Taylor Swift

2022 - 12 - 13

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Taylor Swift Fans Are Getting Second Chance at Eras Tour Tickets (Today.com)

After Taylor Swift fans were left ticketless following a botched rollout for her Eras Tour, Ticketmaster said some fans will have another chance to purchase ...

"It goes without saying that I’m extremely protective of my fans," she said. After submitting a ticket request, Ticketmaster will send an email alerting fans if their request was confirmed, then charging their card and giving them instructions to claim their tickets. Live Nation Entertainment did not respond to a request for comment from TODAY. 12, at the request of Swift's team, delivering the news that they had been chosen for a "limited opportunity" to purchase tickets to the Eras Tour. Ticketmaster said that all eligible fans were contacted and will be sent an invite to submit a purchase request by Dec. "You were identified as a fan who received a boost during the Verified Fan presale but did not purchase tickets," Ticketmaster wrote.

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Taylor Swift managed to get Ticketmaster to release more 'Eras Tour ... (Mashable)

Ticketmaster has released more Verified Fan tickets for Taylor Swift's "The Eras Tour" after having "been asked by Taylor's team to create this additional ...

Mashable [spoke to Swifties ](https://mashable.com/article/swifties-take-down-ticketmaster-eras-tour)about the frustrating and disappointing process. Then, Ticketmaster [cancelled public ticket sales](https://mashable.com/article/taylor-swift-eras-tour-ticketmaster-cancelled) days later. [Ticketmaster's website crashed](https://mashable.com/article/taylor-swift-era-tour-ticketmaster). Fans knew [buying from Ticketmaster was trouble before they walked in](https://mashable.com/article/ticketmaster-platinum-prices-hurting-fans), and the botched sale proved it. Now, a few lucky fans seem to be getting another chance, but it might not be enough to assuage [the droves of Swifities who missed out.](https://mashable.com/article/swifties-take-down-ticketmaster-eras-tour) This would be the show and city you selected during registration for the "Verified Fan" presale and you won't be able to change this.

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Drop everything now: There's another chance to get Taylor Swift tour ... (The A.V. Club)

Thank Taylor Swift for pushing Ticketmaster to create a new opportunity for Verified fans to get Eras Tour tickets.

That’s on top of the Justice Department investigation and the pending [Congressional hearing](https://www.avclub.com/taylor-swift-ticketmaster-senate-hearing-announcement-1849818056) that the company is also facing. [legal action against Ticketmaster](https://www.avclub.com/taylor-swift-fans-ticketmaster-lawsuit-1849855741) and its parent company Live Nation. [Swift likened to](https://www.avclub.com/taylor-swift-responds-to-ticketmaster-chaos-eras-tour-1849802708) “several bear attacks.” Swift herself was apparently behind the push to put tickets back on sale, according to Ticketmaster. [lyrical Easter eggs](https://www.avclub.com/taylor-swift-underrated-songs-obscure-tracks-1849666689) to cheer up forlorn Swifties? [Taylor Swift](https://www.avclub.com/taylor-swift-film-directorial-debut-searchlight-1849875394) has gotten you another opportunity to purchase tickets for the [Eras Tour](https://www.avclub.com/taylor-swift-eras-tour-new-dates-added-1849774125). Your fearless leader has once again stood up to the man, and long story short, tickets are going back on sale.

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'Shake It Off': Judge dismisses copyright lawsuit filed against Taylor ... (WOKV)

Two songwriters had sued Swift, claiming that she copied their lyrics for 2014′s “Shake It Off,” Reuters reported. Sean Hall and Nathan Butler dropped their ...

[Variety ](https://variety.com/2022/music/news/taylor-swift-shake-it-off-lawsuit-dropped-1235458220/)reported. [Reuters ](https://www.reuters.com/legal/taylor-swift-songwriters-agree-end-shake-it-off-copyright-case-2022-12-12/)reported. Swift’s attorneys also asked the judge to dismiss the suit, Variety reported. [BBC News](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63956480) reported. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/legal/taylor-swift-songwriters-agree-end-shake-it-off-copyright-case-2022-12-12/) reported. [RIAA](https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=shake+it+off#search_section).

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Taylor Swift has Shake It Off copyright lawsuit dismissed by judge (whynow)

A lawsuit filed against Taylor Swift alleging that she stole lyrics for her hit 2014 song 'Shake It Off' has been dismissed by a US judge.

