2023-11-19 03:58:00
With a spatula
November 18 2023, 9:58 pm
Taylor Swift was on the verge of fainting at her first concert in Rio de Janeiro due to the extreme heat
Singer Taylor Swift announced that he decided to cancel his concert scheduled for this Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, due to the “extreme temperatures” in that Brazilian city, in which a young fan of the pop star died shortly before his first presentation, due to a strike. cardiorespiratory injury suffered by heat stroke.
“I write this inside my dressing room in 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, has to be, and always will be, first,” the singer reported on her social networks.
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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.
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 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 only the fact that she was incredibly beautiful and too young,” said the singer.
Recently, a video was released on social networks showing Taylor Swift on the verge of fainting on the first night of The Eras Tour in Rio de Janeiro due to high temperatures.
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 treated by the stadium’s medical services affected by the heat.
At one point during the concert, Taylor Switf interrupted her performance to ask the production to bring water to a person who was asking for it, about 30 meters from the stage.
At another time, the singer threw a bottle of water towards fans from the stage, according to images reproduced on social networks.
After the young woman’s death was confirmed, numerous followers of the singer protested on social networks against the prohibition of entering water bottles into 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. EFE
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