It seems Taylor Swift may have underestimated how beloved she is Down Under, that even right up until showtime, fans were clamouring for tickets.
In a new TikTok video taken on Night 2 of her Eras Tour in Sydney, fans who missed out on tickets but descended onto Accor Stadium anyway were seen running to the ticket booths when last minute tickets were announced over the speakers.
Meanwhile, later inside the stadium, just an hour into her Saturday night performance, the Sydney crowd couldn’t contain their excitement and gratitude for Taylor.
So much so, they gave her a standing ovation that went on for four entire minutes of her set.
Read on for the latest updates.
Last-minute tickets announced outside the stadium
It was pandemonium outside Accor Stadium when fans who flocked to the grounds were told over the speaker system that there were tickets still available.
According to TikTok user Melissa Aleksioska, ticketless fans sitting outside the stadium in hopes of scoring last-minute tickets were in luck when it was announced there were still some left to purchase.
In a video shared by Melissa, hordes of Swifties could be seen rushing to the ticket booths for one last shot at getting their hands on the coveted tickets.
“When they announce last minute tickets,” Melissa captioned the video.
Concertgoers slammed for arriving late
Another video on TikTok is getting attention after one user called out fans who arrived to the Sydney show one hour late.
A fan who wasn’t lucky enough to score a ticket aired their grievances on the platform, sharing a video of them sitting outside Accor Stadium while concertgoers arrived late and headed straight past them and into the arena.
“The people arriving at the Era Tour over 1 hour late vs. the fans who missed out on tickets and had to listen from outside,” the user captioned the video, while stationed outside the stadium on the ground.
However, some TikTok commenters suggested perhaps these fans were arriving late due to unforeseen circumstances or flight delays and cancellations because of the weather.
The user, who appeared to stay outside the stadium from start to finish, was also not impressed when some concertgoers left early while Taylor was still singing.
“Don’t even get me started on the people who left early,” they added.
Anthony Albanese dances to Shake It Off
Someone who did not leave early and had the time of their life was Anthony Albanese.
The Australian Prime Minister was seen off his seat in a corporate box and bopping along to Taylor’s hit Shake It Off alongside his long-time partner, Jodie Haydon, who is now his fiance after he proposed on Valentine’s Day.
The sighting comes after Albo refused to give his Taylor concert tickets away to a fan who called into 2DayFM’s Hughesy, Ed and Erin show when he was guest just days ago.
“I reckon 2-TayFM can sort you out,” he told the fan on-air. “I am going on Friday night and I am a real Swifty.”
Fan annoys other concertgoers with vocals during singalong
Who doesn’t love to belt out their favourite hits along with their icons at concerts?
But one fan from the crowd on Night 2 of Taylor’s Sydney show just went a little too far while singing along to the singer’s hit, Tolerate It.
“Tolerate It (live) our version vs taylors version,” the fan wrote on TikTok as they appeared to give the song a heavy-metal take while watching from the stands at Accor Stadium.
Another fan was not impressed with the rendition and called it out on Twitter.
“Honestly I don’t care how much you love the song, concerts are a public space and people around you paid a lot of money for a concert,” the user wrote on Twitter.
“Don’t be selfish and have concert etiquette please.”
Taylor’s hilarious crack at Aussie accent
Taylor Swift has delighted the Sydney crowd by having a crack at the Aussie accent while introducing her song ‘Should Have Said No’.
“I have a very specific word that is my favourite word that you say in an Australian accent and that word is the word, ‘no’,” she said.
“The more you chew on that ‘naur’.
“I think you say it better than I say it.”
She then encouraged the crowd to sing along however they like, let that be in an American accent or otherwise.
“Or you can just be yourselves and say: ‘You Should Have Said Naur’,” Taylor said before launching into the song.
Sydney crowd in stitches over iconic movie reference
Taylor Swift ‘s dancer has quoted an iconic line from an Australian movie during the second night of her four-day Sydney show run.
About 80,000 fans erupted into laughter on Saturday night when her dancer Kameron Saunders delivered a line from the 1997 film The Castle.
“Tell him he’s dreaming,” he sang, in reference to Michael Caton’s now infamous catchphrase from the film.
It came as Swift was introducing her next song, ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together’.
Swift regularly hands Mr Saunders the microphone during the song, to which he says a line that is unique to the international audience they are performing for that night.
Earlier in the Melbourne leg of the tour, Saunders delivered the classic Aussie phrases, “yeah nah” and “naur”.
Sydney audience won’t stop standing ovation, shocking Taylor
Australians can’t get enough of Taylor Swift, and it’s left even Taylor herself shocked.
Just an hour into her Saturday night performance, the Sydney crowd couldn’t contain their fever pitch excitement at being there.
They gave her a standing ovation – and couldn’t stop. The clapping, cheering and whooping went on for four entire minutes of her set.
Taylor mouthed “that’s so loud, you guys won”
“You guys are on another level,” she said above the din.
“You are wild Sydney!
“You’re a crowd I dreamed of having as a child.”
News.com.au entertainment reporter Joshua Haigh, who is on the ground, described the ovation as “insane” and “deafening”.
It will surely go down in music history.
— With Joshua Haigh and Mary Madigan
