Taylor Swift, Aviva Stadium, Dublin ★★★★★ Nothing Taylor Swift does is by happenstance. So the opening line to The Eras Tour should be taken at face value. “It’s been a long time coming but — it’s you and me, that’s my whole world.
” As she sings the line, rising up from beneath the stage of the Aviva Stadium, she points directly into the crowd lest there be any doubt. She’s talking about us. And tonight, just like last night, and the night before that, she gives the 50,000 strong audience absolutely everything she has for a three-and-a-half-hour spectacle that cherry-picks the best tracks from her 18 year career.
And, “nights one and two were just warm up shows”, she assures us with a cheeky grin. As one of The Lucky Ones that managed to score a ticket for more than one night, I have to concur. Tonight, everything seems just that extra bit magic.
Maybe it’s because it’s closing night at the Aviva, and we've just made history (The Eras Tour is the first show to sell out three nights at the venue). Or maybe, her smile is just that little bit wider tonight because a certain American football superstar has made an appearance. But her beau Travis Kelce isn't the only special guest in attendance – there is also Oscar winner Julia Roberts who traded friendship bracelets with fans and one Miss Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac fame.
Nicks, who is in Dublin ahead of the start of her European tour on Wednesday, has been an ardent supporter of Swift through.
