Technical glitches affect Taylor Swift ticket sales again – this time in France

Taylor Swift fans have been left 'beyond devastated' after AXS began cancelling The Eras Tour tickets for the star's UK dates, two weeks after they went on sale.

“Eras Tour” has attracted enough fans to help boost hotel and restaurant revenue in cities across the world, and even contribute to concert ticket inflation, a phenomenon that some economists have termed “Swiftflation.”“Recently, Taylor Swift became the very first woman in history to have four albums in the top 10 simultaneously, including this week’s number one,” the company’s chief executive, Lucian Grainge, told analysts on a conference call.Universal Music’s merchandising revenue grew 12% to 157 million euros ($173.77 million) in the April-June period, also fueled by a strong performance from Swift, the group said.This more than offset a decline in Universal Music Group’s touring revenue from the outsized growth recorded in 2022 as COVID-19 touring bans were lifted, it added.Total revenue was 2.7 billion euros in the quarter, while its margin on adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) stood at 21.9%, the company reported.Universal Music expects recent price increases at Spotify to boost revenue starting from the fourth quarter and into 2024, its chief financial officer, Boyd Muir, said on the conference call.Spotify had on Monday raised prices for its premium plans across several countries including the US and Britain.Major labels like Universal Music grab the overwhelming majority of Spotify’s revenue and are the main beneficiaries of the streaming firm’s strong user growth.Apart from Swift, other top sellers in the second quarter were South Korean boy band Seventeen, King & Prince, Morgan Wallen, and Stray Kids, Universal Music said.

A drive-in movie theatre in the US has announced a week of events celebrating Taylor Swift, in an effort to finally convince her to acknowledge that it is its screen that appears in the lyric video to her 2020 single ‘This Is Me Trying’.Drive-in 32 in Greenville, New York inadvertently ended up in the lyric video thanks to a short piece of stock footage that the venue had seemingly been unaware of until it was used by Swift’s team.“Somewhere during the winter of either 2018 or 2019, an overseas-based freelance photographer entered our property without permission and began filming”, the cinema’s management explain in a new Instagram post. “He then placed that footage with Shutterstock advertising [it] as ‘abandoned upstate NY drive-in theatre’”.“Someone in Taylor’s creative team purchased a $75 license from the stock agency for the footage, enlarged it, slowed it down, stitched together fourteen loops of the original eleven second clip and then added the lyrics on our screen”, they go on.

Taylor Swift and Haim gave a live debut to ‘Evermore’ track ‘No Body, No Crime’ at the first ‘Eras’ Tour show in Seattle last night (July 22).Haim are supporting Swift on the latest leg of her North American stadium tour and they joined her for the 2020 song during the ‘Evermore’ segment of the set.Elsewhere at the show, Swift also gave a performance of Ed Sheeran collaboration ‘Everything Has Changed’, from 2012’s ‘Red’, for the first time in a decade, as well as playing ‘This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things’ for the first time on the ‘Eras’ tour.See footage of all the performances below.NO BODY, NO CRIME pic.twitter.com/0ITsA0dXfh— Coup De Main (@coupdemain) July 23, 2023i can’t believe they just sang no body no crime???? pic.twitter.com/NYdRHCou9Z— phoebe ⸆⸉ (@taylorslavender) July 23, 2023Alana Haim took over the second verse for No Body, No Crime #HAIMattheErasTour pic.twitter.com/mfKcfThwg3— Haim source ♡ (@haimsource) July 23, 2023

Megan Rapinoe, who is gearing up for her fourth, there's a range of nerves and excitement among the world-class players, but all of them told ET that they just couldn't wait to get on the pitch.«I feel excited. I'm not super nervous,» shared Sophia Smith, 22, who is also headed to her first-ever World Cup and said she feels «fortunate» for the team's veteran presence.

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 who missed out on the UK leg of the American singer’s tour complained of being unable to purchase tickets after being flagged as potential bots. Tickets went on sale on Tuesday for two of Swift’s London shows in June and August 2024 and three shows in Liverpool next June.

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.

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.

Taylor Swift fans have been venting their stress as they wait to receive ticket codes for The Eras Tour general sale next week.

Miles Teller and Aaron Rodgers spoke with ET's Kevin Frazier in South Lake Tahoe at the American Century Championship — celebrating the 25th anniversary of American Century Investments, sponsoring the superstar celebrity golf tournament — about their viral dance moment at Taylor Swift's Eras Tour stop in New Jersey in May.In a video posted to social media during the show, the longtime friends were seen dancing and singing along to Swift's hit «Style» from her  album.The clip quickly went viral, with the passionate pair dancing their hearts out to the track. The Super Bowl winner also shared a video on his Instagram Story that night, revealing that he was attending the concert with  star and his wife, Keleigh.«Taylor Time,» Rodgers captioned the clip, tagging Swift and Keleigh in the post.

An MP has called for immediate action to safeguard young people from resellers who are charging exorbitant prices for Taylor Swift concert tickets. Labour former minister Kevin Brennan expressed his dismay at the inflated prices of the American singer's upcoming Eras tour tickets on secondary ticketing sites, stating that as a father of a Swiftie, he was appalled by this exploitation.

Taylor Swift fans scrambled to get their hands on the first batch of Eras Tour presale tickets which went live on Monday morning and people are already preparing for her three highly-anticipated Edinburgh gigs.

Taylor Swift fans scrambled to get their hands on the first batch of Eras Tour presale tickets which went live on Monday morning and people are already punting them at ridiculously overpriced amounts for her highly-anticipated Edinburgh gigs.

Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” tickets continue to be in huge demand.

Taylor Swift’s upcoming ‘Eras’ tour dates following issues on the site.The issue arose earlier today (July 11) after tickets for the pop star’s tour across Europe and the UK went live. To buy tickets, fans had to first register and receive a unique code that granted them access to tickets in the city of their preference.However, upon tickets going live this morning, fans in France experienced issues as the site began crashing and sales were brought to a halt.“Some of you may be having issues with the site this morning – we are working on it and will let you know,” the company wrote on its Twitter page initially.Around an hour later, it confirmed that tickets for the upcoming show in Paris had been put on hold due to the ongoing issues fans were experiencing and confirmed that it would announce a new on-sale time shortly.“The Taylor Swift sale […] Eras Tour for Paris La Défense Arena has been put on hold,” the translated update read.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Taylor Swift’s French fans are disarray as sales for the singer’s Eras Tour in Paris have been abruptly halted on Ticketmaster on Tuesday (July 11). Ticketmaster said on Twitter that “The Taylor Swift sale | The 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Eras Tour for Paris La Défense Arena has been put on hold.” The ticketing website added that it will keep people “posted with a new on-sale time as soon as possible.” It also said that “all codes not already used will remain valid.” The issue appears to stem from a technical glitch on Ticketmaster causing people to be unable to log into the website with their passwords. Swift is slated to perform in Paris, at the Défense Arena concert hall, as part of her Eras Tour on May 9, 10, 11 and 12 mai 2024.

Taylor Swift fans scrambled to get their hands on the first batch of Eras Tour presale tickets which went live on Monday morning.

Taylor Swift fans will have a chance to get their hands on the first tickets to watch the pop megastar in the UK.

Taylor Swift fans have a number of reasons to be excited at the moment - and on Friday (July 7) they were treated to six new songs from the vault.