The worrying signs that Taylor Swift could burn out before her Eras tour reaches Britain – and losing her voice is just one of them

While singing her hit song Delicate, she suddenly started coughing and spluttering.

Her diehard fans, dubbed Swifties, rushed to social media to express concern, with one person writing: ‘I was there and so worried about Taylor, she’s fighting for her life’.

Though arguably an overreaction, it does beg the question: is it all getting too much for Taylor Swift?

Cracks in the star’s voice seem to be just the tip of the iceberg: ever since she took her record-breaking, multi-billion-dollar tour east to Australia and Asia, it has been plagued with problems.

The North American leg was the highest-grossing tour in history and hailed a cultural phenomenon boosting the US economy with claims that Swiftmania – she’s not a Trump fan – could even help sway the 2024 Presidential election.

Like the Pied Piper, Ms Swift’s phenomenal three-and-a-half hour performance inspires her fans – it is a showcase of her seemingly unbreakable stamina as she takes the audience through 44 songs, mapping the ‘Eras’ of her two decades of making music.

But since she wrapped up in the US last November, things have started to go awry.

Her father was accused of assault in Australia after people were ‘aggressively pushing’ to get to Swift, the tour has caused a dispute between Southeast Asian countries – more of which later – and her continual use of a ‘gas guzzling’ private jet has been heavily criticised.

And Ms Swift is only halfway through her global tour – she has yet to bring it to Europe – with Swifties now concerned the 33-year-old is teetering on the edge of ‘tour burnout’, which could grind it to a halt