When Australians woke to the information Wednesday morning (June 21) that Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour would head Down Under subsequent February, one element jumped off the web page – her two exhibits on the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Swift’s run opens with live shows Feb. 16 and 17, 2024 on the MCG, adopted by dates at Sydney’s Accor Stadium on Feb. 23, 24 and 25.
The imposing stadium is the most important of its variety in these elements, and has extra historical past than a subscription to National Geographic. Built in 1853, the venue hosted the 1956 Olympic Games, and is used year-round. During the winter, it’s AFL and soccer, through the summer time, cricket. And generally, live shows.
Few acts on the planet can fill the MCG. Ed Sheeran can, and he did it twice throughout his go to to the Victorian capital in March for his The Mathematics Tour, setting a swag of nationwide data.
The English pop celebrity broke the Australian report for attendance at a ticketed live performance with the primary of these dates, with upwards of 105,000 tickets bought. The following evening, he lifted the bar once more when 109,500 Sheerios crammed the stadium.
The mixed attendance throughout these two exhibits, at nearly 215,000, will take some beating, Billboard famous on the time.
Swift, with live shows on the similar venue, over consecutive nights, might be the one to beat the report set by her bestie, Sheeran. Frontier Touring produced Sheeran’s tour of those elements, and can also be behind Swift’s forthcoming trek.
As it stands, the two-city itinerary is a break from a typical Swift go to to Australia. Her final lengthy haul, the Live Nation-produced Reputation Tour, visited stadiums in 5 cities throughout Australia and New Zealand in 2018, together with Brisbane, Perth and Auckland.
TayTay’s return is sure to be a blockbuster; she smashes chart data right here for a jolly.
Along the way in which, she grew to become the primary artist to concurrently maintain the No. 1 ARIA album, single and nationwide airplay; she has landed essentially the most debuts within the high 10 of an ARIA Singles Chart with 9 of the highest 10. Her most up-to-date album, Midnights, was Swift’s tenth No. 1 album in Australia. Following its launch final October, Midnight grew to become essentially the most streamed album in per week in ARIA historical past, whereas notching the most important vinyl gross sales debut ever, promoting over 10,000 vinyl items in week one.
American singer and actress Sabrina Carpenter is particular visitor artist on Swift’s tour of Australia.
The basic on-sale begins Friday, June 30, and pre-sales open from Wednesday, June 28; VIP packages will likely be obtainable from Monday, June 26.
Taylor Swift’s 2024 Australian dates:
Feb. 16 — Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)
Feb. 17 — Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)
Feb. 23 — Accor Stadium, Sydney
Feb. 24 — Accor Stadium, Sydney
Feb. 25 — Accor Stadium, Sydney
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