Anthony Albanese should GIVE UP his Taylor Swift tickets for Sydney tonight: Politician says ‘hand over your tickets to a Swiftie’
Anthony Albanese was called out on national television by critics saying he should hand over his Taylor Swift ticket to a ‘real Swiftie’ ahead of the superstar’s first Sydney show.
The Prime Minister was one of 80,000 fans who gathered at Sydney’s Accor Stadium on Friday night to watch Swift perform her Eras Tour in the city for the first time.
But Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party Sussan Ley took the chance to suggest Mr Albanese should give his ticket to a younger die-hard fan.
‘What the prime minister does on his nights off is up to him of course and if he wants to see Taylor Swift, that’s cool,’ she said on Sunrise on Friday morning.
‘But listening to the emotion from so many parents and so many children and hundreds of thousands of Australians who couldn’t get tickets, I just want to say to the PM, come on PM, hand over your Taylor Swift ticket to a real Swiftie.
‘You could change a life, you will change a life and it’ll be a really good look for you.’
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Anthony Albanese (pictured with fiance Jodie Haydon) was called out on national television to hand over his Taylor Swift ticket to a ‘real Swiftie’ ahead of the superstar’s first Sydney show
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Swift performed her Eras Tour for the first time in Sydney on Friday night
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Mr Albanese has been known to enjoy live music and in the past has said that Swift’s concerts are unmissable (Mr Albanese pictured dancing at a Midnight Oil concert)
When host Natalie Barr asked Ms Ley if she was sure that Mr Albanese was not a ‘real Swiftie’, she avoided the question.
Instead she drew the conversation back to the ‘kids and parents who are so emotional and disappointed’ after not being able to secure a ticket of their own.
Mr Albanese told Kyle and Jackie O on Wednesday that he would be attending Friday’s concert.
‘Everyone’s got time for Tay Tay haven’t they,’ he said.
Mr Albanese has not been shy about his love for Swift and said that his favourite song is her 2014 hit Shake It Off.
He said the song is one of his ‘go to jams’ and that he listens to it on vinyl at The Lodge.
The self-professed super-fan was even shown dancing with schoolchildren to the song in archived footage during an interview on the Today show last June.
Taylor Swift will not be the only concert Mr Albanese attends this week as he’s set to jet off to Melbourne on Saturday to see Katy Perry as well.
He will be among an exclusive crowd of 200 viewing the private performance at billionaire Anthony Pratt’s mansion in Kew, in Melbourne’s inner-east.
The event will be held in celebration of the food and beverage industry, which Mr Pratt’s packaging and recycling company, Visy, works closely alongside.
The event will be attended by some of Australia’s most prominent corporate leaders and politicians, including US Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy and Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan.
Mr Albanese is a supporter of live music, having regularly been pictured at concerts around Australia.
Last March, he raced from Canberra to Brisbane to catch the gig of socialist muso Billy Bragg.
He was also spotted at a Gang of Youths concert at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre in 2022.
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Mr Albanese will also be attending an exclusive Katy Perry private performance in Melbourne on Saturday
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Billionaire Anthony Pratt will be hosting the concert at his mansion and has invited 200 of the country’s most influential people to attend
