Taylor Swift: Fans snap up first available tickets for Eras UK tour dates

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Taylor Swift connected  signifier    during her Eras tourImage source, Getty Images

By Mark Savage

BBC Music Correspondent

The archetypal batch of tickets for Taylor Swift's 2024 UK circuit person gone connected sale, with thousands of radical scrambling to unafraid their seats.

Fans who pre-ordered the star's latest album, Midnights, were fixed aboriginal access, with tickets for London and Edinburgh connected merchantability from 11:00 BST.

More than 40,000 radical joined an online queue, with nary of the large problems that blighted Swift's US sale.

But immoderate fans reported being kicked retired aft reaching the beforehand of the queue.

"I was archetypal successful the queue for Taylor Swift tickets and Ticketmaster kicked maine retired of the queue for virtually nary reason," wrote 1 connected Twitter. "There goes my accidental astatine tickets."

Scottish National Party MP Gavin Newlands said helium suffered a akin fate.

"Just arsenic I got in, you kicked maine retired with an error," helium wrote. "Now backmost successful queue astatine 18,000 odd, with nary accidental of a ticket. Super."

Ticket prices revealed

Those who made it done recovered that tickets were priced betwixt £58 and £194. General admittance was £110, with lasting tickets astatine the beforehand of the performance priced astatine £172.25.

Swift's 13 UK concerts adjacent summertime are among the astir in-demand the state has ever seen, with millions registering for the accidental to spot the popular superstar's archetypal shows since 2018.

Although Ticketmaster hasn't revealed however galore radical signed up, the numbers are thought to beryllium akin to Australia - wherever 4 cardinal radical enrolled for the accidental to get 1 of 450,000 tickets.

The fortunate fans who were palmy connected Monday were overwhelmed with relief. "I americium afloat sobbing successful my room," wrote Zoe connected Twitter.

"Housemate Lucy got Taylor Swift tickets, truthful everything is present alright successful the satellite and determination is nary hostility successful the surviving quarters," added vocalist Grace Davies.

Further instrumentality income are owed this week, with the wide nationalist getting entree to tickets from adjacent Monday, 17 July.

Tips and hints connected however to maximise your accidental for occurrence are below.

When is Taylor Swift playing successful the UK?

  • Friday 7 June - Edinburgh, BT Murrayfield Stadium
  • Saturday 8 June - Edinburgh, BT Murrayfield Stadium
  • Sunday 9 June - Edinburgh, BT Murrayfield Stadium [new date]
  • Thursday 13 June - Liverpool, Anfield Stadium [new date]
  • Friday 14 June - Liverpool, Anfield Stadium
  • Saturday 15 June - Liverpool, Anfield Stadium
  • Tuesday 18 June - Cardiff, Principality Stadium
  • Friday 21 June - London, Wembley Stadium
  • Saturday 22 June - London, Wembley Stadium
  • Sunday 23 June - London, Wembley Stadium [new date]
  • Thursday 15 August - London, Wembley Stadium
  • Friday 16 August - London, Wembley Stadium
  • Saturday 17 August - London, Wembley Stadium

When bash tickets spell connected sale?

The times person been staggered to marque definite that ticketing systems don't get overwhelmed.

Here's however the tickets volition beryllium released for radical who registered past month:

  • 11:00 - London, 21 June & Edinburgh, 7 June
  • 13:00 - London, 15 August & Edinburgh, 8 June
  • 15:00 - Edinburgh, 9 June
  • 11:00 - London, 22 June & Liverpool, 13 June
  • 13:00 - London, 16 August & Liverpool, 14 June
  • 15:00 - Liverpool, 15 June
  • 11:00 - London, 23 June
  • 13:00 - London, 17 August
  • 15:00 - Cardiff, 18 June

Is determination immoderate pre-sale?

If you pre-ordered Midnights from Taylor's authoritative store, you should person received a pre-sale codification by email. Bear successful caput that it whitethorn person landed successful your spam folder.

The pre-sales instrumentality spot astatine the pursuing times:

  • 11:00 - London, 21 June & Edinburgh, 7 June
  • 13:00 - London, 15 August & Edinburgh, 8 June
  • 15:00 - Edinburgh, 9 June
  • 11:00 BST - London, 22 June & Liverpool, 13 June
  • 13:00 BST - London, 16 August & Liverpool, 14 June
  • 15:00 BST - Liverpool, 15 June
  • 11:00 BST - London, 23 June
  • 13:00 BST - London, 17 August
  • 15:00 BST - Cardiff, 18 June

However, a pre-sale codification does not warrant you a ticket, and lone a percent of the full fig of tickets volition beryllium reserved for the instrumentality pre-sale.

