Taylor Swift fans to get “up to speed” on their knowledge of the artist before she comes to the UK in June.Altogether, 219,000 fans will descend on Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh to across three nights to see the ‘Eras’ tour. The crowd numbers are expected to beat Harry Styles’ record in 2023 for the biggest show in Scotland.The one-off 90-minute course, which will be delivered by Glasgow Clyde College (GCC), teaches parents and plus ones about Swift’s back catalogue, the setlist, her wardrobe and hairstyles and even the crowd chants.“Taylor mania doesn’t seem to be slowing any time soon, and we expect it’ll reach its peak here in Scotland in June,” said Robert Anderson, curriculum assistant principal at GCC [via The Independent].“We understand that not everyone will be up to speed on all things Taylor and might not get the full Eras experience.“That’s why we created this masterclass – to prepare those who’ll be heading along to the gig with their superfan kids, friends or partners to ensure they have just as memorable a time.“Taylor’s gigs are known for being so well crafted, and unless you’re a fan yourself, you might miss some of the iconic moments.“Our expert will take you through everything you need to know – leaving you a Swiftie in no time.”The course will take place on May 7 from 6 till 7:30pm – you can get hold of a free ticket here.Meanwhile, Swift has shared a video from rehearsals for the ‘Eras Tour’ – fuelling speculation that her new album could be added to the setlist.
Halsey ALSO Has A Song About Ex Matty Healy -- And It's Spiking After The Tortured Poets Department
24.04.2024 - 06:35 / perezhilton.com
What an interesting week to be Matty Healy!
Taylor Swift‘s monumental new album The Tortured Poets Department shocked fans by being more about Matty than Joe Alwyn. The emotional baggage Tay had about the frontman of The 1975 has been so fascinating it’s had people digging into the past. Not only Taylor’s longer than many realized relationship with Matty, but his affect on other pop stars as well!
In case you weren’t aware, the 35-year-old Brit was linked to another singer back in 2015: Halsey. The singer (who uses she/they pronouns) was, like Tay, also inspired to write a song about the About You crooner. The song Colors, found way back on their debut album Badlands, is rumored to be about the couple’s short-lived romance. In the song, Halsey describes the muse of the track struggling with addiction — and it sounds an awfully lot like Matty:
Matty has been very open about his struggles with drugs, which Tay Tay also touched on in her music video for her latest release Fortnight.
Related: ‘More’ To The Story?? Matty’s Aunt Suggests Taylor Left Out Details In TTPD!
Colors was a banger that absolutely SKYROCKETED Halsey to fame at the time. If you were on any social medias at the time, you probably remember this lyric making the rounds:
They also referenced Matty’s mother Denise Welch, a host on the UK talk show Loose Women, while expressing concern for his drug issues:
Yeah, it seems like Matty inspires some pretty heartbreaking lyrics all-around… Which is kind of an accomplishment, we guess! He can join the club with Dave Coulier and Warren Beatty. They can all go bowling and talk about how being jerks to talented women led to indelible pop classics.
Inneresting note about Colors this week though? We noted fans have been
Joe Alwyn Was ‘In Love’ With Taylor Swift But Has ‘Moved On’ & Doesn’t Want Any Drama!
Joe Alwyn wants to move on with his life.
Taylor Swift Breaks Yet Another Record In The UK, After A Historical Week On Spotify
Taylor Swift has broken yet another record with her latest album The Tortured Poets Department.
Taylor Swift shifts 270k units of ‘Tortured Poets Department’ to claim UK Number One and match Madonna’s chart record
Taylor Swift‘s ‘Tortured Poets Department’ has officially gone Number One in the UK, delivering the UK’s biggest opening week in seven years and matching Madonna‘s record.The singer released her eleventh studio album last Friday (April 19), which managed to break Spotify’s record for most-streamed album in a day with 300million streams.Now, it’s been revealed that ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ sold 270,000 units to snag the Number One spot. It’s a huge step up from her 2022 album ‘Midnights‘, which sold just over 200,000 records in its first week.The huge opening week for ‘Tortured Poets Department’ also sees Swift go toe-to-toe with Madonna for the female artist with the most Number One albums in Official Charts history.
