A young Taylor Swift fan was able to buy her 'Eras Tour' tickets after she raised £1,000 ($1,300) - by selling lemonade and friendship bracelets.<br /><br />Eight-year-old Charlotte decided to raise the money after her mum Christina Wagner failed to get tickets due to the Ticketmaster fiasco.<br /><br />Christina, 37, has been a Taylor Swift fan since her mid-twenties, and wanted to share the experience with her young daughter, who is also a fan.<br /><br />Unfortunately, like many other Swifties, the stay-at-home mum failed to get tickets and lost all motivation to carry on trying.<br /><br />But young Charlotte didn't take no for an answer.<br /><br />She started selling friendship bracelets and lemonade and raised £1,000 ($1,300) for re-sale tickets.<br /><br />On July 7 the mother and daughter duo were able to see the pop music icon at the Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.<br /><br />An emotional video shows the moment Taylor Swift turned up on stage and Charlotte singing through tears of joy. <br /><br />The mother and daughter from Lawrence, Kansas, nearly missed out on the amazing experience after a ticket fiasco.<br /><br />Christina failed to get tickets in November 2022 after trying for eight hours and then randomly being "kicked off" the Ticketmaster website.<br /><br />Christina said: "After trying to get tickets for eight hours I was kicked off the website and I just didn't want to try again at that point.<br /><br />"I was not going to try hard and get tickets, but Charlotte decided that was not an option so she started raising her own money selling lemonade and friendship bracelets.<br /><br />"Resellers had tickets priced so high I didn't see how it would be possible for us to go.<br /><br />"The lowest I found was $1300 through stub hub but she did not give up."<br /><br />Charlotte set up her lemonade stand in April and spent her evenings and weekends trying to raise money.<br /><br />As the weeks got closer, Christina and her daughter started to o lose hope they wouldn't get tickets.<br /><br />But after three months of work, Charlotte finally raised the funds for the resale tickets. <br /><br />As the mother and daughter prepared to try to buy resale tickets, a Taylor Swift fan they met on their journey contacted them to offer them two secured tickets at £101 ($130) each.<br /><br />Christina didn't hesitate and accepted the offer. <br /><br />She said: "We met many amazing people along the way, who supported, donated became our friends.<br /><br />"We met one girl who was also a Swift fan, her name is Mariyah. She gave her friendship bracelets and money towards tickets.<br /><br />"On June 27th which is also Charlotte's birthday she turned eight.<br /><br />"I got a message around 10:30 am that the girl we met selling lemonade had gotten a fan-verified code and secured us 2 $130 face value tickets."<br /><br />Christina said the remainder of the cash raised has been spent on some toys and Charlotte intends to pay it forward to "somebody in need."<br /><br />Charlotte has been singing along to Taylor Swift's tunes since she was able to speak - so being able to see her in concert was a special moment.
