock concert in Central Park (the New York philarmonic gathered 800,000 people)