one of the most iconic live concerts ever to take place in the marvelous city was in 2006, when the rolling stones played in front of a huge audience sprawled across copacabana beach - official numbers for the audience vary between 1.3 million to 1.5 million, making it the second biggest crowd for a concert in rio, and one of the biggest of all time - the concert was the only show that took place in brazil as part of the bands 'a bigger bang world tour', and was free for the public, leading to such a gigantic crowd and resounding success, the band's front man, mick jagger, even shouted to the crowd: 'copacabana, this is the best party in the world.'

here is a list of venues one can go to for live music on a friday.