Thousands are set to head to Murrayfield Stadium for the blockbuster Eras Tour across three nights – and local businesses are gearing up for a busy weekend. Gurpreet Rai is the owner of Hordeum Botanical Studio and Disposition Coffee, less than half a mile from the venue. He told STV News: “I guess no one knows how busy it will be but it’s fun to get people coming into the area.
She’s a big, big draw so we are quite lucky, I guess. “It’ll be exciting compared to other events, as it’s across three days. There will be a ton of feathers, a lot of cowboy boots.
Taylor Swift’s billion-dollar Eras tour arrives in the UK on Friday, amid a frenzy of fan excitement. British and Irish fans have waited more than a year for the show to arrive, since she kicked off her marathon string of dates in Glendale, Arizona in March 2023. Since then she has crossed the US, Asia and south America and made stops across Europe, often accompanied by her boyfriend, NFL star Travis Kelce.
But the wait finally ends when she steps out onto the stage at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh on Friday, ahead of shows in Liverpool, Cardiff, London and Dublin. She will then return to London in August. The tour, which takes fans on a journey through the different musical stages of her career, has been a juggernaut and is predicted to provide a £997m boost to the UK economy, according to a report.
But the level of frenzy over the tour has prompted a major bank to issue a warning over the risk of scam.