Taylor Swift joined unexpectedly by Travis Kelce and 7 other chaotic moments from her London shows

We all knew Taylor Swift’s London shows for the Eras Tour were going to be epic but her three-night stint at Wembley was beyond our wildest dreams.

From the Sir Paul McCartney dancing to But Daddy, I Love Him to Travis Kelce getting on stage in a top hat for a whole routine, it’s been one for the history books.

The list of celebrities attending across the weekend was almost as long as the mammoth three-and-a-half-hour setlist and included actual royalty for Prince William’s birthday.

Taylor decided to shake off Dave Grohl’s not-so-subtle dig and put on three of her most unhinged shows of the entire tour for the 89,000 people (per night) watching.

This was only the first round as the 35-year-old superstar will return to London for five more shows in August – possibly by then Reputation TV will have finally been announced.

There’s no denying Taylor wanted fans to ‘remember this moment’ so here are the most bonkers moments from London nights one, two, and three.

Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour at Wembley Stadium was legendary (Picture: Gareth Cattermole/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management )

Travis Kelce’s surprise stage debut

Talk about hard launching your partner, Taylor Swift’s boyfriend Travis, 34, took to the stage at London night three for her Tortured Poets Department set.

The NFL star appeared with dancers Kam and Jan in a top hat and tuxedo as she changed from her iconic cream dress into I Can Do It With A Broken Heart set.

Travis beamed as he pretended to apply makeup to Taylor’s face during the skit, which sees the So High School singer pretending she doesn’t want to perform.

In one dramatic moment, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end picked up his girlfriend and carried her across the stage with the fans absolutely losing their minds.

Travis Kelce actually took to the stage in London (Picture: Gareth Cattermole/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management )

That’s one way to hard launch your boyfriend (Picture: Gareth Cattermole/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management )

In another sweet moment, Taylor blows a kiss to Travis, who blushes as he disappears from the stage.

The pair had been grinning and waving at each other all weekend, with ‘Travvy’ hosting in the VIP tent but his Eras Tour debut was the cherry on top.

Prince William shakes it off

We’ve all seen Taylor’s Instagram post by now, which is a selfie with the king of her heart as well as the future king of England.

‘Happy Bday M8! London shows are off to a splendid start,’ Taylor wrote after Prince William attended her Friday night show for his 42nd birthday celebrations.

The Prince of Wales had brought Prince George and Princess Charlotte with him, however, Kate Middleton and little Prince Louis did not attend.

Prince William had a fantastic birthday

Taylor posted a picture with the royals after the show (Picture: taylorswift/Instagram)

While the selfie was wild, it was a fan video of the future king dancing which sent fans into meltdown.

The camera pans from the stage up to the royal box, where Wills can be seen dancing his heart out to Shake It Off.

After his dad dancing went viral, Prince William wrote on X: ‘Thank you @taylorswift13 for a great evening!’

Sir Paul McCartney gets into Swiftiemania

Legendary Sir Paul McCartney didn’t just attend the Eras Tour, he was up and dancing with fans too.

The Beatles star got out and about, trading friendship bracelets with Swifties and even stopping to dance with a group.

Leaving the shelter of the (jam-packed) VIP tent, the 82-year-old singer was filmed dancing to one of Taylor’s newest hits But Daddy I Love Him in the crowd.

As fan @rubii_leal wrote on X: ‘Paul McCartney really lived through the Beatlemania and now he has experienced the Swiftie-mania 6 decades later.’

Sir Paul and Taylor have been friends for a while now and were even paired together for Rolling Stone’s Musicians on Musicians in 2020.

She said at the time: ‘The times that I’ve run into you, I correlate with being some of the most fun nights of my life. I was at a party with you when everybody just started playing music.

‘And it was Dave Grohl playing, I was playing his song called “Best of You,” but I was playing it on piano, and he didn’t recognize it until about halfway through.’

The Foo Fighters frontman would later call Taylor ‘Batman’, explaining she swooped in and saved him as he was struggling to play while ‘high’.

Tom Cruise trades friendship bracelets

The VIP tent didn’t stop with Sir Paul as Hollywood heavyweight Tom Cruise was also in attendance.

He danced the night away with Misson Impossible director Christopher McQuarrie, attending both Saturday and Sunday’s gigs.

The 61-year-old actor could be seen grinning as he and the entire VIP tent jumped to Shake It Off – clearly a celeb favourite.

At one point Travis put his hands on Tom’s shoulders and the pair shared a delighted exchange, both absolutely beaming over the performance.

As is customary at the Eras Tour, the Top Gun legend swapped friendship bracelets with those in the crowd.

One Swiftie posted a video saying she was excited to tell him her favourite film was Vanilla Sky, a 2001 sci-fi thriller starring a young Cruise.

