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Lady Gaga concert ‘targeted for bomb attack’

Lady Gaga’s 2.1 million-strong Rio concert was the target of a bomb plot by a hate group posing as her ‘Little Monsters’ fans, according to Brazilian police.

Lady Gaga’s record-breaking concert in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday was targeted with a bomb plot by a hate group posing as “Little Monsters” fans, who planned to attack with IEDs and Molotov cocktails, Brazilian police revealed.

The plotters were organizing coordinated bombings and trying to recruit young Brazilians to carry out carnage at the event, which drew 2.1 million people to the world-famous Copacabana Beach, police in Rio said in a statement, The NY Post reports.

The recruiters falsely identified themselves as members of Gaga’s global fan base, known as “Little Monsters,” as a way to lure fans into “networks with violent and self-destructive content,” the Brazilian Justice Ministry said.

 

Lady Gaga performed a free mega-concert at Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach. Picture: AFP.
Lady Gaga performed a free mega-concert at Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach. Picture: AFP.

 

 

Lady Gaga sang to millions. Picture: AFP.
Lady Gaga sang to millions. Picture: AFP.

 

 

 

Military Police officers stand on an elevated platform as fans wait for the beginning of the free mega-concert at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 3, 2025. Picture: Daniel Ramalho/ AFP.
Military Police officers stand on an elevated platform as fans wait for the beginning of the free mega-concert at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 3, 2025. Picture: Daniel Ramalho/ AFP

 

Rio state police intelligence uncovered digital networks that encouraged violent behavior used coded language and extremist symbols to communicate their vile message, authorities said. 

The plotters aimed to radicalize teenagers and promoted self-harm, violent content and hate speech, including against the LGBT community, the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro state said.

They planned to use the bombing to gain notoriety on social networks, authorities said.

A man described as the leader of the group was arrested in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul for illegal possession of a firearm, while a teenager in Rio was arrested on child pornography charges, police said.

Over a dozen search and seizure warrants were carried out in the Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro, Mato Grosso, Rio Grande do Sul and São Paulo, authorities said.

The raids were carried out quietly just hours before Gaga’s performance so as to avoid “panic or distortion of information,” police said.

 
 
 
 
Lady Gaga performs during a massive free show at Copacabana Beach on May 03, 2025 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Picture: Buda Mendes/Getty Images.
Lady Gaga performs during a massive free show at Copacabana Beach on May 03, 2025 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Picture: Buda Mendes/Getty Images.



Fans cheer as they watch Lady Gaga’s free concert on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, May 3, 2025. Picture: Bruna Prado.
Fans cheer as they watch Lady Gaga’s free concert on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, May 3, 2025. Picture: Bruna Prado.


An aerial view of the stage for the show of US singer Lady Gaga at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 27, 2025. Picture: Pablo Porciuncula / AFP.
An aerial view of the stage for the show of US singer Lady Gaga at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 27, 2025. Picture: Pablo Porciuncula / AFP.


There was no impact on those attending the free concert, the Justice Ministry said.

Gaga’s free performance as part of her “Mayhem” tour was the biggest audience for a solo female artist in history, beating the record previously held by Madonna, who drew a crowd of 1.6 million.

“It’s a great honor to be asked to sing for Rio — for my whole career the fans in Brazil have been part of the lifeblood of the Little Monsters,” she wrote in an Instagram post announcing the show last month.

Saturday’s show was her first in Brazil in 12 years after she was forced to cancel a show in Rio years prior due to an injury.

This article originally appeared in The NY Post and was reproduced with permission.

Author: Anthony Blair - The NY Post

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