Highlights
- Sadly, over 600 Taylor Swift fans in the U.K. were scammed out of tickets for the 2024 Eras tour according to Lloyds Bank.
- The ticket scam has left fans like Karen Elrick feeling helpless and frustrated.
- Besides ticket scams, Taylor Swift fans also faced issues with security at concerts and overcrowded subway stations.
If anyone didn't attend the Taylor Swift Eras tour in 2023, they hopefully got tickets to her extra dates in 2024. Since the singer performed so many of her greatest hits from her lengthy music career, it was a chance to hear the tunes she co-wrote with Joe Alwyn and the ones that detail her relationships with her wealthy exes. But while countless fans jumped at the opportunity to hear Swift's most popular songs on such an epic stage, fans didn't have a totally perfect time.
According to The BBC, Lloyds Bank reported that hundreds of U.K.-based Taylor Swift fans were scammed out of tickets in 2024. In this article, we'll take a look at the details of this awful scam, along with some other annoying problems Taylor Swift fans ran into during the Eras tour.
Taylor Swift Fans Were Scammed While Buying Eras Tour Tickets In The U.K.
According to The BBC, over 600 Lloyds Bank customers were affected by a terrible ticket scam. Someone messaged Taylor Swift fans on Facebook about tickets and then when the fan sent them money, they never gave them the tickets.
Karen Elrick, who lives in Glasgow, Scotland, spoke to The BBC about her experience and said:
"It's horrible. You just feel very helpless because it's friends of yours that are losing money. They obviously realise quite quickly it's not me that's stealing from them, but it's just not a nice feeling."
Elrick added that someone hacked into her Facebook in December 2023, and after that, a stranger sent her a message claiming that she could purchase tickets to the see the beloved singer. She said that some friends paid £750.
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Taylor Swift's relationship with her dad and mom and their separation was the inspiration for some her best songs, including 'The Best Day'.She also said:
"It's totally out of my control and there doesn't seem to be anything that anyone can help with. Nobody seems to be able to do anything. If you see Taylor Swift tickets on Facebook, it's likely a scam."
What Is The Price Of Tickets For Taylor Swift's London Eras Tour Dates At Wembley Stadium? (According to Glamour UK)
- General Admission, Standing: £110.40
- Right and Left Front, Standing: £172.25
- Partially Obstructed View, Side View: £58.65-£194.75
Redditor @Bubbly_Sleep9312 shared in a Reddit thread that this happened to them, too. They wrote:
"Unfortunately, i feel victim to this and lost $400. The bank couldn't recover all of it! Remember swifties, If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is."
Since, at the time of this writing, Lloyd Banks reported that Taylor Swift fans had been scammed out of £1m, it seems that it will sadly keep happening until the U.K. tour is over.
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There are a lot of unique things about Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift's fascinating relationship.It's especially sad to hear about these ticket scams given how popular Taylor Swift has always been in the U.K. When the singer talked about making bold career moves with Music Week in 2019, Universal Music UK chairman and CEO David Joseph praised her U.K. fanbase. Joseph said, “Love Story was a fitting first single release for Taylor here – she’s loved the UK from day one and has engaged so much with her fans and teams."
Inside The Problems Taylor Swift Fans Faced During The Eras Tour
Given how huge Taylor Swift's Eras tour has been, it's no wonder that things didn't always go smoothly. While it makes sense that there would be security at each tour stop, Swift asked a security guard to stop bothering a fan at her May 13th, 2023 Philadelphia show at Lincoln Financial Field.
According to Today.com, the fan, Kelly, shared what happened on TikTok on May 14th, 2023.
She explained:
"Basically the guard had been harassing our group all night. He just kept telling us not to touch the rail and any time we did anything, he was on top of us."
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Taylor Swift's smile might have been helped out with veneers, but there's another reason fans are concerned about her teeth.She continued:
"Taylor noticed that I was having fun and that he didn't like it and she didn't like it, and he basically got escorted out and they got us all free tickets for the night."
Swift was singing "Bad Blood" when she yelled, “She’s fine! She wasn’t doing anything! Hey, stop! Stop!”
Some Nice Things Taylor Swift Did For Her Fans During The Eras Tour | Tour Date (According to Billboard) |
|---|---|
wrote a sweet letter to Alicia Key's son Genesis | August 5th, 2023 (Inglewood) |
also wrote a sweet letter to David Harbour's stepdaughter | June 24th, 2023 (Minneapolis) |
gave a five-year-old girl a high five and said she was so cute "my brain just broke" | June 3rd, 2023 (Chicago) |
took photos with Billy Joel's young daughters Remy Anne and Delta Rose | April 15th, 2023 (Tampa) |
Then there was the fact that so many Swift fans attended each concert that leaving Swift's concerts was stressful and scary at times. According to The Daily Mail, several fans wrote on social media about being stuck in an overly packed subway station in Sydney, Australia.
A fan wrote, "90 minutes to get to the train and we only made it in time as trains stopped at 12.40am. Hope they are better organised tomorrow night! We got back to our city accommodation at 1.15am!"
Another wrote:
"Please be aware the line to get back on the train is really intense. I almost fainted. It's like being stuck in the middle of thousands of people."
According to The Sydney Morning Herald, packed subways have been a problem in Sydney for a few years now. It's no wonder that trains would be super packed after an epic and exciting Taylor Swift show.
Some Taylor Swift fans said they dealt with "post concert amensia" and had trouble recalling details about the Eras concert they attended. Fadi Tayim, PhD, a Clinical Neuropsychologist, told Premier Health that this is "common" and often occurs when people get married.
Some Taylor Swift fans also had a problem with the way that their fellow concertgoers acted during the Eras tour. According to The Daily Mail, a fan posted a TikTok of someone singing super loudly and wrote, "Don't be selfish. Have concert etiquette please."
While some fans think that being loud at a Swift concert is no big deal, others agree that fan behavior can ruin the experience of a concert. A fan wrote on TikTok," have situational awareness and be respectful to those around you."
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