I totally underestimated the power of Taylor Swift fans. I’ve never seen anything like this. There were more people outside the Linc listening this weekend than were at the entire last month of Flyers games:

@jsochovka

The crowd outside of the stadium has to be pushing 50,000!!! at night 3 of #taylorswift #eras #erastour #erastourtaylorswift #philly

♬ original sound – Justin Sochovka

@phillypublicist

Immaculate vibes for final night 🤠 #taylorswift #swifttok #phillyswifties #erastour #phillyerastour #erastourphilly #philly #philadelphia #phillytok #swifties

♬ Style – Taylor Swift

@robbiehornik

Best night ever #Fyp #foryoupage #taylorswift #swiftie #taylorswifterastour #erastour #gay #lgbtq #phillyn1 #phillynightone #taylorswifttok @Taylor Swift @Taylor Nation

♬ original sound – Robbie

https://www.tiktok.com/@haaaaasy/video/7233055942147984686?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=6999851466810983942

Could anyone else sell out three nights in a football stadium and still have 20,000 more people outside just to listen? Maybe Beyonce. But Jay-Z, Britney Spears, N SYNC, or The Backstreet Boys were never pulling these numbers. Katy Perry and Gaga wish they had a fanbase as crazy as Taylor’s. Michael Jackson is the only one that can compare because he’d be moonwalking all over Europe in front of entire countries. I know a dude who sold four tickets for $9,000. $9,000! Because Swifties are absolutely insane. They would kill for her! Probably because she’d cut out a security guard’s heart for them:

@nightshift_reads

Not me actually thinking this was an act….😩 #erastour #phillyerastour #taylorswifterastour #taylorswift #badblood #taylorswiftconcert

♬ original sound – Mia 📚✨

And it wasn’t just screaming teens and girls in their mid-20s. The demo is all over the place. It’s your aunt printing out 81 pages of lyrics so she doesn’t miss a beat:

It’s dudes getting VIP access to every urinal in the stadium:


It’s the Swifties taking over SEPTA!?! Oh no! Don’t show this to Howard Eskin. People actually took SEPTA to and from a show this weekend! A bunch of 15 year old girls rode in the belly of the beast. The horror! Howard would shit his khakis to the tune of “Our Song” if he was on this ride:

Honestly after Sunday night I wonder why we throw our time and energy into sports so only one team can win every year. Just pick an artist and become obsessively unhinged with them. What’s the worst that can happen? You can’t get tix to their show? Well just sit outside with 20,000 other people and enjoy it. It’s better than getting embarrassed in a Game 7 and contemplating every move the organization has made in the last 10 years.