Deep breaths, everyone – today is the day Blondie officially kicks off the Aussie leg of her Eras Tour, and if you're anything like us, this week has been a blur of making friendship bracelets, memorising the setlist and lining up for official merch. But, it's also time to fine-tune all the important details – like planning your route to the MCG, and figuring out exactly where your seats are.
So pop on your heart-shaped sunnies, add a coat of red lippie and grab your bag (with a maximum of two compartments, and smaller than A4 size), here's everything you need to know if you’re headed to see Swift at the MCG.
What’s the Taylor Swift MCG seating plan?
The MCG has issued a colour-coded map illustrating the seating plan for Swift's three concerts. There are seven key areas across the arena floor and stadium seating bays. It will remain the same for all shows.
A Reserve – Red
B Reserve – Pink
C Reserve – Orange
D Reserve – Blue
E Reserve – Purple
F Reserve – Green
G Reserve – Yellow
Every single seat at the Melbourne nights of the Eras Tour is assigned, so there's no need to line up early to score a front-row spot (anyone having flashbacks to last year's Harry Styles concerts can breathe a huge sigh of relief).
What’s the MCG's capacity?
The MCG is enormous, with capacity for 100,000 people. It's expected that 260,000 Swifties will pour through the gates over the three dates– that's an average of 86,000 a night. The current record holder for the biggest concert crowd at the 'G is none other than Swift's pal Ed Sheeran, who played to a mind-boggling 109,500 fans on March 3, 2023.
How much are Eras Tour tickets in Melbourne?
If you were one of the lucky ones to snap up tickets, chances are you didn't really care how much they were – as long as they were sitting in your Ticketek app. A Reserve tickets started at $379.90, with the cheapest available from $65.90 (although the view from these seats are partially obstructed). Swift also released six tiers of VIP packages, with the following prices.
We Never Go Out Of Style Package – $349.90
It’s A Love Story Package – $399.90
Ready For It Package – $599.90
I Remember It All Too Well Package – $749.90
Karma Is My Boyfriend Package – $899.90
It’s Been A Long Time Coming Package – $1249.90
When is Taylor Swift playing in Melbourne?
Melburnians have been lucky enough to score three of Tay Tay's seven Aussie tour dates (the other four are all in Sydney). The confirmed dates she will be playing at the MCG in 2024 are February 16, 17 and 18.