Australian Taylor Swift fans warn Americans to ‘stay in your own country’ as concert tix go on sale

In just a few hours Australian Taylor Swift fans will be fighting it out in the Ticketek waiting room in a bid to score tickets to the singer’s highly anticipated ‘Eras’ tour.

Swift is set to play two shows at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on February 16 and 17, before moving to Sydney’s Accor Stadium for a three-show run on the 23rd, 24th, and finishing up on the 25th.

Pre-sale tickets and VIP packages for those registered with Frontier Touring will be up for grabs from 10 am for the Sydney shows and 2pm for Melbourne.

Australian Swifties have, understandably, been highly strung in the lead-up to today’s pre-sale. And, if the first pre-sale to American Express customers earlier this week is anything to go by, it is going to be chaos.

Her diehard fans don’t want anything to hinder their chances, with some even issuing warnings to Swift’s American followers to “stay in your own country.”

Sydney TikTok user, Yana, is one of the Swifties telling the A-lister’s American fans to back off.

“If you’re American, stay in your own country. I don’t even understand how you should be allowed to buy tickets here,” she said in a video posted on Tuesday.

“You had 50 shows, 50. Australia has five. That doesn’t even just cover Australia, that covers New Zealand – in two states, that’s it.

“There are not even going to be enough tickets to go around for the diehard Swifties, and you want to come here? We’re really chill until you piss us off. Don’t get on a plane, we’ll meet you at the gate. You’re not ready for that, trust me.”

Yana also urged Australian fans not to be “greedy” when tickets go on sale and told them not to invite anyone who wasn’t a loyal fan.

The TikToker also added before adding that Aussies have “every right” to “gatekeep” tickets from Americans.

“If she was doing more shows then sure, let’s not gatekeep, but I think we have every right to be a bit s–tty about people wanting to fly to Australia to see her,” she said.

Another Aussie fan, Sami Williams, said if she doesn’t get a ticket because “some Americans” decided to come to our shows then “there will be war.”

Many commenters agreed, with some even claiming there should be “restrictions” so only Australian residents can purchase tickets.

‘Eras’ is Swift’s first tour in five years and, when tickets went on sale in November last year for the US leg, up to 14 million Americans attempted to buy pre-sale tickets – with only 1.5 million up for grabs.

So there are millions of Americans who would have missed out seeing her in their own country, but Aussie fans are very adamant that this does not give them the right to try and snag tickets here.

TikTok user, Adele, said Americans who do decide to get tickets to the Aussie tour better be prepared to encounter some “pissed off’ locals.

“I am Australian, I just want to get ahead of an issue for next February when inevitably a lot of American’s fly to Australia for the Taylor Swift concert,” she said.

“I want to see no trace of a video about people being rude to you because you’ve been warned.”

According to Adele New Zealanders and Canadians were more than welcome to try and get tickets as they were not getting any local concerts, but US fans should “stay home.”

“You cannot expect people to be nice to you if we have told you don’t come,” she said.

“Australians are really pleasant, funny, laid back – you are probably not ready for what Australians are like when they’re pissed off.”

“We’re really big on fairness, like obsessively so. And then throw in the way we use language, it’s not going to be pleasant. So just a heads up.”

For fans that don’t manage to snag tickets today, there will be another opportunity when general ticket sales go live on June 30.