Taylor Swift's Eras Tour in Cardiff 2024: Stage times, set list, banned items, bag restrictions, road closures, support and more
One of the biggest tours of the decade - Taylor Swift's The Eras tour - is finally making its way to Cardiff as the city prepares to 'shake it off' with the American mega star. The Welsh capital's summer of music has already got off to an incredible start welcoming The Boss aka Bruce Springsteen and pop powerhouse Pink but Tay-Tay looks set to take things to another level.
Stage times
The exact times for the Cardiff show have yet to be confirmed but these are what we have so far based on her previous UK shows and may change.
4pm - Doors
6pm - Show starts
7pm - Paramore
8pm - Taylor Swift
11pm - Curfew
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Almost a year since the coveted tickets went on sale, the huge gig at the home of Welsh rugby will take place on Tuesday, June 18. We've got all you need to know ahead of the day if you're coming to the show. Even if you're not, there's information on road closures which might affect you if you're heading into the city centre that day, click here for those.
For fans lucky enough to get tickets to the gig, though, scroll down for stage times, set list, ticket link and more as the So What and Cover Me in Sunshine singer heads back to the capital.
Support
As if it wasn't enough seeing Taylor Swift, fans lucky enough to get tickets to the gig will get a warm up from Paramore - a huge act in their own right. The band played a sold out gig at Cardiff's Utilita Arena in April 2023, with tickets being snapped up within minutes.
The American pop/rock band are best known for hits such as Still Into You, Misery Business and Hard Times as well as front woman Hayley WIlliams' killer vocals.
Potential set list
While the set list has changed slightly from the first leg of The Eras Tour, it is expected to remain the same throughout the UK run with a few exceptions. As hardcore fans will know, Tay-Tay likes to change things up each show with two surprise songs for the crowd. There have been some huge surprises so far on the UK tour, with Edinburgh getting a special version of Crazier - a never before performed track.
This is what we can expect for Cardiff:
Lover Era
Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince (shortened)
Cruel Summer
The Man
You Need To Calm Down (shortened)
Lover
Fearless Era
Fearless (shortened)
You Belong With Me
Love Story
Red Era
22
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
I Knew You Were Trouble
All Too Well (10 Minute Version)
Speak Now Era
Enchanted
Reputation Era
…Ready For It?
Delicate
Don’t Blame Me
Look What You Made Me Do
Folklore/Evermore Era
Cardigan
Betty
Champagne problems
August
Illicit affairs (shortened)
My tears ricochet
Marjorie (shortened)
Willow
1989 Era
Style
Blank Space
Shake It Off
Wildest Dreams (shortened)
Bad Blood (shortened)
The Tortured Poets Department Era
But Daddy I Love Him
So High School (shortened)
Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?
Down Bad
Fortnight
The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
I Can Do It With A Broken Heart
Surprise Songs
Surprise Guitar Acoustic Song
Surprise Piano Acoustic Song
Midnights Era
Lavender Haze
Anti-Hero
Midnight Rain
Vigilante sh*t
Bejeweled
Mastermind
Karma
The setlist is subject to change.
Road closures
From 7am on Tuesday, June 18, Scott Road and Park Street will be closed because of the need to prepare Gate 5 and protect queuing fans. Cowbridge Road East, Castle Street and Duke Street will remain open until 3pm before being closed.
The following roads will be closed as part of the full city centre road closure which will take place at noon until midnight.
Kingsway from its junction with North Road to its junction with Duke Street.
Cowbridge Road East from its junction with Cathedral Road to its junction with Westgate Street.
Tudor Street from its junction with Clare Road to its junction with Wood Street (access for residents and traders will be permitted via Fitzhammon Embankment.)
Plantagenet Street and Beauchamp Street from their junctions with Despenser Place to their junctions with Tudor Street (access for residents and traders will be permitted.)
The following roads will be closed in their entirety: High Street, St Mary Street, Caroline Street, Wood Street, Central Square, Westgate Street, Quay Street, Guildhall Place, Golate, Park Street, Havelock Street and Scott Road.
Station Terrace and Guildford Street from the junction with Newport Road to the junction with Churchill Way will be access for buses only during the times of the road closures. This is to ensure that there is reliable access for buses to the satellite points in Churchill Way.
Additionally, Penarth Road will be closed 30 minutes before the concert finishes and up to hour after the concert ends on safety grounds for train passengers arriving and departing from the train station.
At 4pm, Castle Street and Duke Street will close to all traffic.
Additions:
Civic Centre: Access to part of the Civic Centre will be controlled throughout the day, with access allowed only for event parking, limited commuter parking, loading and access to private car parks.
Roads affected include King Edward VII Avenue, Museum Avenue, City Hall Road, College Road and Gorsedd Gardens Road.
How to get to Cardiff and the Principality Stadium
Trains
Transport for Wales will be providing additional capacity where possible on routes in/out of Cardiff on Tuesday June 18th, but trains are expected to be very busy, so please allow plenty of time for your journey.
