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When Taylor Swift stopped in Minneapolis for her “The Eras Tour”, fans without tickets were “strongly discouraged” from gathering outside the concert hall.
Ahead of the two-day performances, US Bank Stadium issued a warning to devoted Swift, 33, fans, or “Swifties,” about the sold-out concert.
“Fans without concert tickets are strongly discouraged from gathering outside the stadium this weekend,” the statement began on Twitter.
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Grammy Award-winning recording artist Taylor Swift continued her “The Eras Tour” in Minneapolis as the concert stadium had strict orders for her sold-out performances. (Bob Levey/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS rights management)
“US Bank Stadium is an enclosed stadium in the heart of downtown Minneapolis.”
During Swift’s “The Eras Tour,” thousands of ticketless fans have been “Taylor-Gating” outside stadiums hoping to hear the Grammy award-winning artist perform.
The mayor of Minneapolis dubbed the packed weekend “Swiftie-apolis,” as half a million fans were expected to arrive for the wildly popular concert.
While thousands of fans from all over the country came to the concert hall to see the “Bejeweled” singer, dedicated “Swifties” traveled from the airport directly to the concert hall.
500,000 fans were expected for ‘Swiftie-apolis’, devised by the mayor of Minneapolis. (Scott Legato/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS rights management)
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Others waited in line for more than two hours for Swift merchandise, and one mother even told Fox 9 KMSP that their daughter almost passed out while standing in the heat.
Swift concert tickets are currently selling on StubHub starting at over $800 for an “obstructed view.”
Meanwhile, at a show in Philadelphia for “The Eras Tour,” Swift yelled at a security guard for harassing a fan.
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As Swift performed “Bad Blood”, she could be heard yelling to an unknown person, “She’s fine. She didn’t do anything!”
The warning at Swift’s concert in Minneapolis comes after millions of loyal fans waited in hour-long lines for two days only to be shut out by Ticketmaster during ticket sales in November.
At the time, Ticketmaster issued a formal apology to their customers.
“We want to apologize to Taylor and all of her fans – especially those who had a terrible experience buying tickets. We feel we owe it to everyone to share some information to help explain what happened” , Ticketmaster announced on their Twitter account.
Millions of loyal fans queued for hours for two days only to be locked out by Ticketmaster during ticket sales for Taylor Swift’s “The Eras Tour” in November. (Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Jamie McCarthy)
The entertainment company shared a link explaining in detail why fans had a terrible experience buying tickets.
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Leaving fans furious, Swift broke her silence about the ticket fiasco.
“It goes without saying that I am extremely protective of my fans,” Swift wrote on social media.
The “Anti-Hero” singer continued in part, “There are a myriad of reasons why people had such a hard time getting tickets and I am trying to figure out how to improve this situation in the future. I’m not going to make excuses for anyone because we asked them multiple times if they could meet this kind of demand and we were confident they could. It’s really amazing that 2.4 million people got tickets, but it really pisses me off about them feeling like they went through several bear attacks to get them.”
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She concluded, “And to those who didn’t get tickets, all I can say is my hope is to give us more opportunities to all get together and sing these songs. Thank you for wanting to be there. You don’t have any idea how much that means.”
Swift expects to wrap up her U.S. leg of “The Eras Tour” in Los Angeles on August 9. The “Lavender Haze” singer will continue her performances in Mexico City, Argentina and Brazil through November.
Stephanie Giang-Paunon is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to [email protected] and on Twitter: @SGiangPaunon.
