Taylor Swift gets emotional as fans sing ‘Happy Birthday’ at final Eras Tour show: 'We will never forget'

VANCOUVER, CANADA: Birthday came early for Taylor Swift as the audience of her Vancouver Eras Tour stop sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to the pop star during the last stop of her record-breaking Eras Tour. 

The Grammy-winning pop star is not new to standing ovations as Swifties around the world have made it a point to acknowledge the singer’s hard work by giving her lengthy ovations following her performance of ‘Champagne Problems’, per Life & Style.

However, the crowd in Vancouver took it a step ahead on Sunday, December 8, as they followed their standing ovation with a heartfelt Happy Birthday song to the flustered songstress.

Taylor Swift gets birthday wish from her fans

Swift, who performed her last Eras Tour stop less than a week before celebrating her 35th birthday on Friday, December 13, was left flustered by the outpouring of love from her fans. 

Swift wrapped up her billion-dollar earning concert tour when she performed for the last time at her Eras Tour at BC Place in Vancouver on December 8.

In a video shared on social media, it can be seen that the crowd chanted ‘Happy Birthday’, as the camera panned to Swift’s face who was beaming at the crowd’s adorable gesture. 

Apart from the video circulating on social media, Swift’s die-hard fan, Flavor Flav too shared another clip of the crowd singing ‘Happy Birthday’ to the ‘Lavender Haze’ singer. 

Sharing the video, the musician wrote, “Happy Birthday to @taylorswift13 ,,, we all love ya.”

Taylor Swift bids an emotional farewell to her fans

The ‘Cruel Summer’ singer, who has been on the roads for almost two years, ever since she launched her Eras Tour in March 2023, bid an emotional farewell to her fans during the last night of her shows in Vancouver. 

The ‘So High School’ singer reflected on her experience of playing at Eras Tour during the ‘Lover’ set, when she said, “We have had so many adventures. It has been the most exciting, powerful, electrifying, intense, most challenging thing I’ve done in my entire life. We’ve gotten to perform for over 10 million people on this tour.”

“And tonight, we get to play one last show for you here tonight in beautiful Vancouver. We’re gonna make it count,” promised the megastar. 

After the crowd sang to her during the standing ovation during the Folklore/Evermore set, Swift admitted, “This tour has been the adventure of a lifetime.”

Emotionally, she added, “I speak on behalf of my band … my fellow performers who all left their families and have spent time away from everything that they know and love and have performed when they were sick. When anything was going on in their lives, they made sure that this show come through [for] you and I just wanted to say that on behalf of all of us, we will never forget you giving us that moment. Thank you, Vancouver.”

To pay tribute to her tour, the singer further changed the lyrics of her ‘Long Live’ during the surprise songs set and sang, “It was the end of an era,” instead of “It was the end of a decade.”