Taylor Swift Puts a Pause on ‘Bad Blood’ to Tell Security to Lay Off Fan at Philadelphia Show
variety.comChris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic There was almost some bad blood between Taylor Swift and stadium security at the singer’s show in Philadelphia on Saturday, as she took a pause in singing “Bad Blood” to repeatedly ask a guard or guards to lay off a fan as a confrontation developed.
As usual with anything at a Swift show, there were tens of thousands of cameras trained on her, and one 25-second clip of the singer’s interjections on Twitter had amassed more than 3 million views by Sunday morning.
Video of what happened between the fan and security guard was harder to come by; attendees at the Lincoln Financial Field show offered reports saying alternately that the fan was being confronted for being too close to a barricade or was being pulled away for taking photos (which are not disallowed on the tour).
Swift is not known for breaking character to comment on what’s going on with an audience mid-song on the Eras Tour, so the interchange stood out and quickly picked up steam among international Swifties. “She’s fine,” Swift is first seen telling security during the number.
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