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It’s no secret that Swifties would give a lot for — and have given a lot for — a seat at an Eras Tour concert.One Taylor Swift superfan especially took the fandom up a notch after he spent about $8,800 to attend 10 concerts across the United States.Anthony Ye of Astoria, New York, told Fox News Digital that his love for the pop star has been a near-decade-long affair.“I go to as many shows as I can make it out to,” he said. “I’ve seen her dozens of times.”Ye, 26, revealed that he had seen Taylor Swift in concert 43 times after most recently attending two of her Los Angeles shows, on Aug.

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Taylor Swift has announced the re-recording of her fifth studio album ‘1989’.The singer-songwriter played her sixth and final show at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California last night (August 9), wrapping up the 2023 North American leg of the ‘Eras Tour’.Towards the end of yesterday’s concert, Swift instructed the crowd to look at the big screens as the artwork for ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ appeared.The re-worked album is due to arrive on October 27, 2023, which is the ninth anniversary of the original LP.

Taylor Swift's star-studded just welcomed royalty to the show. Meghan Markle stepped out to attend the 33-year-old singer's Tuesday night performance at Los Angeles' SoFi Stadium, ET confirms.Other prominent figures at the fifth night of the pop star's six-night Los Angeles run include Selena Gomez, Taylor Lautner, Emma Stone, Austin Butler, Adam Scott, Jeff Goldblum, Laura Dern, Mariska Hargitay, Courteney Cox, Savannah Guthrie and Kaia Gerber.Past celeb attendees at the singer's L.A.

Taylor Swift will perform her 52nd ‘Eras Tour’ concert at Inglewood, CA’s SoFi Stadium.This monumental stadium show is her last in the U.S. this year; from March through August, she dazzled audiences all over North America with her show-stopping, headline-grabbing, career-spanning sets.As you may have guessed, the hype is real for this swan song.Typically, prices drop on the day of Taylor’s latest show.Not this time.At the time of publication, the cheapest ticket available is $853 before fees on Vivid Seats.That’s quite a jump from just last week when prices started at $500 before fees on Friday, Aug.

William Earl The National have long been one of indie rock’s most revered bands, and like many of their past albums, the songs from their recently released ninth outing, “First Two Pages of Frankenstein,” take on a life of their own onstage. The band — frontman Matt Berninger, guitarist brothers Aaron and Bryce Dessner, and bassist Scott Devendorf and drummer Bryan Devendorf, also brothers — are known for their intense live shows and are currently in the middle of a North American tour, and of course have received a wave of new fans thanks to their recent collaborations with Taylor Swift.

Taylor Swift played ‘Exile’ as the ‘surprise song’ on her ‘Eras’ tour in California last night (August 7) – check it out below.The song is taken from Swift’s 2020 album ‘Folklore’, and while it had previously been played live, it hadn’t yet been played on the ‘Eras’ tour. She previously performed the song with Bon Iver, Justin Vernon and The National‘s Aaron Dessner when she made a surprise appearance at the former’s show in London in October 2022.Swift played a piano version of the song during the ‘Eras’ show – check out fan-filmed footage of it below:The other ‘surprise song’ Swift played on her fourth out of six shows at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood was an acoustic version ‘Dress’, from 2017’s ‘Reputation’.

Taylor Swift announcing a second North American leg to her ongoing, whirlwind ‘Eras Tour,’ ticket prices are steadily dropping for her current six-show Los Angeles residency at SoFi Stadium.24 hours ago, ticket prices started at $420 before fees on Vivid Seats for the Friday, Aug. 4 concert.Today, they’ve dropped down to $330 before fees.That’s $90 of savings (!) for waiting just one day.The plummeting prices are consistent for her Saturday gig as well as her Monday through Wednesday performances.Or, if you want to sidestep the whole “buying tickets” thing, there is a way to score free seats too.Want to find out how much tickets cost today versus what they did just one day ago?Keep reading, Swift faithful.We’ve got everything you need to know and more about Swift’s upcoming concerts at Inglewood, CA’s SoFi Stadium.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of what ticket prices are now versus what they cost on Thursday, Aug.

Taylor Swift‘s ‘Reputation’ could be receiving its ‘Taylor’s Version’ re-recording, according to a new ‘Delicate’ snippet.‘Delicate (Taylor’s Version)’ appeared in the latest season of Amazon Prime Video‘s The Summer I Turned Pretty. While ‘Reputation (Taylor’s Version)’ has yet to officially be announced, the new snippet suggests the re-recording could well be its way.Watch the clip, which features a snippet of ‘Delicate (Taylor’s Version)’ below.The snippet’s inclusion in The Summer I Turned Pretty comes just after Taylor Swift unveiled more North American tour dates for her ongoing acclaimed ‘Eras’ tour.

Taylor Swift is bringing her ‘Eras Tour’ to Inglewood, CA’s SoFi Stadium for a sextet of shows from Thursday, Aug. 3 through Wednesday, Aug.

