Taylor Swift fans celebrate into the early hours after seeing their icon in the flesh – and they are ALREADY queueing for the second gig

Bleary-eyed Taylor Swift followers informed this morning how they carried on partying into the early hours after final evening’s ‘electrical’ three-and-a-half-hour live performance which was among the many finest they’ve ever seen.

A carnival-like environment took over the streets of Edinburgh after the U.S pop megastar kicked off the UK leg of her sellout Eras Tour with a flawless showstopper of a efficiency by which she informed the adoring 73,000-strong crowd: ‘What a technique to welcome a lass to Scotland.’

The 34-year-old drove followers wild when she emerged at Murrayfield Stadium in her signature blue and gold sequined leotard following a riotous warm-up from American pop-punk band Paramore.

Over the course of 46 songs, Taylor shook off a cramp in her hand, witnessed a reside proposal, gifted a fan her hat and even suspended a tune so followers might obtain medical help – all in between 12 costume adjustments.

Now, followers have been seen queuing as early as 7am this morning for tonight’s second gig whereas most individuals are ‘nonetheless in mattress’ recovering.

Jessica McCloud, 41 and her daughter Alexis, 15, had flown from their residence in Houston, Texas into the Scottish capital final week particularly for the gig.

These two Swifties captioned their TikTok submit saying it was the ‘finest evening ever!’

This fan was ecstatic after listening to the 2 shock songs that Taylor sang

One other fan posted to TikTok to share her delight at how shut her seat was tothe stage

It was the third time they’ve seen the Anti-Hero singer play reside, and Jessica stated: ‘Final evening was unbelievable, the group had been superb. It was up there with the easiest considerations we have seen, there isn’t any doubt. 

‘We noticed Taylor Swift just a few years in the past in Houston on her Fame tour after which once more in Houston throughout final 12 months’s Eras tour.

‘However we’re large followers and we have by no means been to Scotland earlier than so booked up the journey and made a vacation out of it.

‘I am so glad we did as a result of the live performance was incredible, there was even a carnival-type environment earlier than and after when folks had been strolling from the Stadium again to the centre singing Taylor Swift songs.

‘We had a blast and managed to roll into mattress round 1am – however there have been nonetheless folks out and about going sturdy.’

Alexis stated: ‘She’d modified a number of the choreography from final 12 months and carried out some shock acoustic songs, so she actually shook it up and made it fairly recent.

‘Her outfits had been so eye catching as nicely. My private favourites from final evening had been the inexperienced costume from Evermore and the Vivienne Westwood Tawdry Poets Division costume. She regarded and sounded superior.’

Beth Sumecki, 28, from London travelled as much as Scotland with mum Tina Conti, 60, from Portsmouth.

They headed down Edinburgh’s historic Princes Road with their baggage simply after 8am this morning clutching cups of much-needed espresso.

Beth stated: ‘The live performance final evening was electrical, it appeared everybody within the stadium was singing alongside and knew all of the phrases.

‘We had been close to the again of the stools however had a fantastic view. Everybody stood up all through, no person was sitting down which actually added to the power of the gig.

‘I cherished it when she performed the shock songs, particularly Would’ve, Might’ve, Ought to’ve

‘However I additionally cherished when how in the direction of the tip of the gig, when it received darker, the entire stadium lit up with folks’s telephones and the wrist bands which sparkled in unison. It was magical.’

Tina added: ‘I’ve by no means been to a Taylor Swift gig till final evening, however I have been to numerous different concert events over time and what stayed with me is the friendliness of the group.

One fan from the stadium took a video of those two women dancing at Taylor Swift’s live performance

Swift modified outfits a whopping 12 occasions as she wowed followers with a three-and-a-half hour efficiency

Kayleigh Gore (pictured) made 120 friendship bracelets to take together with her to the record-breaking Eras tour in Edinburgh

‘There was such a hive of positivity, everybody had a smile on their face, full strangers had been making associates with one another, folks had been swapping wrist bands. There was a very, actually good vibe occurring.’

Lucy Harvey, 17, Ruby Gallagher, additionally 17 and her sister Breege Gallagher, 12, we’re heading residence to Glasgow from Edinburgh’s Waverley rail station.

