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Inside Taylor Swift’s impressive Bernabéu stage ready for Madrid
The US superstar arrives in Spain with ‘The Eras Tour’ and the sixty trailers that transport everything essential for her three-hour extravaganza.
Taylor Swift is counting down the hours before taking the grand stage at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, where she will perform two major shows on Wednesday 29 May and Thursday 30 May. These dates at the home of Real Madrid FC have been marked in red on many calendars for a long time, as the American artist sold out tickets within hours of their release. Each show is expected to draw an audience of around 60,000 people.
The center of Madrid, particularly the area around the Bernabéu, is already buzzing with excitement in the hours leading up to the first concert, as workers race against the clock to finalize the details of Swift’s grand performance. For this, the singer requires nearly sixty trailers to transport everything essential for the three-hour event.
Taylor Swift transforms the Bernabéu
Such is the anticipation for Swift’s two concerts in the Spanish capital that her team has asked Real Madrid to close the Santiago Bernabéu Tour (one of the most popular tourist attractions in Spain) during the days leading up to the events to safeguard one of the biggest secrets: the stage design, along with the other details of this show, which is packed with giant screens.
However, a video is already circulating on social media from ‘La nave del madridismo’ that recreates how the Madrid stadium might look this Wednesday, with an impressive Taylor Swift showcasing all her talent and music on the Bernabéu stage.
The pitch that hosted so many of Carlo Ancelotti’s victories will be concealed for the two shows using panels that move along rails, lowering it thirty meters below the stadium for its proper preservation. The 360-degree video scoreboard will feature eighteen LED screens, both inside and on the back, to enhance the experience for the concertgoers.