Out of style? More like out of tune.
Taylor Swift needed help onstage during her recent Eras Tour stop at Wembley Stadium in London as she prepared to perform “Champagne Problems” from her 2020 album. Forever and discovered that her piano was defective.
The incident happened on her fourth night in town on Monday, August 19, and was documented by a fan in the audience.
In the video, Swift can be seen playing a short tune on her piano, before saying, “So Folklore it has a sister album that I’m very proud of and it’s called Forever.” She paused and played a few more notes as the audience cheered.
Taylor Swift plays a different piano on stage in France in June 2024.
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Looking down, she said, “I have to… this is in the wrong key. I just have to get to the keyboard,” as she moved to open the lid of the musical instrument. “How do I get in here?” She asked into the microphone as she used her hands to move the lid of the piano, which was skillfully covered with decorative moss.
A stagehand in all black appeared on stage to assist Swift. “I just know this is in the wrong key,” she is heard telling him.
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The singer cheered as a crew member quickly lifted the lid and made the appropriate adjustments. He closed the lid and she thanked him before saying, “Okay, great!”
Continuing with the show, she told the audience: “It’s raining, isn’t that nice? I think when it rains for more than six minutes, we can officially call it a rain show. A rain show is very, very special. Rain shows are only chosen by audiences that are good enough fun to party and dance in the rain.”
Swift went on to proclaim, “Well, I’m so excited that we can now sing ‘Champagne Problems’ in the rain, London!”
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This is not the first time that the “Fortnight” singer’s piano has broken down on stage.
Earlier this summer, Swift’s piano went off during a secret song segment at her concert after she began performing a medley Reputation“Getaway Car” and “Out of the Woods” from in 1989. The singer barely managed to skip the opening words when her piano broke down. “We finally cracked this thing,” Swift told the crowd as she peered under the piano’s lid.
The singer’s London tour has attracted a number of celebrity guests since returning to the city on August 15, including Lena Dunham, Channing Tatum and Zoë Kravitz, Taylor Lautner and his wife, Malala Yousafzai and Meg Ryan.
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