REUTERS/Pilar Olivares/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSAO PAULO, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Organisers of the Brazilian leg of Taylor Swift's "The Eras Tour" acknowledged on Thursday they could have taken more measures to help fans cope with the extreme heat they faced last week in Rio de Janeiro.
T4F's (SHOW3.SA) statement follows a last-minute postponement of Swift's performance last Saturday in Rio due to record breaking heat after a fan died in the sweltering conditions a day earlier.
"We recognise we could have taken some alternative actions in addition to all the others we have done," T4F Chief Executive Serafim Abreu said in a video posted on social media.
On the first night of Swift's tour in Rio last Friday, 23-year-old Ana Clara Benevides fell ill and later died in hospital.
The extreme conditions led the U.S. pop star to postpone her concert the following day just two hours before she was to go on stage.
Persons:
Taylor Swift, Pilar Olivares, Taylor, Serafim Abreu, Ana Clara Benevides, Abreu, Nilton Santos, Ana Clara, Ana Clara's, Swift, Gabriel Araujo, Sharon Singleton
Organizations:
REUTERS, SAO PAULO, Nilton, T4F, Thomson
Locations:
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Rio, U.S, Sao Paulo