Taylor Swift praised her band and crew at Wembley on June 23, 2024, saying her band would play live for three and a half hours. The remarks came a day after Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl joked at London Stadium about the Eras Tour and said his band “actually play live.” Reports framed Swift’s comments as an apparent indirect response; she did not name Grohl.
What Dave Grohl said at London Stadium
During the Foo Fighters’ June 22, 2024 concert at London Stadium, Grohl referred to Swift’s Wembley show and joked that his band’s tour could be called the “Errors Tour.” Variety reported him saying: “So we like to call our tour the ‘Errors Tour.’ We’ve had more than a few eras, and more than a few fucking errors as well. Just a couple.”
He then added: “That’s because we actually play live. What? Just saying. You guys like raw, live rock ‘n’ roll music, right? You came to the right fucking place.” The line implied a contrast with Swift’s performance, but it was Grohl’s joke; the reporting does not establish anything about his private intent. Variety reported on Grohl’s remarks.
How Swift praised her band and crew
On June 23, the third London date of the Eras Tour, Swift addressed the Wembley crowd while thanking fans and recognizing the people working on the show. The Independent reported her saying: “What you just did is an unforgettable moment in not just my life, but every very single one of our crew.”
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She continued: “The band that’s going to be playing live for you for three and a half hours tonight. They deserve this so much and so does every one of my fellow performers, and you just gave that to us so generously. We’ll never forget it.” The phrase “every very single” is reproduced as The Independent reported it. The Independent’s account of Swift’s remarks described an audience of 90,000 at the show.
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The timing and the shared subject—whether the performances were live—led reports to present Swift’s praise as an apparent response to Grohl’s quip. The distinction matters: Swift praised her own band and crew, but did not directly confront or name Grohl in the reported remarks.
Nor does the exchange by itself establish a lasting feud. Variety noted that Grohl had praised Swift in 2015, dedicating the Foo Fighters’ “Congregation” to her at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend and saying: “I’m officially obsessed. She might want to get a restraining order because I’m all about Swift.”
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What the reports establish—and what they do not
- Variety reported Grohl’s June 22 remarks at London Stadium; The Independent reported Swift’s June 23 comments at Wembley.
- The Independent gave the Wembley audience figure as 90,000. That is the outlet’s reported figure for this 2024 show.
- The accounts are entertainment-news reporting, not official transcripts from the artists or venues. They support describing Swift’s remarks as an apparent or indirect response, not as a direct statement about Grohl.
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