2023-11-18 23:18:25
Updated Saturday, November 18, 2023 – 22:18
The suspension was announced when thousands of people had already entered the Nilson Nelson stadium, with capacity for about 60,000 people, and shortly after the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, reported that the concert scheduled for this Saturday will be held next Monday.
Fans wait at the doors of the stadium to attend the Taylor Swift concert, this Friday, in Rio de Janeiro.Silvia IzquierdoAP
American pop star Taylor Swift suspended its second show in Rio de Janeiro this Saturday due to “extreme temperatures”, after a fan died on Friday during the presentation in circumstances that have not yet been clarified.
“I write this inside my dressing room at the stadium. The decision to cancel tonight’s show was due to the extreme temperatures in Rio. The safety and well-being of my fans, the artists on stage and my team must be be, and always will be, in the first place,” the singer reported on her social networks.
The suspension was announced when Thousands of people had entered the Nilson Nelson Stadium, with capacity for about 60,000 people, and shortly after the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, reported that the concert scheduled for this Saturday will be held next Monday.
The young woman who died during the first concert was identified as Ana Benevides and fainted from the heat, after which she was taken to a hospital, but she arrived lifeless and the doctors confirmed that she died due to cardiorespiratory arrest.
On her Instagram account, Taylor Swift said she was “overwhelmed” and sent her condolences to her follower’s family and friends.
“I don’t think I’m writing these words, but with a broken heart I have to say that we lost a fan tonight (Friday) before my concert. I can’t express how devastated I am by this. “I have very little information other than the fact that she was incredibly beautiful and too young,” the singer said.
Brazil is going through an intense heat wave and Rio de Janeiro has recorded temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius in recent days, with a thermal sensation that reached 59 degrees in some areas of the city.
Many attendees at this Friday’s concert were attended by the stadium’s medical services affected by heat.
At one point during the concert, Taylor Swift interrupted her performance to asking production to bring water to a person who asked for it, about 30 meters from the stage.
At another time, the singer He threw a bottle of water towards the fans from the stage, according to images reproduced on social networks.
After the death of the young woman was confirmed, numerous followers of the singer protested on social networks about the prohibition of entering with bottles of water in the stadium where the recital was held.
This same Saturday, after the death of the young woman, the Brazilian Government announced an investigation into the lack of water at concerts and other public shows, which in some cities in the country responds to security measures at large events.
The government decision also repealed those regulations and determined that water be distributed at these shows and free of charge.
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