Dave Grohl has come underneath fireplace 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 in the course of 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 have been at London Stadium.
In keeping with 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 stated as the group began booing.
He continued: “So we prefer 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 effectively. Only a couple. That’s as a result of we truly 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 suitable fucking place.”
Throughout her personal tour on Sunday in London, Swift gave a shoutout to her band members for taking part in a three-and-a-half-hour present evening after evening, together with the opposite performers who’re onstage along with her at each present. It’s additionally price noting that Swift has usually abruptly stopped performing mid-song to, for instance, ensure that concertgoers have been OK (presumably not one thing that may very well be simply achieved if the music weren’t dwell).
Many social media customers have been questioning Grohl’s feedback and the rationale behind them. “As soon as once more males bashing Taylor for actually no motive she didn’t do something incorrect and so they really feel the necessity to speak about her,” wrote one, whereas one other added “that is extremely odd habits 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 social gathering, at which the host sat down and performed a music on the piano. Afterward, the partygoers turned to Grohl expectantly, wanting him to play a music too. Not understanding how you can play the piano, Grohl panicked a bit, at which level Swift jumped in to rescue the Foo Fighters frontman, providing to play a music.
“I can’t play piano, and I used to be just a little out of types 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 music’ and … she saved my ass. She will get up, and she or he begins taking part in this music and it sounds acquainted and I’m type of just a little bit out of it, and that i’m my spouse like, ‘I do know this music. What is that this music?’ And she or he was playin the Foo Fighters music ‘Better of You.’”
Grohl added that it “sounded so nice” and he received up and proceed to sing alongside her piano accompaniment.
Earlier this 12 months, Grohl’s daughter Violet got here underneath fireplace by Swift followers when she criticized Swift in a since-deleted put up for flying by personal jet. Swifties then famous Violet had additionally flown by personal jet prior to now.