Teddy Coward [are still fuming over the recent Ticketmaster debacle](https://whynow.co.uk/read/taylor-swift-tickets-what-can-be-done-to-help-fans), which has left many unable to see her touring [her latest, record-breaking](https://whynow.co.uk/read/taylor-swifts-midnights-best-selling-record-of-2022) [Midnights album](https://whynow.co.uk/read/midnights-taylor-swift-review). Now though, a judge has dismissed the case “in its entirety”, just over a month out from when the case was due to go on trial, on 17 January.

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'Attention Swifties': New round of Taylor Swift Eras Tour ticket ... (FOX 29 Philadelphia)

We know all too well this won't solve every complaint, but it does present those who were kicked off the site or waited hours a chance to shake it off and ...

[Swift also spoke out](https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/taylor-swift-breaks-silence-ticketmaster-fiasco) in support of her fans on social media, saying, "We've been doing this for decades together and over the years, I've brought so many elements of my career in house. I've done this SPECIFICALLY to improve the quality of my fans' experience by doing it myself with my team who care as much about my fans as I do," she wrote. According to Ticketmaster, Taylor Swift's team requested the vendor create an additional opportunity for fans to purchase tickets. After working directly with Ticketmaster on behalf of the thousands of consumers who reached out to our office, a new round of ticket opportunities will be coming to PA consumers who received a pre-sale code this month," Shapiro wrote on Twitter. "Attention Swifties. PHILADELPHIA - After receiving thousands of complaints from Pennsylvania residents about the Taylor Swift ticket fiasco, some customers in the state will get a second chance to purchase tickets.

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AG Shapiro announces new opportunities for Taylor Swift tickets (ABC27)

Pennsylvania Attorney General and Governor elect Josh Shapiro announced that Ticketmaster will be offering new opportunities for consumers to purchase ...

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Ticketmaster offers second chance for Taylor Swift 'Eras Tour' tickets (Q13 FOX (Seattle))

Ticketmaster said they made the decision to offer more tickets at the request of Taylor Swift's team. The company is sending email invitations to select ...

[The 52-date Eras Tour kicks off March 17 in Glendale, Arizona](https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/taylor-swift-eras-tour-us-2023), and wraps up with five shows in Los Angeles ending Aug. ](https://business.ticketmaster.com/business-solutions/the-taylor-swift-on-sale-explained-2/)Two million tickets to The Eras Tour next year were sold during presales on Nov. But Ticketmaster said about 1.5 million fans who had gone through an early verification process — called Verified Fan — were invited to purchase tickets and the remaining 2 million were placed on a waiting list, according to the AP. Last month, Ticketmaster said that the site was overwhelmed both by real people and bot attacks resulting in unprecedented traffic on their site. "We want to apologize to Taylor and all of her fans - especially those who had a terrible experience trying to purchase tickets. 15, the most tickets ever sold on the platform in a single day, the Associated Press reported. This story was reported from Washington, D.C. Once this happens, fans will receive instructions on how to claim their tickets. [left many fans without tickets](https://apnews.com/article/taylor-swift-ticketmaster-concert-tickets-parents-34399cca6403c97f0983a5c69c7edec0). Ticketmaster said the invitations will be "staggered by tour dates" in each city. The ticketing company [said in a statement on Nov. These fans will receive an invite to submit their ticket purchase request before Friday, December 23.

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Some Taylor Swift fans in Pennsylvania could have a second ... (WPVI-TV)

Ticketmaster announced that a select group of fans might be able to receive tickets Taylor Swift after all.

That unprecedented demand, combined with a "staggering number of bot attacks as well as fans who didn't have invite codes" drove "unprecedented traffic" to its site, Ticketmaster said, and, essentially, broke it. Once the fan's request is confirmed, their card will be charged and they will receive instructions on how to claim the tickets. Presale tickets for Capital One card holders brought similar frustration - and then Ticketmaster canceled sales to the general public, citing "extraordinarily high demand" and "insufficient remaining ticket inventory." Roughly 3.5 million people signed up for the program to buy Swift tickets, its "largest registration in history." The lucky group is among those fans who registered as "verified." Presale tickets for "The Eras Tour" frustrated Swift fans across the country in a debacle that stayed in the headlines for weeks.

What movie is Taylor Swift directing? (Deseret News)

What music videos has Taylor Swift directed herself? When does Taylor Swift premiere on Variety's annual “Directors on Directors” interview series?

