An exciting announcement has been made for Swifties planning to attend Taylor Swift’s Anfield stadium ‘The Eras Tour’ shows in June. According to the Liverpool Echo, the city council are honouring Swift by offering ‘a series of workshops, information stands and even a free “Tay Day” at the University of Liverpool’ as well as 11 art installations across the city each representing one of the pop sensations ‘Eras’ (albums for those who are not in the loop of the ever expanding Swift lore).The city will be transformed into every Swift fanatic’s dream beginning June 8, 6 days before the four show leg of her multi-billion pound tour kicks off in the northern port-city. According to a report by Barclays Bank, the country turner pop icon is predicted to bring in a ‘£997m boost to the UK economy, with Swifties forking out £848 on average’ to see the highly anticipated concert.  The BBC has speculated that around ‘150,000 Swifties will descend on Liverpool’ to attend what Swift’s admirers online are likening to an outer-body experience.

As of yesterday, people on twitter have been posting sneak peaks of some of the art installations that are currently being erected around the city including this colourful mural of Swift sporting one of her iconic ‘Lover’ body suits that she wears for her shows. The body suit has become a popular costume amongst fans, some of whom are spending over 20 hours hand-bedazzling similar outfits themselves to wear to the upcoming shows.

The Phoenix Hotel, Liverpool is displaying a mural of @taylorswift13 to celebrate the arrival of The Eras Tour to the city. The hotel sold-out bookings on all three nights a year in advance. pic.twitter.com/kSjcdzUFop

— The Eras Tour UK & Ireland (@TheErasTourUK) May 21, 2024

Overall, there will be 11 sites across the city each representing one of Swift’s 11 albums including a mossy piano replicating the piano the singer plays in the music video for her song Cardigan from the ‘Folklore’ album, as well as a ‘red room’ in honour of ‘Red’. There will also be a mural containing a gigantic number 13 representing Swift’s favourite number which she drew on her hand in glittery marker pen throughout the tour for her album Fearless which was released in 2008. Some of the sites already confirmed to host the installations are Liverpool One, Royal Albert Dock, the Metquarter. The Liverpool Culture division of the city council have worked in collaboration with Make CIC to commission and design the project and you can see their progress in a video posted on the @makecic Instagram below.

 

 

 

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The University of Liverpool are hosting what they are calling a ‘Tay Day’ on June 12th at the Institute of Popular Music before the shows kick off. The full day event will include talks from academics on the ‘musical, social and economic impact of Taylor Swift’ as well as what the event is calling ‘Critical Karaoke’ which includes scholars reciting their essays to their favourite Taylor Swift song. The registration is open to everyone and the university is encouraging fans to come along even if they don’t have a ticket to the Liverpool shows. Attendance is sign up only, which you can check out here.

If you still feel like you can’t escape the Eras Tour fever that has swept most of the road but didn’t manage to get your hands on tickets in the inaugural sales last year don’t give up hope just yet as Ticketmaster have just opened resale for the Anfield show. Keep your eye out for fans selling official tickets here.