Taylor Swift gets emotional about Patriots home stadium
Taylor Swift has been touring most NFL stadiums and recently paid a visit to the New England Patriots home, Gillette Stadium. Gillette has been a big concert venue for a long time, spanning a lot of Swift's incredible career of almost two decades.
In fact, Swift's very first concert was performed 13 years ago where the Patriots play. Swift said of the place that Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, Randy Moss and others have inhabitted over the years:
“My very first NFL stadium show was 13 years ago and it was right here in Gillette Stadium. And here we are 13 years later, tonight I get to play my 13th show at Gillette Stadium for this beautiful crowd. We just love you, there's something so special about the crowds that come and see us here, you're just absolutely extraordinary.”
“My very first NFL stadium show was 13 years ago and it was right here in Gillette Stadium.
And here we are 13 years later, tonight I get to play my 13th show at Gillette Stadium for this beautiful crowd.
We just love you, there's something so special about the crowds that… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Swift is very fond of the number 13, which comes from her birthday of Dec. 13. The fact that over the weekend, she could play her 13th Gilette Stadium show in front of Patriots fans, Swift fans and others, including Mac Jones himself, was a special experience.
Taylor Swift filling Patriots stadium and more
Stadiums have been taken over by Taylor Swift and her fans. Over the weekend of May 7, Nissan Stadium, home to the Tennessee Titans was flooded with people. On Friday, the crowd set the record for the most people ever inhabitting Nissan Stadium and that record was then broken by the incredible Saturday night crowd.
Her time at Gillette is done for now, but rest assured that any and all future Taylor Swift tours will stop there if at all possible. It's a very special place for her and for Patriots fans alike.
Over the three nights she was there, she performed six surprise songs not on the setlist:
- Should've Said No (Night 1)
- Better Man (Night 1)
- Question...? (Night 2)
- Invisible (Night 2)
- I Think He Knows (Night 3)
- Red (Night 3)
In total, she has visited the following stadiums this year:
- State Farm Stadium (Cardinals)
- Allegiant Stadium (Raiders
- AT&T Stadium (Cowboys)
- Raymond James Stadium (Buccaneers)
- NRG Stadium (Texans)
- Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Falcons)
- Nissan Stadium (Titans)
- Gillette Stadium (Patriots)
Her next stop is the Meadowlands, home of the New York Jets and Giants. She will also visit So-Fi Stadium and others to finish out the Eras Tour.