If it wasn't clear yet, San Siro has made it clear: it's the era of Taylor Swift , who made the stadium shake last night in Milan, in the true sense of the word: for the concert in Zurich a few days ago the Seismic Service Swiss has calculated seismic vibrations measurable up to a distance of six kilometers , and yesterday the show was no different. A small earthquake , like the one triggered in the Lombardy capital by the energy of the 'swifties' , for which a "ciao" said in Italian was enough to release an enthusiasm contained for 13 years . Many have passed since the last stop in our country and the fans - including the designers Pierpaolo Piccioli and Sabato de Sarno of Gucci but also the pilot Charles Leclerc - have had time to prepare to unleash an enthusiasm made up of dances, bracelets, 'fans surprise action and choirs right from the start of the show.
For the Milan dates , the "swifties" who had arrived from all over the world had camped out for days in front of the stadium , braving the rain and the scorching sun and spending crazy sums, with tickets costing thousands of euros to attend a three-hour blockbuster and a half, designed to retrace the many eras of this incredible 34 year old who took on the world from Pennsylvania.
After the performance of the support group, Paramore, a clock ticked the countdown until several dancers came out on stage with enormous wings on their shoulders. They moved to the center of the platform in front of the audience and there she appeared, to the tune of 'Miss America & The Heartbreak Prince' , followed by some of the most loved songs from her discography, including 'Cruel Summer' and 'You Need to Calm Down', belonging to the Lover 'era'.
Each of the ten acts of the show in fact represents an album, with its reference atmospheres, which correspond to sets and changes of clothes .
After the melodic pop that opens the show, we move on to the early country of Fearless, with a fringed dress and acoustic guitar, before arriving at the hits of 'Red', including 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' and 'I Knew You Were Trouble', and at the dances of 'Reputation', while in the sets dedicated to 'Folklore' and 'Evermore' a wooden house and a piano covered in moss appear on the mega stage.
These are two twin albums written during the lockdown - said the author sitting at the piano - when I was still wondering if one day I would be able to play them live in a stadium, like tonight in MilanoZ.
So the energy of '1989' and the mega hits 'Shake it Off', while the eighth act is all about the new album 'The Tortured Poets Department', released last April. Lying on a bed, Taylor Swift sings 'Fortnight', before the most awaited moment of the live show: the "surprise songs" with which the star delights her audience at each stage, playing acoustic versions of songs that are not in the official setlist.
«It's a new tradition that I inaugurated with this tour» she explained, taking up the guitar to perform "the one" and Wonderland in an acoustic version for the first time and then sitting down at the piano for a mash up of 'The moment I Knew' and 'I almost do' from the album Red, where she had a little vocal uncertainty which, if possible, made her even more human and close to her fans.
An empathy that the Swifties in Milan reciprocated by chanting "you are beautiful" in chorus but also - during the song 'Enchanted' - by raising thousands of signs to the sky with the words "We are enchanted to meet you after 13 years".
The long evening then quickly slipped into 'Midnights', the last act, closed by 'Karma' and the applause of the 65 thousand Swifties, co-protagonists of the first of the two Italian dates of a 152-date world tour, the first in history to exceed 1 billion dollars in takings.
(Unioneonline/vl)