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Celebrity Swifites! Several of Taylor Swift<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s famous friends and fans showed up to shake it off at the singer\u2019s much-anticipated The Eras Tour<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n The stars of Swift\u2019s \u201cBejeweled<\/a>\u201d music video \u2014 HAIM (Este<\/strong>, Danielle<\/strong> and Alana<\/strong> Haim<\/strong>) and Laura Dern<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 were among thousands of fans in attendance at the tour\u2019s opening night in Glendale, Arizona\u2019s State Farm Stadium on March 17, 2023, along with Emma Stone<\/strong><\/a>. Not to mention, several fans spotted Swift\u2019s bestie Selena Gomez<\/strong><\/a> among the concert\u2019s crowd.<\/p>\n On top of opening for the Grammy winner\u2019s<\/a> first two performances, Paramore singer Hayley Williams<\/strong><\/a> stepped out into the audience to enjoy the beginning of The Eras Tour<\/em> with fellow fans.<\/p>\n Self-proclaimed \u201cSwiftie for life\u201d Danica Patrick<\/strong><\/a> shared pics from her and her friends\u2019 night out at Swift\u2019s first show. \u201cWe were all so in the moment that we didn\u2019t take many pictures together and I didn\u2019t even take that many videos,\u201d the former NASCAR driver captioned a slideshow of photos and clips<\/a> from the concert. \u201c@taylorswift sang 44 songs and it was the most amazing concert I have ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n NFL<\/a> star JJ Watt<\/strong><\/a> also took to social media to praise Swift\u2019s performance after attending the opening weekend with his wife, Kealia Watt<\/strong><\/a>, and her friends, calling the show a \u201cspectacle to behold\u201d in a Twitter video<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe production, the set design, the video boards, the sound quality the speakers \u2014 just, you can tell when somebody does something at the top of their game and is trying to do the right way for their fans, and this is done the right way for the people paying money to come and see her,\u201d the former Arizona Cardinals<\/a> defensive end gushed on March 19, 2023. \u201cJust unbelievable production. It was 44 songs, three hours and fifteen minutes long, and she did not stop the whole time. There was no intermission.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cAnd if she can do this entire tour without missing a single show, it will be unbelievably impressive.\u201d<\/p>\n Throughout The Eras Tour<\/em>, Swift \u2014 who has been dating<\/a> boyfriend Joe Alwyn<\/strong><\/a> since 2017 \u2014 will play 52 shows across the United States<\/a>, concluding with five nights at Los Angeles\u2019 SoFi Stadium in August 2023. However, for celebrities and fans alike, getting tickets to the tour became quite a challenge. Following Ticketmaster\u2019s Verified Fan presale \u2014 which saw fans wait for hours in virtual lines<\/a> in hopes of snagging tickets \u2014 the company announced via Twitter<\/a> on November 17, 2022, that the tour\u2019s general sale the following day was canceled due to \u201cextraordinarily high demands.\u201d<\/p>\n Swift expressed her disappointment<\/a> over the situation in a lengthy message via her Instagram Story on November 18, 2022. \u201cWell. It goes without saying that I\u2019m extremely protective of my fans. We\u2019ve been doing this for decades<\/a> together and over the years, I\u2019ve brought so many elements of my career in house. I\u2019ve done this SPECIFICALLY to improve the quality of my fans\u2019 experience by doing it myself with my team who care as much about my fans as I do,\u201d the \u201cAll Too Well\u201d singer wrote at the time. \u201cIt\u2019s really difficult for me to trust an outside entity with these relationships and loyalties, and excruciating for me<\/a> to just watch mistakes happen with no recourse.\u201d<\/p>\n Going on to state that Ticketmaster claimed they could handle the expected high demand, Swift concluded her post on an optimistic note: \u201cAnd to those who didn\u2019t get tickets<\/a>, all I can say is that my hope is to provide more opportunities for us to all get together and sing these songs. Thank you for wanting to be there. You have no idea how much that means.\u201d<\/p>\n