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Attention, Swifties. This is your reminder to get those friendship bracelets made, your Lover, Reputation or Speak Now outfits decided and the Tortured Poet's Department lyrics learned. Following an initial run in June, the Eras Tour has returned to London’s Wembley Stadium this week. The first night (Thursday August 15) even saw her bring out Ed Sheeran.
Taylor landed on UK shores in June and played massive shows in Edinburgh, Liverpool and Cardiff. Her first round of London shows was a massive occasion, from the official merch to events and parties – we even sent down a photographer to capture Swifties’ joy on the first night.
Social media has provided UK fans with a few glimpses of what to expect from the shows, which last a whopping three hours. For the final run at Wembley, expect the biggest hits of Tay’s career, a couple of surprise songs and some truly epic stage production. If you were one of the lucky ones who managed to get tickets, here’s everything you need to know to prep for one of the most anticipated events of the year.
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When is Taylor Swift’s Eras tour coming to London?
Get ready for it! Taylor will be playing five more London dates: August 15, 16, 17, 19 and 20.
What time will Taylor come on stage?
Timings haven’t been released for Wembley just yet. However, at London shows she tended to start at 7.20pm – and 6.30pm on the Sunday show.
You can see all the timings, including doors and support acts, here and find out about which support act is playing which date here.
Are there any tickets left?
Nice try. We hate to break it to you, but all tickets sold out on Ticketmaster extremely quickly.
Be careful if you’re trying to buy secondhand tickets. Ticketmaster, AEG and AXS have strictly stated that ‘any tickets found to be purchased via re-sale on the non-official secondary market will not be valid for entry’.
How much did tickets cost?
Tickets ranged from around £59 (for partial or obstructed view tickets) to £110 for general admission standing. Front standing was priced at about £172, while seated tickets went up to £194.
For ultra-Swifties who went for VIP packages, the prices apparently went all the way up to £662.40 per person. Damn.
What’s the full setlist for the Eras Tour?
Stans of folklore and evermore, look away now. Following the release of Taylor’s 12th studio album The Tortured Poet’s Department, the singer has rejigged the setlist and cut some fan faves. Don’t worry, the show is still over three hours long. The full confirmed Eras Tour setlist is as follows:
🎤 Taylor Swift’s setlist at London’s Wembley Stadium.
Lover
- Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince
- Cruel Summer
- The Man
- You Need to Calm Down
- Lover
Fearless
- Fearless
- You Belong With Me
- Love Story
Red
- 22
- We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
- I Knew You Were Trouble
- All Too Well (10-minute version)
- Speak Now
- Enchanted
Reputation
- … Ready For It?
- Delicate
- Don’t Blame Me
- Look What You Made Me Do
Folklore/Evermore (now combined into one Era)
- cardigan
- betty
- champagne problems
- august
- illicit affairs
- my tears ricochet
- Marjorie
- willow
1989
- Style
- Blank Space
- Shake It Off
- Wildest Dreams
- Bad Blood
The Tortured Poets Department (new!)
- But Daddy I Love Him
- So High School
- Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?
- Down Bad
- Fortnight
- The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
- I Can Do It With A Broken Heart
Two surprise songs
Midnights
- Lavender Haze
- Anti-Hero
- Midnight Rain
- Vigilante Shit
- Bejeweled
- Mastermind
- Karma
And these are the songs that have been removed:
- The Archer (from Lover era)
- Long Live (from Speak Now era)
- the 1 (from folklore era)
- the last great american dynasty (from folklore era)
- ’tis the damn season (from evermore era)
- tolerate it (from evermore era)
Who will be supporting Taylor in London?
For her entire European leg, Taylor is being supported by the one and only Paramore. The pop-punk band’s nine-song setlist includes ‘Hard Times’, ‘Misery Business’, ‘Still Into You’ and ‘Ain’t It Fun’.
In London at the August shows, Taylor will have five additional support acts, which will come on before Paramore. They’ll be different each night:
- August 15 – Sofia Isella
- August 16 – Holly Humberstone
- August 17 – Suki Waterhouse
- August 19 – Maisie Peters
- August 20 – RAYE
On the June leg of the Eras Tour in London, Swift was supported by Mette on June 21, Griff on June 22 and Benson Boone in June 23.
Are there any banned items?
As per Wembley’s policies, you won’t be allowed to bring:
- Bags larger than A4
- Large umbrellas
- Aluminium and glass drink containers, plastic bottles over 500ml
- Alcohol
- Food and drink
- Pushchairs
- Selfie sticks
- Weapons and tools
- Flares, lasers, smoke devices and cannisters
- Large-bodied cameras and camcorders
- Drones
- Unauthorised musical instruments and vuvuzelas
See a full list of banned items here.
What happened in Vienna?
Taylor was supposed to be playing three shows at Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadium on Thursday August 8, Friday August 9 and Saturday August 10. Three individuals have been arrested on suspicion of planning attacks inspired by the Islamic State group and the concerts were cancelled due to a security threat. Austrian police forces say a terrorist attack was averted.
As for whether this is likely to happen in London? The threat of terrorism is always an issue when it comes to large scale events. London’s Metropolitan Police force is assessing the situation.
UK Home Office minister Dame Diana Johnson said: ‘Clearly the police will be looking at all the intelligence and making decisions.
‘They risk assess every event that happens in this country.’
What changes have been made for the August concerts?
While much of the actual shows will remain the same as in June, the August concerts will have, as expected, different surprise songs, different support acts and different surprise guests – with Ed Sheeran coming out on the first night (August 15).
The shows aside, there are some crucial changes to security – not only is it much tighter (with a longer list of banned items) but Swifties without tickets have been told not to congregate outside Wembley.
For merch, there are some differences, too. The pop-ups away from Wembley are slightly different – you can find out all the details about official merch pop-ups here.
Taylor Swift Wembley Review
For the first night (August 15), Taylor was given some predictably rave reviews, with The Telegraph’s Anita Singh notably awarding the show a full five stars with the headline: ‘Sweet, wholesome and heartfelt – the world needs this show right now’. Who can deny that, eh?
Her June shows at Wembley also received rave reviews from the likes of the Guardian and New Statesman – read our list of the five best things that happened at her June shows here.
Where else is Taylor Swift playing in the UK as part of the 2024 Eras tour?
She has also performed in Edinburgh, Liverpool and Cardiff. You can find out everything about Taylor Swift’s Eras tour around the rest of the UK right here.
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