Culture | Music Taylor Swift fans swooned as the US superstar kicked off three nights of her blockbuster Eras Tour in Dublin with high praise for Ireland and its culture. Thousands filled the stadium, many donning friendship bracelets and cowboys boots, and making the south Dublin venue sparkle with their colourful, creative outfits. Irish Swifties traded bracelets with new-found friends as the crowd bonded over their love for the American singer.
The Aviva stadium, which is usually home to rugby games, roared to life as Swift took to the stage. She welcomed fans to the Dublin Eras Tour, remarking that it was five years since she had last visited Ireland. “Nobody does it like you.
You know that right?” she said, going on to call Irish people “unmatched storytellers”, adding they had the “best accents”. During a rendition of her chart-topper We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, a dancer told the crowd “Pog mo thoin” – a cheeky Irish-language phrase meaning ‘kiss my ass’. The 34-year-old also placed her famous black hat on a young fan who was thrust to on to the Dublin stage.
The billion-dollar Eras Tour, which sees the Pennsylvanian singer who first found fame in her teens, play hits across her discography, has travelled through the Americas, Asia and now hits Europe . Around 50,000 fans descended on the Aviva Stadium for the first of three gigs in the Irish capital, with some travelling from abroad to see the pop spectacle. Olivia Dean pays tribute t.