Not for Radio and The Marías frontwoman María Zardoya paid tribute to her late niece, Victoria Zardoya, during the group’s 2026 Lollapalooza performance.
María, 31, and her Not for Radio band performed on Friday, July 31, during the Chicago music festival. At the end of her set, a light display shone on the stage.
“Fly high, Victoria Zardoya,” a LED message read, per social media footage.
Victoria, the childhood best friend of Real Housewives of New Jersey star Milania Giudice, died on July 24 after a fatal, accidental fall. She was 20.
María broke her silence on her niece’s death one day before taking the stage at Lollapalooza.
“Rest in peace to my sweet niece, Victoria,” the Grammy nominee wrote via her Instagram Stories on Thursday, July 30. “Heaven gained an angel too soon, but she lives on.”
María further noted at the time that Friday would be Victoria’s honor walk, in which medical staff and family members honor a deceased person who donated their organs.
“She’ll give the gift of life to 8 others,” the singer added in her upload. “As we play music this weekend, she’ll be saving lives and I know she’ll be singing and dancing along with us. Light a candle and say a prayer for the family and for the families of the recipients. We love you, Victoria.”
In addition to her aunt, Victoria is survived by her parents and her twin sister, Alexandra Zardoya.
Milania Giudice and her family are mourning the loss of her childhood friend Victoria Zardoya after a fatal accident. “There are no words for this kind of pain,” Joe Giudice wrote via Instagram on Sunday, July 26, sharing a photo of himself with Milania, 20, and her friends. “Victoria, you were like a daughter to […]
“Victoria, I can’t believe this is real life. Tears are falling down my cheeks as I type every word,” Alexandra, 20, wrote via Instagram on Friday, breaking her silence on Victoria’s death. “My twin sister, my other half, we were in the womb together, and ever since then we have been inseparable. You are the only person in this world who truly understood every single part of me. You truly were a light in everyone’s life, especially mine.”
She continued, “Victoria, you were everything and more to me. I still believe this is just a bad dream, and any second now I’ll wake up to you right next to me in my bed while we watch Vanderpump Rules together. Everything reminds me of you. I don’t know what I am going to do without you by my side. The bond between us was more than just sharing a birthday or DNA. We shared a life, a heart, a soul, and a love unlike anything I will ever experience again. Half of my heart will forever be broken.”
