British Taylor Swift fans: You have just a week until the Love Story singer hits the UK.
In a matter of days, Taylor will be arriving at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium to play the first batch of Eras Tour shows in Great Britain.
From there, she’ll venture through the UK to hit some of the country’s biggest arenas, including London’s Wembley, Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium, and many more.
And Swifties will no doubt have already planned out every aspect of their days surrounding these tour dates to ensure they don’t miss anything – but sometimes, it can’t be avoided.
Thankfully, we have the data on when the best times are for fans to run to the bathroom, buy a drink, or take a breather from the crowd if they need it. Here’s what we’ve found:
Taylor Swift plays an enormous show in her Eras Tour. Reports suggest she plays more than three hours per night, sometimes reaching three hours 45 minutes.
This is due to her playing songs from across all of her albums – from her self-titled entry to The Tortured Poets Department.
However, this expansive setlist leaves little room for taking a break. That’s where the website QR Code Generator comes in. They have combed through Spotify’s streaming data and worked out Swifties’ favourite and least favourite songs on the Eras Tour setlist.
They worked out the fans’ least-favourite song on the setlist is Fearless, from the 2008 album of the same name. With just over 117 million streams on Spotify, it is the track with the least listens at the time of writing.
As a result, just before this song is played at the Eras Tour, this is perhaps your best chance to leave your seat and either get a drink, run to the bathroom, or hit the merch stand.
There are also two runner-up tracks for fans who might want to ditch the concert briefly to grab a snack, for example.
Marjorie, from Evermore, has just over 204 million streams, and is also another good opportunity to avoid any bathroom queues during the Eras Tour.
Likewise, another Evermore track – ‘Tis The Damn Season – is one of the Swifty community’s least favourite songs. So utilise that knowledge as best you can.
Alternatively, you could run to the bathroom, bar, merch stand, or elsewhere during the most popular songs of the setlist.
While this may seem counterintuitive, it would guarantee an empty hallway.
The most popular Taylor Swift song on Spotify at the time of writing is Cruel Summer with more than 1.9 billion streams.
Right behind it is Blank space, with 1.7 billion streams, and Anti-Hero, with 1.4 billion streams.
With this information, and Taylor’s latest setlist laid out below, this could be your ticket to avoid missing your favourite song when nature calls.
However, if you do not yet have tickets to the Eras Tour shows in the UK, there is still a way to get involved.
Lover
- Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince
- Cruel Summer
- The Man
- You Need to Calm Down
- Lover
Fearless
- Fearless
- You Belong With Me
- Love Story
Red
- Red – Intro
- 22
- We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
- I Knew You Were Trouble
- All Too Well (10 Minute Version; spoken intro)
Speak Now
- Speak Now – Intro (contains elements of “Castle’s Crumbling”)
- Enchanted
reputation
- …Ready for It?
- Delicate
- Don’t Blame Me
- Look What You Made Me Do
folklore / evermore
- cardigan
- betty
- champagne problems
- august
- illicit affairs
- my tears ricochet
- marjorie
- willow
1989
- Style
- Blank Space
- Shake It Off
- Wildest Dreams
- Bad Blood
THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT
- Female Rage: The Musical (contains elements of “MBOBHFT”, “WAfoLOM?”, “loml”, “So Long, London” & “BDILH”)
- But Daddy I Love Him / So High School
- 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
- The Tortured Poets Department (spoken intro; live debut; on guitar, contains elements of “Now That We Don’t Talk”)
- You’re on Your Own, Kid / Long Live (mashup on piano)
Midnights
- Lavender Haze
- Anti‐Hero
- Midnight Rain
- Vigilante Shit
- Bejeweled
- Mastermind
- Karma (extended outro)
Sites such as viagogo and Vivid Seats allow fans to buy resale tickets from other fans. However, it is important to note 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 – such as Ticketmaster or Live Nation – to ensure a smooth live event experience. Tickets could be voided if they were found to be bought second-hand. As a result, fans are buying at their own risk.
With that said, viagogo also commented: “viagogo is a regulated marketplace where fans have the freedom to buy and sell tickets to their favourite live events, safely and securely, backed by a guarantee.”
