Is my 12 year old DD among the minority of girls that have not gone to a Taylor Swift concert?

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Anonymous wrote:One of friends just said "about 75% of the girls at her kids middle school will have seen Taylor Swift by the end of the summer. That didn't feel that far off. Welcome to north Arlington...

Mini clones who have grown up with no one to teach them and have them listen to the extraordinary talent of female singers like Aretha Franklin, Kate Bush, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone plus hundreds more. It’s like a cult that unites White girls from all over. A mediocre singer with no sense of rhythm who writes about “boys”. Nah.

Yup.

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I don't think so. I only know one kid locally who has gone, she's 14.

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Anonymous wrote:No. Your daughter just happens to only be friends with rich kids. If she had more poor friends nobody would have gone to the concert.

We bought tickets regular price the day of the sale through ticketmaster, same as two other of DD’s friends who went in other cities where they had family and were visiting anyway. We know one family who bought off stubhub resale. We know lots of people who didn’t go.

My daughter wants to see Sabrina Carpenter and I couldn’t get tickets through ticketmaster. I won’t pay the hiked resale feels. Stop assuming everyone who saw TS payed thousands. Some of us got really lucky.

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Anonymous wrote:No. Your daughter just happens to only be friends with rich kids. If she had more poor friends nobody would have gone to the concert.

We bought tickets regular price the day of the sale through ticketmaster, same as two other of DD’s friends who went in other cities where they had family and were visiting anyway. We know one family who bought off stubhub resale. We know lots of people who didn’t go.

My daughter wants to see Sabrina Carpenter and I couldn’t get tickets through ticketmaster. I won’t pay the hiked resale feels. Stop assuming everyone who saw TS payed thousands. Some of us got really lucky.

DP but you really are lucky if you got the Ticketmaster codes! My sister and I tried for 4-5 different shows and neither one of us ever got selected for the sale so I ended up being one who traveled to Europe to see her. Amazing how different it was than when I took my oldest to Reputation in 2018- I bought tickets that week for maybe $120.

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Anonymous wrote:No. Your daughter just happens to only be friends with rich kids. If she had more poor friends nobody would have gone to the concert.

We bought tickets regular price the day of the sale through ticketmaster, same as two other of DD’s friends who went in other cities where they had family and were visiting anyway. We know one family who bought off stubhub resale. We know lots of people who didn’t go.

My daughter wants to see Sabrina Carpenter and I couldn’t get tickets through ticketmaster. I won’t pay the hiked resale feels. Stop assuming everyone who saw TS payed thousands. Some of us got really lucky.

yes, we got tickets for the first leg of this tour at retail price too. We paid about $200/seat in Philly and I only got 2 seats so I didn't go myself (I sat in my car while my 2 teen daughters went in).

That first Taylor Swift Eras leg seems to be the last time ANY ticket in the wheelhouse of teen girls was actually able to be purchased on Ticketmaster by an ordinary human. I've since tried about 5 other times and was never able to even put tickets in my cart. The latest being Sabrina Carpenter. Now her tour is $400/seat for the nosebleeds in Baltimore. That's insane.
TS has basicaly ruined the concert industry for kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh please. You are not UMC, you are WEALTHY and your kids' friends are WEALTHY. We are REAL PEOPLE UMC and barely anyone we know took their kids to see the Eras tour. The only person I know that did it happened to already be in Europe and bought scalped tickets there.

I'm real people UMC too, and in our neighborhood I do know of one kid (teen) who flew to Europe to see the tour. My kids' cousins spent thousands to see it, and they are merely UMC also.

But the majority of my kids' Swiftie friends just saw the movie.

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Anonymous wrote:No. Your daughter just happens to only be friends with rich kids. If she had more poor friends nobody would have gone to the concert.

We bought tickets regular price the day of the sale through ticketmaster, same as two other of DD’s friends who went in other cities where they had family and were visiting anyway. We know one family who bought off stubhub resale. We know lots of people who didn’t go.

My daughter wants to see Sabrina Carpenter and I couldn’t get tickets through ticketmaster. I won’t pay the hiked resale feels. Stop assuming everyone who saw TS payed thousands. Some of us got really lucky.

yes, we got tickets for the first leg of this tour at retail price too. We paid about $200/seat in Philly and I only got 2 seats so I didn't go myself (I sat in my car while my 2 teen daughters went in).

That first Taylor Swift Eras leg seems to be the last time ANY ticket in the wheelhouse of teen girls was actually able to be purchased on Ticketmaster by an ordinary human. I've since tried about 5 other times and was never able to even put tickets in my cart. The latest being Sabrina Carpenter. Now her tour is $400/seat for the nosebleeds in Baltimore. That's insane.
TS has basicaly ruined the concert industry for kids.

You can blame TS for a lot, but not the insane price of concert tix.

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Anonymous wrote:It be disappointed my daughter is in this type of friend group

Really? What is wrong with you? Wow.

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Anonymous wrote:Fly to Japan or Europe and spend a day watching a middling American singer prance around a stage. The dumbing down of America continues. Surrounded by culture and history but they’re headed to the local concert venue to see Taylor Swift.

Aw. Maybe you don’t realize this but some people who are traveling to see her have already been to many other countries, including the ones they travel to see her in, so going there for a concert isn’t a big deal- they’ve been there before and can easily go again. I can see how if you’re someone who has never left the US you might think it’s a one time chance and you have to see a concert OR sightsee .

They may has well just see it here in the IS then since money isn’t an issue.

