Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Paris venue says “alternative seating was proposed but refused” for Taylor Swift fans with baby on floor of pit
nme.comTaylor Swift‘s ‘Eras Tour’ last week has issued a statement after a baby was pictured on the floor in the crowd.The pop star began the European, UK and Ireland leg of her huge career-spanning tour with four concerts at the Paris La Défense Arena in the French capital on May 9, 10, 11 and 12.Fans have criticised the parents who took their baby into the pit at the second date last Friday (May 10).
At the gig, one audience member took a photo of the infant on the floor of the arena and shared it online.In the image, the child is seen lying on the floor, surrounded by adults, beer cups and bags of merchandise from the sold-out show.Criticism followed on social media, with many fans commenting on how dangerous an environment the busy crowd could be at the 40,000-capacity venue – which is Europe’s largest indoor arena.“Get ur baby off the floor and GO HOME,” one person wrote.
Another said that the parents’ decision to take their infant with them was “irresponsible and dangerous”. A third commented: “Please don’t bring babies to concerts, their ears are very sensitive and it could affect their hearing.”Someone else posted: “Literally if there was an emergency and everyone had to rush to exit that baby would get stepped on or injured.
It’s literally so upsetting to me I can’t even.”Now, the Paris La Défense Arena has responded by sharing a statement with Page Six – claiming that it had offered the parents “an alternative seating arrangement”.“[The] general terms and conditions of sale stipulate that all minors (without any age limit) holding a ticket for a concert at Paris La Défense arena must be accompanied by an adult,” it read.“Under 18 children remain under their legal guardian responsibility, it’s venue policy.
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