Taylor Swift The Eras Tour: The real reason she won’t play in Perth

Taylor Swift will snub all but two of Australia’s major cities during The Eras Tour in February, and now sources have revealed why.

The pop idol, 33, is only scheduled for seven shows across Melbourne and Sydney, leaving Swifties over in Perth furious as they fork out thousands to see her.

However, tour sources have revealed the decision to stay in the southeast likely came from the Bad Blood hitmaker herself, reported Perth Now on Saturday. 

‘With big tours like this, the directive would come from the artist,’ an insider told the publication.

‘Taylor would have said, “I only have time to do two cities. I don’t have time to go around the country.” It’s a directive that comes from the artist.’

And Perth wasn’t the only city to get snubbed, as Brisbane and Adelaide Swifties will also miss out on seeing their idol on home turf. 

Harvey Lister, the Chairman of ASM Global Asia Pacific, said Taylor initially planned to play at Brisbane’s Lang Park stadium and Adelaide Oval.

However, as global tour dates started to fall into place, Australia was unfortunately ‘sandwiched’ due to geographical logistics.

The pop idol is only scheduled for seven shows across Melbourne and Sydney, leaving Swifties over in Perth furious as they fork out thousands to see her

Taylor’s tour schedule includes a week-long stop in each city.

With Australia’s allocation of only two weeks’ worth of dates, only two cities could feasibly be incorporated into the itinerary.

Lister explained to ABC Radio Brisbane: ‘There just wasn’t time to keep leapfrogging from city to city.’

Despite the logistical challenges, the capacity of the stadiums in Brisbane and Adelaide was not an issue.

However, tour sources have revealed the decision to stay in the southeast likely came from the Bad Blood hitmaker herself, reported Perth Now on Saturday