Taylor Swift Jokes Her Parents Were Recording Ovation on Their Phones During Latest Wembley Show

Taylor Swift performs on stage Aug. 15, 2024 in London. Photo:

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Taylor Swift is having fun at her parents’ expense while in London!

On Friday, Aug. 16, the 34-year-old superstar thanked the crowd at Wembley Stadium for a heartfelt ovation and included a funny dig at her parents in the process.

“I guarantee my parents were just recording that on their phones,” she said in a video recorded by a fan on X (formerly Twitter). “So anytime I’m having a sad or a bad day, not only will I play the video in my mind, but I’m gonna revisit that moment a lot – thank you so much for doing that.”

The “Soon You’ll Get Better” singer’s mom Andrea was also with her daughter during the June 2024 Wembley run of the Eras Tour, when a fan caught her reacting to lyrics that reference her on Swift’s Tortured Poets Department track “thanK you aiMee.”

“Everyone knows that my mother is a saintly woman,” Swift sang on stage as a camera panned to Andrea waving to the crowd around her, who cheered as the lyrics were sung.

Taylor Swift performs in London on Aug. 15, 2024.

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Friday show’s marks Swift’s second since canceling three shows in Vienna, Austria, last week following the discovery of an alleged terror plot targeting concerts in the country. The singer has not yet issued a statement addressing the planned attack, but she was spotted out in London with her tour crew Monday night in her first public appearance since news of the threat surfaced.

Swift’s canceled Austria shows would’ve marked the first time she ever performed in the European country, as she skipped it on her first five international tours.

Taylor Swift on stage in London with her dancers on Aug. 15, 2024.

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The pop star’s second round of London shows comes months after she concluded her first action-packed run at Wembley Stadium in June — which saw her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, make his Eras Tour debut onstage and a special backstage visit from Prince William and his two eldest children, Prince George, 11, and Princess Charlotte, 9.

Andrea Swift and Taylor Swift in Los Angeles in November 2010.

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During her first night back on Thursday, Aug. 15, the “I Can Do It with a Broken Heart” singer brought out longtime friend Ed Sheeran onstage during the surprise songs section of her show. They performed their collaborations “Everything Has Changed” and “End Game,” plus Sheeran’s 2014 hit “Thinking Out Loud.”

Swift will close out the European stretch of her record-breaking tour with a final show in London on Aug. 20. For its last leg, the Eras Tour will resume in Toronto on Nov. 14 before stopping at more North American cities and finally coming to close in December.