Now, Morgan Myles could win ‘The Voice’](https://www.deseret.com/2022/12/12/23505970/the-voice-2022-morgan-myles) I’ve been part of things where you didn’t know the script, and no one knew what the story was.” - “Cardigan”. [Variety](https://variety.com/2022/film/news/taylor-swift-feature-directing-debut-searchlight-pictures-1235455606/). [Swift](https://www.deseret.com/2022/10/22/23413864/why-is-taylor-swift-so-popular) is also being highlighted in Variety’s annual [Directors on Directors](https://variety.com/2022/film/news/taylor-swift-james-cameron-ryan-coogler-gina-prince-bythewood-variety-directors-on-directors-1235453552/) series starting on Monday. It is a genuine joy and privilege to collaborate with her as she embarks on this exciting and new creative journey,” said Searchlight presidents David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield, per

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Taylor Swift opens up about her directing ambitions: 'I always ... (ABC News)

Taylor Swift chatted with "The Banshees of Inisherin" director Martin McDonagh as part of Variety's Directors on Directors interview series.

"I definitely feel more free to create now. I'm just going with it." "The few that I reached out to were fortunately booked ... "And when I did direct, I just thought, 'This is actually more fulfilling than I ever could have imagined.' " "No, I always wanted to tell stories," Swift said. "I have always written stories, poetry, songs.

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Select Taylor Swift fans get a second chance to buy tickets (Los Angeles Times)

Certain Taylor Swift fans who got Verified Fan codes from Ticketmaster but weren't able to score tickets last month are getting a second chance.

She said she refused to “make excuses” for a company that according to her had repeatedly assured her team it could handle the demand her tour would create. An FAQ on the Ticketmaster website explains that fans who got the email will have an opportunity to buy a maximum of two tickets to a Swift show. Meanwhile, in Mexico, a consumer-protection official said Ticketmaster México would be fined millions after hundreds of faulty tickets were sold for Bad Bunny shows last Friday and Saturday in Mexico City. But it sounds like the process is designed to roll out on a more controlled timeline than the original crush did. [received an email Monday](https://twitter.com/kristaferrara/status/1602308507495464961) from Ticketmaster saying, “You have been identified as a fan who received a boost during the Verified Fan presale but did not purchase tickets. Bots and “fans who didn’t have invite codes” were blamed.

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Taylor Swift fans getting another chance to buy concert tickets (CBS News)

The AG's Office said they have registered thousands of consumer complaints after heavy demand for pre-sale tickets caused outages on Ticketmaster's website in ...

"Emails will be sent to pre-sale registered fans for the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia shows in the coming days," according to the AG's Office ["a new round of ticket opportunities](https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/taylor-swift-tour-philadelphia-lincoln-financial-field/) will be coming to Pennsylvania consumers," the AG's Office said on Twitter on Tuesday morning. [Taylor Swift](https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/taylor-swift-eras-tour-ticketmaster-additional-tickets/) fans will have another opportunity to buy tickets to her upcoming and highly anticipated "The Eras Tour" thanks to the [Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office](https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/taylor-swift-eras-tour-tickets-ticketmaster/).

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Taylor Swift 'Shake It Off' copyright lawsuit dropped (ABC News)

Hall and Butler sued Swift and producers Max Martin and Shellback in September 2017, seeking statutory damages, compensatory damages and injunctive relief, ...

"...I recall hearing phrases about players play and haters hate stated together by other children while attending school in Wyomissing Hills, and in high school in Hendersonville. ABC News also reached out to Hall and Butler's representatives for comment. The case was dismissed in 2018 by Fitzgerald, but the U.S. The suit claimed that Swift's song "copies and includes Plaintiffs' lyrical phrase ... "Indeed, the combination had not been used in popular culture prior to Plaintiffs' original use." The case was originally set for trial next month.

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Taylor Swift Fans Are Getting A Second Chance At Eras Tour Tickets (BuzzFeed News)

Fans who weren't able to buy tickets during the Ticketmaster mess will now get a second chance at the end of the month.

They said in a [statement](https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=761FFC1F-E897-41E0-88AE-D6431E619751) that Ticketmaster's lack of competition became "painfully obvious" after Ticketmaster failed fans trying to buy the concert tickets. While it’s impossible for everyone to get tickets to these shows, we know we can do more to improve the experience and that’s what we’re focused on." "You were selected for this opportunity because you have been identified as a fan who received a boost during the Verified Fan presale but did not purchase tickets. "I’m not going to make excuses for anyone because we asked them, multiple times, if they could handle this kind of demand and we were assured they could. After about an hour and a half of adding tickets to her cart but then seeing them disappear, Perry gave up. The Eras Tour," the email from Ticketmaster reads.

