SWIFT’S ERAS TOUR PLANS TO SHAKE IT UP IN EUROPE
THOUSANDS of ride-or-die Taylor Swift fans who missed a chance to see he in America have found an out-of-the-way solution: Fly to Europe.
The pop star, who will kick off the 18-city Europe leg of her Eras Tour in Paris today, will see planeloads of Swifties follow her across the pond in the coming weeks.
Stockholm, the tour’s next stop, expects about 10,000 concertgoers from the U.S and the arena where Swift is appearing said Americans bought 20 per cent of the tickets for her four sold-out shows.
Online travel company Expedia says continent-hopping by Swift’s devotees is part of a larger trend now as seen during Beyonce’s Renaissance world tour.
American fans, who plan to fly overseas for the Eras Tour, said they justified the expense.
Jennifer Warren (43), who lives in St. Catharines, a city near Ontario, said she had no luck scoring what she considered as decently priced tickets in the U.S.
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Undeterred, Warren and her husband decided to plan a European vacation around wherever she managed to get seats. It turned out to be Hamburg, Germany.
She said: “You get out, you get to see the world, and you get to see your favorite artist or performer at the same time, so there are a lot of wins to it.”
The three VIP tickets she secured close to the stage - “I would call it brute-force dumb luck” - cost €600 ($646) each.
Swift announced six November tour dates in Toronto, close to Warren’s home. They already are going for €2,042 ($2,194) on secondary resale sites like Viagogo, Warren said.
Airbnb reported that searches on its platform for the U.K cities where Swift is performing - Edburgh, Liverpool, Cardiff and London rose by 337 per cent when tickets went on sale. inburgh,