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22 August 2024

Taylor Swift Era’s Tour return to Britain ‘will boost economy and pensions’

Jonathan Walker

Jonathan Walker

Deputy Political Editor

She’s such a huge star that she moves the economy – and pensioners should be grateful.

Pensioners may not be Taylor Swift’s target audience, but they should welcome the pop sensation’s return to the UK because it means more money in their pockets, experts say.

Fans known as Swifties enjoyed sell-out concerts in Edinburgh, Liverpool, Cardiff and London earlier this year, before the singer departed Britain for shows in Dublin and across Europe. They included three in Vienna that were cancelled due to a security threat.

Ms Swift is now expected to provide a boost to the nation’s economy when she returns for five shows at Wembley Stadium starting on Thursday.

This could have an impact on next year’s state pension increase which is based on inflation figures for September, according to David Luxton, deputy general secretary of the Civil Service Pensioners’ Alliance and a spokesman for campaign group Later Life Ambitions.

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