00:00 Taylor Swift fans in Rio de Janeiro waited in line in the extreme heat to see the pop
00:06 superstar perform on Saturday.
00:09 But her show was postponed due to the scorching heat, a day after the death of a fan who fell
00:14 ill in the sweltering concert venue.
00:18 Swift notified her fans of the postponed show in an Instagram post about two hours before
00:23 she was due to go on stage, saying, quote, "The safety and well-being of my fans, fellow
00:29 performers and crew has to and always will come first."
00:34 Twenty-three-year-old Ana Clara Benavides became unwell during Friday's show, according
00:38 to event organizers.
00:41 She died later at the hospital.
00:43 Rio's state health service said her cause of death was not yet known and will be investigated.
00:49 Fan Lara Ida said Swift interrupted her performance to give water to the audience and that if
00:56 authorities had taken initiative from the start of the show, Benavides' death could
01:00 have been prevented.
01:02 "Unfortunately, someone had to die for them to think about us," she says.
01:08 Some 60,000 fans had gathered for Swift's solo concert at the stadium, which is located
01:14 far from Rio's breezy picture postcard beaches in a hotter northern neighborhood.
01:19 Friday's show took place on the same day Rio recorded its highest-ever reading of the
01:25 so-called heat index, which combines temperatures and humidity at over 138 degrees Fahrenheit.
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