ur has taken over the globe and getting your hands on a ticket has become a hot commodity, with general sale tickets being released in Australia on Friday.

The pop superstar has become the second richest self-made woman in music after Rihanna and this week the Victorian Government announced that they are giving the Taylor Swift concert major events status.

Shameless podcast host Michelle Andrews is a self proclaimed Swiftie and joins Katrina Blowers to explain the cultural moment.

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1d:T435,Headlines: Man who threatened PM prepared to ‘sacrifice self’ was sovereign citizen, Abbie Chatfield ordered to pay $79k for defaming former friend, man found guilty of raping French woman Gisele Pelicot, has been handed extra time on his sentence, US authorities open an investigation into Tesla’s self driving cars after a series of crashes, and Pauline Hanson hates paper shopping bags. Deep Dive: Taylor Swift is the world’s richest female artist, has 14 Grammys and just smashed Adele’s record for the biggest album debut in history. But her 12th studio album Life of a Show Girl hasn’t been met with universal praise - so how did she still pull off a record-breaking week? In this episode of The Briefing, Chris Spyrou speaks with LiSTNR’s resident Swiftie and fandom researcher at RMIT Kate Pattison to unpack the reactions, strategy and chaos behind Taylor’s latest era. Follow The Briefing:

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