Taylor Swift says fan died before Rio concert, laments: ‘I’m devastated’

The message to fans was published on Instagram; Fans reported extreme heat and a ban on water entering the stadium

With an audience of around 60 thousand people, the first show of the tour “The Tour of the Ages” by the singer Taylor Swift in Brazil it ended in tragedy on the night of Friday 17th. A fan died before the start of the show which took place at the Nilton Santos stadium in Riveraccording to a note from the singer posted on social media after the show.

“I can’t believe I’m writing these words, but it’s with a broken heart that I say we lost a fan before my show,” said the artist, who said she was devastated and didn’t have much information about what happened. case, just to say that she was an “incredibly beautiful and very young” girl.

Second Sheet, the young woman is Ana Clara Benevides, 23 years old. The newspaper confirmed the information to the victim’s cousin, Estela Benevides, who, according to the newspaper, received the news from doctors by telephone. According to the report, the young woman was rescued after fainting on the railing in front of the stage, inside Engenhão. The cause of her death was cardiopulmonary arrest.

Taylor wrote in the form of a letter stating that he couldn’t speak at the time because he felt uncomfortable trying to talk about the topic. “I want to say now that I feel this loss deep in my heart for his family and his friends,” he said and continued: “This is the last thing I wanted to happen when we decided to bring this tour to Brazil.”

During the show, between the euphoria of the moment and the shouts of “Taylor, I love you”, before the news of the fan’s death, the singer had to interrupt the show to ask for more water for the fans in the audience. On social media, fans reported extreme heat and event organizers banned water bottles.

moment when Taylor herself interrupts the show to ask them to bring some water for the fans pic.twitter.com/fjHvnmIE4R

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Friday’s was the first of three parades by the artist in Engenhão, the next will take place on Saturday 18th. In Sao Paulo the parades are scheduled for 24, 25 and 26 November.

Estadão tried contacting the Rio Fire Department and Tickets For Fun, which produces the show in Brazil, but received no response as of the last update of this article.

Source: Terra

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