Taylor Swift grants elderly actors permission to use Shake It Off in play at last minute after Twitter campaign
Taylor Swift has granted a group of 70-year-old actors a last minute reprieve by allowing them to use one of her songs in their play.
The pop star had previously banned the cast of Sydney-based play Seventeen from using Shake It Off in their production but changed her mind at the last minute.
Following a social media campaign, during which the cast tweeted Swift and a number of her famous friends, permission was finally granted for the hit single to be used.
The play, which is opening at Belvoir Street theatre, originally included a dance routine by the actors to the chart-topping track, but rights to play the song were denied shortly before opening night.
The cast and crew promptly started the twitter campaign in a bid to get Swift to contact her publisher and revoke the ban, with the hashtag #greygrey4taytay.
After contacting the likes of Ed Sheeran and Russell Crowe and with the support of Tim Minchin, Swift finally noticed and gave the cast a reprieve.
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On Tuesday morning she wrote: "Permission granted, BelvoirSt. Good luck with your opening night :)."
Just a few hours earlier, the star tweeted birthday love to best friend Karlie Kloss, posting a photo of her with her boyfriend Calvin Harris.
She wrote: "Some of my best times are with her, laughing in the kitchen. Happy Birthday to the ray of light that is karliekloss!"
