Photo: Silvia Stoyanova (center) | By Nick Vivarelli, Variety | After a year-long battle to see Taylor Swift in concert, Silvia Stoyanova finally got her wish. In July of 2023, Stoyanova — who has been in a wheelchair for most of her life — sparked a rallying cry in Italy after she purchased a premium ticket for Taylor Swift’s July 14 Eras Tour concert at Milan’s San Siro stadium. She was informed by organizers that the venue’s front row section was not enabled for wheelchair access and that the designated wheelchair access section was sold out.
Stoyanova immediately started a petition on Change.org to get organizers to expand the stadium’s space with wheelchair access and launched an appeal asking Italy’s minister for disabilities, Alessandra Locatelli, to “take charge of the more playful aspects of the life of people with disabilities.”
After many months of tribulations, Stoyanova eventually got a ticket to the stadium’s wheelchair access area and, on Sunday [July 10th], attended the Milan Eras Tour event Below, she speaks to Variety about her experience.
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Read the rest of the article and Ms. Stoyanova’s interview here (which was edited and condensed for clarity):
https://variety.com/2024/music/global/taylor-swift-wheelchair-access-eras-tour-milan-silvia-stoyanova-1236075015/
Photo: Silvia Stoyanova (center with her daughters) | From her Change.org page
Taylor Swift Fan Who Fought for Wheelchair Access Talks Finally Seeing Eras Tour in Milan: ‘Wait, We’re Breathing the Same Air!’