Taylor Swift shares ‘Eras Tour’ rehearsals video – could ‘Tortured Poets’ be added to the setlist?
Taylor Swift has shared a video from rehearsals for the ‘Eras Tour’, with fans speculating that her new album could be added to the setlist. Watch below.The pop star is due to begin the European and UK/Ireland leg of her huge career-spanning tour in Paris on May 9.
'So Long, London' Lyrics: Taylor Swift's Track 5 Song Seems To Be About a Famous Ex
The fifth track on all of Taylor Swift‘s albums are some of the most buzzed-about songs of her career as fans know they’re always the most devastating ones.
Matty Healy's Mom HILARIOUSLY Reacts To Taylor Swift's TTPD!
Matty Healy’s mom isn’t paying any mind to Taylor Swift‘s new album! At least that’s what she wants you to think… We think…
Matty Healy's Mom Responds to Taylor Swift's 'Tortured Poets Department' Lyrics Thought to Be About Her Son
Matty Healy‘s mom Denise Welch was asked about Taylor Swift‘s The Tortured Poets Department.
The 1975's Matt Healy finally responds to Taylor Swift's 'diss track' on new album
Matt Healy, frontman of the band The 1975 and son of Loose Women's Denise Welch, has responded to the so-called "diss track" on Taylor Swift's album which is rumoured to be all about the singer.The musician, 35, briefly dated singer-songwriter Taylor back in June 2023, and her album track The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived is believed to be about their romance. The album, The Tortured Poets Department, became the most-streamed album in a single week on streaming service Spotify following its release on Friday, and rumours about who she's been writing about have been swirling on the internet.
Australia concerts in 2024: here’s a list of shows and tours coming up
Post Malone, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Mötley Crüe, it’ll be tricky for 2024’s schedule to outdo its predecessor – and yet, thanks to the likes of Taylor Swift, Blink-182 and Pink, plus Coldplay, Pearl Jam and SZA, it’s poised to do just that.From debut headline shows for breakout artists to bustling festival sideshow programs, there’s something for everyone to enjoy as a stellar batch of musicians make their way Down Under in 2024. Read on for NME’s roundup of all the biggest concerts and tours coming to Australia this year.James Taylor: An Evening with James Taylor & His All-Star BandWhen: April 12 – April 28Find tickets and more info hereIf there was ever a festival made for James Taylor & His All-Star Band at this juncture of his 50-year career, it’s Day on the Green.
Matty Healy laughs when asked about ex Taylor Swift’s ‘diss track’ about him on ‘TTPD’ — has he listened?
Matty Healy is breaking his silence on ex Taylor Swift’s new double album, “The Tortured Poets Department” — and revealing if he actually pressed play on the new tracks.The 1975 frontman, 35, was approached by paparazzi in L.A. on Wednesday and asked how he would “rate” his “Taylor diss track” compared to others she has written about.“My diss track? Oh!” he replied.“I haven’t really listened to that much of it but I’m sure it’s good.”Swifties were quick to theorize what songs Swift penned about Healy, whom she briefly dated last year.
Pet Shop Boys' Neil Tennant brands Taylor Swift's music 'disappointing'
Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys has taken a pop at Taylor Swift, saying her tunes don't match up to classic hits from superstar Michael Jackson.
There’s a zodiac sign for every song on Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets Department’
delivered unto us last week and while the reviews have been an extreme mix, the fanfare is without equal. The Post’s Chuck Arnold writes, “There is plenty of “Bad Blood” spilled on Swift’s latest. And with the raw honesty and specificity of her lyrics, she is clearly in her ‘IDGAF’ era.” Her ‘TTPD,’ era sees Swift take aim at exes and enemies Kim Kardashian, Matt Healy and stand-out British sad boy, ladies and gentlemen Joe Alwyn.
