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RIO DE JANEIRO — Taylor Swift postponed an Eras Tour concert in Rio de Janeiro Saturday after a 23-year-old fan died during her Friday night show, according to a message posted on the singer’s Instagram.
“I’m writing this from my dressing room in the stadium. The decision has been made to postpone tonight’s show due to the extreme temperatures in Rio,” the singer said in a handwritten note on Instagram. “The safety and well being of my fans, fellow performers, and crew has to and always will come first.”
– Fans who attended the Friday show said they were not allowed to bring water bottles into the stadium even though Rio and most of Brazil have had record-breaking temperatures this week amid a dangerous and lasting heat wave. The daytime high in Rio on Friday was 39.1 degrees Celsius (102.4 degrees Fahrenheit), but it felt much hotter. –
Apparent temperature — a combination of temperature and humidity — hit 59 C (138 F) Friday morning in Rio, the highest index ever recorded there.
Elizabeth Morin, 26, who recently moved to Rio from Los Angeles, described “sauna-like” conditions inside the stadium.
“It was extremely hot. My hair got so wet from sweat as soon as I came in,” she said. “There was a point at which I had to check my breathing to make sure I wasn’t going to pass out.”
Morin said she drank plenty of water but saw “a good amount of people looking distressed” and others “yelling for water.” She said she was able to get water from the sidelines of the area she was standing in, but that water was a lot harder to access from other parts of the stadium, “especially if you were concerned about losing your specific position.”
During the show, Swift paused her performance and asked from the stage for water to be brought to a group of people who had successfully caught the singer’s attention, according to Morin.
“They were holding up their phones saying ‘We need water,'” she recalled
In today's Berardelli Bonus, Taylor Swift cancels her Saturday concert after a 1000 Swifties fainted in Friday's show. So what is behind the extraordinary heat? Here's a quick peek under the atmospheric hood. (I hope to get into Amazon related processes in a future segment) pic.twitter.com/EAu0vchKEc
SOUTH AMERICA HEAT WAVE Today 43.3C in Brazil at Corumbà with dozens of monthly records smashed and few all time. ALL TIME HIGHS 39.4 Posse 39.2 Itapira 31.0 Campos do Jordao
43.4 Puerto Suarez (Bolivia)
Main November records 39.2 Goiania 39.0 Resende 37.3 Aguas Emendadas D.F. https://t.co/9gzKpI3oA1
— Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) November 14, 2023
