Taylor Swift dedicates a song to Stevie Nicks during the Eras Tour in Dublin
To the legend in the VIP tent on the Eras Tour, you look like Stevie Nicks.
The Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter watched the three-hour-long show in Dublin, Ireland on Sunday night.
During the surprise acoustic set, Swift honored her by belting out “Clara Bow” from The Tortured Poets Department. The 16th track mentions the rock and roll icon in the second verse: “You look like Stevie Nicks / 1975, the hair and the lips / The crowd goes wild under her fingertips / Half moonlight, a total eclipse.”
“This is pretty easy because I’ve never played it live,” Swift said in her sunset orange dress. “The reason I want to play it tonight is because I have a friend of mine here watching the show and she’s really one of the reasons why I or any other artist can do what we can do. She paved the way for us. And she’s mentored so many artists that you don’t even know she’s doing it.”
Swift added that Nicks has been a mentor to her and many other artists. “I can’t tell you how rare it is to have a helping hand,” Swift said. “She’s one of my heroes and also someone I can trust with any secret she wouldn’t tell anyone else. She’s really helped me through so much over the years.”
Swift played “Lucky One” from “Red (Taylor’s Version)” before moving to the piano to play “You’re on Your Own Kid” from “Midnights.”
More than a decade of friendship
Nicks’ friendship with Taylor Swift has lasted for about a decade and a half. In 2010, a curly-haired blonde with a guitar performed a three-song mashup with Nicks at the 52nd Grammy Awards. In December, when Swift was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2023, Nicks was quoted in the article as saying, “I don’t give Taylor advice on how to be famous. She doesn’t need it.”
In April, Nicks wrote the introductory poem for the booklet of the album “Tortured Poets,” which reads in part: “He was in love with her / Or at least she thought he was. She was heartbroken / ~ Maybe he was too ~” She is also the main character of the second verse of “Clara Bow,” in which the Eras Tour star sings.
Also in the VIP tent were actress Julia Roberts and Bridgerton actress Florence Hunt. As Swift sang “August,” her boyfriend Travis Kelce entered the Aviva Stadium with his best friend Ross Travis. Fans captured video of Kelce hugging Roberts and leaving the backstage area with Swift as the concert ended.
There are 43 shows left on the big Eras tour. Swift will next travel to Amsterdam, Netherlands for three nights starting July 4.
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