Company Behind Taylor Swift's Shows in Brazil Under Investigation After Fan's Death

Mar. 15, 2025

Taylor Swift performs onstage during “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour” at Estadio Olimpico Nilton Santos on November 17, 2023.Photo:Buda Mendes/TAS23/Getty

Buda Mendes/TAS23/Getty

Officials in Rio de Janeiro have launched an investigation into the company behind Taylor Swift’s shows in Brazil.

News of an investigation into Time for Fun comes days afterAna Clara Benevides Machado, a fan of the artist, 23, died before her show at Estádio Nilton Santos on Friday.

Fans of US singer Taylor Swift queue outside the Nilton Santos Olympic Stadium before her concert on November 18, 2023.TERCIO TEIXEIRA/AFP via Getty Images

TERCIO TEIXEIRA/AFP via Getty Images

Brazilian newspaperEstadãoexplained that authorities are set to “investigate everything that fans reported, such as the structure of the place and the availability of water.” PEOPLE has reached out to Time for Fun for comment.

On the day of Benevides Machado’s death, temperatures topped 102 F, according toPBS.org. The heat wave caused Swift tocancel her Saturday performancedue to the “extreme temperatures in Rio.”

The show was rescheduled to Monday, and the singer wrote that “the safety and well being of my fans, fellow performers and crew has to and will always come first.”

Taylor Swift performs onstage during “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour” at Estadio Olimpico Nilton Santos on November 17, 2023.Buda Mendes/TAS23/Getty

While speaking to the Brazilian newspaperFolha de S.Paulo, her father, Weiny Machado, expressed that he wanted clarification on whether fans were prohibited from bringing water to the show afterfan-captured videosshowed Swift pausing the concert and asking for water to be brought to attendees.

Ana Clara Benevides Machado.Ana Benevides Instagram

Ana Benevides Instagram

“I lost my only daughter, a happy and intelligent girl. She was about to graduate in psychology next April, saving money. I have no words to express my pain. She left home to fulfill a dream and came back dead,” he told the outlet. Time for Funannounced on social mediabefore the postponement of Saturday’s show that water stations would have been provided at the stadium.

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“I want to say now I feel this loss deeply and my 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,” she wrote.

source: people.com