Concert Attendance for Artist Declines After Endorsement: ‘No Fans, Just Empty Seats and Echoes’ (Page 3 ) | September 30, 2024

Cue the Swiftie meltdown.

Within minutes of the post going live, Swift’s comment section became a battleground. Longtime fans, who had stuck by her through every boy-band breakup, every song lyric dispute, and even the Kanye West feud, suddenly felt betrayed. “I came here for the music, not politics!” one fan commented angrily. Another, more succinct, simply wrote: “Unfollow.”

It didn’t take long for the fallout to escalate. Hashtags like #TaylorSwiftIsOverParty and #BoycottTaylor started trending on Twitter, with fans pledging to abandon the star they once adored. Swift’s endorsement of Harris, it seemed, had pushed some of her most loyal fans over the edge.

At first, it seemed like just social media noise—after all, celebrities face backlash all the time, right? But the real sting came when Swift showed up for her next concert on the Eras Tour. Where there once were thousands of screaming fans, there were now rows and rows of empty seats.

One concertgoer described the scene as “eerie,” noting that the arena, once packed to the brim, had entire sections that were completely vacant. “It was like the world’s biggest Taylor Swift karaoke party, but no one showed up,” said the fan, who attended out of curiosity rather than dedication.

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