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Ticketmaster offers second chance for Taylor Swift 'Eras Tour' tickets (FOX 5 DC)

Ticketmaster said they made the decision to offer more tickets at the request of Taylor Swift's team. The company is sending email invitations to select ...

[The 52-date Eras Tour kicks off March 17 in Glendale, Arizona](https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/taylor-swift-eras-tour-us-2023), and wraps up with five shows in Los Angeles ending Aug. ](https://business.ticketmaster.com/business-solutions/the-taylor-swift-on-sale-explained-2/)Two million tickets to The Eras Tour next year were sold during presales on Nov. But Ticketmaster said about 1.5 million fans who had gone through an early verification process — called Verified Fan — were invited to purchase tickets and the remaining 2 million were placed on a waiting list, according to the AP. Last month, Ticketmaster said that the site was overwhelmed both by real people and bot attacks resulting in unprecedented traffic on their site. "We want to apologize to Taylor and all of her fans - especially those who had a terrible experience trying to purchase tickets. 15, the most tickets ever sold on the platform in a single day, the Associated Press reported. This story was reported from Washington, D.C. Once this happens, fans will receive instructions on how to claim their tickets. [left many fans without tickets](https://apnews.com/article/taylor-swift-ticketmaster-concert-tickets-parents-34399cca6403c97f0983a5c69c7edec0). Ticketmaster said the invitations will be "staggered by tour dates" in each city. The ticketing company [said in a statement on Nov. These fans will receive an invite to submit their ticket purchase request before Friday, December 23.

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How Taylor Swift's 'All Too Well' Film Channeled Her 'Girlhood ... (Rolling Stone)

Taylor Swift reflected on directing "All Too Well" in an interview with Martin McDonagh for a new Variety interview.

Swift was on the cusp of 21 when she was in this relationship with an older partner. In it, Swift shines as a director, giving directives to the smallest things like hand placements and wording. It’s structured narratively in a way that I felt had to be different than any music video I’ve made,” Swift said. The pop star recently sat down with director Martin McDonagh for [Variety](https://variety.com/2022/film/features/taylor-swift-director-all-too-well-hearbreak-martin-mcdonagh-1235456137/) to discuss directing her [All Too Well: The Short Film](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-all-too-well-ten-minute-short-film-1257075/). “Emotionally, I was going through exactly what the short film depicts, and I think that time is such an incredible asset to use when we have these stories that are hard to tell,” she told the Banshees of Inisherin director. “I wanted to tell that story, too, about sort of girlhood calcifying into this bruised adulthood.”

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Taylor Swift Is 33! Which of Her Songs Is Your Favorite? (Billboard)

From "Tim McGraw" to "Anti-Hero" with hits and Swiftie-loved cuts in between, vote for the one you like most on her birthday.

In the age of her re-recordings, Swift has given her fans even more music, including vault tracks such as “Mr. The superstar rang in her latest birthday on Tuesday (Dec. But it wouldn’t be a birthday-appropriate [poll](https://www.billboard.com/t/poll/) if we didn’t include “22” alongside the hopeful “Begin Again” and 1989 tracks such as “Blank Space,” “Style,” emotional closer “Clean” and bonus cut “New Romantics.”

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Josh Shapiro offers hope for troubled Taylor Swift fans looking for ... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Fans with a pre-sale code are going to get another crack at tickets for the June 16-17 shows at Acrisure Stadium.

We had 14 million people hit the site, including bots, which are not supposed to be there.” He also posted: “Emails will be sent to pre-sale registered fans for the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia shows in the coming days. 1 pre-sale, during which the Live Nation/Ticketmaster server was overwhelmed by hopeful fans.

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Some Philly Swifties are getting another chance at Eras Tour tix after ... (Billy Penn)

Right around Taylor Swift's 33rd birthday, everything has changed — hopefully! — for some Pennsylvania Swifties. Following a messy presale, they'll get a ...

