Taylor Swift fans will have to fork out over £600 if they wish to bag themselves a ticket for her Eras Tour (Picture: Jeff Kravitz/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)
Swifties have endured one hell of a journey over the last few months trying to bag a ticket for the UK leg of her Eras Tour.
The Shake It Off megastar is touching down in the UK on June 7 in Edinburgh, with Paramore as special guests, before taking herself, Hayley Williams – and what is sure to be all the party vibes – over to Liverpool and Cardiff before ending in London on June 21 for three consecutive nights.
It’s been a heroic effort from fans trying to bag tickets, with some dubbing the whole process as similar to The Hunger Games.
But with AXS and Ticketmaster gatekeeping tickets to see Taylor in concert, some aren’t totally happy with the cost of the show.
Fans who had pre-ordered Taylor’s tenth studio album Midnights were given an access code for the tour’s presale, which happened three weeks ago.
For the general admission sale – which went live two weeks ago – fans needed an access code, before heading into the ticket queue. This was a total pot luck scenario, and if you didn’t have a code, you hadn’t a hope.
It all looks suspiciously calm, and way too easy, to get into the queue for Eras Tour tickets (Picture: Ticketmaster)
But there is a definite catch… (Picture: Ticketmaster)
But for the lucky few who have managed to bag themselves a golden ticket, it’s sure to be a mighty show, as fans have even caused earthquakes with their feel-good feet-stomping fun. Yep, really.
The setlist will include many a bangers in a three-hour journey through her albums, starting with Lover, and ending with Midnights.
How much are Taylor Swift resale tickets?
For those who were unlucky in the general sale and pre-sale windows, there is one last chance to bag yourself a ticket. Except this will set you back over £600. Yikes.
Do you need a code to buy Taylor Swift resale tickets?
Unlike with other ticket sales, you do not need a code to purchase resale tickets for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour. All you need is a Ticketmaster or AXS account… And £600.
Incredibly – or not so, when you look at the cost – the queue is tiny to get tickets right now, which are currently at ‘low availability’ in Edinburgh and London.
You will climb to the top of the single digit queue within minutes if you head to Ticketmaster right now.
But the only tickets left are the same price as a VIP package, at around £662 per ticket.
After speculation about whether resale would be taking place, AXS revealed people could resell unwanted tickets – but only directly through Ticketmaster and AXS – last week.
This led to a drip-feed of tickets becoming available on the website as of yesterday, when the resale opened. Since, some fans have taken to social media with their dismay at the expensive options available.
Taylor fans were pretty fed up at the prices, which may explain the very short queues (Picture: Tom Cooper/TAS23/Getty Images)
One said: ‘Why are Taylor tickets so expensive? Only the young? More like only the rich at this point ! I’ve been trying so hard to get tickets for my sister at a reasonable price. She’s so sad.’
Another said: ‘Taylor Swift tickets are so expensive that if my daughter tries making enough money for it herself she would throw our household into the next tax bracket.’
One fan who was selling their ticket screenshotted the process, which showed she couldn’t flog it for more than its original price of £90.75.
This led some to wonder where this huge price jump was coming from.
One Swiftie pointed out: ‘Yes I thought it would be face value + fees, £730 is horrendous?! The most expensive tickets were the £660 VIP but that’s still so much more than face value – and they aren’t listed on resale as VIP? It’s so rubbish.’
Taylor Swift Eras UK tour dates
June 7 — Edinburgh, BT Murrayfield Stadium
June 8 — Edinburgh, BT Murrayfield Stadium
June 9 — Edinburgh, BT Murrayfield Stadium
June 13 — Liverpool, Anfield Stadium
June 14 — Liverpool, Anfield Stadium
June 15 — Liverpool, Anfield Stadium
June 18 — Cardiff, Principality Stadium
June 21 — London, Wembley Stadium
June 22 — London, Wembley Stadium
June 23 – London, Wembley Stadium
August 15— London, Wembley Stadium
August 16 — London, Wembley Stadium
August 17 — London, Wembley Stadium
Taylor began her US tour in March, and is now taking it international. Roll on 2024 (if you’ve got a ticket that is, eek!).
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