Taylor Swift swallows a fly

Sometimes, when singing live, performers run into issues – which Swifties have long dubbed The Errors Tour.

Taylor didn’t pause her performance though, she coughed slightly during her 10-minute version of All Too Well and said: ‘I swallowed a bug, you sing.’

At a break in the chorus, she stopped and cleared her throat away from the microphone.

In time for the next lyric, Taylor returned to playing her guitar and broke into song again having got rid of the pesky bug.

She assured fans she sings live in the most chaotic way (Picture: Gareth Cattermole/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management )

This is actually the second time this has happened to the Enchanted singer as just over a year ago in Chicago the same thing happened.

During her performance of Champagne Problems in the windy city, she announced: ‘I just swallowed a bug. I’m so sorry. It’s totally fine.

‘It’s just stupid,’ she added before coughing up the creature and joking: ‘Delicious’.

Hugh Grant thanks Taylor’s ‘gigantic boyfriend’

Another day, another huge celebrity at the Eras Tour and this time it was Hugh Grant gracing the VIP tent.

‘Dear @taylorswift13,’ he wrote on X. ‘You have an incredible show, an amazing and v hospitable team and excellent if gigantic boyfriend (#tequilashots.).’

The Bridget Jones legend witnessed night two of Wembley, so missed his new friend Travis taking to the stage.

Hugh, 63, has previously attended Blackpink’s Hyde Park set in 2023, declaring he was a ‘Blink’ after that incredible gig.

The Notting Hill star could be seen at Taylor’s show munching on carrots as he danced with his wife and daughter.

Hugh added: ‘Thanks so much from one ageing London boy, wife and thrilled 8 year old #halfgirlhalfbracelet.’

Fans climb onto Wembley roof

In a more alarming turn of events, Saturday night saw three mysterious figures climb onto the stadium roof.

In Madrid, fans also saw an unknown figure dancing on the roof but this time they brought friends.

Videos shared online show obscured figures watching on quite literally from the Gods, having a little boogie as the wide-spanning setlist plays.

Mystery figures were seen on roof of Wembley stadium

It’s unknown who the dedicated Swifties were, with fans hazarding a guess at the likes of Matty Healy or Joe Alwyn (who decided to head to New York for the weekend).

A statement from Wembley Stadium put fears to rest though as they shared: ‘We can confirm the individuals on the roof of Saturday night’s performance of Taylor Swift The Eras Tour were pre-approved professionals as part of the pyrotechnic team, equipped with full safety equipment.’

Those epic surprise songs ft Hayley Williams and Gracie Abrams

Any Swiftie knows the highlight of the evening is seeing what Taylor sings for the acoustic set.

Her surprise songs span anything in her discography with mashups including Edinburgh N3’s Haunted x Exile to ‘old’ tracks like Crazier from the Hannah Montana movie (yes, really).

London was treated to some incredible songs like a mashup of 1989, switching from Out of the Woods to Is It Over Now? to heartbreak anthem Clean.

Shockingly, expected tracks So Long, London and London Boy did not make it onto the set this time round – but with five more shows to go that could change.

Hayley Williams of Paramore joined Taylor on stage (Picture: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management )

She then struggled to find the stage exit (Picture: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management )

Fans were beside themselves when Taylor sang a mega-bridge for her mashup of Hits Different and Death By a Thousand Cuts on Friday night, followed by The Black Dog and Come Back Be Here.

However, night two really kicked things into high gear as Paramore’s Hayley Williams took to the stage to sing duet Castles Crumbling on piano.

For the Speak Now track, Hayley paid homage to Taylor’s iconic purple dress and the pair couldn’t stop smiling as they performed together, having been friends for years.

However, when it came time to leave the stage, the Decode hitmaker couldn’t find her exit, running about in the dark on stage before staff helped her off – oops!

Her final night in London saw Gracie Abrams join Taylor on stage for a rendition of their new song together, Us.

Gracie Abrams debuted a new song with Taylor (Picture: Gareth Cattermole/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management )

She’ll be back in London in August for five more shows (Picture: Gareth Cattermole/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management )

Taylor shared: ‘If you know the words to this one, you get extra credit points because it’s only been out for like two days. This song is technically not one that’s mine at all, it’s my friend Gracie’s.

‘When I tell you I just love this girl so much … but when you write with someone it’s like you see the whole thing [and] all the artistry, you see who this person is really and writing with her, she’s like so badass. Like, that’s a writer.’

Released days ago, this was the first time the track was ever played live after Gracie had revealed the chaos at her house during recording which included an actual fire.

Overwhelmed? Taylor isn’t done yet as she heads to Dublin, The Netherlands, and Germany before returning to London for her final European shows.

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