{"id":5125,"date":"2023-11-19T12:47:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T12:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=5125"},"modified":"2023-11-19T12:47:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T12:47:02","slug":"taylor-swift-fans-begged-for-water-during-brazil-concert-in-unbearable-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=5125","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift fans begged for water during Brazil concert in ‘unbearable heat’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Taylor Swift concertgoers could be heard shouting for water during a concert in Rio de Janeiro.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Swift<\/a>\u00a0has started the South American leg of her Eras Tour, which includes dates in\u00a0Rio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But one concert in particular in the city was plagued by soaring temperatures as the city baked in a heatwave.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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One fan, 23-year-old Ana Clara Benevides, was taken to hospital after reportedly fainting ahead of the concert, where she tragically died shortly after arriving.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Fans at the concert have given insight into the horrendous heat they endured during the performance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Swift even paused the set to urge staff members to distribute water among concertgoers, who could be heard chanting ‘we need water’.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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She said: \u201cIt\u2019s very hot, so if somebody says they need water when it\u2019s this hot they really need it.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Swift has also announced that\u00a0a further date has been postponed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Swift performing in Rio de Janeiro on 17 November 2023. Credit: Buda Mendes\/TAS23\/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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But one\u00a0US<\/a>\u00a0concertgoer posted a video to\u00a0TikTok<\/a>\u00a0where he described the conditions in the concert, combining sweltering heat with a heaving venue which made it difficult to get help to people who needed it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He said: \u201cPeople were really struggling, right in front of me, I saw a girl faint. When we tried to call for help, nobody was able to really come.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThroughout the show, people who were closer to the stage area actually started to leave because it was too hot for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Another said: \u201cIt felt [like] 140 degrees. It\u2019s a freaking heat wave.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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They even claimed that the Est\u00e1dio Ol\u00edmpico Nilton Santos had not been allowing fans to bring in their own water bottles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Swift performs in Rio de Janeiro on 17 November. Credit: Buda Mendes\/TAS23\/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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They added that some fans had chosen not to get water once inside because ‘they didn\u2019t want to lose their seats’.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The fan said: \u201cTaylor herself had to hand out water when she has hundreds of thousands of people there to help us out.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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They said that staff at the stadium had ‘tried’ to give out water ‘but it wasn\u2019t enough.’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI was there. I was dying of heat exhaustion,” they said, “I was like, almost passing out.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A statement from the National Institute of Meteorology has said that Brazil is currently facing ‘great danger’ from an ongoing heatwave.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The statement added that parts of the country face ‘a high probability of major damage and accidents, with risks to physical integrity or even human life’.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Responding to the death of Benevides, Swift wrote: \u201cI can\u2019t believe I\u2019m writing these words but it is with a shattered heart that I say we lost a fan earlier tonight before my show.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI can\u2019t even tell you how devastated I am by this.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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