British fans moan that Taylor Swift’s Edinburgh gig was ‘taken over by Americans’ who came to the Eras Tour – even though she played 53 shows in the US

More than a million fans will watch Taylor Swift live in the UK now the pop superstar have brought her record breaking Eras Tour to the UK.

The American singer, 34, kicked off her first UK gig in Edinburgh last weekend with more than 219,000 fans shaking it off at the Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh.

But thousands of fans have struggled to get their hands of tickets, due to exceptionally high demand.

Fan who missed out on tickets – or had to fork out thousands on resale tickets, have shared their upset saying the tickets were sold to Americans, despite the singer doing 53 shows in the US and only playing 18 cities in Europe.

The singer will go on to play nights in Cardiff and Liverpool as well as eight nights at Wembley – meaning 720,000 fans will attend in London alone. 

Taking to social media after the show, fans have said they’re upset at the choice of some attendees to fly to Scotland, given that the singer hasn’t performed in the country in eight years.

Americans have said they struggled to get tickets in their home state, and added that European dates are significantly cheaper due to the strength of the dollar. 

Scottish fans moaned that the capital was filled with Americans 

 ‘Anyone can go to whatever eras show they want, it’s their money and choice. But it is a tiny bit wild seeing so many Americans go to Edinburgh when Taylor hasn’t performed in Scotland for 8 years,’ one fan wrote on X.

‘There are far too many Americans in Edinburgh for Taylor Swift. Yous had about 90 shows of your own p*** off!’ wrote another.

‘Why are there Americans here on the train to see Taylor Swift in Edinburgh you guys already had your turn??? Oh i am so annoyed,’ said another. 

‘Americans are so entitled they don’t understand why Europeans are upset at them grabbing the European taylor swift tickets just cause they’re cheaper for them,’ added one.

‘I loathe Americans what do you mean you’ve flown all the way to Scotland for a TAYLOR SWIFT CONCERT. I have walked passed more Americans today than I usually do in WEEKS . Insufferable,’ said another. 

Haters gonnan hate! The star, pictured during the Fearless set, has attracted thousands of Americans to Europe

The Tortured Poets Department singer will kickstart the next leg of her tour at the city’s esteemed Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium tomorrow, with thousands already queuing

‘So many rude Americans today I can’t cope. They either have no manners or they talk s*** about Scotland I can’t rn why come here to complain when Taylor Swift put on a whole a** American tour,’ wrote one.

‘Americans on the train saying how they are seeing Taylor Swift this weekend in Edinburgh. sin. 

‘I was ineligible for eras tour tickets for Cardiff, Liverpool and Edinburgh. How tf are Americans taking up london?,’ added one.  

‘This is why there is so much people not getting tickets in their own countries, I’ve been looking through twitter for maybe 5 mins and this is just a small amount of tweets/profiles of Americans saying they’re flying out for Edinburgh shows,’.

Taylor has already performed 53 dates in the US, she will return after the European leg to do nine more shows in Miami, New Orleans and Indianapolis. She will perform a total of 50 shows across 18 cities in Europe.  

Some dedicated fans began queuing a full 48 hours before the star arrived in the city for her tour, as a whopping 220,000 excitedly wait for a glimpse and to buy merchandise.

Many have flown in across the world from the Philippines, Australia and the States, with one fan coming from Texas with his wife to see the star before he goes blind.

Fans queue for VIP Taylor Swift merchandise outside the Murrayfield Stadium, the day before her first UK concert of the Eras tour

Swift performs at Groupama Stadium in France on June 2

Many struggled to find accommodation in Edinburgh as hotels were quickly booked up despite tripling their rates during the megastar’s three-night residency between June 7 and 9.

Her Eras tour is set to boost the British economy by almost £1 billion.

On top of the ticket price itself, fans also splash out on travel, accommodation, a pre-concert meal, official merchandise and many will buy a new outfit for the big occasion too. 

Researchers have calculated each Swiftie attending an Eras concert in the UK will spend on average £848 to see their idol perform.

