Taylor Swift finishes Dublin leg of Eras tour after playing to record 150,000 fans
James Cox
Taylor Swift wrapped up her Irish leg of The Eras Tour in Dublin on Sunday night.
The sold-out gigs at the Aviva Stadium saw a record 150,000 concert-goers enjoy the three-day extravaganza.
On Sunday, Swift told fans it was a thrill and an honour to inform them that they made Eras the first tour to ever sell out the venue three nights in a row.
Thousands of Irish fans flocked to Lansdowne Road to see the 34-year-old perform, while many who missed out on tickets gathered around the stadium to hear her perform.
The VIP tent included names like Stevie Nicks, Julia Roberts and Swift's boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce.
She paid tribute to Nicks by playing her song 'Clara Bow', which mentions the Fleetwood Mac singer, as a surprise song.
Irish celebrities who attended the Dublin leg of The Eras Tour over the three nights included the likes of Ryan Tubridy, Graham Norton, Brian O'Driscoll, Amy Huberman and Johnny Sexton.
Swift delighted fans in Dublin, and appeared overwhelmed at Friday night's gig as she received a three-minute ovation after one of the songs in her concert, which is over three hours longs.
There was also a nod to Ireland during a rendition of her chart-topper We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, when her dancer Kameron N Saunders jumped in to quip “bleedin eejit”.
On Friday night, Saunders said “Pog mo thoin” – a cheeky Irish-language phrase meaning “kiss my ass”, and on Saturday he said “The Neck of Ye”, where Swift would usually say “Like Ever” in the recorded edition of the hit.
Swift later in the concert pondered which of her Eras was the “most Irish”, continuing the she believes it is her album Folklore.
She recalled starting to write the song “two days into the pandemic”; when she created an imaginary world “living in a cabin in a really green and mossy landscape, very Irish”, adding the album is “all about story telling and you guys are gifted story tellers”.
She is next heading to Amsterdam’s Johan Cruyff Arena for her next three shows, running from Thursday to Saturday. Swift will then plays dates in Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Poland and Austria before returning to the UK in August for five nights at Wembley Stadium in London. - Additional reporting from Press Association
