Is Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ The Younger Generation’s Woodstock?

People had to only stand in the parking lot to feel peace and love, after a pandemic with a million lost.

Swift’s tour represents peace, love, freebies, and self-care after a pandemic with a million people lost — and shows a new generation’s buying power.

I went to the Taylor Swift “Eras” Tour concert several weeks ago and it cost me $4.

I’m not saying I went inside the concert, but I took the train with my kids, then stood among the singing crowd as we watched the sun set over the parking lot.

And I was surprised by what I saw — a completely different demographic than I’d expected.

As we listened to the music — anxiously awaiting the two to four “surprise songs” of the evening — I saw the fans trade bracelets they’d made, most with kind sayings on them; discuss their favorite album, and admire each other’s homemade outfits.

The group was mostly women, but there were some men, usually more subdued and looking respectable in their tan Taylor t-shirts.

As has been widely reported, tickets for the U.S. concerts — which can run for four hours each — sold for more than $1,000. But to quote Andrew Lloyd Webber, “The best show in town was the crowd.”

I got a few surprises when I went to the concert.