Though the loss of a fan on the first of three scheduled Taylor Swift live shows in Rio de Janeiro left the singer “with a shattered coronary heart,” on the Friday night time (Nov. 17) present she had made her acoustic set particular when she debuted “Suburban Legends” reside.
Swift stunned the group with the vault observe from 1989 (Taylor’s Model) on piano on the metropolis’s Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos.
The track could be new, however Swifties screamed in pleasure from the primary line.
Smiling by the refrain as she went by it reside for the primary time in Brazil, the pop star sang, “I didn’t come right here to make pals/ We have been born to be suburban legends/ While you maintain me, it holds me collectively/ And also you kiss me in a manner that’s gonna screw me up endlessly.”
Earlier than “Suburban Legends,” Swift pulled a track out of her earliest catalog, one which hadn’t been performed reside in most likely 15 years: “Keep Stunning,” which is on her debut, self-titled album.
“I needed to play one thing to honor the truth that so many superb Brazilian followers have been with me since day one, because the first album,” she mentioned.
“It’s since you, simply this crowd, Rio, you’re simply so stunning,” she continued. “And I hope you keep that manner.”
Swift’s second live performance in Rio de Janeiro was postponed from Saturday to Monday, Nov. 20, as a consequence of excessive temperatures. From her dressing room on the stadium, Swift wrote on social media: “The security and well-being of my followers, fellow performers, and crew has to and at all times will come first.”
On Friday night time, Swift expressed her grief over the lack of 23-year-old fan Ana Clara Benevides Machado, who died the primary night time of the singer’s Eras Tour in Rio, the place temperatures reached 102.4 levels Fahrenheit. The younger girl was handled by paramedics on the stadium after she mentioned she wasn’t feeling properly, and later taken to a hospital, the place she handed away, based on an Instagram post by live performance promoter T4F. The precise explanation for Machado’s demise had not been revealed at press time.
“I can’t even let you know how devastated I’m by this. There’s little or no data I’ve aside from the truth that she was so extremely stunning and much too younger,” she wrote in a press release she launched that night time. “I’m not going to have the ability to talk about this from stage as a result of I really feel overwhelmed by grief after I even attempt to discuss it. I need to say now I really feel this loss deeply and my damaged coronary heart goes out to her household and pals. That is the very last thing I ever thought would occur once we determined to convey this tour to Brazil.”
See a clip of Swift’s “Keep Stunning” and “Suburban Legends” performances beneath.