One fan told MailOnline Swift is rumoured to be staying at the popular Balmoral Hotel and has apparently booked out two entire floors after offering an entire wedding party £10,000 to move, they claimed.

One trio of Swift fans have even flown across the Atlantic to see the Anti-Hero singer for the third time on her current Eras tour.

Margaux Eripret, Katie King and Megan Benner come from Allentown in Pennsylvania, a distance of 3,315 miles from Edinburgh.

Taylor has already performed 53 dates in the US, she will return after the European leg to do nine more shows in Miami, New Orleans and Indianapolis. She will perform a total of 50 shows across 18 cities in Europe. She is pictured performing I Can Do It With a Broken Heart in Edinburgh

Taylor Swift fans make friendship bracelets in the queue. The tradition started after the popstar wrote the line ‘So, make the friendship bracelets, take the moment and taste it / You’ve got no reason to be afraid,’ on her track You’re On Your Own Kid on her 10th album Midnights

To give her a ‘Scottish welcome’, The Reel Time Band, an 11-piece band made up of eight highland bagpipers and three drummers, performed her song Love Story on the steps outside the venue, while wearing ‘era-fied’ kilts

They first saw her last month in Philadelphia and then again on Monday in Lyon, France and tomorrow night will be among 73,000 fans who will cram into Murrayfield, the home of Scottish rugby.

The friends joined hundreds queuing outside the famous stadium this afternoon to snap up merchandise.

Margaux Eripret, 23, said: ‘This will be our third time seeing Taylor on this tour. And the second this week!

‘We saw her first close to home in Philadelphia last month and then we decided to see her again in Lyon in France on Monday and tomorrow night in Edinburgh. We’ve made a trip out of it.

‘She’s amazing, although the set list is the same, she throws in a few different surprise songs at each venue.

‘I’ve seen her so many times, I first went to one of her concerts when I was eight and in the third grade at school.

‘I think she is an incredible artist and I’m so looking forward to being there tomorrow night. She brings something new every time.’

Katie King, 25, agreed and said: ‘Each venue there is a different vibe so even though this will be the third time we will have seen her it always feels quite fresh.

Swifties have made the superstar $200 million in Eras merchandise sales as of November 2023

Taylor Swift fans queue outside Murrayfield stadium

‘Lyon was fantastic – it’s where she broke the record for highest attendance by a female artist- but each crowd reacts differently depending on which country and which city.

‘There’s always that buzz and excitement which is amazing here in Edinburgh. It’s as much of a thrill as the first time we saw her in Philly.’

Megan Benner, 23, said: ‘That first time we were right up in the gods but in Lyon we were on the floor so had a much better viewpoint.

‘Tomorrow we are in the VIP area so it’s better still.

‘Edinburgh is a fantastic city so full of history and culture. You can see how many fans Taylor has here looking at this line for merchandise. I know she’ll raise the roof tomorrow.’

In Paris, where Swift kicked off the European leg of her tour, 20 per cent of tickets went to fans from the US, while in Stockholm more than 100,000 people flew across the Atlatnic to see her.

Many American fans say that the rules on resell tickets are tighter in the UK and Europe, meaning they can get a better deal.

‘They said, ‘Wait a minute, I can either spend $1,500 to go see my favorite artist in Miami, or I can take that $1,500 and buy a concert ticket, a round-trip plane ticket, and three nights in a hotel room,’ Melanie Fish, an Expedia spokesperson and travel expert told the Independent. 

Lizzy Hale, 34, who lives in Los Angeles, and Mitch Goulding, 33, who lives in Austin, Texas, told the Inspendent they travelled to see Taylor in Stockholm to ‘combine travel and  a love of music’.

Cory Hanson, 23, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Rebecca Ormesher, 25, from Seattle, also flew from the States for the show.

‘The hard part was getting the tickets – I thought if I’m going to make the trip to Europe then I wanted to see more than one – once we booked them, it was thinking about planning a trip across the UK now.

‘I have never been to Scotland before and Edinburgh is absolutely beautiful, I am blown away with how it looks.

‘It’s a new country, a new city, and the people have all been so friendly and inviting to us.,’ he told the Sun.