With roses, Bono, U2 welcome Taylor Swift to Dublin. ‘Leave some of it standing?!!!!’
Taylor Swift received a sweet welcome to Dublin, Ireland, ahead of her three-concert stand there that began Friday.
Her “Irish fan club” — rock band U2 — sent her a bodacious bouquet of creamy white, pink and lavender roses and orchids with a note.
“Dear Taylor,
“Welcome back to our hometown … leave some of it standing?!!!!
“Your Irish fan club, Bono, Edge, Adam and Larry.”
Swift posted a photo of the flowers and the note on her Instagram Story Friday before her concert in Aviva Stadium.
She wrote: “Already feeling that Irish hospitality!! @U2, thanks for always being the classiest and the coolest.”
Lead singer Bono said “I’m a Swiftie” when he and Swift were both guests in 2022 on “The Graham Norton Show,” a British talk show.
The band also sent her flowers and a note ahead of her Dublin concert in 2018.
“Walked into my dressing room to find roses from @U2 and I WAS NOT READY FOR IT. I LOVE U2 I LOVE IRELAND LETS DO THIS CROKE PARK!!!” she wrote then.
Swift has been performing in front of a cavalcade of celebrities — Tom Cruise, Hugh Grant, Paul McCartney, Cate Blanchett, Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher and the Prince of Wales — in London last week, where boyfriend Travis Kelce joined her on stage.
Keith Urban, Nicole Kidman, Shania Twain and Billy Joel have also attended shows in her current tour.
But after Kelce’s surprise performance in London, Swift’s fans hoped to see him back on stage in Dublin. Some fans are also waiting to see if Kelce’s teammate Patrick Mahomes and his wife, Brittany Mahomes, show up at a show while on their current European vacation.
After Dublin, Swift will make stops in several cities including Amsterdam, Zurich, Milan, Munich and London again before heading to a few U.S. cities and Canada later this year.
