LONDON (AP) — Taylor Swift was joined by surprise guest Florence Welch for her first-ever live performance of “Florida!!!” on the final European day of her Eras tour on Tuesday.
The pop megastar also performed a song called “So Long, London” during the acoustic segment of the show at Wembley Stadium, which fans believe is about the end of her relationship with British actor Joe Alwyn.
Both tracks are included on Swift’s eleventh studio album “The Tortured Poets Department”, which was released this year.
Welch, of the British indie rock band Florence the Machine, co-wrote “Florida!!!” and also sang on the recorded track.
Swift drew fans from near and far for the final opportunity to see her critically acclaimed show in Europe.
The US singer-songwriter returned to London’s Wembley Stadium for five performances last week after her shows in Vienna were cancelled after authorities foiled a planned attack.
Some of the 195,000 disappointed fans in Vienna rushed to buy tickets for the London dates on resale sites, where they were selling for up to 10 times face value.
Eras, the first tour to gross over $1 billion in revenue, featured all 11 of Swift’s studio albums in dedicated segments. Critics praised her performance and the show’s staging.
Fans arriving at Wembley, decked out in sequins, cowboy hats and wearing friendship bracelets on their forearms, ready to swap with other Swifties, faced tight security checks.
Although British police have said there is no indication the events in Vienna will have any impact on any shows at Wembley, tight security measures have been put in place at the stadium.
The practice of gathering outside Swift shows without a ticket, aka tie-gating, as thousands did in Munich last month, has been banned as authorities try to minimise the risk of gatherings outside the venue, which are difficult to control.
Mary Wright, 48, from Limerick, Ireland, bought tickets from a resale site on Monday evening and flew to London on Tuesday with her daughter’s best friend, Aoife McCarthy, 15. Her own daughter had already seen the show in Dublin.
“She’s leaving Europe, so we had to come over for one last night,” McCarthy said.
“His songs have real meaning and poetry to them,” Wright said.
The tour will return to the United States in October and conclude in Vancouver, Canada in December.
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