Teenage brain tumour patient given Taylor Swift tickets after hers are withdrawn

A Taylor Swift fan who has a brain tumour will now get to see the singer perform thanks to the kindness of fellow 'Swifties' giving up their seats.

14-year-old Mali has medulloblastoma - an aggressive brain tumour that has impacted her sight and movement.

The teenager had been offered two tickets to see the American singer-songwriter play Liverpool's Anfield Stadium on Friday (June 14th).

However, Mali's parents say that one week before the show, they were given the news from the event organisers that the tickets had been withdrawn - for unknown reasons.

Mali's dad Andrew told us the news had left her devastated as she was willing her strength to get to the concert.

"We had to tell Mali and she was very, very upset for a couple of hours, as you can imagine," he explained.

"And as a family, we were quite shocked, we couldn't get our heads around it. But you kind of think, 'Well, what, what can you do?

"And then on Saturday morning, we obviously we told a couple of family members and one of them put something out on Facebook, and she's a lot more eloquent than I am, so I copied that and then posted it on Twitter."

Andrew said that within an hour of the post being uploaded to social media, the family were inundated with a "mind-blowing" response from well-wishers.

He added that during this time, several people came forward to offer up their seats for the family - with two tickets now being secured.

"I had a message from a young lady who was willing to give up her ticket and then someone else has got involved too to offer Mali his lounge tickets at Anfield," he said.

"So we now have two tickets for Mum and Mali to go to the concert on Friday and it's just been an unbelievable response, overwhelming."

Andrew's original post has now been viewed by 6.5 million people, which has left the family shellshocked.

He thanked those who gave up their seats for the sake of their daughter, which now means that she can see her idol.

"To Ella, to Paul and to Andy was helped facilitate things - just thank you. Thank you so much and you've made a whole family - not just like our little family of five, but our brothers, our sisters, cousins, nan and friends as well.

"You've made a lot of people overwhelmed with thanks. And ultimately the girl at the centre of it, you've made her dream come true."

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