39 h. ago Taylor Swift’s Eras tour helps fuel UK consumer spending on live music to record £6.7bn high

Report from Live shows spending £2bn higher than before Covid-19 shutdowns, although grassroots venues are still closing at an increasing rateUK consumer spending on live music events reached a record-breaking total of £6.68bn in 2024, up 9.5% on the previous year, fuelled in part by Taylor Swift’s blockbuster Eras tour.The report from Live (Live music Industry Venues and Entertainment), the recently formed body advocating for the British music industry’s interests before government, signals a full-bodied return from the effects of Covid-19. The figures are 28.2% higher than in 2022, when live music more or less resumed after the pandemic, and more than £2bn more than in 2019, the last fully functioning year for live music prior to the shutdown. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Pop singer Maisie Peters 'cried for two hours' after Ed Sheeran's Cardiff show

Maisie has also opened for several major artists including Taylor Swift on her Eras Tour in the UK, Coldplay and American folk-pop singer Noah Kahan

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9 d. ago UK retail shares fall amid fears of squeeze in consumer spending

Parent groups of Primark and B&Q hit as analysts say jobs and inflation concerns could affect salesBusiness live – latest updatesFears that UK consumers will rein in spending in the second half of this year has knocked the values of some of Britain’s biggest retailers including the parent groups of Primark and B&Q, and DIY chain Wickes.The retailers’ share prices dropped on Tuesday morning after analysts at Deutsche Bank warned that retail spending could be hit by the cooling UK jobs market and easing growth in household income. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Fans think they spotted huge clue to Taylor Swift's new era at Cardiff show

Fans believe that there were several hints dropped specifically around the Cardiff show during the Eras Tour which were never accidental

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2 w. ago Pillow talk! What Travis Kelce does that's made Taylor Swift suddenly so sexy

As she ushered in a new era to cheers from her fawning boyfriend Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift told fans: 'We try to keep it decent.'

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2 w. ago ‘I’m the one to beat’: is Taylor Swift’s Showgirl era set to take h to even greater heights?

Just-announced album already looks like it will make singer and partner Travis Kelce hysterically famous at a new level – and that may be precisely their planTaylor Swift’s podcast interview with her American football player boyfriend, Travis Kelce, this week yielded plenty of tidbits for fans. Across two hours of loose chat on New Heights, the show Kelce helms with his brother Jason – also a football player – Swift revealed she was obsessed with sourdough and lurked on baking blogs. The couple spent the summer with her family, caring for her 73-year-old father, Scott, after he had a quintuple heart bypass. She gave Kelce a lesson on Hamlet and taught him how to avoid internalising speculation about their two-year relationship. You could call them the tentpoles of the 35-year-old pop star’s brand: literary passions and professional self-awareness.One surprising revelation came near the end. Until the record-breaking 149-date Eras tour that Swift mounted from 2023-24, she said she ha...

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2 w. ago ‘I’m the one to beat’: is Taylor Swift’s Showgirl era set to take her to even greater heights?

Just-announced album already looks like it will make singer and partner Travis Kelce hysterically famous at a new level – and that may be precisely their planTaylor Swift’s podcast interview with her American football player boyfriend, Travis Kelce, this week yielded plenty of tidbits for fans. Across two hours of loose chat on New Heights, the show Kelce helms with his brother Jason – also a football player – Swift revealed she was obsessed with sourdough and lurked on baking blogs. The couple spent the summer with her family, caring for her 73-year-old father, Scott, after he had a quintuple heart bypass. She gave Kelce a lesson on Hamlet and taught him how to avoid internalising speculation about their two-year relationship. You could call them the tentpoles of the 35-year-old pop star’s brand: literary passions and professional self-awareness.One surprising revelation came near the end. Until the record-breaking 149-date Eras tour that Swift mounted from 2023-24, she said she ha...

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2 w. ago Kylie Minogue says ‘showgirl life is multidimensional’ in response to Taylor Swift comparisons

Fans have been drawing comparisons between Minogue’s 2006 Showgirl tour and Swift’s forthcoming album, titled ‘The Life of a Showgirl’

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3 w. ago Taylor Swift breaks down in tears on Travis Kelce's podcast as she opens up about reclaiming her masters

With a little help from Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift has ushered in her latest era through her hugely anticipated appearance on her boyfriend's 'New Heights' podcast.

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3 w. ago Taylor Swift's showgirl era! Pop icon dazzles in skimpy feathered and bejewelled outfits in jaw

Taylor Swift looked nothing short of sensational in a skimpy feathered and bejewelled outfit in first look pictures of her jaw-dropping upcoming album artwork. 

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3 w. ago How to watch Taylor Swift's first appearance on the Kelces' 'New Heights' podcast

Taylor Swift’s latest era is almost upon us

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3 w. ago Taylor Swift's most distinctive eras as she announces new album The Life of a Showgirl

Taylor Swift just announced the news of her 12th studio album, titled The Life of a Showgirl, so take a look back at her most distinctive eras to prepare you for her new music

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3 w. ago River Island's £35 'Taylor Swift' dress that was £85 matches new 'Showgirl' era

Swifties can now match with their favourite singer with this sparkly orange dress

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3 w. ago Taylor Swift's new era revealed: Pop megastar shocks fans by announcing new album The Life Of A Showgirl

Taylor Swift shocked her loyal fans on Monday with a countdown leading down to the announcement of her new album: The Life Of A Showgirl.

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