Taylor Swift has kicked off the UK leg of her sellout Eras Tour in style in Edinburgh - after stepping out onto the stage in a trademark blue and gold sequin bodysuit and telling screaming fans: 'What a way to welcome a lass to Scotland.'
READ MORE:The verdict is in: Taylor Swift 's first Edinburgh show on Friday night was a resounding success with fans and critics alike.
Writing for The Guardian, Alexis Petridis awarded her show five out of five stars, noting the American singer seems 'all-powerful'. He wrote: 'It's an incredibly impressive show. It succeeds in leaping between an eclectic range of material – dubstep-inspired, dark-hued pop; tweedy folk; monster-chorus-sporting anthems and acoustic guitar-driven songs that show her Nashville grounding – all of it linked by Swift's keen melodic awareness and ability to turn songs about famous ex-partners and celebrity nemeses into universally relatable figures.
He wrote: 'There were no special guests, and little straying from a by-now familiar script. But no one could feel short-changed by a set that really had it all, succeeding in what might seem on paper to be an impossible synthesis of serious singer songwriter and full on commercial pop machine. Writing for The Guardian, Alexis Petridis awarded her show five out of five stars, noting the American singer seems 'all-powerful'
'Not only during the lovelorn ballads, but at seemingly random points, too. Even the coquettish sugar rush of 'Love Story' and 'Fearless' yield wet, mascara-strewn cheeks.' Writing for The Times, Will Hodgkinson said the show is enjoyable even for those who may not be die hard Swifties. Among the outfits were including a double-breasted black and gold pinstripe blazer dress, a white Vivienne Westwood dress and a stunning lilac gown complete with train.
In remarks reported by BBC News, she said: 'There was so much TV, so much white wine, covered in cat hair. That was my reality. So I thought, 'I'm going to create an imaginary world and escape into it'.She also told the adoring crowd earlier in the show: 'My biggest regret is that I should have played in Scotland more. I should have brought every tour to Scotland. I can't stop looking at the crowd…it's captivating.
'You've got me feeling so powerful,' she told fans, shortly after emerging from below the stage, dressed in a spangly leotard. She sang 47 of them here, and most were accompanied by word-perfect singalongs. Even a lyrical, ten-minute version of the ballad All Too Well, from a re-recording of 2012's Red, got the singalong treatment.
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