The “Verified Fan” presale required fans to register ahead of time to enter a lottery for presale codes, which offered the opportunity to purchase up to six seats, but were not a guarantee. Justice Department’s antitrust division before the Swift ticket debacle happened. Once the request window is closed, fans who’ve been selected will have their credit cards automatically charged. 15 was the first opportunity for fans to buy tickets. The AG office received over 2,600 complaints from frustrated fans, Rhoads said on Tuesday. The first attempt at snagging Eras Tour tickets in November created bad blood with Ticketmaster, which was responsible for selling seats at most of the shows. [wrote on Twitter](https://twitter.com/PAAttorneyGen/status/1602695249452736515). [apology to fans](https://twitter.com/Ticketmaster/status/1593816908742000640) — create the additional opportunity, [according to the ticketing company](https://blog.ticketmaster.com/ticketmaster-verified-fan-request-taylor-swift-the-eras-tour-2023/). [Shapiro’s statement](https://twitter.com/PAAttorneyGen/status/1602695108020805638). — for some Pennsylvania Swifties. [said on Tuesday](https://twitter.com/PAAttorneyGen/status/1602695249452736515). Right around Taylor Swift’s 33rd birthday, everything has changed — hopefully!

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'Bad Blood punch,' karaoke and costumes: 'Swifty Creek' celebrates ... (Tallahassee.com)

Taylor Swift celebrated her 33rd birthday on Tuesday. 'Swifty Creek' middle joined the party with "Bake It Off" cake and "Bad Blood punch."

"(Swift) is so positive and a great role model for our students," said Hanna. "It's an opportunity for us to show the types of food that we serve in the cafeteria, hopefully get the kids coming through and eating a healthy, nutritious meal every day," said Christie Meresse, nutrition service director at Swift Creek. Students threw almost 250 pies at teachers and administrators and raised $1,500.

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Taylor Swift's 33rd birthday present: 'Shake It Off' lawsuit dismissal (Fox Business)

Taylor Swift gets to celebrate her 33rd birthday with a victory and the rerecording of her "1989" album now that her "Shake It Off" lawsuit has been ...

[GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE](https://foxbusiness.onelink.me/Zkcx?pid=AppArticleLink&af_dp=foxbusinesssaf%3A%2F%2F&af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxbusiness.com%2Fapps-products) This followed the revelation that producer Scooter Braun had bought the rights to the award-winning artist's records she made with her former label Big Machine Records when he acquired the company. It was confirmed in November 2020 that Swift could rerecord her first five albums — "Taylor Swift," "Fearless," "Speak Now," "Red" and "1989." Defendants respectfully submit that the ruling should be revisited." "Wouldn't have it any other way. A trial had been scheduled to begin in January.

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Taylor Swift's 50 Best Songs, Ranked (Variety)

Variety ranks Taylor Swift's best songs, with hits and deep tracks from albums like 'Speak Now,' '1989,' 'Folklore' and 'Midnights.'

When “Midnights” first came out, with none of the songs pre-issued to the public, if you weren’t paying attention to video premieres or that sort of splash, you might have taken “Anti Hero” as one of the odder songs on the album, not a sure out-of-the-box hit. It’s just universal enough to get that kind of usage in American customs and rituals, but you have to savor the bits that are pure Swift, whether it’s the guitar-string scars on her fingers or her custom-made vow: “Swear to be overdramatic and true.” Wait, is it her entire public she’s pretend-marrying, as well as this guy? It’s a wedding song for people who don’t intend, right away at least, to get married — there’s even a fakeout wedding scene in the middle of the song that ends with them vowing in front of God and onlookers to be, well, lovers — but anyone who wants to use it for actual nuptials probably gets a pass. So much of the “Fearless” album came to be about the bracingly candid breakup songs, or embracing the fairy tale, in “Love Story,” and rejecting it, in “White Horse” (and “Fifteen,” for that matter). This leads to one of the greatest lines in all of Swift-dom: “I swear, I’m only cryptic and Machiavellian ’cause I care.” Is she kidding with that lyric? You should not have these people as your friends.) So it was the beginning of a correction in the popular mindset when, for her third album, “Speak Now,” she made a point of writing a song for an ex-boyfriend in which she took credit for what went wrong and expressed apologies and regrets — normal human actions, in other words, for someone who was not the narcissistic teen wraith some of the culture had set out to make her. It’s good that Taylor doesn’t really believe that “forever is the sweetest con,” and good that she’s stretched out to the kind of writing where she can create a character to say it. With “Out of the Woods,” one of the most talked-about tracks from “1989,” it’s really enough to know what the emotional tenor of the scenario is, and not who she spent a night in the emergency room with. The telling way in the choruses that she keeps answering “good!” to every repetition of the “Are we in the clear yet?” question lets you know that this is a protagonist who constantly has to talk herself into believing that everything’s fine. Meanwhile, I suspect there’s a musical joke embedded in the title, which is written as a numeral, the way a musician would render it, versus “the one.” At the end of the chorus, the word “one” begins on the last note of one bar and slides over to the next, where it lands on… This is a kind of sequel, in spirit, to “Blank Space.” In that one, she was still playing at being the bad girl, for satire. A song about why a relationship that’s escalated for some of the wrong reasons can’t help but feel right when you throw that slinky a groove on it — and throw in something Swift has never employed from her arsenal before: a solo saxophone.

