Firebrand feminist Clementine Ford has been slammed after organising a Taylor Swift tribute concert that has been called ‘basically karaoke.’
The social media activist, 43, decided to put on the tribute concert after she was unable to acquire tickets to Swift’s Australian Eras tour this year.
The ‘Taylor Made’ event was part of Manly’s Night at the Barracks concert series, and was advertised as an alternative for Swifties who missed out on Eras tickets.
The tribute concert featured artists Alex the Astronaut, Charley, Clare Bowditch and Lucy Durack.
However, attendees of the night, who paid between $80 and $150 for the show, were not impressed with the organiser’s efforts.
Since Sunday night’s concert, attendees have flooded the event’s social media pages, as well as local community forums, to voice their disappointment with the concert.
Ticketholders claimed that some of the performers were reading printed lyrics taped to the ground in front of them, with one singer at one point making the crowd sing the song because the lyrics were ‘too hard.’
One Facebook user claimed the tribute concert was the ‘worst concert I have ever been to!’
Firebrand feminist Clementine Ford has been slammed after organising a Taylor Swift tribute concert that has been called ‘basically karaoke.’ Pictured at the concert on Sunday
The social media activist, 43, decided to put on the tribute concert after she was unable to acquire tickets to Swift’s Australian Eras tour this year
‘There was one good singer out of them all in my opinion. Gin was good though and so was the venue- food trucks and bars. I think I could have made a better show,’ they expressed.
Clementine also performed several songs, but also added a series of profanity-laden speeches into the mix.
‘My seven year old’s core memory is Clementine Ford swearing while she was speaking to the crowd, not ideal,’ one mother told The Advertiser.
‘There was just no effort. It was just shocking, we left in disbelief,’ another Taylor fan remarked.
The show seemed to be aimed at adults, but some adult concertgoers were confused by the presence of many children.
Attendees of the night, who paid between $80 and $150 for the show, were not impressed with the organiser’s efforts, citing performers singing from lyrics taped to the stage, and Clementine’s intermittent speeches as problems
Since Sunday night’s concert, attendees have flooded the event’s social media pages, as well as local community forums, to voice their disappointment with the concert
‘[Clementine would] sing a (Taylor Swift) song about heartbreak and then be like, don’t let people hurt you kids! It was so bizarre, you’re not Taylor Swift,’ said another attendee.
‘Some of the kids weren’t even alive when she wrote those songs. The organisation was all just so strange. I just don’t really know what went wrong,’ they added.
One mother who took her child to the concert took to social media to vent her outrage.
‘My seven year old’s core memory is Clementine Ford swearing while she was speaking to the crowd, not ideal,’ she said.
‘From an entertainment perspective, the people singing were not worth that exchange for $130 a ticket – super disappointing show. Did something happen in the background?’
‘The main performer didn’t know the words and she looked very uncomfortable. It was basically karaoke,’ one more concertgoer claimed.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted both Clementine Ford and Night At the Barracks for comment.
The ‘Taylor Made’ event was part of Manly’s Night at the Barracks concert series, and was advertised as an alternative for Swifties who missed out on Eras tickets. Swift is pictured
Earlier this year, fans of Ford were left angered after a prank by comedy group The Inspired Unemployed at a feminist talk in Sydney went disastrously wrong.
A large group of mostly women had attended the free event which featured a panel including Ford, and fellow feminist writers Antoinette Lattouf and Yumi Stynes.
But the unsuspecting audience, who were set to hear a serious chat on marriage and sex, became upset after comedian Jack Steele turned up as a ‘special guest’.
Known as one half of The Inspired Unemployed with Matt Ford, Steele made a series of off-colour remarks which angered the audience.
At one point, he was heard to say ‘chicks dig consent’ and ‘I really like girl writers’.
Introduced as a special guest offering his ‘perspective’ as a young male on the panel topics, Steele’s remarks reportedly left some of the audience in tears.
According to Yahoo Lifestyle, Steele’s antics were being filmed as part of The Inspired Unemployeds TV show, (Impractical) Jokers.
The 30-year-old funnyman was reportedly being ‘fed’ his provocative comments via an earpiece as part of the new show.
The report claims many audience members left the event before it was scheduled to finish.
Meanwhile, Ford and her co-panellists stayed on for an extra hour to continue with the talk after Steele left the event.
Last year, Ford announced a surprising new career move after her podcast was officially axed by Nova.
The feminist activist posted to Instagram to reveal she has been granted funding to develop her new scripted TV series called ‘Smile B**ch’.
Last year, Ford announced a surprising new career move after her podcast was officially axed by Nova
A synopsis on the show reads: ‘A high-profile media presenter develops an appetite for murder after one too many sexist microaggressions lead her to manifest the ancient goddess of rage.’
Announcing the project to her 250,000 followers, she wrote: ‘You can’t hold a tenacious woman down.’
She continued: ‘So thrilled to announce that [Aquarius Films] and I have received [Screen NSW] funding to develop our idea for #SmileB***h, a dark comedy about one woman executing her revenge against the men who have wronged her.’
She finished the post with an ominous message: ‘Watch out. Rage is coming’.
It comes after it was announced that Nova Entertainment had cancelled Clem’s ‘Dear Clementine’ podcast after two years with the network.
While she she didn’t explain why, Clementine suggested that her controversial views on the Israel-Gaza conflict may have forced Nova’s hand.
Clementine has come under heavy criticism in recent weeks for attacking supporters of Israel and supporting the people of Gaza.
