Swifties from around the world descend on Scotland: Taylor Swift fans travelling from US and Philippines arrive in Edinburgh with hundreds joining the queue outside Murrayfield Stadium ahead of the first British date of her sell-out world tour

Taylor Swift fans have travelled to Scotland from around the world with hundreds joining the queue outside the stadium ahead of the first British date of her tour.

The arrival of Swift to Edinburgh ahead of her sell-out Eras Tour was heralded by a bagpipe rendition of her hit Love Story.

The Tortured Poets Department singer will kickstart the next leg of her tour at the city’s esteemed Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium tomorrow.

The 34-year-old American singer also has an ancestral link to the country and can trace her roots back to Scottish King William the Lion, who ruled from 1165 to 1214.

Tickets are still available on resale websites for the megastar’s gig, but they have been spotted going for the eye-watering sum of nearly £5,000 as fans desperately try to go last minute.

Some dedicated fans began queuing a full 48 hours before the star arrived in the city for her tour, as a whopping 220,000 excitedly wait for a glimpse and to buy merch.

Many have flown in across the world from the Philippines, Australia and the States, with one fan coming from Texas with his wife to see the star before he goes blind.

Many struggled to find accommodation in Edinburgh as hotels were quickly booked up despite tripling their rates during the megastar’s three-night residency between June 7 and 9.

Incredibly, some locals came to the rescue – with one man listing his property on Airbnb for £585 per night.

And after a mysterious private jet was spotted arriving in the city, fans went into overdrive speculating that she arrived a day early for the show.