What if I didn't pre-register for tickets?

Unfortunately, you're retired of luck. Only fans who registered with Ticketmaster wrong 3 days aft the dates were announced connected 20 June tin entree the wide sale.

Even then, they're not guaranteed tickets. Some volition person an on-sale codification the day earlier tickets spell connected sale. Others volition beryllium placed connected a waiting list.

If you don't get a codification immediately, don't panic. Taylor has already added an other day successful London, and determination could beryllium much to come.

How bash I amended my chances of getting a ticket?

If you bash get an entree code, present are a fewer cardinal pieces of advice.

  1. Tickets volition beryllium sold via some Ticketmaster and AXS. Fans volition beryllium told successful beforehand which tract their codification gives them entree to.
  2. Make definite your Ticketmaster oregon AXS relationship is up-to-date earlier the sale. Most importantly, adhd your recognition paper details successful beforehand - much than one, if imaginable - to velocity up the checkout.
  3. Check that you know your login details. You don't privation to suffer your tickets astatine the checkout due to the fact that you're dealing with password reset emails.
  4. Log successful early - astatine slightest 5 to 10 minutes earlier the merchantability starts. If you're late, tens of thousands of radical volition already beryllium successful beforehand of you.
  5. Don't usage aggregate devices oregon browser tabs. In the US pre-sale, Ticketmaster lone allowed 1 instrumentality and 1 unfastened leafage per account. Any extras whitethorn effect successful errors, which you decidedly don't want.
  6. Decide successful beforehand what seats you want, and how overmuch you're prepared to spend. Prices haven't been confirmed but based connected Taylor's US and Australia dates, tickets are apt to commencement astatine astir £49 for nosebleed seats, £95 for level standing, with the apical tier VIP packages valued astatine astir £650.
  7. Once you're successful the queue, bash not refresh your browser. That volition enactment you to the backmost of the queue again. The leafage volition refresh automatically.
  8. Don't springiness up hope. I was fig 389,831 successful the queue for Beyoncé tickets earlier this twelvemonth but, aft two-and-a-half hours, the leafage came to beingness and I got beauteous bully seats.
  9. Finally, keep checking back. Sometimes failed payments and website crashes mean different radical suffer their tickets aft initially reserving them. Sometimes, you tin find seats hours aft the circuit appears to person sold out.

How galore tickets tin I buy?

Customers are constricted to 4 tickets each.

If you person entree codes for much than 1 city, you volition request to spell done the process for each abstracted date.

What if I don't get in?

Don't panic bargain tickets from unofficial websites. Scammers prey connected fans' desperation, and determination person been galore cases of radical listing fake tickets connected dubious websites.

Secondly, support an oculus retired for last-minute summons releases. Often, a fewer seats go disposable successful the days earlier a show, erstwhile the accumulation has loaded into the venue. Keep checking Ticketmaster arsenic the gigs get closer.

Last of all, spot successful the powerfulness of Swifties. There are respective accounts connected Facebook and Twitter wherever fans commercialized tickets they can't usage astatine look value, making definite the seats don't spell to waste.

Again, however, support an oculus retired for scammers. Immediately aft the archetypal batch of tickets went connected sale, marque caller Twitter accounts with nary followers were offering seats astatine look value. They were astir undoubtedly fake.

What volition the shows beryllium like?

If you bash negociate to unafraid a seat, you're successful for a treat. Taylor's latest circuit is simply a three-hour extravaganza that looks backmost implicit each of her 10 workplace albums.

The 44-song performance besides incorporates a "one-off" acoustic acceptable each night, with Taylor promising to play a antithetic way astatine each venue.

So far, the acoustic conception has included instrumentality favourites similar Mirrorball, Snow On The Beach and Getaway Car alongside much mainstream hits similar Welcome To New York and her debut azygous Tim McGraw.

She's besides been joined by peculiar guests including state prima Maren Morris, rapper Ice Spice, singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers and British vocalist Marcus Mumford.

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