Post-event queues for mainline rail services will be on Central Square and queues for Valleys services will be to the rear of the station. Cardiff Queen Street will close at 9.30pm except for accessible access and passengers that wish to travel to Cardiff Bay.
Revenue checks will be taking place at Cardiff throughout the day. Visit www.tfw.wales or the new TfW app for the latest travel information.
If you have any issues on the railway, please speak to a conductor or, for more serious matters, you can text the British Transport Police on 61016 or call 0800 40 50 40. In an emergency, always call 999.
Great Western Railway (GWR)
GWR will run additional services to help customers get home after the concert. Extra trains will operate from Cardiff Central to Swansea, Newport, Bristol and Swindon; with plenty of parking available at station car parks.
Trains are, however, expected to be very busy immediately after the concert and a queueing system will be in place outside the station to help people board trains safely.
Those travelling from further afield should check connecting services, and the time of their last train home, at www.gwr.com/check.
Park & Ride facilities
Event Park & Ride is available at Cardiff City Stadium at Leckwith and can be accessed from junction 33 off the M4, following the signs to the site.
The drop off point will be at Fitzhammon Embankment.
The Park & Ride is 1.5 miles from the city centre which takes approximately 10 to 15 minutes.
The cost is £15 payable on the day - cash only.
The car park opens at 8.45am with the first bus leaving at 9am. The last bus will leave Fitzhammon Embankment at midnight and the park & ride site will close at 00.30am the following morning.
Civic Centre Event Day Parking (Cars and Coaches)
Getting there: Exit Junction 32 of the M4, head south on the A470 towards the city centre and follow signage to the civic centre.
Cost: £20 payable on the day for cars and £30 for coaches – card payments are also now available.
Parking time: The car park will open at 8am and closes at 12 Midnight.
Event Day Parking at Sophia Gardens
Sophia Gardens (cars)
(Approximately, 0.5 mile walk to the Principality Stadium, Gate 2).
Sophia Gardens Event Day Parking
Getting there: Exit junction 32 off the M4
Cost: £20 for cars and £30 for coaches – card payments are now available.
Parking time: Car park opens at 8.00am and closes at 12 midnight.
Please note: Sophia Gardens car park will be staffed until 7.00pm all vehicles are left on site at the owner's risk. Cardiff Council will not be held responsible for any theft or damage to motor vehicles or personal possessions. Any vehicles left in the car park after closing time will be fined.
Bus
Local buses:
Bus services will be diverted while the city centre road closures are in place
Please visit the relevant bus operator's website for more information about your specific bus routes.
For Stagecoach services, please visit: Welcome to Stagecoach (stagecoachbus.com)
For Cardiff Bus services, please visit: www.cardiffbus.com/principality-stadium
For NAT services, please visit: www.natgroup.co.uk
National Express:
National Express coaches will use Sophia Gardens as usual.
Can you cycle or walk
The cycleways and the pop-up cycleways within the road closure area will remain open for cyclists to use during the event, but due to the number of people expected to attend the concert, we ask all cyclists to take due care and attention.
The road closures apply to all motor vehicles of any kind, but not to bicycles with pedals.
Those who live locally in Cardiff may want to travel by bicycle or walk. Research shows us that 52% of car trips made in the Welsh capital are less than 5km. This is a distance that can be comfortably cycled in 20 minutes.
We also know that 28% of Cardiff residents who currently do not cycle would like to do so.
When the roads are congested this makes cycling an even more attractive option as travel by bicycle would be quicker than a car during rush hours or during big events.
Shopping Parking
City centre car parks are also available: North Road Car Parks, St David's Shopping Centre, John Lewis, Capitol Shopping Centre, and NCP (Adam Street, Dumfries Place and Greyfriars Road).
Disabled parking
Disabled drivers are advised to use Sophia Gardens. Disabled parking is also available at various private car parks.
Please check individual websites for availability.
Taxis
Hackney carriage (black & white) taxis and private hire vehicles operate very differently under different legalisation. You can read more about that here - www.cardiffnewsroom.co.uk/releases/c25/17046.html
Hackney carriage (black & white) taxis are legally required to accept bookings from taxi ranks that start and end in the city’s boundary unless they have a reasonable excuse (such as carrying open food, being excessively drunk or abusive) and they must also use the fitted taximeter to calculate the fare. Refusing these fares or not using the meter is an offence.
If someone is getting a taxi which is travelling outside the Cardiff boundary – the meter doesn’t have to be used, and the agreed price is negotiated between the driver and the customer as a verbal contract. Please negotiate with the taxi driver.
Whist some taxis will take card payments, the majority predominantly take cash only, please be mindful of this prior to obtaining a taxi from a rank and check with the driver before your journey home starts.
If you are refused a fare, or over charged by a hackney carriage taxi, please take note of the driver number or the licence plate details, as well as where and when it happened and email licensing@cardiff.gov.uk . Please note that we will need a statement from the customer to investigate the alleged offence and the customer may be asked to attend a committee as part of the disciplinary process.
