Dave Grohl has come beneath 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 throughout the the band’s Saturday evening present in London. Swift additionally occurs to be in London for the newest cease on her Eras Tour. She carried out at Wembley Stadium, whereas the Foo Fighters have been at London Stadium.
In accordance 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 title of her tour.
“I do know that she’s on her Eras Tour. I’m telling you man, you don’t wish 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 quite a lot of eras, and quite a lot of fucking errors as effectively. Only a couple. That’s as a result of we really play stay. What?!” he added in mock indignation, turning away from the mic.
He then went on: “I’m simply saying, you guys like uncooked, stay rock ‘n’ roll music proper? You got here to the proper 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 along with her at each present. It’s additionally value noting that Swift has usually abruptly stopped performing mid-song to, for instance, make certain concertgoers have been OK (presumably not one thing that may very well be simply carried out if the music weren’t stay).
Many social media customers have been questioning Grohl’s feedback and the explanation behind them. “As soon as once more males bashing Taylor for actually no motive she didn’t do something unsuitable they usually really feel the necessity to discuss 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 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 figuring out the way 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 bit out of kinds at that time,” he quipped, implying he could 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 she or he begins taking part in this tune and it sounds acquainted and I’m type of a 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 bought up and proceed to sing alongside her piano accompaniment.
Earlier this yr, Grohl’s daughter Violet got here beneath hearth by Swift followers when she criticized Swift in a since-deleted put up for flying by non-public jet. Swifties then famous Violet had additionally flown by non-public jet prior to now.
