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Taylor Swift FINALLY announces UK and European dates of Eras Tour – but skips Manchester
Taylor Swift has finally confirmed dates on her Eras Tour across Europe, including several shows here in the UK.
The superstar has been selling out stadiums across the USA all summer, leaving fans here on home turf desperate for tour dates.
Gigs on The Eras Tour so far have been 44-song, three-hour marathons of a live show, powering through Taylor Swift’s lengthy back catalogue of pop hits.
The 12-time Grammy Award-winner has a whopping 10 studio albums to her name, which dictate the ‘eras’ of the tour.
From the bubblegum pink of Lover to the whimsical forest of Folklore, it’s a massive production that’s had the internet in a spin.
And now, finally, Taylor Swift has announced some dates here in the UK and elsewhere in Europe.
Sadly, she’ll be skipping Manchester – but there are plenty of shows nearby that you can try and get tickets for.
Fans will need to register to buy tickets, with all shows likely to sell out in rapid time.
There are already huge virtual queues to even register for Taylor Swift’s UK tour dates.
Posting on Instagram, she wrote: “EXCUSE ME HI I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.
“I can’t wait to see so many of you on The Eras Tour next year at these new international dates!
“Visit TaylorSwift.com/tour for more information on your registrations, pre-sales and on-sales!!”
Taylor Swift 2024 UK and Europe tour dates in full
9 May – Paris La Défense Arena
10 May – Paris La Défense Arena
17 May – Friends Arena, Stockholm
24 May – Estádio Da Luz, Lisbon
30 May – Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
2 June – Groupama Stadium, Lyon
7 June – BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
8 June – BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
14 June – Anfield Stadium, Liverpool
15 June – Anfield Stadium, Liverpool
18 June – Principality Stadium, Cardiff
21 June – Wembley Stadium, London
22 June – Wembley Stadium, London
28 June – Aviva Stadium, Dublin
29 June – Aviva Stadium, Dublin
5 July – Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam
6 July – Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam
9 July – Stadion Letzigrund Zürich
13 July – San Siro Stadium, Milan
18 July – Veltins-arena, Gelsenkirchen
23 July – Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
27 July – Olympiastadion, Munich
2 August – Pge Narodowy, Warsaw
9 August – Ernst-happel-stadion, Vienna
16 August – Wembley Stadium, London
17 August – Wembley Stadium, London
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Fans are preparing to pay tribute to Mani from The Stone Roses ahead of his funeral service
Danny Jones
Stone Roses fans and Greater Manchester locals alike are getting ready to pay their respects to the late, great, Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, following his tragic passing last month.
As well as details surrounding his funeral being announced earlier this week, the iconic Manc musician’s cause of death has also finally been revealed.
Mani was sadly confirmed dead on 20 November, aged just 63, just over a month on from attending fellow local legend and friend Ricky Hatton’s memorial and public procession.
While Hatton’s service featured a high-profile cortège which started all the way from his hometown of Hyde, past multiple landmarks and ending at the Etihad Stadium, those local to Mani’s family home on the edge of Stockport are also being welcomed to help send him off.
It has now been confirmed that Mani – born in Crumpsall but raised in Moston and Failsworth – unfortunately passed away from long-term respiratory issues.
He had been struggling with emphysema for some time; he was declared dead at his home in the suburb of Heaton Moor, and is said to have died peacefully in his sleep.
As you can see from the posters put in various places around the area, residents wishing to pay their own tributes to Mani before his private funeral service at Manchester Cathedral are encouraged to line the long street leading down from St Paul’s and Heaton Moor United Church as he heads towards the city.
Departing Parsonage Road from 10am on Monday, 22 December, before turning right onto Heaton Moor Rd, then Wellington and eventually on to the Cathedral, you can expect plenty of people to show up.
One of those people will be his former bandmate and another influential guitarist, John Squire, who is one of many famous musical names to have honoured him in their own way over the last few weeks.
Other members of The Stone Roses, as well as Primal Scream (who he joined in 1996), are expected to join the close family and friends at the service itself.
Nevertheless, we have no doubt that plenty will be observing the funeral in their own way.
So, for those of you also looking to honour him, you know what to do; and to quote the poster itself, “together we can show this local legend and his family that he was truly adored.”
Rest in peace.
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Boyzone to reunite for exclusive New Year’s Eve special on the BBC
Danny Jones
2025 has very much been the year of the comeback – be it Oasis, Britpop fashion in general, or short bobs and pixie cuts – so it’s only fitting that we round off the calendar with one last reunion, as throwback boyband Boyzone are set to feature on a TV special on the BBC this New Year’s Eve.
Turns out ‘All That I Need’ to make a year memorable is a load of 1990s nostalgia.
Now, obviously, despite plenty of other music names enjoying a second renaissance over the past 12 months or so, nothing is ever going to be quite as big as the Oasis Live ’25 reunion tour.
However, if you asked us to guess which group from the era were also going to reunite this year back in January, there’s not a chance we would’ve said Boyzone.
After news first began circulating earlier this week, it has now been confirmed that musician turned presenter Ronan Keating will be getting back together with two of his former bandmates.
Joining the 48-year-old for ‘Ronan & Friends: A New Year’s Eve Party’, ex-Boyzone members Keith Duffy and Shane Lynch are part of an exciting live music lineup.
Other names include actor and singer, Shona McGarty, who recently starred on season 25 of I’m A Celeb, as well as fellow 90s pop artist Louise Redknapp and singer-songwriter Calum Scott.
The exclusive reunion comes after the success of the recently aired Boyzone: No Matter What documentary show.
Spread across three parts on Sky, the docuseries (named after their hit song from 1998) looks back on the career and journey up the charts back in their heyday, all the way up to the present. After seemingly striking a chord with fans and the lads themselves, it looks like they’re not done after all…
Yes, not only is the festive TV special going to see three of the original members performing alongside each other again, but
Here’s hoping that turns into a springboard for something even bigger, and we get a Manchester arena show sometime soon.
As for the programme itself, ‘Ronan & Friends: A New Year’s Eve Party’ will be broadcast on BBC One and made available on BBC iPlayer from Wednesday, 31 December 2025.
Will you be tuning in?
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