St Mary Street taxi rank (outside the House of Fraser building) will close at 12 noon and will re-open at midnight.
Can you still get tickets?
While official tickets were released and snapped up back in August 2023, there are still ways to get involved - even this close to the show.
Just over a week before the Cardiff date, a number of ‘partially obstructed limited view’ tickets were released for the show. These are typically initially held back by event organisers before they know just how much of the stadium's seated capacity will be taken up by the set. Now that the UK tour is in full swing and production staff know how much space is needed they have been made available.
Fans who registered for tickets last year but missed out may receive a code from Ticketmaster to enter the site’s queue. Hopefuls will only be able to purchase last minute tickets through official sites with a code.
through third party resale sites such as Viagogo and VividSeats. Ticket prices range from as little as £469 to £1,5141 for Cardiff from Viagogo, at the time of writing. It is important to stress that many event promoters say tickets should not be resold after initial purchase and will not be valid for admittance to gigs.
Fans attending live events with tickets acquired through resale websites are advised to double check the ticket terms and conditions at the point of sale.
Banned items
Aerosols
Air horns
Alcohol
Animals (except assistance dogs)
Backpacks/holdalls/rucksacks
BBQs or any cooking apparatus
Bicycles, scooters, roller skates
Blowtorches
Bottles
Cans
Cameras (DSLR/SLR) with a detachable lens
Chairs
Chinese lanterns
Cooking apparatus
Cool bags/boxes (large)
Cigarettes (more than for personal use)
Cutlery
Drink
Drones
Fireworks/pyrotechnics
Flags with poles
Flares/distress flares/smoke flares
Food
Gazebos and parasols
Gas cylinders/canisters
Glass
Knives
Liquids (over 100ml)
Illegal substances (drugs)
Laser pens
Legal/herbal highs (includes Nitrous Oxide and associated equipment including balloons)
Megaphones
Professional audio-visual recording equipment
Pushchairs/prams
Selfie Sticks
Smoke bombs/canisters
Sound systems
Tablet PCs
Tabards/High Viz Jackets
Bag restrictions
According to the Principality Stadium website, large bags will be prohibited. They say: "Due to the current unprecedented security situation, it’s better for everyone if you do not bring a bag at all. We will not permit large bags into the stadium but you will be permitted to take small bags and handbags in with you. We class small bags as no larger than 35cm x 40cm x 19cm or standard handbags. There are no bag storage facilities available at the stadium – please plan ahead if you intend travelling to Cardiff with a large bag."
Merchandise prices
These have been the merch prices for other UK cities on the tour so far:
Hoodies £70
Quarter zip hoodies £65
Crew neck sweaters £65
T-shirts £40
Long sleeve shirts £40
Tote bags £25
Water bottles £15
Bracelet £30
Posters £15
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Taylor Swift fever takes over Liverpool as fans arrive at Anfield for three sold-out shows
Taylor Swift supporters have arrived in Liverpool ahead of the global megastar's 100th world tour show - and fans think she could have a special surprise up her sleeve.
The US pop star, famous for songs like Anti-hero and Style, will perform three sold-out gigs at Anfield stadium, the home of Liverpool Football Club, on 13, 14, and 15 June.
Her record-breaking Eras Tour is a culmination of her successful musical career, with different segments of the concert dedicated to albums she has released.
To make her visit to Liverpool even more special, her first performance at Anfield will mark her 100th world tour gig, and falls on the 13th - her lucky number.
There is speculation that Taylor could mark the spectacular milestone by releasing a new album - or bringing out a very special Liverpudlian guest - Sir Paul McCartney.
From making friendship bracelets to trade with other concert-goers to finding the perfect outfit for their chosen album era, fans have gone all out for Tay Tay.
The Grammy-award winner has received a warm welcome already, with the city transformed into 'Taylor Town' ahead of her arrival and Liverpool University hosting a 'Tay Day'.
At the front of the queue is Elise, 19, alongside her friends who have come to Liverpool from Florida.
The group arrived at Anfield at 4:30am, having attended the Doja Cat concert in Birmingham the night before.
Elise said the group are "exhausted" but "running on adrenaline." She said: "I’m running on Skittles. We've been waiting for this for so long."
Gracie Simmons, 19, began queuing at Anfield at 4:30am after travelling with her mum, Anitta, from Mississippi to see the concert.
She said: "This is my first time seeing Taylor. I’m very excited. I’m so excited to see her - this is crazy. I’m excited for Tortured Poets.”
Matching in all pink, Emma and her dad Peter, from Leicestershire, brought camp chairs and ponchos in preparation for their wait.
Emma, who has been a Swiftie since she was seven, said: "It’s a dad-daughter thing for us to come and see Taylor."
Katie, Lucy, Paddy and Emily have travelled to Anfield from Gloucestershire and have made over one thousand bracelets and jackets for tonight.
“I love her, she unites people", Katie said. "She’s incredible. She’s really cool and everyone loves her."
