Taylor Swift fans were left furious during the first night of Wembley’s dates after they were stuck outside of the arena and not allowed into the stadium for a brief amount of time – despite Swift already being on stage.
The star has faced a multitude of issues surrounding her tour, as she was previously slammed for the price of her tickets, many fans having an obstructed view, alongside the Southport murders and her Vienna, Austria dates being cancelled due to a terror threat.
Last night, it was said that fans were “kicking off big time” after they were refused entry to the stadium due to the security team running out of wristbands, a source told The Daily Mirror.
It was also reported that fans were pleading with security to “please let them in” after realising that the 34-year-old had already started her concert, leaving her loyal Swifties to miss four of her opening songs.
Fans were also left furious due to a technical fault which prevented them from buying tickets, resulting in hundreds of empty seats during the concert.
Concert vendor Ticketmaster found themselves blamed for the apparent fiasco after a technical error resulted in fans not receiving the requisite access code needed to unlock and purchase tickets.
Taylor Swift was on stage whilst her fans were left outside waiting to get in
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TikTokers shared their experience on their account and claimed they were sent an invalid code, as one disgruntled fan shared an image of empty seats, captioning the post: “Empty seats cause Ticketmaster locked tickets with codes.”
Another posted a similar photo and added: “Not all these empty seats bc nobody had a code to buy tickets. This is so painful.”
Pictures taken later in the evening revealed a notably fuller Wembley, with X users sensibly claiming the earlier pictures were taken before everyone had taken to their seats.
Last night’s concert saw Metropolitan Police presence being ramped up around Wembley Stadium, with fans being asked not to gather outside the event without tickets due to the recent terror threat.
Security was heightened last night after the recent terror threat in Vienna
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Swift was forced to cancel her Vienna concerts at the Ernst Happel Stadium after police foiled a terror plot, with a 19-year-old allegedly planning to carry out an attack at the sold-out gig with a 17-year-old and a 15-year-old acting as his accomplices.
The suspects were reportedly hired to work at the event and had knives, machetes, and the makings for dirty bombs they planned to use to cause destruction.
Just one week before, three young girls – Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, Alice Aguiar, nine, and Bebe King, six – were murdered by a then 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana during a Taylor Swift-themed dance class.
The singer released a statement shortly after the attack and said on her Instagram: “The horror of yesterday’s attack in Southport is washing over me continuously and I’m just completely in shock.
Many fans also had issues with purchasing the tickets and left seats empty
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“The loss of life and innocence, and the horrendous trauma inflicted on everyone who was there the families, and first responders. These were just little kids at a dance class. I am at a complete loss for how to ever convey my sympathies to these families.”
Whilst the 34-year-old did not publicly reference their deaths, it is believed she reached out privately to their families, with a source telling The Sun: “Taylor may not have spoken about Elsie Dot, Alice and Bebe on stage but she has reached out to their families.
“It is something that has weighed heavily on her mind.”