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Some Taylor Swift fans could have a second chance at snagging ... (CBS News)

MIAMI - Millions of angered Taylor Swift fans didn't receive tickets to the artist's latest tour after a widely scrutinized debacle over bungled ticket ...

That unprecedented demand, combined with a "staggering number of bot attacks as well as fans who didn't have invite codes" drove "unprecedented traffic" to its site, Ticketmaster said, and, essentially, broke it. "You have been identified as a fan who received a boost during the Verified Fan presale but did not purchase tickets," the email said. Once the fan's request is confirmed, their card will be charged and they will receive instructions on how to claim the tickets.

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Taylor Swift Spends Record-Extending 57th Week Atop Artist 100 ... (Billboard)

Swift scores nine albums on the latest Billboard 200, the most among all acts. After Midnights, she appears with Folklore (No. 26), Lover (No. 42), Red ( ...

[RM](https://www.billboard.com/artist/rm/) re-enters the Artist 100 at No. 111), Fearless (Taylor’s Version) (No. [Metro Boomin](https://www.billboard.com/artist/metro-boomin/) re-enters at No. 9, July), V (No. 10, November), J-Hope (No. 42), Red (Taylor’s Version) (No. [Billboard Hot 100](https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100), led by former six-week No. 71), Reputation (No. 45), 1989 (No. 43), Evermore (No. 26), Lover (No. 1 (on the list dated Dec.

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Taylor Swift, songwriters agree to end 'Shake It Off' copyright case (Insurance Journal)

Two songwriters have dropped their lawsuit claiming Grammy-winning musician Taylor Swift copied their lyrics in her 2014 number-one hit "Shake It Off,"

appeals court revived it in 2019. Monday’s court papers, filed jointly by attorneys for both Swift and the songwriters, did not say if there was a settlement. In “Shake It Off,” Swift sings: “the players gonna play, play, play, play, play, and the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate.”

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Taylor Swift releases additional 'Eras Tour' tickets for verified fans (WLEN-FM)

In a note on their website, Ticketmaster says that the ticket purchasing window will begin sometime before Dec. 23, with invitations issued on a staggered basis ...

Fans will get additional information and instructions on how to submit their request at an as-yet-unannounced future date; click 23, with invitations issued on a staggered basis by tour date in each city. Fans who were chosen to participate in the second on-sale were notified this week via email.

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Taylor Swift Spends Her Birthday in the Studio with Jack Antonoff ... (PEOPLE.com)

On Tuesday, Taylor Swift shared a photo of herself and the Grammy-Award-winning producer Jack Antonoff hanging out together in a music studio on her 33rd ...

"Emotionally, I was going through exactly what the short film depicts, and I think that time is such an incredible asset to use when we have these stories that are hard to tell in the moment," she said. "I wanted to tell that story, too, about sort of girlhood calcifying into this bruised adulthood." "

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Ticketmaster to sell some fans more Taylor Swift tickets after presale ... (The Washington Post)

Ticketmaster announced a new sale of tickets to Swift's "Eras" tour, as the company faces a Justice Department probe and a lawsuit from fans.

[canceled its general public sale](https://twitter.com/Ticketmaster/status/1593333211769106433), citing “extraordinarily high demands on ticketing systems and insufficient remaining ticket inventory to meet that demand.” Fans who didn’t preregister had to turn to the resale market. The Justice Department did not respond to a Wednesday morning request to further comment on the probe and its parameters. That person spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the situation. “I don’t wanna get my hopes up,” one Twitter user [wrote](https://twitter.com/angry_kitcat/status/1602473358309957634?s=20&t=sKR8oIlFLpiN2_71ZYyq2g). Others who were expecting to but ultimately did not receive the email from Ticketmaster expressed frustration at another missed opportunity. When reached for comment, Ticketmaster directed The Washington Post back to its online statement. 15, Ticketmaster opened up its much-anticipated presale of tickets to “Eras,” Swift’s first tour in more than four years, to customers who registered as “Verified Fans.” Those customers were sent presale codes, but ultimately faced hours-long virtual queues and technical glitches. Earlier this month, more than two-dozen fans [sued the company](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/12/05/taylor-swift-ticketmaster-lawsuit-eras/?itid=lk_inline_manual_8), alleging fraud, misrepresentation and antitrust violations. Once a request has been approved, Ticketmaster will automatically charge customers’ cards for the price of their ticket or tickets. “We apologize for the difficulties you may have experienced, and have been asked by Taylor’s team to create this additional opportunity for you to purchase tickets.” 23 to register their interest for up to two tickets each, within a selected price range. [plagued by technical glitches](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/15/taylor-swift-ticketmaster/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2), with the live events site [citing](https://twitter.com/ticketmaster/status/745341085363253249?lang=en-GB) “unprecedented demand.”

