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Quebec Swifties heading to Toronto for Eras Tour shows [Video]

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Taylor Swift is set to perform the first of six sold-out Eras Tour Toronto shows on Thursday, and Swifties from Quebec are hitting the road ready to spend whatever it takes to see the global superstar.

Alison Henstridge gave her eight-year-old daughter Adelaide a ticket as a surprise birthday present.

“Keeping a secret for nine months is incredibly difficult with an eight-year-old,” she said. “When you’re excited to share something so big.”

Henstridge struck out trying to get tickets to Swift’s concert, but she eventually scored tickets through a friend for $600 apiece.

“Compared to what StubHub is selling my section for on the night that I’m going, they’re going for $5,000 a ticket right now,” she said.

The lowest price on StubHub for single tickets is over $2,300 as of Wednesday evening.

Henstridge, Adelaide and her grandma will leave with handmade costumes and cut costs by staying with family in Toronto’s suburbs.

“I really …

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