RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Rio de Janeiro has been awarded the Guinness world record for the largest-ever New Year’s Eve celebration hosted by a city, for an hours-long free concert that gathered 2.5 million people on Copacabana beach last year. Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes received a plaque Tuesday from a Guinness World Records representative on the main stage prepared for this year’s installment, also on Copacabana, that will feature legendary Brazilian singer Gilberto Gil. READ: Wet New Year’s Eve in parts of PH due to ‘amihan’, easterlies 2.5 million people “This title was awarded… taking into account the record […]... Keep on reading: Rio receives Guinness record for biggest New Year's bash