Taylor Swift took to social media for the first time on Monday, after performing three consecutive nights at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh.
The singer, 34, shared a selection of images from the three nights and wrote that she was ‘blown away’ by the experience.
She also wrote an emotional caption filled with gratitude for her fans, with her declaring her love for all 220,000 of them.
The singer penned: ‘Edinburgh!!! You truly blew me away this weekend. Thank you for breaking the all-time attendance record for a stadium show in Scotland 3 times in a row and for all the ways you made us feel right at home.
‘Love you, all 220,000 of you!!!’
Taylor Swift took to social media on Mondat to address her emotional first UK gigs in Edinburgh on Instagram on Monday after being forced to halt shows three times
The singer, 34, took to social media to share a selection of images from the three nights
She also wrote an emotional caption filled with gratitude for her fans, with her declaring her love for all 220,000 of them
Her words came after she was forced to halt her show over the three days that she performed in the Scottish capital as she made sure that her fans were OK
Over the course of 46 songs, Taylor shook off a cramp in her hand, witnessed a live proposal, gifted a fan her hat and in between those events found time for an almost insurmountable 12 costume changes
Her words came after she was forced to halt her show over the three days that she performed in the Scottish capital.
During night two, Taylor looked out for her fans throughout the show – asking stadium staff to help out.
She noticed fans needed help during a performance of her song All Too Well.
‘We need some help over there please,’ she said pointing to the crowd.
Then during her song Betty, Taylor stopped mid-word to point again to the crowd and say: ‘We need some help right there.’
The third time of the night was when Taylor was singing The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived.
Taylor kicked off the UK leg of her sellout Eras Tour in style in Edinburgh with a flawless three-and-a-half-hour showstopper of a performance in which she told screaming fans: ‘What a way to welcome a lass to Scotland.’
The megastar drove fans wild on Friday night as she emerged at Murrayfield Stadium in her signature blue and gold sequined leotard following a riotous warm-up from American pop-punk band Paramore.
Taylor began the first show of the UK leg of her Eras Tour in a stunning sequined blue and yellow bodysuit
The singer took to the stage at Murrayfield in Edinburgh for the first show of her UK Eras Tour (left). She later changed into a red bodysuit (right) as she continued the look back over her career to date
The epic show ran for three-and-a-half hours – giving Swifties more than their money’s worth after forking over up to £600 for tickets
The elaborate show set-up featured a dozen costume changes – including this elegant lavender ball gown for power ballad Enchanted
Over the course of 46 songs, Taylor shook off a cramp in her hand, witnessed a live proposal, gifted a fan her hat and in between those events found time for an almost insurmountable 12 costume changes.
Among the outfits were including a double-breasted black and gold pinstripe blazer dress, a white Vivienne Westwood dress and a stunning lilac gown complete with train.
Fans queued for hours – some as early as 3am – in order to be the first inside for the gig, which kicked off following Paramore’s set at exactly 7.18pm.
Excitement built to fever pitch with a two-minute countdown on the big screen before Taylor finally emerged from a stage, which rose dramatically into the air in the middle of the stadium to hysterical screams from fans.
Taylor started out with 2019 tune Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince. And as she took in the adoration of thousands of fans she had in the palm of her hand, she almost seemed overwhelmed by the response.
Between songs, she paused to tell them: ‘What a way to welcome a lass to Scotland… you’ve gone and made me feel so amazing… You’ve got me feeling really, really powerful.’ Towards the end, she vowed: ‘We have to do this again.’
One outfit change saw her don a t-shirt reading ‘this is not Taylor’s version’ – thought to be a reference to a dispute that saw her lose the rights to early works, which she later re-recorded as ‘Taylor’s Version’ editions
She embraced a young fan during her performance – and gifted her the fedora, as is custom at each show
Taylor told fans the show was the biggest stadium performance in Scottish history – pictured here in a green dress she donned for her Folklore ‘era’
Taylor had 73,000 fans in the palm of her hand as she belted out hit after hit over the epic performance
The multi-talented performer broke out a number of acoustic guitars over the course of the set, including sky blue and glittery Gibsons (left and right)
And as she rounded out the monster three-and-a-half-hour set with Karma, fireworks shot out from the top of the stage, lighting fixtures within the grounds and the roof of the stadium itself, prompting an avalanche of cheers from fans.
The sell-out show saw her run through a cavalcade of hits including Cruel Summer, Lover, You Belong With Me, Love Story and 22 – which saw her hand a fedora hat to a young fan in the audience, as is tradition at each show – within the first hour alone, before moving onto later ‘eras’ in her illustrious career.
Taylor also said she had made history, with the last night’s Murrayfield gig having the highest attendance of any stadium show the country has ever seen.
She told the crowd: ‘I have not been in Scotland for almost a decade now. And I was wondering what it was going to be like when we go back to visit there, how are they going to be as a crowd and, do you know what, you kind of answered me before I even got on stage.
‘I had someone pull me aside and say, “Hey, we’ve checked this 20 times and we swear… tonight’s concert is the most highly attended stadium show in Scottish history.”‘
And in a nod to her Scottish audience, she gave backing dancer Kameron Saunders the opportunity to say ‘Nae chance!’ as she performed We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.
She later drove the native fans wild after telling them lockdown-era album Folklore was inspired by their home country.
In remarks reported by BBC News, she said: ‘There was so much TV, so much white wine, covered in cat hair. That was my reality. So I thought, ‘I’m going to create an imaginary world and escape into it’.
‘That was Folklore, and it was probably based online of videos I’ve seen of Scotland.’
She also told the adoring crowd earlier in the show: ‘My biggest regret is that I should have played in Scotland more. I should have brought every tour to Scotland. I can’t stop looking at the crowd…it’s captivating.’