Edinburgh (Scotland) is the next stop of Taylor Swift with “The Eras Tour” with 3 shows at Murrayfield Stadium from June 7 to 9. As usual, the event is expected to attract a large audience, including tourists from many places, causing increased demand for accommodation in Edinburgh.
Homeless people were evicted to make room for Taylor Swift fans
Currently, Edinburgh is in a housing emergency, with a record high number of homeless people. The government here must use accommodation for tourists such as hotels and motels as temporary accommodation for homeless people. However, when Taylor Swift came here to perform, homeless people were taken out of the city, making room for tourists.
Shelter Scotland, one of the charities, shared that many of the homeless people they were supporting were sent by taxi to temporary accommodation away from the city: “A family must travel miles from work, school and community to find emergency housing“.
Representatives of philanthropists angrily said that the homeless must “direct competition” to tourists is “blatant injustice”.
Meanwhile, Edinburgh City Council affirmed that they “Absolutely not” moves homeless people out of temporary housing to accommodate Taylor Swift fans. “We are aware of the situation and are working with affected households to find suitable alternative accommodation“, the agency added.
Faced with this situation, Taylor Swift’s side did not make any statement.
The audience caused chaos and broke the fence at Taylor Swift’s concert
A few days ago, Taylor Swift’s concert in Lisbon (Portugal) encountered a situation where the audience caused chaos and broke the fence because they had to wait too long to enter the stadium.
Before the concert, fans soon lined up outside the venue. According to plan, the stadium entrance gates would open at 4pm but then delayed until 4:45pm. Many audiences had to wait for a long time under the scorching heat. This made them angry, and they started booing and shouting at the security guards.
Fans waited in hot weather.
International media said about 200 spectators tried to break through the security fence to enter the stadium, causing a chaotic situation. The act of defiance left the security guards confused and scared. “There are a lot of people pushing each other. They broke the fence. There were only two guards outside, so more forces had to be summoned to suppress it. I’m not sure what caused the delay, but we had to wait for the VIP guests to get inside, and the fans had to wait “, an employee recounted.