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Want To See Taylor Swift? These Are The Cheapest Places To See Her Show

Author Melanie Day

Looking for cheap Taylor Swift tickets? Aren’t we all? When I first bought my Eras Tour tickets back in November of 2022, I did wince at the price a little bit. I was lucky enough to win the Ticketmaster “Great War” and secured a pair of great lower-level seats to the opening weekend of the tour in Glendale, AZ. I knew I was lucky, but I didn’t know how good I had it.

Fast forward 18 months later I would be beyond ecstatic to get a single ticket for what the pair cost. Whether you are a fan of Taylor Swift or not, from the moment it was announced her record-breaking Eras Tour has brought to teh for front a lot of issues with Ticketmaster and event tickets in general.

From insane fees, the disaster that is “verified fan” (the worst decision/implementation the company has ever come up with in my opinion), and scalpers it’s exposed them all. It’s even made it’s way to the highest levels of our government. So you know it’s not just fans complaining they didn’t get tickets to the biggest tour of the year and perhaps even a lifetime.

Cheap Taylor Swift Tickets Do They Even Exist?

But you may still want to see Taylor. I’ve seen the tour twice so far (and twice in theaters and we won’t admit how many times on streaming) but I’m dead set on going to at least one other show. And I’ve finally come to terms with the price I’m going to have to pay for that ticket. You may say I’m crazy, plenty of people would agree, but for me, it’s worth it.

But perhaps I may not have to pay quite as much as I had previously earmarked for the occasion. A new study by our friends at Islands.com analyzed the most “reasonably priced” destinations to see the Eras Tour abroad and shared their research with us.

These costs for cheap Taylor Swift tickets are based on official data on each city. It includes the average cost of concert tickets, hotel rooms, meals, drinks, and transportation. And if you’re traveling abroad you want to know you’re going somewhere safe. So they also included each city’s safety score. Note however the flights are not included in these cost estimates.

5 Cities With Cheap Taylor Swift Tickets

  1. Warsaw, Poland- Tickets: $443 Lowest Total Cost: $712
  2. Gelsenkirchen, Germany- Tickets: s387 Lowest Total Cost: $749
  3. Hamburg, Germany- Tickets: $411 Lowest Total Cost: $903
  4. Stockholm, Sweeden- Tickets: $406 Lowest Total Cost: $935
  5. Paris, France- Tickets: $313 Lowest Total Cost: $971

All in for those prices each of these cities is about 50% of what US dates are going for right now. So honestly if you wanna see the Eras Tour and have a passport and a few extra days it would be well worth your money. While I haven’t gone out of the country to see her, I’ve traveled to several different cities in the last 17 years to see her and it’s a great excuse to visit someplace new.

While for certain reasons I’m dead set on going to the New Orleans show in October, I may have to add one of these international destinations to my agenda as well. Does anyone have an extra $1000 and some airline miles they want to donate my way? I promise I’ll put the money to good use!

Thanks to our friends at Islands.com for sharing their research on cheap Taylor Swift tickets with us. You can see their full ranking of 19 international destinations to catch the Eras Tour and the cost to attend here.

Everything That Has Happened In The Year Since Taylor Swift Kicked Off The Eras Tour In Glendale

In some ways, it feels like just yesterday that I was boarding a plane to head to Glendale Arizona for the opening weekend of Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour. It was my first time in Arizona. And my first time going to an opening weekend Taylor show. But it was far from my first Taylor show. Before then I think the earliest I’d seen a show was the 3rd city on the Red Tour. That would have been in March of 2013. For The Eras Tour I had tickets to the Saturday show on March 18, 2023. So the second night. And honestly, I had no idea what to expect. Taylor hadn’t toured since 2018 on the Reputation Stadium Tour and things couldn’t be more different from that time.

The Journey From The Reputation Stadium Tour To The Eras Tour 

It had been 1680 days since the last time I saw my favorite artist in the world live. In that time she would go on to change record labels and release her first album as part of her new label home Republic- Lover. The album brought about Lover Fest which was going to be a series of festival-like shows across the world. She was only scheduled to play in two US cities- Foxborough and Los Angeles. I had tickets to one of the Foxborough shows, but unfortunately, COVID had other plans. Lover‘s promotion was cut short when Taylor surprise-released her COVID-project Folklore on July 24, 2020. That album would become a massive hit, widening her fan base, and winning her her third Grammy for Album of The Year.

She would follow it up with evermore released in December of 2020, and her first re-records Fearless (Taylor’s Version) and Red (Taylor’s Version) both dropping in 2021. Both boosted the star’s popularity back into the mainstream and introduced her to a whole new generation of fans. And then in October 2022 came Midnights and the subsequent announcement of The Era’s Tour. Taylor announced the tour on GMA and then on social media writing “I’m enchanted to announce my next tour: Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour, a journey through the musical eras of my career (past and present!)”

