Taylor Swift superfan from NYC spent nearly $9K to attend Eras Tour concerts: ‘A big deal’

It’s no secret that Swifties would give quite a bit for — and have given quite a bit for — a seat at an Eras Tour live performance.

One Taylor Swift superfan particularly took the fandom up a notch after he spent about $8,800 to attend 10 concert events throughout the USA.

Anthony Ye of Astoria, New York, instructed Fox Information Digital that his love for the pop star has been a near-decade-long affair.

“I’m going to as many reveals as I could make it out to,” he mentioned. 

“I’ve seen her dozens of instances.”

Ye, 26, revealed that he had seen Taylor Swift in live performance 43 instances after most lately attending two of her Los Angeles reveals, on Aug. 8 and 9.

The superfan was additionally in a position to attend eight earlier Eras Tour concert events, together with the opening reveals in Phoenix, Philadelphia, Boston and New York Metropolis, he additionally mentioned.

“I’m positively spending a bit greater than I ought to,” he mentioned. 

“It’s been 5 years since she’s toured, so it’s OK. My payments are paid.”

He added, “There’s been a whole lot of new music, so it’s an enormous deal.”

Ye admitted that affording the Eras Tour has been “quite a bit simpler” for him than throughout previous excursions, when he “actually couldn’t afford it.”

“However I used to be operating up bank cards anyway,” he mentioned. 

“These are paid off now, happily.”

Ye revealed that he “fell into” turning into a Swiftie after listening to her music steadily — and now he tunes into each Eras Tour live performance by way of livestream.

“I do know all of the songs,” he mentioned. “I can sing all of them completely now … [In] the previous few months, she has positively been an enormous a part of my life.”

Throughout the 2018 Repute Stadium Tour, Ye mentioned he was in a position to meet Taylor Swift’s mother and father, who have been within the crowd on the night time of the live performance he attended.

“They’re one of the best mother and father that anybody might ask for,” he mentioned.

Ye mentioned he went on to indicate Swift’s dad the 2 Taylor Swift-inspired tattoos he has on his physique — considered one of Taylor Swift carrying a unicorn onesie and one other of her driving a unicorn cat.

“I’ve not met Taylor herself but,” he mentioned. “However that’s the dream.”

The tremendous Swiftie shared that he has made Swift a “fixed half” of his life because of the dedication she reveals her followers in addition to her ardour for her artwork.

“I simply need [Taylor Swift] to know that [I] and all her different followers are going to face by her,” he mentioned. 

“We’re going to be right here ceaselessly … for so long as she continues to make music and carry out.”

He additionally mentioned, “I simply need her to maintain doing what she’s doing.”

Swift simply closed out her 20-city odyssey in Los Angeles at SoFi Stadium, on Wednesday, August 9.

She’s getting ready to embark on the worldwide leg of her tour in a number of weeks, however within the fall of 2024, she’ll return to North America. 

She lately introduced she’ll be again to seem in Miami, New Orleans, Indianapolis and Toronto.