Taylor Swift announces postponement of Rio show due to ‘extreme temperatures’

Swift had shared her condolences with the friends and family of the woman who died on Saturday.

Taylor Swift was due to perform in Rio on Saturday (Doug Peters/PA)

Taylor Swift has said her Saturday night show in Rio de Janeiro has been postponed due to “extreme temperatures”.

It comes after concert organisers, Time4Fun, said in a statement to Instagram that 23-year-old Ana Clara Benevides Machado, who turned up at Swift’s Friday night show in Rio, had been taken to hospital, where she died an hour later.