So enamoured with London was the songstress that she brought her record-breaking Eras Tour back to the city not once but twice. Where best to celebrate the billion-dollar festivities? It was only ever going to be Annabel’s. The Mayfair members’ clubs played host to over 200 of Swift’s concert crew, who partied alongside the star at the only nightclub ever frequented by the late Queen Elizabeth II. Reportedly, drinks were on a Vivienne-Westwood-clad Taylor at this most hedonistic of hideaways, and when the embers of the night finally died down at 3 am (no vocal rest for this Grammy winner), it’s said she organised private coaches to bus her partygoers back to their London abodes. It beats an early morning Uber.
The Rose Room Bar of Annabel’s, where Taylor Swift recently hosted a 200-strong thank you party for her Eras Tour entourage
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Swift’s love of that most storied British institution, the private members’ club, stretches all the way back to 2013, when eagle-eyed fans were convinced they caught her on a date with singer Tom Odell at the Groucho Club in Soho, and in 2021 she was on the guest list when Lena Dunham tied the knot with Luis Felber at the Union Club – Swift has long been close to the Girls writer, and was invited to London as a bridesmaid.
The summer wasn’t even the first time Taylor Swift has been spotted at Annabel’s. Back when she was dating British actor Joe Alwyn, the pair found time to rest what must have been very weary legs at the members’ club for Vogue’s BAFTA afterparty in 2019. She dodged the Grammys for the celebration of British acting talent – no wonder she’s become a darling of the West End scene. Of course, when it comes to bagging front row tickets for the hottest shows in town, it helps to be best friends with the leading lady. Swift swung by the Kit Kat Club to watch supermodel chum Cara Delevingne tread the boards as Sally Bowles in Cabaret in 2024. The pair have been thick as thieves since Delevingne’s runway days, sharing the runway during the 2013 Victoria’s Secret show and accompanying each other to Super Bowls and secret dinner parties ever since.