The Build Up To The Eras Tour 

In the 15 shows I’d seen Taylor play prior to The Eras Tour it was always a battle to get tickets. They sold out instantly. But I never truly had an issue getting tickets. So when I sat down to figure out where I was headed for this tour, I never once thought that I wouldn’t get tickets. Perhaps it wouldn’t be to my first choice city. And luckily I was able to secure the tickets. Glendale was my first choice of shows to attend, and I was selected for verified fan. Side note that is the single worst thing Ticketmaster has EVER come up with.  EVER. Many people around me were stuck in an hours-long Ticketmaster queue as the site ultimately crashed. But they went on sale based on the local time so I stressed, and waited, but luckily State Farm Stadium where the show was held used Seat Geek and that platform was still functioning. I got in and bought my tickets. Finally, I knew when I’d see Taylor Swift again.

The anticipation grew. Not only for me but for the entire world. I wasn’t the only one on my flight from Charlotte to Phoenix wearing Taylor merch. And soon the eyes of the world descended on Glendale Arizona. Hotels were going for the same rates at the Super Bowl which the city hosted a few weeks later. The airport? It was sold out of rental cars. But when I really realized how big this was? When my uncle texted saying they were showing the stadium and talking about it all on the national news on March 16th.  Just 24 hours later the world fell in love with The Eras Tour.

The Eras Tour 

From the moment doors opened on Friday, March 17th I avoided spoilers like the plague. Like I disappeared from social media the same way Taylor did before releasing reputation.  As with every Taylor tour (and I’ve attended them all since The Fearless Tour in 2009), I didn’t want to see one spoiler. And it was difficult. But completely worth it. The only thing I knew, was the set times and that according to the show sheets handed out to State Farm Stadium employees- Taylor’s set was scheduled to be just over 3 hours long. Other than that I was trying to do anything other than think about what was happening just a few miles from me.

Like it did everyone else, the show blew me away. 3 plus hours of songs that took me back, new favorites- including multiple tracks I never thought I’d hear live, and a production value unlike any show I’ve ever seen. I left Glendale basically in a state of depression. I was actually going to Walt Disney World the day after I returned home to North Carolina. And I remember saying that wasn’t “the happiest place on earth”, no that title went to The Eras Tour. I said I’d sell my soul to see the show again, and I was lucky enough to get to just about 6 weeks later in Atlanta.

But looking back at the year since the opening night of The Eras Tour on March 17, 2023 it feels like we have liked 9 lives as Taylor Swift fans. She’s been everywhere, talked about by everyone, and has truly become the biggest star in the world. So now that we’ve reminisced about opening night and what brought us to that point, let’s take a look at everything that has happened since the tour began. It’s certainly a journey.

  • A Viral Sensation

    Nothing could have prepared me for the way this tour dominated social media and just our lives in general. It was everywhere. I remain so thankful I was able to attend the opening weekend because avoiding spoilers would have been almost impossible. And it wasn’t just Taylor fans. People who I didn’t even know liked Taylor were flying to see her. Influencers were all over the tour. Companies were recreating the tour artwork for their products. The word “era” became a common place phrase. Any product that was the color representing a Taylor Swift era was labeled that era. You couldn’t escape it if you wanted to. Luckily I never wanted to. In the last year Taylor from March 17th to March 11th (when I’m beginning this article) she has gained more than 33,154,236 new Instagram followers. More than 7 million people tried for verified fan for the 3 US Cities Taylor added to the tour. It’s truly unbelievable, as someone who has followed her career since 2007.

  • Speak Now Taylor's Version

    Taylor is known for easter eggs and had been hinting at the next re-release for a while. All signs pointed to Nashville and when purple signs (figuratively and literally) started popping up at Nissan Stadium I just knew. And sure enough on May 5th Taylor announced that her third release would be Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) coincidentally her third album and it would be out July 7th. Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) featured 6 new vault tracks “Electric Touch”, “When Emma Falls In Love”, “I Can See You'”, “Castles Crumbling”, “Foolish One”, and “Timeless”.

  • 1989 Taylor's Version

     

    Seemingly ready to churn through the rerecordings Taylor waited just a month to announce 1989 (Taylor’s Version). On her final night in Los Angeles marketing the end of the first leg of The Eras Tour she broke out several new costumes- all blue the album’s signature color. We first heard the record-breaking album on October 27, 2023, nine years to the day after the initial album release. The album gave us 6 more vault tracks “Slut!”, “Say Don’t Go”, “Now That We Don’t Talk”, “Suburban Legends”, and “Is It Over Now?”.

  • The Breakup

    Taylor Swift attends the 66th GRAMMY Awards, Joe Alwyn arrives at the GQ Men Of The Year Awards 2023

    Taylor Swift attends the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Joe Alwyn arrives at the GQ Men Of The Year Awards 2023 at The Royal Opera House on November 15, 2023 in London, England.

    I will never forget I was on my way back from dinner the Saturday before Easter when my phone started blowing up. Taylor and her longtime boyfriend Joe Alwyn had broken up. I was in shock. And I was heartbroken for Taylor as I knew how many songs she had written specifically about her fear of losing him. Lover’s “Cornelia Street” is one of my favorite tracks that’s hook goes “I hope I never lose you, I hope it never ends, I’d never walk Cornelia Street again”. As time moves on and we slowly learn more I truly believe it was the best decision for her. But even the setlist switch from “Invisible String” to “The One” didn’t prepare me for the breakup news.

