Taylor Swift postpones Rio concert after fan dies amid heatwave

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/nov/18/taylor-swift-fan-dies-before-brazil-concert-amid-sweltering-conditions

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zoe@jlai.lu · 17 pts · 2y (7 replies)

Taylor Swift is not climate friendly, so are a lot of pop singers: very energy intensive ..

Hylactor@sopuli.xyz · 11 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I'm not sure why you're downvoted. For the Eras tour it took an entourage of approximately 90 semi trucks just to move the concert from city to city.

zoe@jlai.lu · 2 pts · 2y

nice that someone would share similar opinion. although i dont mind being downvoted, as long as someone would justify their opinion reasonably as to why they would think otherwise. i am open for debates really (when time allows ofc)..but just leaving a random downvote is not really convincing..

CadeJohnson@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I have heard this, and I can imagine it is true, but have you seen any analysis? There must be a large crew traveling and lots of equipment - transportation is a big user of petroleum in general -- for entertainment. Though they say the entertainment is good.

zoe@jlai.lu · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

exactly. but oil is heavily subsidized and costs money to extract and refine, and mass produced enough to be affordable, making concert tours cost nothing, but it causes a big damage otherwise. how about make half the number of tours ? that would be a good start. or make an onlyfan equivalent, for singers ? sound idea if u ask me

LufyCZ@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Let's just stay inside our homes our whole lives!

zoe@jlai.lu · 2 pts · 2y

better fund energy transition and you'r welcome touring how much u want, but just dont act like a hypocrite and show false solidarity. but americans are in a whole realm of its own. sometimes i wonder to myself that americans deserve their lot sometime, also while fucking up the rest of the world in the process

iraq_lobster@slrpnk.net · -2 pts · 2y

in fact thats kinda hypocrite: if she really wants to show solidarity, she's ought to quit singing, but i doubt she has enough spine to give up the kind of income involved

AEMarling@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 2y

The climate crisis ruins everything.

Resonanz@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 2y

Man, these last days we have been cooked alive in Rio. The thermal sense is unbearable. Good thing rain just arrived, but I can't even imagine how hot that concert should have been. To say the truth, I'm surprised no more people died of heat over there.