’Only in Aus’: Taylor Swift fans spot wild detail during record-breaking show

One fan has shared the wild way she watched Taylor Swift’s sold old Melbourne show on Friday night.

Welcome to our rolling coverage of Taylor Swift’s Australian tour.

Almost 100,000 fans gathered at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Friday night to watch the global megastar in her biggest concert to date.

Swift fans spot very Aussie detail at Melbourne show

Fans have taken to social media to reveal a very Aussie detail that they spotted during Swift’s show in Melbourne on Friday.

While the superstar took to the stage for the first time, the MCG was displaying video from the Women’s cricket Test match between Australia and South Africa on television screens around the stadium.

A picture that’s now gone viral on Twitter showed SA bowler Anneke Bosch preparing to bowl a delivery as Taylor stood on stage performing her hit The Man.

“Trust the MCG to still have the cricket on at the Taylor concert,’ the fan captioned the picture.

Other Aussie’s rushed to poke fun at the moment, with one replying: “Only in Australia!”

Trust the mcg to still have the cricket on at the Taylor concert #mcg#MelbourneTSTheErasTourpic.twitter.com/nttoWUxgZh

— HNLL(Z) 🇦🇺 (@HNLL_2) February 16, 2024

Fan’s wild move to see show

One fan went to new lengths to get a glimpse of Taylor Swift’s sold out Melbourne show on Friday night, revealing she took a plane ride over the MCG.

In a post on TikTok, the social media user shared she watched “Taylor Swift from the sky” after boarding a small plane with two others and circled over the packed stadium.

The fan shared how “lucky” she was to know a pilot who could take her up.

A number of concertgoers commented on the video saying they spotted the plane flying overhead and praised the “amazing” idea.

“I saw the plane from the floor and I was wondering what we all looked like!” one person wrote.

“I saw you and thought how amazing it would have looked,” said another.

“That’s crazy cool!” another wrote.

A fan shared she took a plane ride over the MCG on Friday night. Picture: TikTok

The plane flew over the packed stadium, showing a bird's-eye view of the concert below. Picture: TikTok

- Brielle Burns

Massive problem with premium Swift tickets

Fans who spent hundreds of dollars on premium floor seats were left with a very obscured view of the US megastar in Melbourne on Friday night.

While the majority of the 96,000 fans who piled into the MCG’s tiered stands could see the show, thousands in ground seats were not so lucky.

Because the seats are not tiered and the stage is at one end of the stadium, the view for many was the back of the heads of those in front of them. Swift herself could hardly be seen.

As one woman with three young children lamented to news.com.au: “We would’ve been better staying home and watching a live stream (of the concert).”

Fans who spend hundreds of dollars on premium floor seats were left with a very obscured view. Picture: Supplied

Because the seats are not tiered, the view for many was the back of the heads. Picture: Supplied

‘Insane’ sight outside Swift concert

Swift played in front of her biggest ever crowd last night, but not everyone could get tickets.

There was a huge crowd sitting on the grass outside the MCG listening in.

Footage on social media shows them singing along.

TAYLOR HAS THE BIGGEST FEMALE CONCERT OF THE DECADE WITH 96,000 AT MELBOURNE
AND WHATS INSANE IS THAT THERES THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE SINGING ALONG
OH TAYLOR U WILL ALWAYS BE FAMOUS#taylorswift   #TaylorSwiftTheErasTour#MelbourneTSTheErasTourpic.twitter.com/yOcdyR60e2

— haechanchangedmylife (@Kpopstan5670) February 16, 2024

Gross reason Taylor Swift seats were abandoned

Gross pictures have emerged showing the aftermath of a “drunk man” who vomited on and around the seats of people waiting to hear Taylor Swift at last night’s Melbourne show.

News.com.au understands people seated in the area were waiting up to two hours for the mess to be cleaned up.

It reportedly took two hours for the mess to be cleaned. Picture: Supplied

The incident reportedly happened at 7pm after opener Sabrina Carpenter finished her set, and was not cleaned until after 9pm.

– Elise Kaine

Swift’s heartwarming act for Aussies

Two days after touching down in the country, Taylor Swift has made a “generous donation” to help Aussies doing it tough.

The pop star, who just kicked off her highly anticipated Australian leg of her popular Eras Tour in Melbourne on Friday night, made a surprise donation to Foodbank Victoria, which helps feed those in need.

The charity thanked Swift for the heartwarming act in a post on social media on Friday.

“As if we couldn’t love you any more than we already do,” it wrote on X.

“Your generous donation to Foodbank Victoria will put a sparkle back in the eyes of so many Victorians doing it tough right now! THANK YOU.”

As if we couldn’t love you anymore than we already do @taylorswift …. Your generous donation to Foodbank Victoria will put a sparkle back in the eyes of so many Victorians doing it tough right now! THANK YOU. #bestdayever#[e-mail]/FbFl1nwgjJ

— Foodbank Victoria (@FoodbankVic) February 16, 2024

A spokesperson for Foodbank told the Sydney Morning Herald the charity received a surprise call from Swift’s people on Friday afternoon.

– Brielle Burns

Swift uses iconic Aussie phrase, fans lose it

Swift sent fans wild when she paid tribute to an iconic Aussie phrase during one of her best-loved hits on Friday night.

While performing the Red section of her Eras Tour Show, one of Swift’s dancers said an iconic Aussie phrase into the microphone during the spoken section of We Are Never Getting Back Together.

The MCG lit up. Picture: Graham Denholm/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management

“So you know that we are never getting back together,” said Taylor, before handing the microphone over to her dancer, who yelled: “Yeah. NAH!” as the crowd immediately screamed back.

Fans rushed to share clips of the moment on social media, with Swift’s nod to Aussie culture clearly winning over the crowds.

Tay Tay stuns crowd with huge surprise

Swift surprised fans in Melbourne as she announced a brand new song.

Swift, who is gearing up to release her new record, The Tortured Poets Department, in April, announced that a special edition version of the record with a new cover would feature track The Bolter.

Swift then gave heartbreaking insight into her reasoning behind making the record, and confessed that it was a “lifeline” for her through a particularly hard time in her life.

US pop singer-songwriter Taylor Swift performs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground at the first Australian show of The Eras Tour. Picture: TAS Rights Management

“I’m very excited for April 19th. I can’t wait for you to hear all the songs. Tortured Poets is an album I think, more than any album I’ve made, is one I needed. It was a lifeline for me. It reminded me why songwriting is something that gets me through life.”

Best pics from the MCG

Here are some of the best pictures from last night’s concert.

It was the first night of the tour. Picture: TAS Rights Management

Taylor Swift fans leave the MCG after the first Melbourne concert during her Eras Tour. Picture: Mark Stewart

A huge crowd went wild. Picture: Graham Denholm/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management

Losing their minds. Melbourne. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

Almost 100,00 fans gathered. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

Taylor was overcome with emotion. Picture: Graham Denholm/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management