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Moment adorable cancer patient, 7, breaks down after finding out she’s going to see Taylor Swift
This is the heartwarming moment a young girl in need of a lung transplant after beating cancer finds out she has been gifted tickets to Taylor Swift’s Eras tour on its 100th show.
Florence Ava Bark, from Corby, Northamptonshire, is currently battling graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) of the lungs.
She got the disease after receiving a bone marrow transplant in August 2022, following her diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
Florence has always loved music and dancing but because of her illness, she was never able to experience them.
Days before Taylor Swift’s final show in Liverpool, Sean Reddington, CEO of Thrive, was giving away two VIP tickets for ‘someone who truly deserves them.’
A fan of Florence’s social media got in contact with Sean and nominated her for the tickets and after hearing her story, he decided to gift them to the family.
Sat in their living room, her mother Stacey Bark said: ‘Someone very kind was giving away two special tickets to go to a special event and a lovely girl called Olivia nominated you.’
She then asks Florence which superstar they were speaking about the other day, to which the young girl says with a huge smile on her face: ‘You were talking about Taylor Swift! Are we going to a Taylor Swift concert?’
After being told that they were attending the sold out event Florence giggled and said: ‘I love music, I’ve never been to a concert before, thank you.
Florence then began crying before the clip cut to her enjoying the concert, singing along and waving her stuffed dog to the music.
Stacey, 34, said: ‘They were so great. Sean said there were quite a few tears in the office hearing Florence’s story.
‘They even made extra special arrangements for Florence as the tickets weren’t originally wheelchair accessible but they called the stadium and made sure they were able to look after her.
‘Sean’s PA rang me at 4pm on Friday during the school run, a day before the show, to confirm it had been sorted.