Taylor Swift has given out over $55million (£43million) in bonuses to the crew members working on her ongoing ‘Eras Tour’.The news comes after it was reported yesterday (August 1) that the singer had gifted the production truck drivers – responsible for hauling her equipment to each live show – bonuses of $100,000 (£77,000) each.Now, as detailed by People Magazine, the pop superstar has also shared generous amounts of extra income with the remainder of her ‘Eras Tour’ crew, and the total equates to a reported amount of $55million (£43million).The bonuses arrive as Swift is about to wrap up the US leg of her mammoth world tour, with six sold-out shows at Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium. The live shows kicked off in Glendale, Arizona back in March, and have since gone on to arrive at multiple cities across the country.Already, the tour is set to become one of the highest-grossing tours of all time, and is speculated to have brought in over $1billion (£778million) – potentially explaining why the hefty amount of bonuses were offered to crew members.Although the specific amount given to others working on the tour – including dancers, sound technicians, catering, riggers and more – remains unknown, Michael Scherkenbach, the founder of transportation and logistics company Shomotion, confirmed the gift in a LinkedIn post.“When [Taylor’s father] Scott Swift called the Shomotion LLC steel / stage drivers in for a meeting, this was the last thing they expected – THANK YOU,” he wrote in the update.

Taylor Swift fans have been left reeling after received an email on Wednesday saying resale tickets were live on website AXS at over £800 - despite organisers promising fair sales at face value prices to avoid scammers.

Taylor Swift‘s music.Speaking on her podcast High Low With EmRata with Troye Sivan, the model and author said she now regrets it after recently seeing Swift in concert.“I was not a Swiftie and now I’m like, ‘You know what that means? That means I was a misogynist that I didn’t fuck with Taylor Swift,” she said.“I went to her concert and I was like, ‘This person is an incredible songwriter, an incredible performer, and anybody who says anything else, like, they have issues. And actually maybe not a very sophisticated palette.’ … If you don’t like Taylor Swift, then, like, you don’t understand things.”It comes after Ratajkowski recently criticised Ellen DeGeneres for a “fucked up” interview with Swift in 2012.She took to social media earlier this year to comment on a resurfaced clip which saw DeGeneres question Swift about her dating life.

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is wrecking all sorts of records. To celebrate, she’s making sure that everyone involved with the show’s making is happy and paid well for their contributions, granting million dollar bonuses to her entire crew. The reason Meghan Markle wrote Taylor Swift a personal letter: reportWatch the 10 Best Celebrity TikToks of the Week: Britney Spears, Shakira, Kylie Jenner, and moreRauw Alejandro lights up the stage in Monterrey: PhotosA post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift)Swift has been granting $100,000 bonuses to the bus drivers charged with transporting her sound and stage equipment all over the country, reports TMZ.

Taylor Swift as your boss pays off! As the superstar wraps up her in the United States, she’s handing out bonuses to a lot of the people who helped make it all possible. ET has learned Taylor gave $100,000 bonuses to around 50 of her production truck drivers and also gave bonuses to her band members, dancers, lighting and sound technicians, caterers and others.

To paraphrase Taylor Swift, she is never, ever, ever getting back together with Matty Healy.Last week, sources close to the singer were forced to deny persistent rumours that she’s reuniting with the 1975 frontman, insisting the pair were no longer in touch.Now, we’re told, the whole thing has left Taylor raging, as she suspects her ex and his team are behind the gossip.“Taylor’s warned him this needs to stop,” says an insider close to the Grammy award-winner, who crashed Ticketmaster last week, as tickets for her European tour went on sale.“It didn’t take long for her to question if this was all being driven by him and his camp, and she wants them to stay the hell away from her. She finds it all a bit creepy and so do her friends.”The pair were linked in early May, just a month after Taylor, 33, split from her boyfriend of six years, Joe Alwyn.

Taylor Swift fans in Cardiff will get their chance to see the US pop megastar on Wednesday (July 19) when presale tickets for her shows in Wales go on general sale.

The online queue for Taylor Swift tickets to her UK tour dates was paused as tickets for the singer's Eras Tour went on sale this morning. Panic-stricken fans took to social media to report the update as they waited to get their hands on the much sought-after tickets.

Taylor Swift has scored her 10th UK Number One album with ‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’, outselling the rest of the Top 10 combined.The album was released last week (July 7) as the latest in Swift’s ambitious re-recording project.Along with the full re-recorded original album, a host of ‘From The Vault’ tracks were also shared, featuring collaborations with Fall Out Boy and Paramore’s Hayley Williams.Elsewhere this week’s charts, Wham! picked up a Number Two album with compilation record ‘The Singles: Echoes From The Edge Of Heaven’, while Gabriels came in at Number Three with ‘Angels & Queens’.We can see you…at the top of the Official Albums Chart

Taylor Swift‘s ‘Eras Tour’ hit Denver this week – watch her debut ‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’ track ‘Timeless’ live below.At the first of two gigs in the city on Friday night (July 14), she played two rarities in the ‘surprise’ segment of the show.After giving a debut to ‘Timeless’, one of a host of ‘from the vault’ tracks released as part of her latest re-recording project this week, she also then played debut album cut ‘Picture To Burn’ for the first time in 13 years.‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’ also features collaborations with Fall Out Boy and Paramore’s Hayley Williams.Watch the live debuts and rare performances from the first Denver ‘Eras Tour’ show below.Swift will bring her highly praised ‘Eras’ tour to international venues following extensive shows across North America. The UK and Europe leg of the tour kicks off on May 9, 2024 in Paris and wraps on August 17, 2024 in London.Last week the singer announced the addition of 14 new ‘Eras’ tour dates in the UK and EU, with Paramore serving as support.