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Swifties waiting with bated breath have had their prayers answered, with Taylor Swift finally revealing the Australian dates on her Eras world concert tour.
The pop star will be journeying down under for five dates in February 2024.
However, Swift fans on a budget might be in store for a Cruel Summer as the top VIP packages are being sold for $1,249.99.
For reference, the most recent ATO data from 2020-2021 puts the median Australian taxable income at $980 per week.
The top VIP package, officially known as the It's Been A Long Time Coming package secures fans "One Unforgettable A Reserve Floor Ticket", four prints of the artist, a tote bag, a pin, a tour lanyard and a sticker and postcard set.
The other five VIP packages contain identical extras but gradually worsening seats from B Reserve to E Reserve and cost from $349.99 and $899.90.
An A Reserve ticket by itself is $379.90 – a difference of $870 from the VIP package with the same ticket tier.
More wallet-conscious Swift fans can pay between $309.90 for B Reserve tickets down to $79.90 for a spot in the G reserve seats in the nosebleeds.
Last time Swift took a tour of Australia in 2018, the top VIP packages set fans back about $820 and included a personal message from Swift, a hardcover book and a CD.
Which Australian cities are on Taylor Swift's Eras tour?
In terms of how many cities she's visiting, the tour is pretty small.
Swift won't even complete a full east coast tour for her Australian Eras leg, stopping only at Sydney for three nights and Melbourne for two nights.
This is the first time Swift has skipped Brisbane in five tour cycles.
She played in Brisbane and Perth when she came to Australia last time, which was her Reputation tour back in 2018.
How many tickets will go on sale?
We don't have exact figures.
The capacity for the MCG, where Swift is performing two Melbourne shows, is more than 100,000 people.
Sydney's Accor stadium, where she will be playing three shows, has a capacity of 83,500.
Which means there could be some 450,000 tickets up for sale.
Having a truncated Australian tour means Swift won't come near the record of most tickets sold for an Australian tour after Ed Sheeran shifted over 1 million tickets to his 2018 divide tour.
Sheeran performed 18 stadium shows across the country to achieve the feat.
How do you get tickets to Taylor Swift's Australian Eras tour?
Judging by the reaction to tickets for the US, it might be a tricky feat getting your hands on one.
In November last year, Ticketmaster cancelled the public sale of Swift's US tour "due to extraordinarily high demands on ticketing systems and insufficient remaining ticket inventory to meet that demand".
Ticketmaster pinned it on its "verified fans" system, aimed at eliminating bots and scalpers, which couldn't keep up with the demand as a reported 3.5 million people tried to get tickets.
Swift's Australian Eras tour doesn't rely on the verified fans system but if you're forking out hundreds for the VIP packages you will be able to access tickets sooner.
The first tickets go on pre-sale on June 26, but there are a few catches.
To access these tickets you have to hold an American Express card and fork out for one of the top two VIP packages — so, the most expensive tickets.
The Frontier Member pre-sale, which has a much lower bar of entry, begins on June 28 and finally, the general public will be able to buy tickets from 2pm local time on June 30.
However, If you manage to get your hands on tickets next week, you're not going to receive anything until a week before your show.
This is called ticket suppression and it aims to dissuade scalpers from buying up tickets and reselling them.
There's also a purchase limit of four tickets per transaction.