Taylor Swift Dedicates and Sings ‘Clara Bow’ to ‘Hero’ Stevie Nicks in Front of Her at Final Dublin Eras Tour Show
Taylor Swift thinks this Eras Tour audience member looks like Stevie Nicks — because it was her
Swift, 34, dedicated and sang “Clara Bow” from The Tortured Poets Department album to the Fleetwood Mac legend during the surprise songs segment of the third Eras Tour show in Dublin on Sunday, June 30.
In “Clara Bow,” the 14-time Grammy winner name-checks Nicks, 76, as an It Girl of her time, much like Clara Bow was in the 1920s: “You look like Stevie Nicks, in ’75, the hair and lips,” Swift sang at Aviva Stadium. “Crowd goes wild at her fingertips, half moonshine, a full eclipse.”
Before performing the song, Swift teased the surprise performance.
“She’s a hero of mine and also someone that I can tell her any secret and she’d never tell anybody,” Swift said. “She’s really helped me through so much over the years. I’m talking about Stevie Nicks.”
During the performance, Swift sang how she thinks she “might die if I made it” big in Los Angeles, much like Nicks joining Fleetwood Mac in 1975.
Swift mashed up “Clara Bow” with “The Lucky One” from Red, then finished her surprise song set with Midnights track “You’re On Your Own, Kid,” which Nicks said helped her grieve after the death of Fleetwood Mac member Christine McVie’s death in November 2022.
Notably, Nicks previously wrote a poem in August 2023 that made it into The Tortured Poets Department album’s written prologue, proving Swift and Nicks’ connection goes deeper than the “Clara Bow” mention.
Swift received a warm welcome upon arriving in Dublin for her June 28-30 shows, and not only from her hordes of adoring fans, but from one of the biggest musical groups to come out of Ireland — U2.
“Welcome back to our hometown… leave some of it standing?!!!!” the iconic Irish band said in a handwritten note sent to Swift, as documented in her Instagram Stories on Friday, June 28.
The card, which came with a floral arrangement, was signed by Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. “Already feeling that Irish hospitality!! @U2 thanks for always being the classiest & the coolest,” she wrote in text added to the social media post.
The star-studded appearances didn’t stop there in Ireland this weekend. Travis Kelce and Julia Roberts were also in attendance at the June 30 concert, seen chatting together in the VIP tent.
Kelce, 34, went the distance traveling from a wedding in California the night before to see Swift perform.
Kelce has previously attended Eras Tour shows in Kansas City, Buenos Aires, Sydney, Singapore and London, becoming a fixture in the crowd supporting his girlfriend.
Swift also received a special visit from her Kansas City Chiefs boyfriend while onstage during her European leg.
On June 23, Kelce made his Eras debut as a performer when he surprised fans during the pop star’s London show. The pair, who went public with their romance in October 2023, coordinated in a tuxedo and top hat looks for the Wembley Stadium show.
She said she was “still cracking up/swooning over @killatrav’s Eras Tour debut 🥰” on June 24 following his appearance for the “I Can Do It With A Broken Heart” skit, where he carried her onto a red couch to change costumes.
Kelce also danced and playfully dusted Swift’s face with a makeup brush while grinning ear to ear during his onstage appearance.