The arrangements for Taylor Swift’s concert have been criticized.
Taylor Swift is touring in South America. Emily Curiel, ZumaWire / MVPHOTOS
The CEO of the company that organized Taylor Swift’s concert in Brazil has publicly apologized for the arrangements for the Rio de Janeiro concert. Tells about it Barron’s.
A 23-year-old fan lost his life at a sold-out concert attended by around 60,000 people.
The organizers have been criticized for not allowing fans to bring water bottles into the stadium despite the scorching heat. According to Barron’s, the heat index rose to 59 degrees at its worst in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. The index describes the temperature felt by a person when air temperature and relative humidity are combined.
The heat index can be used to evaluate the effect of weather on people. On the day of the concert, the risk of heat stroke is extremely high.
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A heat wave scorched Taylor Swift’s concert audience outside the Engenhao Stadium. Fausto Maia, ZumaWire / MVPHOTOS
According to the managing director, the organizers could have made arrangements differently.
– (We could have) for example offered shaded places outdoors, changed the time of the concerts and emphasized that fans can bring disposable water cups with them to the stadium, CEO of Time for Fun Seraphim Abreu says in a video published on Facebook, according to Barron’s.
– I want to apologize to all those whose experience was not the best possible.
The CEO sends his “heartfelt condolences” to the family of the deceased fan.
According to Abreu, concert organizers have to think about their operating methods more and more carefully. He believes that climate change will make similar cases more and more common.
– The entire concert industry must rethink how to act in the face of this new reality, Abreu says.
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In the scorching heat, water was sprayed as fans lined up for Swift’s concert a day after the death. The time of Saturday’s concert was changed due to the death of a fan and the heat. Fausto Maia, ZumaWire / MVPHOTOS
Swift was shocked
According to the preliminary autopsy, the woman who died at the concert last Friday had suffered a heart attack. Hemorrhage was noted in his lungs.
Taylor Swift said over the weekend that she was devastated by the death of her fan.
– I can’t even describe how upset I am. I have almost no information other than that she was incredibly beautiful and way too young, the shocked singer wrote.