Dave Grohl and Taylor Swift at Clive Davis’ Grammy celebration in 2008
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Dave Grohl has come underneath hearth by Taylor Swift followers for feedback he made about Swift’s Eras Tour throughout a Foo Fighters efficiency over the weekend.
The feedback got here through the the band’s Saturday evening present in London. Swift additionally occurs to be in London for the most recent cease on her Eras Tour. She carried out at Wembley Stadium, whereas the Foo Fighters had been at London Stadium.
In response to a number of movies posted on social media by concertgoers, Grohl famous the coincidence of their each being in the identical metropolis after which began riffing on the identify of her tour.
“I do know that she’s on her Eras Tour. I’m telling you man, you don’t need to undergo the wrath of Taylor Swift,” he mentioned as the group began booing.
He continued: “So we wish to name our tour the ‘Errors Tour’” — the group cheered him at this level — “as a result of I really feel like, we’ve had various eras, and various fucking errors as properly. Only a couple. That’s as a result of we really play dwell. What?!” he added in mock indignation, turning away from the mic.
He then went on: “I’m simply saying, you guys like uncooked, dwell rock ‘n’ roll music proper? You got here to the correct fucking place.”
Throughout her personal tour on Sunday in London, Swift gave a shoutout to her band members for enjoying a three-and-a-half-hour present evening after evening, together with the opposite performers who’re onstage together with her at each present. It’s additionally value noting that Swift has typically abruptly stopped performing mid-song to, for instance, be sure that concertgoers had been OK (presumably not one thing that could possibly be simply completed if the music weren’t dwell).
Many social media customers had been questioning Grohl’s feedback and the rationale behind them. “As soon as once more males bashing Taylor for actually no purpose she didn’t do something fallacious and so they really feel the necessity to speak about her,” wrote one, whereas one other added “that is extremely odd conduct contemplating this was an extremely unprovoked assertion.”
The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Grohl’s reps for remark.
For his half, Grohl has beforehand praised Swift. A number of years in the past, he appeared on The Late Late Present With James Corden, the place he talked about being at a Paul McCartney celebration, at which the host sat down and performed a tune on the piano. Afterward, the partygoers turned to Grohl expectantly, wanting him to play a tune too. Not realizing tips on how to play the piano, Grohl panicked a bit, at which level Swift jumped in to rescue the Foo Fighters frontman, providing to play a tune.
“I can’t play piano, and I used to be a little bit out of kinds at that time,” he quipped, implying he might have been excessive. “And all of the guitars are left-handed and I’m, ‘Oh my God, what do I do, what do I do,’ and proper at that second Taylor Swift stands up. She goes, ‘I’ll do a tune’ and … she saved my ass. She will get up, and he or she begins taking part in this tune and it sounds acquainted and I’m type of a little bit bit out of it, and that i’m my spouse like, ‘I do know this tune. What is that this tune?’ And she or he was playin the Foo Fighters tune ‘Better of You.’”
Grohl added that it “sounded so nice” and he acquired up and proceed to sing alongside her piano accompaniment.
Earlier this 12 months, Grohl’s daughter Violet got here underneath hearth by Swift followers when she criticized Swift in a since-deleted submit for flying by non-public jet. Swifties then famous Violet had additionally flown by non-public jet previously.