Taylor Swift didn't miss a beat when she spotted an audience member at her Eras Tour concert in Philadelphia on May 13 getting into trouble. Video circulating on social media shows the 12-time Grammy winner repeatedly telling security guards at Lincoln Financial Field not to disturb fans in the audience while singing her 2014 hit single " Bad Blood". "She didn't do anything," Swift says on the song, the second of three "hometown" shows in the City of Brotherly Love. Accompanied by multiple pleas for "Stop!" She also chimed in to say that the unseen Swifty was "fine."
The video didn't capture exactly what was happening in the crowd, but several Eras Tour attendees took to Twitter to claim that concert security made physical contact with fans. "Tyler yelled at a security guard because they kept putting their hands on us and physically pushing us away from the barricade instead of just telling us to move away," one person wrote. "Every man stood against us. Every woman at the barricade had a power trip and it was really scary. All the men didn't even hesitate to touch us and they were very, very aggressive when they did it."
In a follow-up tweet, the same person added that they "didn't throw anything" or "scream anything crazy," but that every time Swift came over to dance and sing with them, "it would lead to security for no reason." Bustle reached out to a representative for Lincoln Financial Field but did not immediately hear back.
Meanwhile, another fan tweeted that a security guard pushed them into a chair, while a third claimed that a member of staff "put their hands on her 13-year-old daughter when she tried to take a photo in front of the stage." on” her. As one Twitter user said, "It must suck that Taylor talks so loudly while singing."
On May 14, Kelly Inglis, a fan involved in the incident, described what happened. "He just kept telling us not to touch the railing and every time we did anything he was on us," the third-grade teacher and mother revealed in a friend's TikTok video. "We were dancing and having a lot of fun, but he Not like it. Taylor noticed." Security was eventually escorted out after the incident, and Kelly was compensated with free tickets to Sunday's show.
"The fact that you did that for me last night and stood up for me means a lot to me," Kylie said in a second video shared on her own TikTok. It was taken while she was on her way to the Sunday show. "I can't even explain it, it's like, you're doing this for me and your fans, and if I know anything about you, you just want your fans to go to the show and have fun, and that's all we do ”
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Regardless, Swift's Philly performance still included plenty of high notes. As the drama unfolded on stage, a fan captured Gigi Hadid singing along to "Bad Blood" in the VIP section - eight years after she joined Selena Gomez and Kendrick Raiders Mal, Zendaya, and Cara Delevingne appear together in the song's star-studded music video. Lena Dunham, Hailee Steinfeld, Serayah, Ellie Goulding and several others.
On May 12, Swift's first night in Philadelphia, her rumored new 1975 boyfriend Matty Healy performed alongside opening act Phoebe Bridgers. Later that night, fans reportedly spotted Healy in the VIP area with Blake Lively and her and Ryan Reynolds' two eldest daughters: James, 7, and Inez, 6. Eagle-eyed Swift even noticed the singer gave Lively's daughters a special shout-out during the concert, and People reported that Swift walked off the stage with James in hand and waved to fans bid farewell.
This is more in line with what Swift was going for with "Crazy Love" during her time on tour.