Are there any Taylor Swift tickets left? (Deseret News)

After fans spent hours on Ticketmaster hoping for the chance to get tickets to Taylor Swift's “The Eras Tour,” many are wondering if there are any tickets ...

[KCRA 3 News](https://www.kcra.com/article/taylor-swift-ticketmaster-comments/42006917#:~:text=the%20singer%20wrote.-,%22It's%20truly%20amazing%20that%202.4%20million%20people%20got%20tickets%2C%20but,can%20be%20improved%20moving%20forward.%22) reported that Swift wrote a message to her fans about the incident after many reported the difficulty they had in getting tickets. [Billboard](https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-adds-17-dates-2023-eras-stadium-tour-1235169684/). [WSJ](https://www.wsj.com/articles/taylor-swift-tickets-how-many-might-be-left-11670624940) estimates, “there are 163,600 tickets left across 52 dates — or a little over 3,000 tickets on average per show. [New York Post](https://nypost.com/2022/12/12/some-taylor-swift-fans-get-2nd-shot-at-ticketmaster-tour-tickets/) reported that fans who weren’t able to get tickets after having “received a boost” were given a “second chance” opportunity to get tickets. Swift’s tour and estimated that about 6% of the seats might still be available.” [Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2022/11/17/14-million-people-tried-to-buy-taylor-swift-pre-sale-tickets-live-nation-chair-says/?sh=10b0cf2c35dd) reported that 14 million people tried to buy tickets during the sale which led to the website crash.

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Of course, Taylor celebrated her birthday in the recording studio (Capital FM)

Taylor Swift spent her 33rd birthday recording music in the studio and it's the most Taylor thing ever!

I spent my 33rd birthday in the studio of course 😏 Wouldn’t have it any other way. Happy belated birthday to the musical legend! Taylor wrote to her 236 million followers on Instagram: "Thanks for all the beautiful wishes today!!

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Taylor Swift Shakes Off 'Shake It Off' Copyright Suit (American Songwriter)

Pop superstar Taylor Swift has shaken off the latest lawsuit. Swift had been sued by the songwriters 3LW for her song “Shake It Off” but now that lawsuit ...

Added the outlet, “Sean Hall and Nathan Butler [the songwriters for the 3LW song] told a Los Angeles federal judge they will dismiss their 2017 case with prejudice, which means it cannot be refiled.” But in 2021, the case was brought back via an appeal. 3LW had previously claimed that Swift copied their lyrics for her 2014 single.

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Taylor Swift Spent Her 33rd Birthday 'In the Studio': 'Wouldn't Have It ... (Billboard)

Lying across her lap is a huge upright bass, while none other than her go-to producer Jack Antonoff sits to her right, holding an acoustic guitar.

[happy fan](https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-eras-tour-verified-fan-tickets-second-round-fans-react-1235185132/) on Monday (Dec. In the past three years, Swift has released five albums, two re-releases (Fearless and Red) and three brand new LPs (Folklore, Evermore and Midnights). 13), the newly 33-year-old [pop](https://www.billboard.com/t/pop/) star revealed that she’d celebrated the occasion by doing what she does best: working hard in the studio. “I spent my 33rd birthday in the studio of course 😏 Wouldn’t have it any other way. Lying across her lap is a huge upright bass, while none other than her go-to producer Jack Antonoff sits to her right, holding an acoustic guitar. On the day of her birthday Tuesday (Dec.

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Taylor Swift Fans Spot Easter Eggs in Singer's 33rd Birthday Post (E! Online)

In honor of her 33rd birthday on Dec. 13, Taylor Swift shared a celebratory birthday post—and Swifties have spotted clues hinting what new music might be ...

