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Dec 2014
8m 52s

The Biggest Rock Concert Ever

Bbc World Service
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What does rock megastar Rod Stewart remember most about playing to 4 million people on Copacabana beach on New Year's Eve 1994? Well... it's not nice.

Photo: Rod Stewart at the BBC.

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