Taylor Swift fans can still access Edinburgh standing tickets for Eras Tour - here's how
Taylor Swift fans will be overjoyed to find out that there are still is a possibility that they can attend her long-awaited Eras Tour leg in the UK.
Uncovering the astrological easter eggs of Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’
HRH Taylor Swift, the Sagittarius queen of confessional songwriting, sick burns, and exhuming the sins of her exes, is back at it with the release of ‘The Tortured Poets Department,’ her 11th studio album. A meditation on her frayed relationship with British sad boy Joe Alwyn, with lyrical forays into her ill-fated affair with Matt Healy, a beef with Kim Kardashian and a few nods to new dude Travis Kelce, the album dropped on an auspicious day, leaving a whimsical, side-eye giving trail of astrological easter eggs. Can you find them all? Read on and see how you did.The hotly anticipated release comes amid the thick heat haze of Mercury retrograde in Aries, a time when the re- prefix is emphasized and we reimagine the past, revise our self-concepts, and revisit the muck and the mire of failed relationships, to discover the kernels of wisdom buried in the burning buildings of romantic ruin.In essence and ashes, this album is the smoking, stillborn delivery of a doomed love story.
Taylor Swift ‘likes’ post ranking exes — and Joe Alwyn as a dead ‘Hunger Games’ tribute
Swift dropped her highly anticipated album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” Betches Media shared an Instagram carousel of images with a meme of “Dance Moms” star Abby Lee Miller holding up pieces of paper listing some of Swift’s famous exes.As her current boyfriend, Travis Kelce, was at the top of the pyramid, Taylor Lautner, Harry Styles, Tom Hiddleston, Calvin Harris, Joe Alwyn, Jake Gyllenhaal and Matty Healy followed.Notably, Harris, Alwyn, Gyllenhaal and Healy were the four on the bottom.Even more, Swift “liked” a “Hunger Games” meme that jokingly showed Alwyn as a dead tribute in the franchise. “Every time we get a new lyric the hunger games cannon goes off,” the tweet that Betches Media shared read.Swift actually collaborated with The Civil Wars for The Hunger Games’ “Safe & Sound” in 2012.Swift and the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, meanwhile, began dating over the summer.
Which New Taylor Swift Songs Are About Matty Healy, Joe Alwyn or Travis Kelce? Breaking Down ‘Tortured Poets Department’ Lyric Clues
Taylor Swift‘s fans are always pouring over her lyrics for clues about her personal life, and things are no different with the release of her newest album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” Before her world-famous relationship with Travis Kelce that was debuted this year, Swift had a long-term romance with British actor Joe Alwyn, and then a relatively short rebound with Matty Healy, frontman of the 1975. Most of the material was written and recorded before Swift and Kelce became an item, so he isn’t a key player in the album, although he makes a key late entry, assuming no one else drove her to use football metaphors for the first time.
Inside Matt Healy's relationship history as Taylor Swift 'takes brutal swipe'
Taylor Swift's love life has always been a hot topic, and her latest album seems to have reignited the conversation.The American singer-songwriter, who split from British actor Joe Alwyn last year, shocked fans when she was spotted with The 1975 frontman Matty Healy shortly after. Now, nearly a year later, Taylor has once again surprised her fans. Many had assumed that her 11th studio album, a double album titled 'The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology', would delve into the end of her six-year relationship with Joe.
OMG! Taylor Swift Fans Come For Kim Kardashian By The Thousands In Her IG Comments After TTPD Drops!
It’s a bad day to be Kim Kardashian right now…
Taylor Swift Drops ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ As Surprise Double Album With 15 Extra Tracks; Sparks Speculation Over Which Ex Is Target Of Lyrics
Taylor Swift‘s eagerly awaited new LP ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ dropped in the early hours of Friday with a surprise double album format and 15 additional songs.