Taylor Swift performs at Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium on June 7, 2024 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Swift’s Eras World Tour will include 15 shows in Scotland, Wales and England in June and August.
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Taylor Swift’s three sold-out nights of concerts in Edinburgh, England, triggered seismic readings nearly four miles from the venue, according to the British Geological Survey, the country’s national earthquake monitoring agency.
Swift’s Eras tour will bring huge economic boost to city and country Expected to add £1 billion ($1.27 billion) to the UK economy, According to research by UK bank Barclays.
The concert weekend at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Arena saw record-breaking attendances, with the US star serenading well-dressed fans for around three and a half hours each night on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
“The event was primarily driven by fans dancing to the music, which peaked at 160 beats per minute (bpm) during ‘…Are You Ready?’ with the crowd transmitting approximately 80 kW of power,” BGS wrote in a reportadding that this is “equivalent to approximately 6,000 car batteries.”
Taylor Swift performs at Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium on June 7, 2024 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Swift’s Eras World Tour will include 15 shows in Scotland, Wales and England in June and August.
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The BGS uses advanced scientific instruments sophisticated enough to identify the slightest seismic activity miles away; the agency wrote that while it detected vibrations in the stadium, “it is unlikely that others other than those nearby would feel it” arrive”.
Swift’s song “Ready or Not?” Reports said a “cruel summer” and a “champagne problem” would produce the worst seismic activity every night. Despite frigid temperatures and occasional torrential downpours in Scotland, fans managed to escape the cold in the stands.
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Around 73,000 people attended Friday night’s concert, which broke the record for the most attended concert in Scotland’s history, with each subsequent night beating the previous night’s record, culminating in Sunday’s record Records of attendance.
“In Edinburgh it was quite shocking because every night I’d be on stage and they’d pull me aside and say, ‘You know this group of people broke the all-time attendance record for the entire Scottish stadium’,” Swift told reporters .
“Thank you, Edinburgh! This is definitely the craziest way to welcome a girl to your city.”
City officials are well aware of Swift’s reputation for boosting the local economy. As thousands of tourists flock to the city for weekend concerts, local authorities and businesses are ready.
Edinburgh has set up an official online fan center for Taylor Swift and promoted the planned “Taylored Taste Trail”, which involves more than 40 local businesses and provides Swift-themed cocktails and pastries. , offers and events to capitalize on the international tourist gold rush.
Fans enjoy a performance by Taylor Swift during The Eras Tour on Monday, August 7, 2023, at SoFi Arena in Inglewood.
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“These sold-out shows have brought huge and widespread benefits to the city – reflected in It is estimated to contribute up to £77 million ($98 million) to the local economy, Cammy Day, leader of Edinburgh City Council, said: “This also further enhances our global reputation as a great place to live, work and visit. wrote in the post Wednesday on the city’s official government website.
Day added: “I would also like to pay tribute to the thousands of Swifties whose behavior was seen by all to be exemplary.”
Swift’s Eras tour, which lasted 21 months, spanned 22 countries and 152 shows, has already broken records as the highest-grossing concert tour of all time, raking in more than $1 billion in its first eight months. For reference, the second highest-grossing show worldwide, Elton says goodbye to Yellow Brick Road toura total of US$939 million in five years.
The American singer-songwriter has a total of 15 shows planned in the UK, including three in Scotland, three in Liverpool, one in Cardiff and eight at London’s Wembley Stadium in June and August show.
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