TAYLOR Swift’s Eras tour went out with a bang after the singer dramatically halted her performance to help a fan – and witnessed a heart warming proposal.
More than 70,000 loyal Swifties watched the glitzy show in awe as the star sang her most loved hits in Edinburgh tonight.
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Taylor never failed to impress as she lit up stage at Murrayfield Stadium – in 16 different outfits – and made sure to look after her crowd.
It was an eventful evening – with fans stunned when the pop star halted her show twice.
The pop legend called out to security to help fans.
Then later in the night, she refused to continue until a crowd member was given assistance.
While serenading her audience with Would’ve Could’ve Should’ve, the attentive performer noticed someone in need.
She strummed her guitar and said: “I’m just gonna keep playing until somebody helps them.
“I’m just gonna keep singing this. I’m just gonna keep talking until they get help, just let me know when – I can do this all night,” she joked.
There were indeed several touching moments throughout the highly-anticipated event.
The Fortnight singer witnessed a Swiftie get down on one knee among the sea of fans chanting her hit Cardigan.
Taylor said: “I’m pretty sure I just saw someone who got engaged. Did it happen? Yeah?
“Congratulations. Wow. Man that’s amazing. Thank you for doing that at my concert. That’s a big moment. Huge.”
And, Taylor won over more hearts as she hailed her host country, paying an emotional tribute to Scotland.
“We’ve checked this 20 times and this is the most highly attended stadium show in Scottish history,” she explained.
“Thank you Edinburgh for welcoming a lass to your city.”
She added: “The volume of singing. The dancing. You guys are performing on another level. I can’t stop looking at the crowd. Like, I’m captivated.”
The singer even shared her regrets with the fans and admitted: “This tour has been the most fun I have had in my entire life, it really is.
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“I think the reason why it might be, my one regret in terms of the tours we have done is I really should have come to play in Scotland more.
“We should have taken every tour here – because look at what you’ve done, you made us all feel so welcome. You’ve been so beautifully generous to us.”
Despite sadness felt after the sensational show ended – fans have glitzy shows in Liverpool, Cardiff, London and Dublin to look forward to next.
Taylor will then grace London with her presence again in August.
Her army of fierce fans have been swept along on a journey through Taylor’s different musical stages of her career on the tour.
It has been a juggernaut, and predicted to provide a £997 million boost to the UK economy, according to a report.
Almost 1.2 million Swifties are set to spend an eye-watering average of £848 on tickets, travel, accommodation, outfits and other costs to see the pop superstar at one of the 15 UK tour dates.
This total is more than 12 times the average cost of a night out, according to the Barclays Swiftonomics report.
Meanwhile, Eras tour tickets sparked a whopping 15.8% year-on-year increase in UK spending on entertainment when they were released last July.
The average amount spent on an Eras tour ticket is £206, although 14% of fans, including those who bought VIP ticket packages with premium seating and exclusive merchandise, spent more than £400.
It has already grossed more than a billion dollars, the biggest haul for any act ever and has bagged a Guinness World Record.
Cities will roll out the red carpet for her arrival, with special artworks being installed in Liverpool in celebration of her shows.
Dubbed the Taylor Town Trail, it will feature 11 art installations which are inspired by the studio albums from her back catalogue, including a huge butterfly installation, a regal throne and themed murals.
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Capital Radio has even launched a pop-up station dedicated to all thingsTaylor Swift ahead of the start of the tour.
Capital (Taylor’s Version) will play hits from across her 11 studio albums, as well as offering trivia on the artist.
The station will also provide updates on Swift as she tours across the UK and will speak to fans before and after the shows to hear all the details of the experience.
Capital has said it is the first time in the UK that a national DAB radio station has been dedicated to a single artist.
The appetite for the tour has not been dimmed by the fact it is currently available to view on streaming service Disney+.
It was during the six-night run at the So-Fi Stadium in Los Angeles that the show was captured on camera by director Sam Wrench to make a concert film.
Swift flexed her considerable negotiating muscles by bypassing the traditional Hollywood studios and releasing the film directly to cinemas.
It is now available to stream for free for anyone with a Disney+ subscription.
However, UK and Irish fans will be treated to a significantly different show, after Swift overhauled her set list, staging and costumes following the release of her latest album The Tortured Poets Department.
She has cut songs from the previous set list, including fan favourite Long Live, and added a string of tracks from the new record,including But Daddy I Love Him, Down Bad, Fortnight, The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived and I Can Do It With A Broken Heart, which are widely interpreted to be about her rumoured romance with The 1975 frontman Matty Healy.
The level of frenzy over the tour has prompted a major bank to issue a warning over the risk of scams.
Lloyds Bank estimates more than £1 million could already have been lost in the UK to fraudsters pretending to offer tickets to Swift’s concerts and says more than 600 Lloyds Banking Group customers have already come forward to report being scammed.
The average amount lost by each victim was £332, though in some cases the loss was more than £1,000, Lloyds said.
Swift’s show in Edinburgh on Friday will feature support from US rock band Paramore and is due to kick of at 7.15pm.
Bagpipes have welcomed the US megastar to Scotland with a highland rendition of her hit song Love Story.
As the first UK leg on her sold out Eras tour, Edinburgh residents rolled out the welcome mat in the best way they know how.
Paying homage to her Scottish ancestry, eight highland bagpipers and three drummers took to their instruments just outside Murrayfield stadium, and tooted out the tune to Taylor’s early hit.
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