Singer ‘devastated’ by death of Ana Clara Benevides Machado, 23, who reportedly fainted and had cardiac arrest

Taylor Swift has said she is “devastated” after a fan died shortly before the start of her show in Rio de Janeiro on Friday.

The show’s organiser, T4F (Time for Fun), said in a statement yesterday that paramedics had attended to Ana Clara Benevides Machado, 23, at the concert venue and taken her to a hospital, where she died an hour later.