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.
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video on TikTok, which has garnered 4.1 million views and 464,400 likes.Turns out, a small batch of the vinyl LPs were “incorrectly pressed.” Fans who’d purchased the duds got quite the scare when they heard British electronica rather than the hits of the 33-year-old singer-songwriter.And, in a darker twist, lyrics about “flakes of flesh” and “endless rows of sardines” accompanied the music.“At first, I thought maybe the vinyl had a secret message from Taylor. But when I flipped to the B-side, it started saying ‘There’s 70 billion people on earth, where are they hiding?’ I started to get a little scared,” TikToker Rachel Hunter — @mischief_marauder on TikTok — told the BBC.
“I was alone and it was late and my vinyl was playing creepy messages.”send help I got speak now (not Taylors version) this is so funny #speaknowtaylorsversion @Taylor Swift @Taylor Nation #erastour #speaknoworchid The record was playing Cabaret Voltaire’s “Soul Vine (70 Billion People)” instead of “Mine (Taylor’s Version).”“This would be wild in the ’70s before the internet. You would just think this is what the album was,” one person pointed out in the TikTok comments.“This would creep me out,” another admitted.Universal Music Group, the parent company of Swift’s label, Republic Records, told Billboard in a statement, “We are aware that there are an extremely limited number of incorrectly pressed vinyl copies in circulation and have addressed the issue.
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.
Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag As her Eras collection of shows draws to a close in the US, widely-adored country-singer-turned-global-popstar Taylor Swift has reportedly been handing out huge bonus cheques to the individuals who have made the tour smooth-sailing for her.The Love Story hitmaker is understood to have handed out extra payments to the likes of her back-up dancers, riggers, sound technicians, caterers and other production staff. People Magazine reported that Taylor, 33, - whose The 1975 former flame Matty Healy last week broke silence on his Malaysia controversy - gave her truck drivers alone an extra $100,000 each as an "end of the tour" bonus, with TMZ believing the whopping sum for that department along totalling a colossal $5 million.
Taylor Swift fans will have another chance to bag tickets to The Eras Tour today (Tuesday August 1) as ticket resales commence.
Taylor Swift‘s ‘Eras’ tour caused activity similar to a 2.3 magnitude earthquake.The singer’s huge stadium tour hit the city’s Lumen Field venue for two nights last weekend (July 22-23), and seismologist Jackie Caplan-Auerbach told CNN that data collected over the shows showed seismic activity of a huge scale.Caplan-Auerbach told the outlet that “the shaking was twice as strong” as an event known as ‘Beast Quake’, which occurred in 2011 when Seattle Seahawks fans celebrated a touchdown at an NFL game.“The primary difference is the duration of shaking,” she added. “Cheering after a touchdown lasts for a couple seconds, but eventually it dies down.
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.
Taylor Swift fans expressed mixed emotions during her tour sale, as some did and others didn't manage to get their hands on tickets. But it seems all hope is not lost, as some fans have reported that Ticketmaster has released unexpected tickets.
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.
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 broken two new records.With the release of ‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’, Swift has become the first woman in history to have four albums chart in the Billboard Top 10 at the same time, per Billboard. This is the first time that a woman has accomplished the feat since Billboard merged the mono and stereo album charts into one list in August 1963.The only other artist who has ever had more albums chart in the top 10 simultaneously was Prince, who had five albums chart among the top 10 following his death in May 2016. Swift is also the first artist ever to have four albums in the top 10 since Herb Alpert in 1966/Besides have the most albums chart in the Top 10 at the same time, ‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’ has also earned Swift her 12th Number 1 album, giving her the title for the most No.
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.
Taylor Swift fans have been venting their stress as they wait to receive ticket codes for The Eras Tour general sale next week.
There was a surprising issue with Taylor Swift‘s latest vinyl release.
Thania Garcia Upon receiving their vinyl records for Taylor Swift’s “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version),” a select number of Swifties were treated to the sounds of British electronica instead of the country-pop flair of Taylor Swift. A mis-pressed version of the vinyl was brought to light by a viral TikTok posted by user @myschief_marauder. “Does anyone else’s ‘Speak Now’ vinyl not have Taylor Swift on it?” she asks in her video before proceeding to spin the record’s “Side A.” Instead of hearing “Taylor’s Version,” Cabaret Voltaire’s “Soul Vine (70 Billion People)” plays. On Wednesday, Universal Music Group (home to Swift’s label Republic Records) confirmed an “extremely limited” number of “Speak Now” vinyl copies had been mis-pressed and directed fans to contact their retailer for replacements.
Taylor Swift fan has gone viral, showing the moment she discovered that her vinyl had been mispressed as a ’90s electronica compilation.The fan took to TikTok, showing how her new vinyl — which was meant to be Swift’s latest album ‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’ — had been mispressed as an assortment of ’90s electronica.In the footage, the user (who goes by the handle @mischief_marauder), shows off her orchid-coloured vinyl, with the correct Taylor Swift sticker and album sleeve. However, upon her placing Side A on the turntable, the pressing begins playing the opening monologue for ‘True Romance’, a 1994 track by Thunderhead The Word By Eden.Elsewhere in the video, she turns over the record to see if Side B also had the same error — and another rare ’90s electronic song also plays.
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.