Lucy stated: ‘We have by no means seen Taylor Swift earlier than, however she was the whole lot we anticipated her to be and extra. She was sensible, I cherished it when she sang I Know Locations.’

Ruby stated: ‘We gave her a Scottish welcome and I feel she actually appreciated it. The entire live performance was off the size, we have all the time needed to go and see her and final evening exceeded all expectations.’

Nonetheless carrying her Taylor Swift-inspired pink Cowgirl hate Breege added: ‘The environment was unbelievable, she turned into so many costumes however regarded nice each single time. It was an incredible present.’

The rave opinions, in the meantime, has left Olivia Anderson, 19, brimming with pleasure as she prepares to see Taylor Swift this night.

Olivia, who has travelled up from Tub, Somerset, stated: ‘I simply can’t wait, some associates went final evening and stated it was unbelievable.

‘I have been studying all about it on the information and on social media, all of the movies and images.

‘It regarded unreal and I hope she might be nearly as good tonight, possibly even higher! The joy ranges have positively ramped up.’ 

Posting a video on social media, one fan additionally claimed final evening that Taylor checked out her to say ‘are you good?’ earlier than singing on to her. 

They wrote on X: ‘She saved smiling and singing to me and I swear I’m not hallucinating. That is the closest and most magical evening of my life.’

One other superfan posted a clip of Taylor refusing to sing her tune till safety helped a fan within the viewers.

Swift could possibly be heard saying: ‘I am simply gonna hold enjoying until anyone helps them,’ whereas persevering with to strum her guitar.

‘Simply let me know when [you’re good]’ she stated, earlier than including, ‘I can do that all evening!’

As soon as the scenario was dealt with, she stated: ‘You are good?’ earlier than yelling ‘Superior!’ and persevering with the tune.

Sure followers within the viewers had been all significantly struck by a bunch of ladies who had been dancing subsequent to the stage.

The 33-year-old stated that she needed to swap or give away as many as attainable

The fan-established custom of creating and buying and selling friendship bracelets for the Eras tour was prompted by a lyric from Swift’s hit monitor You are on Your Personal, Child

Here’s a have a look at the bracelets Ms Gore created in preparation for the Scotland present

One individual wrote on X: ‘These women had been dancing the entire live performance and it was so entertaining to look at, I hope you all had one of the best time you made us smile.’

One other added: ‘Whoever you’re, you’re actually having the time of your lives and it is cute to look at!’

Followers began queuing yesterday from as early as 3am – in an effort to be the primary inside for the gig, which kicked off at precisely 7.18pm.

Pleasure constructed to fever pitch with a two and a half minute countdown on the massive display earlier than Taylor lastly emerged from a stage, which rose dramatically into the air in the course of the stadium to hysterical screams from followers.

Taylor began out with 2019 tune Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince. And as she took within the adoration of hundreds of followers she had within the palm of her hand, she virtually appeared overwhelmed by the response.

Between songs, she paused to inform them: ‘What a technique to welcome a lass to Scotland… you’ve got gone and made me really feel so superb… You have received me feeling actually, actually highly effective.’ In the direction of the tip, she vowed: ‘Now we have to do that once more.’

And as she rounded out the monster set with Karma, fireworks shot out from the highest of the stage, lighting throughout the grounds and the roof of the stadium itself, prompting an avalanche of cheers from followers.

The sell-out present noticed her run by a cavalcade of hits together with Merciless Summer season, Lover, You Belong With Me, Love Story and 22 – which noticed her hand a fedora hat to a younger fan within the viewers, as is custom at every present.

Final evening’s Murrayfield gig additionally made historical past having the best attendance of any stadium present the nation has ever seen.

Taylor informed the group: ‘I’ve not been in Scotland for nearly a decade now. And I used to be questioning what it was going to be like once we return to go to there, how are they going to be as a crowd and, have you learnt what, you sort of answered me earlier than I even received on stage.

‘I had somebody pull me apart and say, ‘Hey, we have checked this 20 occasions and we swear… tonight’s live performance is essentially the most extremely attended stadium present in Scottish historical past.’

She’s going to carry out tonight and tomorrow night at Murrayfield earlier than heading to Liverpool, Cardiff, Wembley and Dublin.

Swift followers had been additionally delighted after she additionally added two sudden mashups of earlier tracks throughout the ‘shock tune’ phase of the present.

