Kentucky charity apologises after deceptive put up about Taylor Swift touring in 2026

Final week, Kentucky’s Unbridled Eve charity organisation made headlines when it listed a Taylor Swift bundle for public sale at its upcoming Might 2 occasion, the Derby Gala. Included within the bundle are a guitar signed by Taylor, and two tickets to a future Swift live performance. The organisation wrote on the itemizing per Rolling Stone: “Two live performance tickets throughout her upcoming 2026 tour.”

The put up despatched Taylor Swift’s followers right into a frenzy, because the pop musician has but to announce any plans of returning to the reside stage for the reason that conclusion of her intensive Eras tour late final 12 months.

Over the weekend, Unbridled Eve issued a public assertion, noting that they misspoke within the itemizing and have since up to date the public sale piece to mirror “two tickets for a live performance throughout her subsequent tour”. Unbridled Eve additionally apologised for the mix-up.

They wrote: “In the newest Unbridled Eve press launch, we inadvertently listed certainly one of our auctions objects as a ‘Signed guitar by Taylor Swift and two live performance tickets throughout her upcoming 2026 tour.’ Our deepest apologies for getting the Swifties excited, however it ought to have stated ‘Guitar signed by Taylor Swift and two tickets for a live performance throughout her subsequent tour.’ We’ve got no data by any means of when that tour will happen.”

Followers are actually upset that the organisation is even auctioning off tickets for unannounced reveals. Some wrote within the feedback of Unbridled Eve’s put up: “How do you public sale one thing that you just don’t know is ever going to occur???” and “So how do you public sale one thing that doesn’t exist?”.

For the reason that conclusion of Taylor’s Eras tour, the musician has principally been out of the general public eye, save for a couple of appearances throughout the Grammys and awards season earlier this 12 months. She has but to announce new music or a brand new tour.

In a mirrored image of Taylor Swift’s monumental Eras tour, NME wrote pondering about her subsequent steps: “As a prolific author, with the newfound downtime Swift might very nicely head again to the studio and pen album quantity 12. Which results in an extra query: if there’s new music, what might the subsequent Taylor Swift tour appear to be? After the gargantuan, culture-defining Eras Tour, it’s exhausting to fathom what Swift’s future as a reside performer holds. Is it one other tour of that scale or one thing fully completely different? Or is there nonetheless one other means we’ve but to expertise the Eras Tour – via the type of a reside album, maybe? Irrespective of the solutions to those questions, one factor is for positive: as we attain the top of the street, Taylor Swift’s subsequent Period is ready to start.”