A recent incident during a Philadelphia performance ofTaylor Swift’s Eras Tour concert saw the world-famous music star interrupt her hit song “Bad Blood” to scold a security guard. Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concert has been a massive success so far, and it still has three months to go.
Announced shortly after the explosive popularity ofSwift’sMidnightsalbum, the Eras Tour concert has not been without controversy. For example, the Eras Tour has triggered a lawsuit and congressional inquiries into Ticketmaster and its business practices, which may have a profound impact on the music industry and online ticket-sellers moving forward. The latest controversy involving the Eras Tour took place this past weekend at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Clips of the incident have been going viral all over social media, particularlyvideo-sharing platform TikTok, which has housed multiple angles of the event. While Swift was performing “Bad Blood,” she stopped in the middle of the song to chastise someone off-screen. She says, “She’s fine! She wasn’t doing anything!” Swift then starts to walk away from that part of the stage before turning back and yelling, “Hey! Stop!” Swift then continued the song before adding in another quick, “Hey, stop.”
What Happened at the Taylor Swift Concert in Philadelphia?
Since there were so many different angles of the incident, it wasn’t clear at first exactly what was going on. An early theory that was making the rounds online suggested thatTaylor Swiftwas yelling at a concertgoer who may have been harassing someone. However, as more videos of the incident were posted on TikTok and other social media sites, it became clear that Swift was directing her comments at one of the show’s security guards.
An explanation finally came from TikTok user caityg33, who was the person Swift was defending in the viral videos. According to her account of the incident, a security guard had been “harassing” their group for “touching the rail” and dancing. Swift noticed the security guard’s behavior and told him to stop. He was then escorted out of the concert and caityg33’s group was offered free tickets to another Eras Tour performance.
As Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour continues, hopefully future incidents like this can be avoided. Regardless,Taylor Swift fanscan count on plenty more videos from the concernts to be shared online in the months ahead.