  • You're Losing Me

    In a move I was highly critical of, despite an already crazy merch situation with resellers buying suitcases full of highly sought-after concert exclusive merchandise Taylor announced prior to her shows at Metlife Stadium that a special edition of her Midnights album would be sold at those shows. This album would feature a track called “You’re Losing Me”. I remember listening to the long on a TikTok that was recorded from a car CD player (people still have those?). She did put it on her website as a download for a weekend and then finally in November, it was added to streaming services. It’s one of my favorite tracks Taylor has ever released. The bridge” I wouldn’t marry me either, a pathological people please, who only wanted you see her” gives me chills every single time.

  • Travis/Football Season

    KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - JANUARY 13: Taylor Swift celebrates with fans during the AFC Wild Card Playoffs between the Miami Dolphins and the Kansas City Chiefs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on January 13, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri.

    No one had the association of Taylor Swift and the NFL on their bucket list for the fall of 2023. But when Taylor appeared at a Kansas City Chiefs game in September everything changed. She was there to support Chiefs’ tight end Travis Kelce who it turns out she had been seeing for a few weeks at that time. Taylor would go on to attend numerous more games and even be present at the Super Bowl to support her man. And I couldn’t love this relationship more if I tried. First the merger of football and Taylor Swift two of my favorite things in the world. Plus how well he treats her, how supportive they both are of each other, how proud he is of her, and how happy she seems. Are they “End Game” no one knows. But as someone who has been around for all of Taylor’s public relationships, something about this one seems different. Can we also talk about the absolute chaos social media went into when he joined her in Argentina, she sang “Karma is the guy on the Chiefs” and then they ran to each other to kiss after the show. My heart.

  • The Eras Tour Movie

    Being the biggest tour of Taylor’s career and of the year 2023 it was always when not if we got a recorded version. And then the first three nights in LA the cameras were there. The only unexpected part of the release of The Eras Tour movie? That it was going to theaters. Not only that but it was a direct to theater distribution release without a production company.  That it sold out theaters across the country, that people dressed up and made friendship bracelets (even AMC handed out their own). If The Eras Tour wasn’t already a phenomenon (it was) it became an even bigger one once more people experienced it. The movie first made its streaming debut for rent, and now released on March 15th on Disney +. The cost for Disney to gain the rights to it? That was rumored to be upwards of $75 million.

  • Album Of The Year

    It’s not that I didn’t think Midnights should win Album Of The Year at the Grammy’s it’s simply that I didn’t believe Grammy voters were ready to let her take the title of the most wins in the prestigious category. But they did and Taylor walked away with the highest honor of the night and ownership of that record with four total wins in that category. And she seemed to be just as shocked (and excited) as I was. She’s the definition of album artist, putting her blood sweat, and tears into every song on an album. And giving careful consideration to the cohesion of her albums as well. And with so much of her career still ahead of her, I’d be shocked if she doesn’t add at least one more to the ranks of Fearless, 1989, Folklore, and Midnights before it’s all said and done.

  • The Tortured Poets Department Announcement

    On February 24th Taylor had the whole world clowning. She had been hinting at a reputation (Taylor’s Version) release and fans were convinced it was coming sooner rather than later. So when she showed up to the Grammy’s in black and white (amid other timely easter eggs that I won’t go into) fans were CONVINCED the announcement was happening that night. Instead, when Taylor took the stage after winning her 13th career Grammy (Best Pop Vocal Album for Midnights) she shocked the world by announcing a new album – The Tortured Poets Department. While we still have a little over a month before we get to hear the album, it’s almost certainly the breakup album from her relationship with Joe Alwyn. The track names (and fan discovered correlations to him/their relationship) have me so beyond interested to hear what is going to come out in these tracks. I truly cannot wait as this is where Taylor’s songwriting shines.

  • Super Bowl

    LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - FEBRUARY 11: Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs and Taylor Swift embrace after defeating the San Francisco 49ers in overtime during Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

    It’s no secret the NFL has been at least casually interested in booking Taylor for the halftime show for years. She hasn’t taken them up on that offer (and honestly in her shoes I wouldn’t either) but she did make her Super Bowl debut this year to support her boyfriend Travis Kelce. Kelce and the Chiefs won the game, and Taylor made her way onto the field to celebrate with him, kissing him on the field in a scene that seemed straight out of a movie. Actually, if you scripted it I doubt they would even record it because everything was just too perfect. While I certainly didn’t watch the game for that reason (die hard football over here) many Taylor fans tuned in that hadn’t before. How do you get the most popular sporting event in the country even more attention? Add in the Swift factor.

Melanie Day is a graduate of North Carolina State University. She has worked for Beasley since 2012 in a variety of behind-the-scenes roles in both digital and promotions. Melanie writes about a diverse range of topics some of her favorites include travel, restaurants, Taylor Swift, and college athletics. When not at work you'll find her at a country concert or NC State sporting event.

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