After Taylor Swift announced that she was doing only eight shows in Australia, thousands of fans were left disappointed and parents were stuck feeling the pressure to secure tickets.
Amanda Blair, a mom and media personality, took to Facebook to share her grievances over the limited number of shows and the extreme pressure parents are under to try to get tickets for their kids, Kid Spot reported.
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“Dear Taylor Swift… the announcement of your Australian tour has put all parents under enormous pressure,” she said. “We’re being hassled day and night to get on the 'priority list' for tickets and being urged to 'PAY AS MUCH AS YOU CAN' for a seat."
“Personally I’ve been told that if I don’t secure tickets on Wednesday my child will “DIE” by “CRYING HERSELF TO DEATH,” she continued in her post. “So just letting you know Tay-Tay that unless you announce more concerts so that every child who wants “nothing else for birthday and Xmas for the next 4 years Mum I promise” can get a ticket without their parents selling their souls, possessions, and dignity, you will have blood on your hands.”
"Not going to shake this off," she concluded the lengthy post.
Empathizing with the mom were plenty of other parents commenting on the post.
“I too am hoping for tickets – thinking they’ll be way up in the nosebleed section if I’m lucky enough,” one mom wrote.
"Yes! My granddaughter haunts me every day for tickets," someone else said.
Another mom appeared to take the side of the Taylor Swift–obsessed daughter.
“Get the tickets. I’m 49 and still traumatized I never got to see New Kids On The Block like my friends in school did,” they said.
Blair also hit back at hecklers who didn't appear to catch her joking tone of the Facebook post and opted to criticize her parenting.
“Thanks to all those people who have told me to stand up to my kids, that my kids are spoilt [sic]… that this wouldn't happen in their day blah. Glad you got the joke ! Sheesh.”
Ticket sales for the February Australia shows start on June 28. Best of luck to all of the Swifties and their parents.
