Taylor Swift Stage Glitch During ‘The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived’

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Taylor Swift was unable to give her planned performance at the start of “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” concert during Saturday’s show in Dublin.

As the pop icon launched into the first few lines of the track from Section of tortured poets – “Was any of it true/Staring at me with your starry eyes/In your Jehovah’s Witness suit/Who is this man?” – Concertgoers noticed that the stage was malfunctioning. The elevated section Swift was standing on failed to lower when it was supposed to, leaving her momentarily stranded.

Swift was not deterred by the glitch.

Fortunately, she didn’t have to wait long until one of her dancers, Jan Ravnik, came to lend a hand and help her down.

In a video clip close to Swift The tortured poets Collection of concert Posted by a fanIt’s as if the pop star is trying to hold back his laughter while Ravnick offers to help.

The show must go on, and that’s exactly what happened with Swift’s three-and-a-half-hour set.

Swift’s international Eras Tour is at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium for three shows this week. Next, she will head to Amsterdam for three concerts at the Johan Cruijff Arena from July 4-6.

Sunday, painting Swift announced Tortured Poets Section The album remains at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart for the tenth consecutive week and total.

At this point, Swift has played the majority of the 31-track set live on the Eras Tour at least once. the The tortured poets A section of the show includes tracks titled “But Daddy I Love Him,” a bit of “So High School,” “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?” and “Down Bad” which transitions into “Fortnight.” It concludes with “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” (usually with instrumental stagecraft) and “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart.”

Other tracks from the album make their live debut on Swift’s vocal section, offering two surprise renditions of the two songs. The first performances this weekend included “The Albatross” on Saturday and “Clara Bow” on Sunday by Stevie Nicks, who was in the VIP tent filming Swift’s song on her cell phone.

Watch clips of Swift expertly handling Saturday’s stage breakdown below.