{"id":17810,"date":"2026-04-05T23:29:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T23:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/?p=17810"},"modified":"2026-04-05T23:29:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T23:29:18","slug":"17810","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/?p=17810","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a heartfelt Instagram post just moments ago, Taylor Swift revealed that she has tested positive for COVID-19, forcing her to postpone tonight\u2019s highly anticipated Eras Tour show in Chicago. The 34-year-old superstar shared the news with fans alongside a teary selfie, writing, \u201cI\u2019ve<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p>been dodging this for four years, but it finally got me. I\u2019m so sorry to let you down.\u201d Swift, who has never canceled a show due to illness in her 17-year career, called the decision \u201cdevastating\u201d but emphasized the need to protect her crew, dancers, and fans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\"><\/div>\n<p>The positive test comes amid Swift\u2019s record-breaking global tour, which has already faced weather delays and logistical hurdles. Insiders say she began feeling \u201cachy and exhausted\u201d after last night\u2019s three-hour performance but initially chalked it up to tour fatigue. When a rapid test confirmed the diagnosis this morning, her team scrambled to<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\"><\/div>\n<p>reschedule the Chicago dates while implementing strict testing protocols for staff. \u201cEvery single band member, backup singer, and truck driver is being screened,\u201d a source close to the tour told Variety. \u201cTaylor\u2019s livid\u2014not for herself, but at the idea of anyone else getting sick.\u201d<strong>\u00a0Read more below<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a heartfelt Instagram post just moments ago, Taylor Swift revealed that she has tested positive for COVID-19, forcing her to postpone tonight\u2019s highly anticipated Eras Tour show in Chicago. The 34-year-old superstar shared the news with fans alongside a teary selfie, writing, \u201cI\u2019ve been dodging this for four years, but it finally got me. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-3.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17810"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17812,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17810\/revisions\/17812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}