Taylor Swift superfans from home and abroad describe rough journey to secure tickets
Superfans travelled from the States and told how scalpers are ruining Taylor’s concerts there citing crippling resale tickets at $15,000
Taylor Swift fever gripped the nation for the second night in a row last night as tens of thousands of fans descended on Dublin’s Aviva Stadium.
Excitement over the mega star’s Eras Tour saw eager Swifties beginning to line up outside the ground at 4am, undeterred by the rain.
Superfans travelled from the States and told how scalpers are ruining Taylor’s concerts there citing crippling resale tickets at $15,000.
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Mum Amy Luck, 46, from Arkansas and daughter Angel, 27, from Colorado told how they saved thousands of dollars coming to see Taylor here. Amy said: “I couldn’t get tickets for Taylor in Colorado and so when I got tickets for the lottery in Ireland, we planned a whole vacation around it here.
“The scalpers, the people who buy tickets and try to resell them are ruining everything. We have to leave the States to see her, either that or pay $15,000 to see her. She played in Denver and we couldn’t afford to go but we paid €500 here in Ireland. We’ve seen Belfast on the Paddywagon, the Cliffs of Moher and the Vintage Tea Bus, it’s been incredible.”
Clontarf school friends nine-year-olds Lucia Kelly and Abigail Doyle said: “We’ve been excited all year, we’ve been making the bracelets for a few months.” Lily O’Keefe, 13, from Cork added: “I started making my bracelets before I got the tickets.
“I’ve made 60, they’re lyrics and songs and inside Taylor jokes.”
Twins Lucy and Emily Hanley and mum Laura said: “It’s our first concert, we’ve spent four months making the bracelets.
“We’ve been looking forward to this all year, we are total Swifties.”
Kyla McPhee and Lucy Scott from Belfast stunned in sequins and said: “The rain doesn’t bother us.
“We have our white cowboy boots to protect us from the downpour.”
Megan Levey from Boston flew her entire family to Ireland for four days, as it was cheaper than buying a ticket to see their idol Stateside.
Megan told us: “It’s my whole family here just outside of Boston, Framingham Massachusetts.
“I haven’t been to Ireland in over 20 years. I had come over in college and had experience abroad. We’re here with my friend Melissa from Florida. Luckily she got a code for Taylor Swift, it’s like a lottery for which country you might get. She got lucky and got Dublin.
“Two years ago when my daughter became a huge Taylor Swift fan we got locked out of buying tickets. Tickets were getting bought by resellers. The average ticket price was over $2,000 for one ticket.
“You’re talking nose bleeds not even the good seats. You could easily spend $5,000 for a good seat for one person. It was cheaper for us to get these VIP tickets for €560, they would have been less if you didn’t do the VIP and we got to see the Cliffs of Moher.”
Alex Byrne and Elle Kieran were thrilled to have VIP ticket boxes. Dundalk mum Sarah Byrne said: “It was so hard to get the tickets, I spent €1,000 for two tickets and my friend paid €1,200 for two.
“We feel like the luckiest girls in the world, it’s a bucket list job.”
Aisling Timothy, 11 and 10-year-old Holly Hainswort from Swords said: “We only got our clay beads a few weeks before the Eras tour so that’s when we started making our bracelets.
“It’s been a month of late nights, we’re a bit obsessed, we’ve made around 42 now. Taylor is happy about everything and she’s so kind. Because of Taylor, I think we are kinder.”
Amanda Kyle and Valerie Hannah flew into Dublin from Houston, Texas. Amanda said: “We went to Eras in Houston.
“We had such a fun time we had to make it happen again. It worked with our summer plans, we took a trip to Greece and then ended up in Dublin. After Taylor added Tortured Poets, it was a given, we had to come here.”
Rebecca Alonso, 28 and 29-year-old pal Andrea from Saint Sebastian are huge Swifties.
Rebecca said: “It was very hard to get tickets anywhere so we’ve been trying to go to as many European shows. We have a nice route going on. We are going to Milan next, then Vienna and then London again, we’ve been to Madrid also.
“We’ve been Swifies all our lives, so this is a dream come true for us. I also made my own dress for the tour also. We are superfans.”
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