– It feels like an exam, says Linn Isabel Eielsen. She describes the hunt for a ticket to Taylor Swift’s upcoming European tour: – You have to be very focused where you sit with the glass of water and the cup of coffee. One is afraid of making a mistake or misunderstanding something. Linn Isabel Eielsen in a homemade T-shirt with a Taylor Swift motif. Photo: PRIVAT Norway is not part of the tour, which will come to Europe in May next year. Anyone care to go overseas to see Taylor Swift? – I don’t think it’s far-fetched for anyone. It will be more expensive, of course. But I know of many people who have their own Taylor Swift budget that they have saved up for, says Eielsen. She has registered to stand in the ticket queue for almost all the tour peaks in Europe. Finding Swift tickets to cities like London and Paris, she describes as a “nightmare”. That is why she puts her efforts into the concerts in Stockholm, which have tickets on sale on 11 July. But: – You are not guaranteed anything until you have a ticket in hand. Taylor Swift plays to full stadiums, and fans often gather outside to hear. Photo: AP The Norske Swifties fan club has over eight hundred members on Facebook. They think it will be “enormously difficult” to get a ticket. Several members of the group confirm to news that there is great concern about the ticket hall. Caused chaos in the USA When the tickets for the American part of the tour were released, the entire Ticketmaster website crashed, thanks to the enthusiastic fans, but also to the bot’s design to buy as many tickets as possible. This even with a record for the most tickets sold on the site for a single artist in one day: Over 2 million. Afterwards, Swift tickets were sold privately for up to 20,000 dollars – i.e. around 200,000 Norwegian kroner. American fans banded together to sue Ticketmaster after the chaos. news has tried to get hold of Ticketmaster in several ways, but without success. The fans have “bad blood” against Ticketmaster. Here from the demonstration in Washington DC. Photo: AFP Now the Swift fan club in Norway is afraid that those who did not get tickets at home in the states will look to Europe. – I hope Ticketmaster has learned something from the box office in the US, says Eielsen. Cool to like Taylor Swift again Taylor Swift’s newest album was previously slaughtered by Norwegian critics. But on Spotify, Swift is listed as the world’s second most streamed artist right now. Music producer in news P3, Janne Monsen Tveit, describes her as 2023’s most sought-after live artist. Janne Monsen Tveit believes there are few artists who can compare their success with Taylor Swift. Photo: Privat But why exactly has she become so incredibly popular? – The way she has literally taken ownership of her own music has opened the eyes and ears of even more people, says Tveit, referring to the fact that Swift has relaunched her older albums in order to be able to own her music herself. – Throughout Taylor Swift’s career, much of the narrative around her has been about drama and conflicts behind the scenes – both in love and professionally. Now it is finally the music that is in focus. It’s been cool to like Taylor Swift again, says Linn Isabel Eielsen. Photo: AP Swift fan Eielsen believes that for a long time it was “cool to hate” artists who appeal to young girls – for example Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift. – I think that many women “reclaim” that what they like is cool. We are not embarrassed about what we like anymore.
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