Still Trying To Get Taylor Swift's Concert Tickets? These SingPost Outlets Could Be Your Best Bet
Attention, Swifties
By Ashley Chin -
SINGAPORE – American pop star Taylor Swift’s six National Stadium gigs in March 2024 look set to be some of the most in-demand concerts here ever.
With Singapore being the only Southeast Asian stop in her global The Eras Tour, many anticipate it will be a blood sport to snag tickets to see the 33-year-old live, as her fans – also known as Swifties – from around the region will enter the fray.
Singapore Swifties have three ways to secure their tickets.
First, there's the UOB presale from noon on Wednesday to 9am on Friday, exclusively for the bank's cardholders. (At the time time of publishing, the UOB pre-sale tickets for all six nights have sold out.)
Second, registered fans, provided they have received an access code, can buy tickets through Ticketmaster.sg during the general sale from noon on Friday till tickets sell out.
Third, these registered fans can use their access code to buy tickets at any of the 55 SingPost outlets during the general sale period.
With international fans expected to log on en masse to Ticketmaster.sg, the online queue number for Swift could well surpass the reported one million for British band Coldplay in June.
Swifties here seeking to maximise their chances can try going down to less crowded SingPost branches, where lines may be shorter than those at thronged outlets in malls, business hubs and Housing Board estates.
This, however, is not a guarantee of success. SingPost employees at the four outlets The Straits Times visited on Monday estimated that only those in the first half of the queues, which ranged between 15 and 35 people, were able to buy Coldplay tickets.
This means one’s best bet is to camp at the outlets as early as possible, even overnight, to be at the front of the queue once tickets drop at noon on Friday.
Fans looking to camp overnight should prepare their pre-registration e-mail to facilitate a faster check-out process, a portable phone charger to power through the night, foldable camping chairs and, most importantly, good company to keep morale high.
As Swift sings in ...Ready For It?, the first track of her sixth album Reputation (2017): Baby, let the games begin.
Where: 1 Lim Ah Pin Road
Open: 8.30am to 5pm (Mondays to Fridays), 8.30am to 1pm (Saturdays), closed on Sundays and public holidays
Nearest MRT: Kovan, followed by a nine-minute walk
This quaint post office beneath Color Moon Art Studio in Kovan is hidden from busy Upper Serangoon Road behind an Esso petrol station, with only private housing and shophouses nearby.
The 24-hour Cheers convenience store at the petrol station makes for a good refuelling stop for drinks and snacks.
However, the exterior gate of the post office will be unlocked only when it opens at 8.30am. This means overnight campers must be willing to hang out along the narrow pavement outside.
Where: 01-01, 10 Palm Avenue
Open: 8.30am to 5pm (Mondays to Fridays), 8.30am to 1pm (Saturdays), closed on Sundays and public holidays
Nearest MRT: Bedok, followed by an eight-minute bus ride on 16 or 16M
This post office is accessible only by bus or private transport, unless one is willing to trudge for 22 minutes from Bedok MRT. Situated next to Siglap Community Centre, the shared building sits at the entrance to Upper East Coast Road, leading into an estate of semi-detached houses.
Its small gate is open around the clock, so fans can wait in the open-air carpark just outside the post office’s doors.
However, there is no shelter from inclement weather and the rough asphalt makes for uncomfortable seating.
Where: 01-01, 396 Pasir Panjang Road
Open: 8.30am to 5pm (Mondays to Fridays), 8.30am to 1pm (Saturdays), closed on Sundays and public holidays
Nearest MRT: Haw Par Villa, followed by a six-minute bus ride on 10, 51, 143 or 200
Swifties who are also Westies may be in luck. This post office services a small neighbourhood of low-rise condominiums and semi-detached houses sandwiched between the National University of Singapore’s Kent Ridge Campus and West Coast Park.
The branch is located on the ground floor of a shared building, beneath the House On The Hill Montessori pre-school.
With a sizeable open-air carpark in front, there is ample space and ventilation for overnight campers, but little shelter.
There are no convenience stores or food options in the vicinity, so bring your own sustenance.
Where: 01-15 Whampoa Community Club, 300 Whampoa Drive
Open: 9am to 1pm (Mondays to Saturdays), closed on Sundays and public holidays
Nearest MRT: Boon Keng MRT, followed by a 15-minute walk
Cross an overhead bridge and weave through a Housing Board estate to find this post office, located inside a community centre. It is perfect for setting up camp, as this sheltered space has tiled flooring to sleep rough on for a night.
It is possible to walk into the post office after the community centre closes, so fans arriving in the wee hours should not be shooed away.
However, this location is risky due to its closing time of 1pm, which is earlier than other SingPost branches. Since general sale tickets open only at noon on Friday, fans will have to beat the clock in more ways than one, with the added stress of completing the transaction within an hour.
Credit: Ashley Chin/The Straits Times
This article was originally published in The Straits Times