Surely many Vietnamese audiences are familiar with the venue for Taylor Swift’s 6-night The Eras Tour in Singapore.

So in less than 2 weeks, thousands of Vietnamese audiences will descend on Singapore to attend 1 of 6 shows within the framework of Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour. Although we have not been lucky enough to welcome Taylor Swift directly in her homeland of Vietnam, this is probably the concert held abroad that has attracted the largest number of Vietnamese audiences in the past few years.

Before coming to The Eras Tour and Taylor Swift, let’s learn about the concert venue: Singapore National Stadium.

Taylor Swift’s 6 “shocking” performances in Southeast Asia.

Maximum capacity: 55 thousand spectators, can Taylor Swift break the audience record?

Singapore National Stadium is located in the 35-hectare area of the Singapore Sports Complex. The National Stadium is located in the central area, surrounded by many projects such as Singapore Indoor Stadium, smaller stadiums, football fields, practice fields, etc. This is Singapore’s largest venue for political, cultural, sports and artistic events with a maximum capacity of 55,000 spectators in the grandstand area.

The stadium has modern architecture, with the highlight being a dome that can move depending on the weather situation. Therefore, whether it rains or shines, audiences attending events in the stadium do not need to worry too much. Inside the stadium there is an air conditioning system to keep the air at a comfortable, relatively cool level.

Outside and inside Singapore National Stadium.

Inside the stadium there are also many food and drink stalls with relatively high prices compared to buying outside. Many stores only accept card payments, not cash. According to the experience of those who “swing” the concert at Singapore National Stadium, you should bring empty plastic bottles and can collect water from the public water fountains inside.

With Taylor Swift’s concert, audience expectations of capacity and revenue records are about to be set. Initially, Taylor Swift only opened 3 nights (March 2-3-4), then had to immediately add 3 more nights (March 7-8-9), but it was still not much with the number of 22 million people queuing online. to buy tickets. Tickets for 6 music nights went on sale on July 7, 2023 and were sold out in a very short time.

In early 2024, the organizers even had to open for sale areas completely hidden behind the stage but still “sold-out” quickly. These are areas where the concert can only be viewed through LED screens installed at the back, but the audience still “snatches” every last ticket. It is predicted that there will be 55 – 60 thousand spectators attending each night of The Eras Tour. According to unconfirmed estimates, Taylor Swift’s 6 concert nights will welcome about 350,000 audiences from everywhere in Asia. Audiences living in Singapore have to “fight” with Southeast Asian fans, but they also have to compete with a large audience from China, Korea,…

It is estimated that there will be about 350 thousand spectators for 6 nights of The Eras Tour.

The concert “holy land” of Southeast Asia

Before Taylor Swift performed 6 nights in a row here, in 2024 alone, Singapore National Stadium witnessed a series of concerts by the world’s biggest artists. Coldplay performed 6 consecutive nights as part of the Music of The Spheres World Tour in January and received a “rain” of compliments. Taylor Swift’s close friend – Ed Sheeran also just finished a show as part of the Mathematics Tour in mid-February. These are all extremely large-scale tours, with stage technical systems among the most advanced. current world.

Coldplay performed at the stadium in early 2024.

Before 2024, the following names have contributed to making this place the concert “mecca” of Southeast Asia: Mariah Carey, Jay Chou, One Direction, Madonna, Foo Fighters, Backstreet Boys, Jason Mraz, Maroon 5, Billie Eilish, Westlife… That’s not including the architectural work of the Old National Stadium, the predecessor of the current stadium, which welcomed music legends in the past when they came to Southeast Asia such as Michael Jackson and Bon Jovi. The two biggest groups in Kpop, BTS and BLACKPINK, also brought world tours to this stadium, making a big splash.

BLACKPINK performs at the stadium in summer 2023.

Singapore National Stadium may lose capacity compared to national stadiums in Bangkok (Thailand), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Jakarta (Indonesia),… However, stars still prefer to perform at National Stadium. Singapore thanks to modern equipment, meeting the most demanding requirements.

Convenient moving

The most convenient way to get to Singapore National Stadium is still the MRT subway. With an extremely developed public transportation system, spectators can move to the stadium very easily with the stop being Stadium station (orange line, number CC6) – directly connected to the stadium campus. Besides, spectators can also choose to stop at Kallang station (green line, number EW10), a little further but still very close to the stadium. In addition, traveling to the stadium by bus, taxi, technology vehicle,… are all very convenient.

Stadium Station connects directly to Singapore’s sports complex.

As expected, Taylor Swift’s concert will end around 11:00 p.m. or later. Singapore’s MRT system, during large events with large crowds like this, will also flexibly arrange train routes later than usual so that audiences can move smoothly. The vast majority of spectators, after leaving the Singapore National Stadium, will return to the Stadium subway station (orange line) to travel back to the hotel. This causes Stadium station to definitely be overloaded when tens of thousands of people flock to one station.

However, with the very professional regulation of a large number of volunteers as well as a scientific routing system, it will not take too long for audiences to get on the subway, as long as they properly follow the instructions. of employee. According to personal experience, it usually only takes about 30 – 45 minutes from the end of the concert to the time you exit the stadium crowd. A small tip: instead of crowding at Stadium station, you can walk about 15 minutes to the next station – Mountbatten to catch the train back to the hotel.

Are you ready to “burn” with Taylor Swift?