The five acts joining Taylor Swift for the second leg of The Eras Tour in London have been named. The star revealed five more acts who will grace the Wembley Stadium stage over the five nights in London this month.
They are RAYE, Holly Humberstone, Maisie Peters, Sofia Isella and Suki Waterhouse. Paramore will perform as the chief support act for all five dates from Thursday 15th August to Tuesday 20th August.
Below is what we know about the five dates in August, plus each support act’s best song on Spotify if you haven’t yet checked them out.
Sofia Isella – Thursday 15 August
Sofia Isella is the first of Taylor’s support acts and she will open for the US pop star at Wembley Stadium ahead of Paramore on Thursday 15 August. A classically trained violinist, songwriter, producer and poet, London-born Sofia was inspired by her love of Trent Reznor, Beck, Sylvia Plath, Margaret Atwood, Mona Awad and Anne Sexton among other influences to create a unique brand of alternative, confessional pop music.
At just 19 years old, Isella has had a steady rise to stardom, her biggest song ‘Hot Gum’ has received over 10.2 million plays on Spotify. She opened for Tom Odell on his UK tour last year, as well as meeting Melanie Martinez in the US and Mexico.
Holly Humberstone – Friday 16th August
Holly Humberstone is the second of Taylor’s support acts to take to the stage at Wembley on Friday 16 August. A singer-songwriter with a penchant for an electric guitar and an aesthetic remarkably similar to Taylor’s. Holly won the Brit Sward for Rising Star 2022 and an Ivor Novello Award for Best Song for her single ‘Haunted House’.
Hailing from Grantham, Lincolnshire, where as a teenager she wrote many songs in her bedroom, Holly’s debut single ‘Deep End’ catapulted her into the mainstream and was the name behind her first UK & Ireland tour in 2021. Holly has opened for Olivia Rodrigo and the Girl in Red on their tours; and was recently profiled in British Vogue magazine.
Suki Waterhouse – Saturday 17th August
But beyond the paps, Suki is an indie pop artist in her own right, releasing her second full-length album ‘Memoir of a Sparklemuffin’ last September.
Suki’s biggest single ‘Good Looking’ has amassed an impressive 422 million hits on Spotify, putting her close to some of Taylor’s most famous numbers. Following her stint at Wembley, Suki will perform at the All Points East festival in Victoria Park the following day on Sunday 18 August.
Maisie Peters – Monday August 19th
Sussex-born singer-songwriter Maisie Peters, 24, is the fourth opening act for The Eras Tour at Wembley, scheduled to appear on Monday 19 August. Maisie’s brand of power pop has strong echoes of Taylor, with her hits ‘Worst of You’ ‘ and ‘Psycho’ having millions of views on Spotify and YouTube.
Maisie was one of the big success stories for Ed Sheeran’s label Gingerbread Man Records when her debut album You Signed Up For This appeared in 2021. Last year she became the youngest British female solo artist to top the UK album charts in almost ten years with her second full-length, The Good Witch
RAYE – Tuesday 20 August
UK chart-toppers RAYE are the final support act to open for Taylor Swift at Wembley on Tuesday 20 August. For years, RAYE was a successful singer-songwriter for other artists such as Beyonce, Rihanna, David Guetta, Little Mix and Ellie Goulding. She first rose to fame when she appeared on the 2016 singles “By Your Side” by Jonas Blue and “You Don’t Know Me” by Jax Jones.
But it was their debut solo album, last year’s My 21st Century Blues, that catapulted RAYE to stardom, earning her the Brit Award for Album of the Year, while also picking up Best Song for Escapism, Best New Artist and British Artist of the Year gongs.
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour – which broke all records as the first concert tour to surpass $1 billion in ticket sales – kicked off last March 17 in Glendale, Arizona, and first came to London’s Wembley Stadium on June 21, 22 and 23.
It returns to London this month on August 15, 16, 17, 19 and 20.
Taylor will perform a total of 152 dates for The Eras Tour, which ends on December 8, 2024, and it has been met with widespread acclaim and comparisons to the Beatlemania of the 1960s. Politicians in Canada and Chile have lobbied for the sold-out tour to take place in their countries, with campaigns launched for more tour dates in Southeast Asia.
Taylor’s personal fortune, estimated at $740 million before the tour, rose to £1.1 billion after the first 57 shows of the Eras Tour, as overwhelming interest from fans saw sales of her back catalog soar.
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