© Reuters. A girl poses next to a photo of singer Taylor Swift, before a concert, following the death of a fan due to the heat during the first day concert, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 18, 2023. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Taylor Swift fans headed to her eagerly expected show in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, following a last-minute postponement of Saturday’s performance due to record breaking heat after a fan died in the sweltering conditions a day earlier.
Temperatures were significantly lower on Sunday following two days of record-breaking heat in Brazil’s second-largest city. Fans outside the Nilton Santos stadium were hopeful Sunday’s show would go on as planned.
“There was the cancellation yesterday, I was a bit apprehensive about today, but I hope everything goes well. Today is not hot, it’s cool. The expectation is high for everything to go well,” said Iasmin Moreira Oliveira, in front of vendors hawking umbrellas and raincoats to protect from expected rain.
On the first night of Swift’s “The Eras Tour” in Rio on Friday, 23-year-old Ana Clara Benevides fell ill and later died in the hospital.
The tragedy led the federal government…
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