Sea of pink as Taylormania spills into second night at MCG
Taylormania has spilled into a second night at the MCG, with 96,000 buzzing Swifties packing into the stadium on Saturday and the pop sensation declaring she felt like she had “won a contest” to be there.
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Taylormania spilled into a second night at the MCG as the love story between the world’s biggest pop star and her Swifties reached new heights.
“Beautiful, stunning, passionate Melbourne,” Swift told the sold out crowd on Saturday night. “Look at you. Absolutely phenomenal.”
Swift, who broke a crowd record for her own tour with 96,000 fans at the MCG on Friday, maintained those staggering numbers on Saturday.
She also hinted the Saturday night crowd may have been louder than opening night.
“You’re on a mission to prove you’re the best crowd ever, aren’t you?” Swift said.
“I love you so much. I’m at the point where I’m ready to tell you I won’t forget this night. I’m so obsessed with you.”
She also thanked her legion of Swifties for loving and supporting each other.
“I have spies on the audience telling me what’s up. I’ve gotten reports of you guys being extremely kind and wonderful to each other, trading friendship bracelets,” Swift said.
“I knew when I got to the stage that these were the best costumes anyone had seen in the entire tour.
“I’m so proud of you. I’m so proud of how you treat each other, and how you help each other feel welcome, special and seen.
“Just wanted to say that because I have a lot of feelings in this current moment.”
Swift performs two ‘surprise songs’ every show but wowed a delighted crowd on Saturday by singing This Is Me Trying and — for the first time — a medley of the three songs, Getaway Car, August and the Other Side of the Door.
It comes after Swift created a history-making era at the hallowed sporting oval on Friday night, breaking her tour’s attendance records.
“I have to be honest,” the world’s biggest pop star told the sellout crowd on Friday.
“If I seem a little bit like I’m losing my mind over the 96,000 of you, that’s because it’s true. I am,” she told the adoring crowd.
The moment was not lost on her. In an extraordinary show, called Eras, Swift had written another phenomenal chapter for herself, and her Australian legion of Swifties.
“I’m just taking a mental picture for myself,” she said, overwhelmed by the incessant stadium roar. “ … You are already making me feel phenomenal.”
Later, after performing Champagne Problems, Swift soaked up a two-minute ovation.
“Thank you so much. I really missed coming to Australia,” she said. “You’re just different here.”
Swift is playing three shows here. Her final performance of the Eras show is on Sunday.
The Eras Tour is a phenomenon that combines music, storytelling, and showstopping visuals to create a state-of-the-art experience.
The show covers 10 albums – or eras – of Swift’s career; 44 songs, and 16 costume changes, with outfits designed by Roberto Cavalli, Donatella Versace, Alberta Ferretti, Oscar de la Renta, Elie Saab and Ashish Gupta.
Eras has been described as the most expensive and technically ambitious production of the 21st century.
The set-up includes three massive stages connected by a broad ramp, and a catwalk running up the centre of the field.
The main stage has a giant, curved screen, beaming all the action, special effects, stunts and a head-spinning array of costume switches.
The tour’s concept is based on world-building.
Swift’s Eras show creates elaborate settings and storyboards to reflect the different moods and aesthetics of her albums.
The true masterstroke is, with the Eras show, Swift invites her global legion of Swifties into these worlds. Eras is fully immersive and inclusive.
Swift said she conceived the Eras tour for old and new fans.
“I wanted everyone to feel like we made the show for you, whether you’re new here, or you’ve been hanging out with me for 15 years,” she said.
“It’s like a trip down memory lane for me.”
The Eras show includes hits Shake It Off, You Belong With Me, Style, Bad Blood, Love Story, Blank Space, Enchanted and I Knew You Were Trouble
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