Taylor Swift Reacts To Fan Who Died From Cardiac Arrest Waiting For Eras Concert In Intense Heat

Publish date: 2024-07-08

Highlights

Tragedy struck Taylor Swift's recent tour stop in Brazil when a young fan died from cardiac arrest due to the blistering heat.
Taylor expressed her devastation over the fan's passing on Instagram and acknowledged that she couldn't address it on stage due to overwhelming grief.
Despite the tragedy, Taylor carried on with the concert and even demanded water for dehydrated fans, showing her concern and care for her audience.

Taylor Swift’s recent tour stop in Brazil was marked by tragedy after a young fan died from cardiac arrest after waiting for the Eras performance in blistering heat.

The singer was scheduled to perform in Rio de Janeiro on Friday, November 17. Ahead of the event, Ana Clara Benavides Machado, 23, died while waiting outside for the performance. Her passing was confirmed by concert organizer Time for Fun, who released a statement via X (formerly known as Twitter).

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“Last night, Ana Clara felt unwell and was promptly attended to by the team of firefighters and paramedics, being taken to the Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos [on-site medic] for first aid protocol,” the statement, which was released the following day, read. It was originally shared in Portuguese but was translated for English media.

“Given the situation, the medical team chose to transfer her to Salgado Filho Hospital, where, after almost an hour of emergency care, she unfortunately died,” it went on.

Taylor Reveals Why She Didn’t Address The Fan’s Death On-Stage

Taylor addressed the fan’s passing in a post made to her Instagram Story the evening of her death. At the time, Anas’s name hadn’t been publicly released.

“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,” the pop star wrote. “I can’t even tell you how devastated I am by this.”

“There’s very little information I have other than the fact that she was so incredibly beautiful and far too young,” Taylor continued.

Taylor carried on with the Eras concert, despite the fan’s death, but she didn’t comment on the passing during the performance, and she addressed her silence in the IG post.

“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,” Taylor explained. “I want to say now I feel this loss deeply and my broken heart goes out to her family and friends. This is the last thing I ever thought would happen when we decided to bring this tour to Brazil.”

Taylor Demanded Water For Dehydrated Fans

Temperatures were record-high in Brazil during the day of Taylor’s performance. Even during the concert, now-viral footage shows the singer requesting venue employees get crowd members water after some concert-goers began chanting “water” in Portuguese and English. There were also homemade signs requesting the same thing.

“There’s people that need water,” she said at one point during the show after noticing signage. “Whoever is in charge of giving them that, make sure that happens.”

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Taylor even threw her own water bottle to a crowd member while singing, though her team eventually was able to disperse water bottles throughout the crowd, video footage posted to X confirms.

Taylor embarked on her Eras world tour earlier this year, which has broken records and surpassed over $1 billion in revenues. She’s playing three shows in Brazil, including Saturday and Sunday, in addition to last night’s show.