next it s liverpool, then cardiff and london. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson is in edinburgh, and colin, this story deserves its place in the news because it s about more than just entertainment, isn t it? to put this into context, one study found that if taylor swift were an economy, she would be larger than 50 countries in the world. this tour goes to wembley stadium in london, madonna holds the record of playing wembley three times on one tour, taylor swift is playing it eight times, and edinburgh has gone to town, they have named monkey s after her at the zoo, they have decorated trams in her honour, and these fans got here this morning at 5.30. it is quite breezy to be wearing a cowboy hat, but they have been swapping taylor swift friendship bracelets, singing songs ready for the doors to open at four o clock. welcome to the eras tour!
we understand the search operation will be opening new areas tomorrow away from the direction of the house he was staying in. it s been a long time coming for taylor swift fans. it s been a long time coming for taylor swift fans but tonight the us superstar played the first uk gig of her eras tour. some fans had been queueing since 5.30 this morning in edinburgh to be the first through the doors of murrayfield stadium. our music correspondent mark savage was at the concert. the gates at murrayfield opened at four o clock for the biggest stadium show in scottish history. almost 73,000 people all here to see the current queen of pop. before now, no tour in history had made $1 billion at the box office, but the time taylor swift wraps up these concerts in december, she will have made 2 billion in ticket sales alone. fans like these paid an average of £208 a
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track we are expecting quite the ovation. you may remember a year ago, last august, she tragically lost her partner, who would have been competing here as well, but sadly he died in his sleep so expect emotions for katie and the rest of the gb team to be quite high. later tonight the first of the medals will be handed out at the championships. women s team gb team qualified fastest in the pursuit. not such good news for the men, the defending champions are out with one rider crashing on the final corner of the final lap. this is a sport at high risk and high reward and you can have a front row seat with coverage on bbc two from 5.30. nesta mcgregor in glasgow, thank you. he was one of rock music s greatest stars the legendary freddie mercury of queen. well, now there s an exhibition of the late singer s personal possessions. it includes a comb for his moustache, a list of dinner party guests and, of course, some of those flamboyant stage costumes.
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