Swift-mania has officially engulfed Australia, with nearly 200,000 lucky fans witnessing the first two nights of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour at Melbourne’s MCG.
Welcome to our rolling coverage of Taylor Swift’s Aussie performances.
Concertgoer blasts “inconsiderate” fans
A Swiftie has called out some “inconsiderate” fans who attended Taylor Swift’s concert in Melbourne.
Meg Hargraves says there was a group of people standing next to her at the show who were being disruptive and “not respecting” others who around them at the gig.
“I would like to say, as I coming home from the Eras Tour, a big old ‘karma is a b**ch’ for those four humans standing next to me tonight,” she said.
“They were very very highly intoxicated, waving a flag around in everyone’s faces and not respecting other people’s space and personal boundaries.”
She added that one of them got so drunk that they all ended up having to leave the concert due to intoxication, missing a huge chunk of the show.
This sparked a warning from Hargraves to “drink responsibly” at the Eras Tour so it can be enjoyable for everyone.
“They were being really loud and inconsiderate to those around them. They missed most of the show tonight because one of them got too intoxicated and had to leave,” she said.
“So, all the friends left after that and they missed the best part of the show.
“A good portion of the show actually, from 1989 onwards. So if you’re planning on drinking at the Eras Tour, do so responsibly please. Don’t ruin everyone’s night.”
Swiftie’s haunting final moments before crash
The final moments of a teenage girl who was killed on the way to see Taylor Swift has been revealed.
The last thing Mieka Pokarier looked at on her iPad before the fatal car crash was a Spotify playlist she had created, which was full of all her favourite Swift songs.
The 16-year-old was on the “trip of a lifetime” with her mum Kim Litchfield and her little sister Freya, 10, when their car collided with a semi-trailer near Dubbo just before 6pm on Thursday.
Mieka died at the scene while Freya was flown to Westmead Hospital and is currently fighting for life in a medically included coma, with the girl suffering from brain injuries, a damaged pelvis and broken leg, according to the family’s GoFundMe page.
Their mother Kim, who was driving, was taken to Dubbo with minor injuries and has since been reunited with her youngest daughter.
It has now been revealed that the last thing diehard Swift fan Mieka had opened on her iPad before she died was a carefully curated Taylor Swift playlist on Spotify, The Sunday Telegraph reported.
The teenager had taken hours to create it and had filled it with all her favourite Swift songs to keep the trio entertained on the 17-hour journey to see the pop superstar.
Sadly, they would never make it, instead leaving three empty seats at the Melbourne Cricket Ground after the tragic accident.
‘WTF is this?’: Swift fans erupt over Aussie show
It’s part of the highest-grossing tour of all time and a cultural phenomenon – but some Taylor Swift fans watching the Aussie leg of her tour unfold from elsewhere around the globe appear increasingly irritated by what they’re seeing.
Namely, the bonus extras that the megastar, 34, has been doling out across the first two nights of her sold-out run of shows – including previously-skipped tracks and the first reveal of a bonus version of her upcoming album.
Swift adds “surprise songs” at every stop on her tour – but her decision to gift Melbourne with a mashup of Getaway Car, The Other Side Of The Door and August into one song seemingly sent those who weren’t there spiralling.
It came after fans on the first night of Swift’s Melbourne show went wild as she announced that the special edition of The Tortured Poets Department would feature a new song called The Bolter.
The singer then shared the heartbreaking reason the album was so special to her, confessing it was a “lifeline” during a particularly difficult period.
“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,” Swift told the crowd.
“It was a lifeline for me. It reminded me why songwriting is something that gets me through life.”
Fans scream over pitch-perfect Aussie gag
Following the well-established trend of global artists throwing in a local reference during their shows - Harry Styles’ shoey, anyone? - Swift offered up her own little Aussie offering on Saturday night.
The crowd was left screaming with delight during her megahit song, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, when she personalised the track with the help of one of her back-up dancers.
“This is exhausting, you know? Like, we are never getting back together,” Swift said into the microphone, before handing it to the dance, who immediately dropped a very Kath and Kim-esque “nauuuuuur”:
‘Trying to wrap my mind around’
Earlier, a clearly jubilant Swift had opened the second night of her Eras Tour in Melbourne to a 96,000-strong crowd – matching the numbers seen the night before, which marked her biggest audience to date.
“What a joy and what an honour to say this words to you tonight, Melbourne, welcome to the Eras Tour!” she gushed.
“I am standing here on the stage, trying to wrap my mind around the fact that there are 96,000 people that wanted to hang out with us on a Saturday night.”
Swift added: “I feel like a contest winner, like I won a contest to get to have this memory of looking at you an singing with you …
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“I’m having a very strange experience in my head.
“I don’t know if you know how many 96,000 is – like, if we were to start counting, we’d never get there.
“I am so grateful to you for wanting to spend this time with us, and just the passion I’m feeling from you already, I promise you – we are going to give you absolutely everything we have tonight.”
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