Taylor Swift’s Rio tour marred by deaths, muggings and a dangerous heat wave

Fans also reported fainting from extreme heat, being mugged or getting caught up in a police raid.
Taylor Swift’s Rio tour marred by deaths, muggings and a dangerous heat wave

Taylor Swift fans wait for the doors of Nilton Santos Olympic stadium to open for her Eras Tour concert amid a heat wave in Rio de Janeiro (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

The deaths of two people, muggings and a dangerous heatwave left legions of Taylor Swift’s Brazilian fans angry and disappointed in the three-day Rio de Janeiro leg of the pop superstar’s Eras Tour, which concludes on Monday night.

Gabriel Mongenot Santana Milhomem Santos, 25, a fan who had travelled from the country’s centre-west region to see Swift, was stabbed to death on a Copacabana beach at about 3am on Monday, Rio’s police said in a statement.

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