Taylor swiftly sorts out fan's ticket anguish

30 June 2015 - 02:00 By ©The Daily Telegraph, Leonie Wagner

The saying "if you want something done, do it yourself" should be changed to "if you want something done, ask Taylor Swift". After a South African fan missed most of Swift' s show in London, the pop star provided her with tickets to a Dublin concert.Stephanie Be, a 5FM DJ, missed most of Swift's sold out London show when her British Airways flight from Amsterdam to Heathrow was delayed and she only managed to catch the last three songs.A dedicated "Swiftie", Be tweeted the American superstar and told her how she was "devastated" and had shed "plenty of tears".Swift responded : "If you can get to Dublin, I'll buy you tickets."After managing to book herself a flight to the Irish capital - thankfully one that wasn't delayed - Be arrived safely in Dublin, where Swift was set to perform.Ahead of last night's show, Be tweeted: "Bumping into Swifties outside of the Arena that recognise me and know my story!"This is truly amazing. My heart is so full @taylornation13."Earlier this month, Swift took on Apple Music, a new streaming service, regarding its policy of not paying artists during its free three-month trial period.In her open letter via Tumblr -"To Apple, Love Taylor" - the singer-songwriter accused Apple of asking artists to "work for nothing" and branded their actions "shocking" and "disappointing".Within less than 24 hours, Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice-president of internet software and services, responded via Twitter, saying: "Apple will always make sure that artist [sic] are paid. ..

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