Taylor Swift Postpones Rio Concert Due to ‘Extreme Temperatures’

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Michaela Zee Taylor Swift has postponed her Saturday night concert in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, due to the extreme heat wave in the city.

A new date has yet to be announced. “I’m writing this from my dressing room in the stadium. The decision has been made to postpone tonight’s show to due the extreme temperatures in Rio,” Swift wrote on Instagram. “The safety and well-being of my fans, fellow performers, and crew has to and always will come first.” The singer-songwriter previously expressed her grief about a fan who died at the singer-songwriter’s first Eras Tour show in Rio. “I can’t believe I’m writing these words but it is with a shattered heart that I say we lost a fan earlier tonight before my show.

I can’t even tell you how devastated I am by this,” Swift shared in a handwritten note posted on Instagram. “There’s very little information I have other than the fact that she was so incredibly beautiful and far too young.” “I’m not going to be able to speak about this from stage because I feel overwhelmed by grief when I even try to talk about it.

I want to say now I feel this loss deeply and my broken heart goes out to her family and friends,” Swift continued. “This is the last thing I ever thought would happen when we decided to bring this tour to Brazil.” Ana Clara Benevides Machado, 23, died Friday night at the Eras Tour show in Rio, according to a statement posted to Instagram from Time4Fun, the organizer of the concert. “Last night, Ana Clara felt unwell and was promptly attended to by the team of firefighters and paramedics, being taken to the medical center at the Nilton Santos Stadium for first aid protocol,” Time4Fun said in the statement. “Given the situation, the medical team chose to transfer her to.