Fans react to night one of The Eras Tour in Sydney
Sydney Swifties celebrated Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour on Friday night, with thousands of fans flocking to Accor stadium. Here’s how the fans reacted.
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Taylor Swift fans packed out Accor stadium for the first Sydney show of Swift’s Eras Tour on Friday night. Swifties took over Sydney for the highly anticipated sold-out concert, which takes fans on a journey through Swift’s musical eras.
“We’re in one of the most exciting cities in the world on a Friday night, I appreciate every single one of you being here tonight,” Swift told her 81,000 fans.
Outside the stadium hundreds of ticket-less Swifties gathered to sing along to every lyrics as Swift played through her hits.
Thousands of fans dressed in bright colours, body shirts, cowboy boots and sparkly outfits, indicating their favourite ‘Era’s,” and exchanged homemade friendship bracelets with friends.
THE MOMENT FANS WERE WAITING FOR: TAYLOR TAKES THE STAGE
FANS CELEBRATING OUTSIDE ACCOR STADIUM
SWIFT BRINGS FANS TO TEARS
There wasn’t a dry eye in the house when Swift made the wish of one young girl come true. Every show Swift gives one lucky crowd member the hat she wears while performing “22”.
The fan she gave the hat to on Friday night belonged to a 9-year-old from Perth named Scarlett who had been diagnosed with brain cancer and it was her wish to meet Swift.
“Scarlett was granted a ‘Wish’ from the Make A Wish Foundation and her wish was to meet Taylor Swift,” her stepmother Natalie Chadwick wrote.
KATY PERRY, RITA ORA AND TRAVIS KELCE JOIN THE FANS AT SYDNEY SHOW
Some big name celebrities joined the fun at Accor stadium, jetting into Sydney for the show. Not only was Swift’s boyfriend Travis Kelce spotted in the crowd, but Katy Perry, Rita Ora and Taika Waitti were also spotted dancing among the fans.
ð¨| Katy Perry and Rita Ora at tonight's show of Taylor Swift's 'The Eras Tour' in Sydney, Australia! #SydneyTSTheErasTour
— The Eras Tour (@tswifterastour) February 23, 2024
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SWIFTIES DRESSED TO MATCH THEIR FAVOURITE “ERA”
DESPERATE FANS HOPED TO SCORE LAST-MINUTE TICKETS
Eager fans desperate for a ticket to Swift’s sold out Sydney shows had their prayers answered after new tickets were announced 24 hours out from the first show at Accor Stadium.
One fan said “if they don’t get tickets” they would cry.
Another said they had “never been happier” in their life after hearing the news more tickets were going to be made available.
FANS EVACUATED
Pictures from Accor Stadium at Olympic Park just before 6pm on night one showed hundreds of fans scrambling from their seats and into undercover areas. Fans were told to evacuate from ground level and the lower bowl due to the threat of lightning strikes. Luckily fans didn’t have to wait too long to return to the stadium for the show. However, unfortunately support act Sabrina Carpenter was cancelled.
The decision to evacuate the floor seats comes after warnings from the Bureau of Meteorology for “severe thunderstorms”. The BoM’s social media accounts said severe storms were “likely across eastern NSW on Friday with damaging winds, large hail and heavy rainfall”.
INTERSTATE FANS HALTED BY FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS
The wild weather created chaos for fans trying to get to Sydney from interstate., with flight cancellations hours before the concert. Qantas stepped up at the last-minute providing an Airbus from Melbourne to Sydney to ensure customers got to the show as “on schedule as possible”.
WHAT ARE THE DATES FOR TAYLOR SWIFT ERAS TOUR IN SYDNEY
Swift still have three more shows in Sydney from Friday, February 23 to Monday, February 27.