Taylor Swift mania takes over Liverpool: Rumours swirl over surprise appearance at popstar’s 100th Eras show with Paul McCartney, Lana Del Rey and Florence Welch all touted

Taylor Swift fans have taken over Liverpool as the US superstar arrives on the latest leg of her record-breaking Eras Tour – with speculation swirling that Florence Welch, Lana Del Rey or Sir Paul McCartney could turn up on stage with her. The American singer will kick-off her three-day stint at Liverpool FC’s Anfield Stadium tomorrow evening with 53,000 fans forming the crowd.

Excitement was building in the city today with her devoted loyalists – known as Swifties – racing around Merseyside collecting last-minute merchandise and glitter to complete their themed outfits. Speculation is mounting that huge stars could be accompanying Swift on what will her hundredth show of the Eras tour, with fans suggesting Liverpudlian legend Sir Paul, Florence and the Machine frontwoman Welch or Swift’s fellow American Del Rey could be surprise guests.

Swifties of all ages have travelled from far and wide to attend the sold-out show, with groups of women flocking in from the United States, Canada and across Europe. Groups of concert-goers were seen posing for selfies on the city’s Taylor Town Trail – a group of eleven art installations dotted all over the city, with each piece representing a different album, or ‘era’.

Kaylee Williams, 18, from Manchester, told MailOnline: ‘This is our version of football. ‘You see all the lads getting together, getting excited for the game, asking who’s going to win – this our version of football.’ Her friend, 18-year-old A Level student Maddie Hulton, who has a ticket for Saturday, said: ‘I am looking forward to everything – the glitter, the friendship bracelets, the whole thing. It’s true girlhood.

‘Everyone is coming together and everyone is so lovely and friendly. Everyone’s trading bracelets in the queues. I am going on my own but I don’t feel like I will be alone because everyone is so nice.’ Super fan Chloe Milner, 26, from the Wirral in Merseyside, is going to every one of Swift’s shows in Liverpool.

She said: ‘I have been a fan since I was little and she was the first album I bought, Fearless. Something will definitely happen in the hundredth show.’nSwifties, however, have not just travelled from all over the country to see the Cruel Summer singer at her first show in England but from all over the world. Stephanie von Neudegg, 33, and MJ Sheridan, 26, travelled across the Atlantic from western Canada to attend the concert.