Suzanne Harrington: Taylor Swift fan culture is too bland — and too sterile

"Whatever happened to old-school fan culture like those teenage Beatles fans who peed themselves in excitement, ripped the seats out of venues, flung themselves on moving vehicles and rioted?"

Taylor Swift performs on stage during her Eras Tour at the Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh. Picture date: Friday June 7, 2024.

As I pack for Glastonbury – wellies, factor 50, rain poncho, sun glasses, tent, blow up bed, earplugs, paracetamol, HRT – I’m thinking about the woman who flew with her nine-year-old from New York to Edinburgh so the kid could go to a Taylor Swift concert. 

That’s 5,245km across the north Atlantic for a gig. Makes my slow drive to southwest England in a rackety car seem a bit, well, could-try-harder.