Taylor Swift breaks Wembley record as UK tour ends

Taylor Swift has finished the European leg of her Eras Tour with a record-breaking show at Wembley Stadium that was packed full of surprises.
The pop star was joined on stage by Florence + The Machine and by Bleachers frontman Jack Antonoff, rewarded fans with the premiere of a new music video and gave the first live rendition of her song So Long, London.
It was Swift’s eighth concert at Wembley this summer – overtaking a record for any solo singer, which was set by Michael Jackson with his Bad Tour in 1988.
“You just made me the first solo artist to ever play Wembley eight times in a single tour,” she told fans. “We will never, ever be able to thank you enough for it.”
The star’s eighth Wembley show also saw her equal the overall record for the most nights at the venue on a single tour, set by Take That on their Progress Tour in 2011.
‘This is the best’
The star’s headline-dominating tour has criss-crossed Europe all summer; with the Wembley finale marking the 131st date of her two-year trek.
In the UK alone, she played to almost 1.2 million people, generating an estimated £1bn for the country’s economy.
A team of geophysicists in Edinburgh even recorded seismic waves generated by fans dancing at Murrayfield Stadium, which made the ground move by a maximum of 23.4 nanometres (nm) during the song Ready For It

The London dates marked a high point, with Swift playing there more times than any other city on her itinerary.
“I’ve always loved playing for you here in London, but this is the best,” she said during Tuesday’s finale.
“I’ve never had it this good before. I’ve never had a crowd that’s so generous.
“You seem to have memorised every single lyric of every single song, and that’s a dream come true.”