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Meet some of Taylor SwiftB次元官网网址檚 biggest fans, counting down to Vancouver shows

Swifties share their stories as big B.C. finale to Eras tour approaches
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Taylor Swift performs during the opening show of the Toronto dates of The Eras Tour on Thursday, November 14, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

TheyB次元官网网址檙e united by a devotion to all things Taylor Swift.

Meet the superfans heading for Vancouver for the final three shows of the singerB次元官网网址檚 Eras Tour.

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Before she was a friendship-bracelet-making, glitter-wielding Swiftie, Maya Klein was a Deadhead.

Klein, from Castle Rock, Colo., is still a fan of the rock group The Grateful Dead, but was slowly converted into a Taylor Swift fan by The Eras Tour.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 a classic rocker and weB次元官网网址檙e all kind of snobs about our music,B次元官网网址 she said. B次元官网网址淚 just thought B次元官网网址榯his girl is beautiful, so they give her hits to sellB次元官网网址 and I could not have been more wrong.B次元官网网址

She now deems Swift B次元官网网址渢he best songwriter in history.B次元官网网址

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 looking at you, Sir Paul McCartney, and IB次元官网网址檓 looking at you, Mr. Bob Dylan and all the classic rockers can fight me over this, because if they donB次元官网网址檛 agree with me, they just havenB次元官网网址檛 listened,B次元官网网址 she said.

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Klein has tickets to SaturdayB次元官网网址檚 show in Vancouver, having seen the Milan show in the summer.

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Klein is bringing a copy of SwiftB次元官网网址檚 Eras Tour book to Vancouver to treat like a yearbook.

B次元官网网址淚 am taking this thing with some silver Sharpies and some glitter markers, and IB次元官网网址檓 gonna beg Swifties to please find your song, sign it,B次元官网网址 she said. B次元官网网址淭his thing is gonna be the most amazing concert memento.B次元官网网址

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Kayla Zimmerer from Fresno, Calif., hopes itB次元官网网址檚 third time lucky in Vancouver.

A self-described B次元官网网址渆lder Swiftie,B次元官网网址 whoB次元官网网址檚 been a fan since SwiftB次元官网网址檚 2006 debut album, Zimmerer has already attended two Eras Tour shows last year, in Las Vegas and Seattle.

In Vegas in March, Zimmerer was in a VIP box B次元官网网址 but she forgot her glasses. She says she is B次元官网网址渂lind as a batB次元官网网址 without them.

B次元官网网址淥ne of our friends that was there in the box B次元官网网址 we shared glasses for half the show. So, even though I had gone, I still felt like I hadnB次元官网网址檛 really seen it and experienced the show.B次元官网网址

Then came the Seattle show in July, by which time Zimmerer was five months pregnant.

B次元官网网址淚 spent half the show in the bathroom, (and was) sitting down for most of the show,B次元官网网址 she said.

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When the Vancouver dates were added late to the tour, it became a chance to finally get the full Eras Tour experience.

Zimmerer and her husband scored resale tickets for Saturday night, while a friend who is joining them in Vancouver bought a solo ticket for Sunday. Zimmerer is still hoping to find a last-minute ticket to join her friend for that show, too.

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Calgary resident Heather Roy had almost given up hope on attending The Eras Tour, missing out in every ticket lottery and competition she tried.

Then her 12-year-old daughter, Harper, went trick-or-treating on Halloween. In her bag at the end of the night were 13 full-sized chocolate bars. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 an Easter egg from Taylor,B次元官网网址 Harper declared. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 a sign weB次元官网网址檙e going to get tickets.B次元官网网址

Thirteen is SwiftB次元官网网址檚 favourite number. She wrote the number on the back of her hand before each show of her 2009-2010 Fearless tour.

The next day, Nov. 1, Roy says she got a call from a dentistB次元官网网址檚 office that had been running a promotional contest. The Roys had won two tickets to SaturdayB次元官网网址檚 show in Vancouver.

SwiftB次元官网网址檚 music provides an ongoing link to RoyB次元官网网址檚 first-born daughter, Evelyn, also a fan, who died of cancer in 2020.

B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 just this connecting point through Taylor to good memories in dark spaces and just brought us so much joy,B次元官网网址 Roy says.

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Becky Mercereau is a driving force of Taylor Swift fandom in an unlikely location B次元官网网址 HudsonB次元官网网址檚 Hope, the tiny B.C. Interior community best known as one of the oldest European settlements in the province.

She and her 14-year-old daughter secured tickets for SaturdayB次元官网网址檚 show through a friend of a friend who let Mercereau use her Ticketmaster account. B次元官网网址淲e were successful, but it was a bit of a nail-biter,B次元官网网址 she says.

That was more than a year ago. To keep up the excitement, Mercereau helped form a group of local Swifties who would meet monthly. B次元官网网址淚t started out with just making bracelets,B次元官网网址 she says.

Then it grew. Now, they get together for Swift-themed barbecues, brunches, listening parties, and Kansas City Chiefs football games B次元官网网址 SwiftB次元官网网址檚 boyfriend Travis Kelce is a player and Swift is a regular at Chiefs games.

The group from HudsonB次元官网网址檚 Hope and nearby communities has about eight regulars but the biggest turnout was 17. B次元官网网址淎 cool thing about our group is that it spans six decades,B次元官网网址 she says of the attendeesB次元官网网址 ages.

She says that after the concert, she and her daughter plan to meet with the group to share their experience, and exchange gifts. They also hope to keep the meetings going.

B次元官网网址淲e did say we should continue, probably not every month, but weB次元官网网址檇 love to still get together and do some fun things together,B次元官网网址 she says.

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