“She’s a hero of mine and also someone that I can tell her any secrets,” singer says of the icon
Taylor Swift wrapped up her third and final Eras Tour date in Dublin, Ireland, at Aviva Stadium on Sunday, and she debuted The Tortured Poet’s Department’s closing track “Clara Bow” live along with giving it a special dedication to an icon who was also in attendance.
“You don’t even know she’s doing it, she’s just become friends with so many female artists just to be a guiding hand,” Swift said before delivering the song on acoustic guitar. “I can’t tell you how rare that is. She’s a hero of mine and also someone that I can tell her any secrets — she’d never tell anybody. She’s really helped me through so much over the years. I’m talking about Stevie Nicks. So I’m going to play ‘Clara Bow’ for the first time for her.”
The song pays tribute to Nicks with the line: “You look like Stevie Nicks/In ’75, the hair and lips/Crowd goes wild at her fingertips/Half moonshine, a full eclipse.” During her performance, she mashed up the song with Red’s “The Lucky One.”
Following “Clara Bow,” she performed “You’re on Your Own, Kid” from Midnights on piano during the surprise section of her set.
Her three-night run in Dublin included surprise live debuts of the songs “The Albatross” from The Tortured Poet’s Department: The Anthology on Saturday and Folklore’s “Hoax” on Friday. Swift’s next set of Eras Tour dates find her in Amsterdam, where she will perform at Johan Cruijff Arena from July 4 through the 6. The European and U.K. leg of Swift’s tour runs through August before the tour heads to Canada for a string of dates that concludes on Dec. 8 at BC Place in Vancouver.
