Lady Gaga just played one of the biggest gigs in history AND dodged a terrorist bomb threat.

Brazil is a HUGE music market that isn’t on the tour schedule of as many artists as it should. That means when a big artist does come into the country, the reaction in insane.

On Saturday (May 3), Lady Gaga returned to Brazil for only the second time (and after having to cancel a show a few years ago) to play Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. Organizers say attendance for the free show was 2.1 million.

That’s a lot. Madonna played the same beach a year ago and didn’t attract quite this many people.

But if you think this is the biggest concert of all time, get ready for this. The Guinness Book of World Records says that on December 31, 1994, Rod Stewart appeared for a free New Year’s Eve show in the same spot. That gig attracted 3.5 million people. Imagine the state of the porta-potties.

Adding extra drama to the situation was a planned bomb attack at the concert by an anti-LGBTQ organization which, Brazilian police say, had been spreading all kinds of hate speech. Mainly against kids, too. They were caught through a police action code-named “Operation Fake Monsters” because the would-be terrorists had identified themselves as Little Monsters, which, as you know, is the name given to Gaga’s hardcore fanbase.

Gaga had this statement:

“We learned about this alleged threat via media reports this morning. Prior to and during the show, there were no known safety concerns, nor any communication from the police or authorities to Lady Gaga regarding any potential risks. Her team worked closely with law enforcement throughout the planning and execution of the concert, and all parties were confident in the safety measures in place.”

The cops said this:

“The suspects were recruiting participants, including minors, to carry out coordinated attacks using improvised explosives and Molotov cocktails.”

Here’s video from the Gaga gig.