The premiere of the American singer Taylor Swift in Portugal was a long time coming, but, when she finally did so this Friday, it was in style.
The Lisbon Stadium of LightBenfica’s historic home, changed hands for a few hours and became the exclusive property of the ‘swifties’as the artist’s followers call themselves.
There were tens of thousands of people who, dressed especially in many sequins and glitter, had to overcome long lines under the sun to be able to enter the sports venue and enjoy the Portuguese stopover of ‘The Eras Tour’.
Minutes before Taylor Swift was to be seen, when Paramore was performing as the opening act, some fans broke down the fences and tried to enter the stadium by bypassing the controls, according to local media.
However, things quickly returned to normal and it wasn’t long until everyone the seats were filled to receive the pop superstar34, who opened her performance with the song ‘Miss Americana and the heartbreak prince’.
‘Cruel Summer’ was the artist’s next choice, who, thanking the spectators for their presence with a “muito obrigada” (thank you very much in Portuguese), made the stadium thunder even more.
«Lisbon, you and I are going on a great adventure together»said the composer in English during the presentation of the show, which lasted more than three hours and allowed her to review some of the most emblematic songs of her career.
Interpreting from ‘Love story’ to ‘Karma’, passing through ‘You need to calm down’, ‘Wildest dreams’, ‘Bad blood’ and ‘Mastermind’Taylor Swift made use of all kinds of resources, such as videos, bicycles, golf clubs, dancers and fireworks, to entertain fans.
The audience, which accompanied the singer with shouts and applause at all times, was especially effusive with a loud applause lasting several minutes when, accompanied by a piano, she performed ‘Champagne problems’.
Also with the piano, the American artist sang ‘Fresh out slammer’ for the first time live since she released her latest album, ‘The tortured poets department’, this past April.
This It is the first time that Taylor Swift performs in Portugalfour years after the pandemic forced it to cancel what would have been its premiere on Portuguese soil, as it was part of the 2020 NOS Alive festival lineup.
He will have to repeat this mega-production this Saturday nightwhen he performs again before the Portuguese public, also at the Estádio da Luz, before heading to Spain for another two nights of concerts at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu.
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