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Cupcakes and ticket warnings: Paris ready for sellout Taylor Swift shows
Even in a country less keen on US pop, singer’s arrival is a big deal, boosting business for everyone from hotels to bakeries
She may be the owner of a bakery in the centre of a city famous for its millefeuilles and religieuses, but in recent days Beth Beji’s team has been fielding requests for a rather different sort of cake: a Taylor Swift-themed sweet treat. Honor McWilliams, 24, a Swiftie from Glasgow who lives in Paris teaching English at the Sorbonne, can hardly contain her excitement over attending the opening concert at La Défense, the first of four long-sold-out gigs on 9-12 May. Photograph: Dave Hogan/Getty ImagesThe conservative newspaper Le Figaro has even got in on the Swift act with an article advising desperate, ticketless Swifties on how to avoid being ripped off with fake tickets.
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