Brazil Introduces “Taylor Swift Law” Three Years After Fan Died of Extreme Heat at Singer’s Concert
Brazil has introduced new concert regulations, dubbed the "Taylor Swift Law," requiring free drinking water at large events and clamping down on ticket scalping. The rules, signed by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, come nearly three years after 23-year-old fan Ana Clara Benevides Machado died of heat exhaustion at Taylor Swift's Eras Tour concert in Rio de Janeiro in November 2023.
President Lula signed two decrees on Monday: one obliges events with more than 1,000 attendees to provide free drinking water and allows attendees to bring their own containers, while the other targets digital scalping, including bulk ticket purchases by automated systems, and requires ticketing platforms to disclose original prices and fees clearly and offer free official ticket transfers. The measures follow sustained campaigning by organised fan communities, with representatives of fandoms for Swift, BTS, Lady Gaga and Harry Styles attending the signing ceremony in Brasília, where Lula told them the decrees would not have happened without their efforts.
- Brazil mandates free water and curbs ticket scalping at big events.
- Law follows a fan's 2023 heat-related death at a Swift concert.
- Fan groups for multiple artists pushed for the new rules.