NP. You don’t see the difference between spending $5-6K to go to FedEx for a concert, vs seeing that same performer in Europe for the same money?

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Anonymous wrote:No. Your daughter just happens to only be friends with rich kids. If she had more poor friends nobody would have gone to the concert.

We bought tickets regular price the day of the sale through ticketmaster, same as two other of DD’s friends who went in other cities where they had family and were visiting anyway. We know one family who bought off stubhub resale. We know lots of people who didn’t go.

My daughter wants to see Sabrina Carpenter and I couldn’t get tickets through ticketmaster. I won’t pay the hiked resale feels. Stop assuming everyone who saw TS payed thousands. Some of us got really lucky.

yes, we got tickets for the first leg of this tour at retail price too. We paid about $200/seat in Philly and I only got 2 seats so I didn't go myself (I sat in my car while my 2 teen daughters went in).

That first Taylor Swift Eras leg seems to be the last time ANY ticket in the wheelhouse of teen girls was actually able to be purchased on Ticketmaster by an ordinary human. I've since tried about 5 other times and was never able to even put tickets in my cart. The latest being Sabrina Carpenter. Now her tour is $400/seat for the nosebleeds in Baltimore. That's insane.
TS has basicaly ruined the concert industry for kids.

You can blame TS for a lot, but not the insane price of concert tix.

No, I think the TS Eras tour has completely "Normalized" spending absurd amounts for a concert ticket. Before this nobody would even think of spending $2K resale for a nosebleed seat. Now her opening act artists (random indy girls that appeal to teenagers---i.e. ones with no or almost no radio play) are commanding $400/ticket resale on Stubhub. These are artists who previously would be $40/ticket.

It's completely changed the playing field (or shall I say, the "purchasing field")

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Anonymous wrote:It be disappointed my daughter is in this type of friend group

Really? What is wrong with you? Wow.

Nobody brings out the “I’m not like other girls” Gen X brain rot in grown women like Taylor Swift and I will never understand.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m still going to disagree on comparing Swift to Britney. They are not comparable. Britney was a dancer and entertainer first; Taylor is a songwriter and musician first. She has no living peers because the only people who have come close to what she’s achieved in her career with sales, awards, etc are dead. Her peers are Michael Jackson, the Beatles, Whitney Houston. Her peers are NOT Olivia Rodrigo or Billie Eilish. They aren’t even close to the same stratosphere she is in.

Most of her songs are not about ex boyfriends. You are probably only aware of some singles if that’s that’s your interpretation. Which is fine- you’re not a fan- but it’s reductive. She has songs about childhood, her relationship with her mom, her relationship with fame and self doubt, about feeling left out and being a loner. And- who comes next after her. Listen to Clara Bow from her recent album. She is well aware she is one in a string of “it girls” and will eventually be replaced. Someone WILL be the next it girl, she knows it, but her kind of achievement in music won’t be easily replicable.

Olivia Rodrigo is not there yet but she will replace Taylor Swift at some point.

I’ve spent thousands of dollars on live entertainment over the years. Most of the classic ballets. Same with Broadway shows like Cats, Rent, a Chorus Line, plus dozens more. Dozens of Non musicals like Proof, Art, A Raisin in the Sun (my favorite). Alvin Ailey, Merce Cunningham, Twyla Tharp, Fosse for dance. Operas, circuses. My daughter and I had some good times. My son occasionally did too. My husband only occasionally.

I’m sure you’ve brought your children to the arts too but to sink $5,000 and up on one show is ludicrous.

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My kid goes to private school and none of her classmates went. (nor did DD, to be clear)

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Anonymous wrote:It be disappointed my daughter is in this type of friend group

Really? What is wrong with you? Wow.

Nobody brings out the “I’m not like other girls” Gen X brain rot in grown women like Taylor Swift and I will never understand.

Wait Taylor swift ain’t brain rot? She is a sell out corporate star if I’ve ever seen one.

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Anonymous wrote:No. Your daughter just happens to only be friends with rich kids. If she had more poor friends nobody would have gone to the concert.

We bought tickets regular price the day of the sale through ticketmaster, same as two other of DD’s friends who went in other cities where they had family and were visiting anyway. We know one family who bought off stubhub resale. We know lots of people who didn’t go.

My daughter wants to see Sabrina Carpenter and I couldn’t get tickets through ticketmaster. I won’t pay the hiked resale feels. Stop assuming everyone who saw TS payed thousands. Some of us got really lucky.

yes, we got tickets for the first leg of this tour at retail price too. We paid about $200/seat in Philly and I only got 2 seats so I didn't go myself (I sat in my car while my 2 teen daughters went in).

That first Taylor Swift Eras leg seems to be the last time ANY ticket in the wheelhouse of teen girls was actually able to be purchased on Ticketmaster by an ordinary human. I've since tried about 5 other times and was never able to even put tickets in my cart. The latest being Sabrina Carpenter. Now her tour is $400/seat for the nosebleeds in Baltimore. That's insane.
TS has basicaly ruined the concert industry for kids.

You can blame TS for a lot, but not the insane price of concert tix.

No, I think the TS Eras tour has completely "Normalized" spending absurd amounts for a concert ticket. Before this nobody would even think of spending $2K resale for a nosebleed seat. Now her opening act artists (random indy girls that appeal to teenagers---i.e. ones with no or almost no radio play) are commanding $400/ticket resale on Stubhub. These are artists who previously would be $40/ticket.

It's completely changed the playing field (or shall I say, the "purchasing field")

100% agree!