Watch Taylor Swift Defend A Fan By Warding Off A Security Guard During Her Philadelphia Concert
Meanwhile, it was also reported that Taylor Swift gave free tickets to the fan who was 'harassed' by security guards during her concert.
New Delhi: Taylor Swift has amassed massive fandom over the years and has been particularly appreciated recently especially with incidents involving her concerts in the US. One, when she took a pause while singing "Bad Blood" to repeatedly ask a guard or guards to lay off a fan as a confrontation developed in her Philadelphia concert. Another, when she refused to cancel her final night concert in Nashville despite pouring rain and performed until 2 AM in the morning.
As usual with anything at a Swift show, there were tens of thousands of cameras trained on her, and one 25-second clip of the singer's interjections on Twitter had amassed more than 3 million views by Sunday morning, reported 'Variety'.
Video of what happened between the fan and security guard was harder to come by; attendees at the Lincoln Financial Field show offered reports saying alternately that the fan was being confronted for being too close to a barricade or was being pulled away for taking photos (which are not disallowed on the tour).
Swift is not known for breaking character to comment on what's going on with an audience mid-song on the Eras Tour, so the interchange stood out and quickly picked up steam among international Swifties.
"She's fine," Swift is first seen telling security during the number. Then: "She wasn't doing anything."
The singer shouts: "Hey! Stop!" And then again, after the next scheduled use of the word "hey!" in the lyrics, she once again orders security to "stop," before resuming her singing and choreography.
Take a look at the video.
Not sure what happened during Bad Blood but it was enough Taylor needed to get involved… #erastour #taylorswift #tserastourphilly pic.twitter.com/JcJMmi0dOJ
— Nicolle Bradford (@NicolleBradford) May 14, 2023
Reaction on social media was enormously supportive of the singer, for being attentive to what was happening in the audience during her performance. The news also drew the attention of a far smaller number of commenters chiming in to say a performer should not be second-guessing security during a show.
The performance otherwise proceeded without incident at what Swift has called her "hometown" shows on the tour.
Meanwhile, it was also reported that Taylor Swift gave free tickets to the fan who was 'harassed' by security guards during her concert.
The "surprise songs" at Saturday's show, played for the first and possibly only time on the tour, were "Forever & Always," which she said was a Lena Dunham request, and "This Love," the former song played acoustically on guitar, the latter on piano. The previous night, at her Philadelphia opening, the surprises were "Gold Rush" and "Come Back... Be Here."
The former song had never been performed before live, and the latter was getting only its second concert appearance, after having been played once in Toronto in 2018.
The Eras tour began March 17 in Glendale, Arizona and will wrap up in the U.S. with the last night of a five-night stand at L.A.'s SoFi Stadium on August 9.
(with inputs from agencies)
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