35 artists and a lot of music in the “City of Rock”, from the 23^rd of September to the 2^nd of October. Brazilians and foreigners such as Shakira, Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Ivete Sangalo, Rihanna, Milton Nascimento, Titãs, Stevie Wonder, Coldplay, Janelle Monáe, Slipknot, Ke$ha, Elton John, Red Hot Chili Peppers, etc.

Thousands of visitors from all over the world assisted to this huge festival. One hard rock band stood out: System of a Down. Even if they almost wore the audience out with their 28 songs long repertoire.

One of the highlight of the festival was the concert of the 61 year-old composer and pianist Stevie Wonder. He was in the lead on stage and he made the beauty of this event, with some of his best know works such as ‘Higher Ground”, “Living for the City”, “Do I Do”, “For Once In My Life”, “Overjoyed”, and the inevitable “I Just Called To Say I Love You”. Between each song, the artist would make real declarations of love to the audience.

Stevie also paid a tribute to Brazilian music, when he called his vocalist and daughter Aisha Morris on stage to sing “Garota de Ipanema” from Tom Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes. She begun its English version, but she wasn’t able to continue, as the audience was drowning out her voice by singing in Portuguese. This moment, one of the most beautiful moments of Rock in Rio, truly moved Stevie Wonder.

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