Pop star Taylor Swift opened the latest leg of her “Eras Tour” in Toronto, Canada, Thursday with a “land acknowledgment” notice flashed across the giant stage screen, alerting fans that the concert was being held on supposedly stolen territory.
“We acknowledge that we are performing today at Rogers Centre, located on Treaty 13 lands,” the notice on the screen read. “We acknowledge the First Nations, Inuit, and Metis peoples whose original and treaty territories we stand upon.”
Taylor Swift is doing land acknowledgments at her show. She should be deported just for that. pic.twitter.com/PTSUVtlu4e
— Mark Slapinski (@mark_slapinski) November 15, 2024
🏟| The Eras Tour giving respect to the indigenous peoples of Australia ahead of the #MelbourneTSTheErasTour show with a land acknowledgment 🇦🇺
"We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people as the Traditional Owners on whose Country we are situated.
We recognise and… pic.twitter.com/bvUCLKQGQY
— Taylor Swift Updates 🩶 (@swifferupdates) February 16, 2024
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