[Look What You Made Me Do](https://www.eonline.com/news/875696/taylor-swift-releases-look-what-you-made-me-do-music-video)." We'll keep letting the sparks fly in our imagination. Whatever Taylor has up her sleeve, we're willing to bet it's worth the wait and then some. WHAT IS SHE DOING IS SHE GONNA DROP ALL OF THEM AT ONCE????" "I spent my 33rd birthday in the studio of course." "Thanks for all the beautiful wishes today!!"

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Taylor Swift Visited New Orleans and Chose Bywater Bakery to ... (Eater New Orleans)

The pop star chose widely adored community hub Bywater Bakery to make her a Lavender Haze-themed birthday cake while she was in town celebrating.

[r/Taylor Swift](https://www.reddit.com/r/TaylorSwift/comments/zjkj6z/taylor_at_the_preservation_hall_in_new_orleans/), Dafoe and Stone have frequented one of Donald Link’s restaurants downtown — so Herbsaint, Peche, Gianna, Cochon, Butcher, or the new Chemin a la Mer in the Four Seasons Hotel New Orleans. Bywater Bakery, the kitchen that made Swift’s birthday cake, has been a community and neighborhood favorite since Conrad and her husband Alton Osborn opened it on a Bywater corner in 2017. Presumably, since the cake was made for her birthday on Monday, the photo Swift posted of her and Antonoff was taken in a New Orleans studio. On the day of her birthday, Swift posted a photo of her and frequent collaborator Jack Antonoff in a studio; producer/songwriter Antonoff was also reportedly in attendance at Preservation Hall (and is engaged to Qualley, part of the And cast). “Hope you are having the best day in the city of New Orleans! Peter Street in the French Quarter.

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Taylor Swift Shows Exactly How She Spent Her 33rd Birthday and ... (ELLE.com)

Taylor Swift celebrated her 33rd birthday yesterday doing what most people do on a Tuesday: work. And she of course had an Easter egg in her birthday post.

And you know, you’ve seen me going through so many ups and downs of my life just due to the public nature of the way my life is, and I just wanted to say I’m so happy to see you and to have you and to know you through the ups and downs of my life. So I just wanted to say that, and I wanted to thank you for everything, and to thank you for, I know that when I meet you guys in meet-and-greet before and after shows, you guys tell me about the hard times that you’ve gone through in your lives, and I really appreciate you trusting me with that information. And so I guess I just wanted to say that we have so, so, so much further to go, and I’m so grateful to you guys for being there for me during what was a really, really horrible part of my life. Alyssa Bailey is the senior news and strategy editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage of celebrities and royals (particularly Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton). [sexual assault trial](https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a22735389/taylor-swift-sexual-assault-trial-anniversary-reputation-tour-speech/) she won around the time of Reputation. Love you!” Swift captioned her post, featuring a photo of her and frequent collaborator and producer Jack Antonoff in the studio together.

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A Taylor Swift Tribute Is Coming to the Alberta Rose Theatre in 2023 (Willamette Week)

The event is part of the Candlelight concert series, at which live music is performed by, yes, candlelight. Other upcoming Candelight concerts include Vivaldi's ...

[Candlelight: A Tribute to Taylor Swift](https://albertarosetheatre.com/event/candlelight-a-tribute-to-taylor-swift-2/alberta-rose-theatre/portland-oregon/), which will take place at 6 and 8:30 pm Friday, Jan. The program (which is subject to change), performed by the Listeso String Quartet, will include “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” “Lover,” and, of course, “You Belong With Me.” 17; on the other, it sold out (at $235 a pop).

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Here Are Sadie Sink's Top Tracks From Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' (Billboard)

In a new interview with Elle, the Stranger Things actress revealed that she listened to Swift's 10th studio album, Midnights, and her top tracks are “Labyrinth, ...

“Of course it’s such an iconic song and the way she brought that to life on screen was really special so it was an honor to be a part of it,” Sink The last Swift album with more weeks at No. Since then, she’s claimed four more chart-topping albums: Evermore (four weeks at No. Sink was hand-picked by Swift to star in the epic “All Too Well” short film alongside Dylan O’Brien, chronicling seven chapters of a couple’s relationship. 1 in 2020-21), Fearless (Taylor’s Version) (two weeks, 2021), Red (Taylor’s Version) (one week in 2021) and Midnights (five weeks so far). [Sadie Sink](https://www.billboard.com/t/sadie-sink/) is a Swiftie through and through — and not just because she starred in [Taylor Swift](http://billboard.com/music/taylor-swift)‘s [All Too Well: The Short Film.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tollGa3S0o8)

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