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Taylor Swift review – a joyous, bravura singathon marks the end of an Era

The US megastar’s world-conquering Eras tour threatened to become its own sideshow in recent weeks. In the event, though, it’s almost too much fun…

Her fond farewell to London on the eighth night of a record-breaking solo run at Wembley Stadium – besting Michael Jackson’s 1988 benchmark – is a triumph and a long, lingering goodbye. Does Swift change the lyrics to So Long London from “You’ll find someone” to “I found someone”, a reference to her happiness with football player Travis Kelce after two hard breakups? There is no word from the stage about deepfakes circulated online by Donald Trump in the days prior to the gig, showing Swift, and Swifties, endorsing him in the forthcoming election.

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