Taylor Swift CANCELS Brazil live performance because of ‘excessive temperatures’

Taylor Swift has cancelled her present simply hours earlier than taking the stage in Rio de Janeiro because of ‘excessive temperatures’ only a day after a fan, 23, died of cardiac arrest within the sweltering stadium.

‘I’m scripting this from my dressing room within the stadium. The determination has been made to postpone tonight’s present because of excessive temperatures in Rio,’ she wrote in a handwritten put up to Instagram.

‘The security and well-being of my followers, fellow performers, and crew has to and at all times will come first.’

Ana Clara Benevides fainted whereas on the present and is believed to have suffered cardiac arrest. Despite efforts from medical doctors on web site, Benevides was subsequently taken to hospital the place she died. 

The area is experiencing a record-breaking warmth wave, in keeping with the Weather Channel, with a each day excessive of round 103 levels Fahrenheit, however with a warmth index that makes it really feel like 125.

Earlier, live performance organizers introduced sweeping modifications for the ultimate Rio exhibits over the weekend after Benevides loss of life.

Furious Taylor Swift followers took purpose at leisure firm, Time For Fun (T4F) for banning concert-goers from taking water into the sweltering venue on Friday.

Swifties held T4F ‘accountable’ for the 23-year-old’s loss of life and posting their vitriol to social media.

‘You are accountable for this! They ban water only for the revenue of their pockets!’ one fan lamented.

‘Water is important to life, and along with prohibiting it, in addition they closed the air intakes for ‘higher acoustics’. 

‘They principally cooked folks alive contained in the stadium since you do not need to pay for the minimal consolation for followers who already pay loads for a ticket. Murderers!’

T4F, who’s a Brazilian leisure firm described because the third largest reside leisure firm in Latin America and one of many largest on the earth, broke their silence on Saturday.

It got here after keyboard warriors solid aspersions on the corporate blaming them for the tragedy and horror situations.

‘It’s with nice disappointment that we inform you concerning the loss of life of Ana Clara Benevides Machado aged 23,’ they wrote.

‘Yesterday night time, Ana Clara felt unwell and was assisted by a workforce of emergency employees and paramedics, being taken to a medical middle at Nilton Santos Olympic Stadium so the primary support protocol might be utilized.

‘Given the state of affairs, the medical workforce opted to switch her to Salgado Filho Hospital. After practically an hour of emergency help, she regrettably died.

‘We ship our most honest condolences to the household and mates of Ana Clara Benevides.’

Following calls for for readability on measures being put in place following the tragedy T4F posted one other replace saying an motion plan.

‘Given the forecast of a rise within the warmth wave within the metropolis of Rio de Janeiro, we inform you that we’re reinforcing the particular motion plan carried out for the primary day of the present, particularly the availability of free water within the queues and in any respect accesses and entrances to the stadium and inside,’ they wrote.

‘New free water distribution factors will likely be out there to the general public throughout the occasion.

‘Entry to the stadium with sealed glasses of water and sealed processed meals may even be permitted, with no limitation on gadgets per particular person.’

After heated exchanges on-line, T4F clarified of their put up that the requirement of ‘sealed gadgets follows security suggestions.’

‘We additionally emphasize that the prohibition of bottles of water coming into stadiums is a requirement made by public our bodies and that we don’t promote drinks and meals, this being a accountability of the stadium administration,’ they added.

The leisure firm stated that service employees would even be strengthened with 200 further workers along with the 1,230 already working the occasion.

‘In addition, the medical care construction was strengthened, totaling 8 out there medical stations, 8 ambulances and eight cellular ICUs,’ they completed.

But regardless of the measures a put up from Taylor stated the present is to be postponed. 

Videos of individuals fanning themselves in line, below umbrellas and pounding down water contained in the venue started to floor on Saturday after followers battled blistering warmth and dehydration.

Taylor, who was visibly scorching on-stage and even went so far as to pause her efficiency halfway to ensure followers received liquids after she heard them screaming ‘water, water’ in distressing scenes between a break in songs.

Distressed by Benevides mindless loss of life, Swiftie’s began a change.org petition which as of noon Saturday had seen 153,224 signatures to offer free water at occasions.

‘Brazil suffered an irreparable lack of younger Ana Benevides at a present within the State of Rio de Janeiro,’ the outline of the petition learn.

‘According to info from third events, the younger girl’s loss of life occurred because of excessive warmth, wherein the thermal sensation reached 60° Celsius (140 F).

‘In some of the anticipated occasions of this yr, we noticed a fatality occur earlier than our eyes because of pure negligence. 

‘Consumers in Brazil are exhausted from being disrespected by millionaire firms that don’t care concerning the shopper.’

The petition demanded free water and slammed organizers and the position followers imagine they performed within the loss of life.

‘That stated, right here I begin the marketing campaign for the Ana Benevides Law, a legislation that can assure free distribution at occasions,’ it learn.

‘The occasions sector feels embarrassed by the shortage of accountability of the corporate accountable for at present’s occasion and want to see change in order that such a fatality doesn’t happen once more!’

Earlier, Taylor broke her silence remembering the fan as an ‘extremely lovely’ particular person.

‘I am unable to imagine I’m writing these phrases however it’s with a shattered coronary heart that I say we misplaced a fan earlier tonight earlier than my present,’ she wrote.

‘I am unable to even let you know how devastated I’m by this. There’s little or no info I’ve aside from the truth that she was so extremely lovely and much too younger.’

Swift supplied candor in her assertion revealing that she was ‘not going to have the ability to discuss this from stage’ as a result of she is ‘overwhelmed by grief.’

‘I need to say now I really feel this loss deeply and my damaged coronary heart goes out to her household and mates,’ she added. 

‘This is the very last thing I ever thought would occur after we determined to convey this tour to Brazil.’