Taylor carried out a guitar mashup of Would’ve, Might’ve, Ought to’ve from Midnights 3am Version and I Know Locations from 1989. The second ‘shock tune’ was a piano hybrid of ‘Tis the Rattling Season from Evermore and Daylight from Lover.

The response from Swifties was swift, as they took to social media to share their emotions about these shock medleys.

‘That is one of the best combo of shock songs ever like, unbeatable,’ posted one fan, as one other shared ‘Edinburgh wins!’ 

Nonetheless, some followers expressed their disappointment at lacking out on these distinctive pairings.

‘DR TAYLOW ALISON SWIFT WHAT R U DOING?,’ posted one followers, as one other, shared, ‘NOOOO I misplaced Daylight and TIs The Rattling Season on the identical time Nooooo’

One other chimed in: ‘Taylor Swift desires me lifeless as I stroll.’

Elsewhere within the pleasure of yesterday, a Swift superfan stated she made 120 friendship bracelets to take together with her to the record-breaking Eras tour in Edinburgh so she will ‘swap or give away as many as attainable’.

Kayleigh Gore, 33, from Teesside, Middlesbrough, stated she began to create her huge assortment of bracelets in November forward of Swift’s second present within the Scottish capital on Saturday.

Ms Gore, who might be attending the extremely anticipated tour with three associates, stated the live performance will mark the primary time she has seen the famous person singer carry out regardless of being a fan since Swift launched her debut album in 2006.

The fan-established custom of creating and buying and selling friendship bracelets for the Eras tour was prompted by a lyric from Swift’s hit monitor You are on Your Personal, Child, the place she sings: ‘So make the friendship bracelets, take the second and style it, you’ve got received no purpose to be afraid’, sparking a worldwide development.

This has prompted quite a lot of followers to queue for a bracelet store in Edinburgh, referred to as pie within the sky, as one fan posted an image of an infinite line within the streets.

Ms Gore, a lecturer in psychology at a sixth type school, stated: ‘I began making the bracelets round November, December as a result of I might seen lots of the folks, when she was on tour in America on the time, had been doing it there.’

‘As a result of it was months and months away, I used to be making them every so often however during the last two or three months I have been making them two to 3 occasions every week.

‘To this point, I’ve received about 120. As we have nearer to the date, I’ve began to do quite simple ones as a result of I used to be making an attempt to get as many as attainable so I can swap or give away as many as attainable on Saturday.’

Ms Gore added that she has made bracelets with beads spelling out tune lyrics and titles related to every of the artist’s 11 albums.

‘I realised once I began making them that I used to be making loads based mostly on my favorite songs and my favorite albums however as a result of I am eager to swap them with followers and all of us have totally different favourites, I then made an inventory of songs from every album and labored my manner by,’ she stated.

‘I’ve received some from each album that she’s achieved. I’ve seen a few folks on TikTok who have not had time to make any, so if they cannot commerce and so they simply wish to take a few of mine, I am completely proud of that.’

Ms Gore stated she might be enlisting her three associates to assist her carry the bracelets into the venue, in addition to attaching clips to her bag to carry all of them.

‘As a result of I’ve received so many, I’ve already informed my associates they’re going to have to hold some for me,’ she stated.

‘I feel I might get at the least half of them on my bag with the clips.’

Ms Gore added that she has been ‘tearing up’ with pleasure at having the ability to attend her first Taylor Swift live performance.

‘I am very excited, I have been a fan since her debut, so about 2006, and that is the primary time I will get to see her reside,’ she stated.

‘I am getting increasingly emotional as we get nearer to the date and I have been listening to the set listing in my automotive.

‘Each time sure songs come on that are my favourites I begin tearing up as a result of I am so excited to see it reside.’

It seems Edinburgh additionally absolutely purchased into the Taylor Swift pandemonium as a prepare station started blaring out her songs and a tram branded her title on its facet. 

Scottish Gasoline Murrayfield is also seen welcoming Swift to Edinburgh with a efficiency of her hit ‘Love Story’ on the bagpipes by the Reel Time Pipe band.

Motels within the metropolis additionally joined in on the enjoyable by leaving additional chocolate bars for folks staying of their lodge, in a nod to one in all Swift’s songs.