Taylor Swift has made a number of donations to local food banks in cities she visits on her highly anticipated The Eras Tour.
The 33-year-old Grammy winner was celebrated in an Instagram post by Nevada-based nonprofit Three Square Food Bank on Wednesday after making what he described as a generous contribution to the organization.
“We don’t know about you, but we are grateful on this day, March 22!” the organization said in a social media post, which featured a collage of images of the anti-hero artist. ⠀
The organization said: “@TaylorSwift made a generous gift to Three Square, which enables us to provide thousands of meals to families and individuals struggling with hunger.
“Thank you to Ms. Swift for supporting our mission and the local community.”
The latest: Taylor Swift, 33, has made a number of donations to local food banks in cities she visits on her highly anticipated The Eras Tour. She has made donations to organizations in Nevada and Arizona, where she was seen performing last weekend
The Shake It Off singer is scheduled to take the stage at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Friday and Saturday, with beabadoobee & GAYLE opening for her.
The singer We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, who started her first trek in more than four years from Glendale, Arizona’s State Farm Stadium, last weekend, also recently made a donation to the Arizona Food Bank Network.
The organization’s vice president of external relations, Terri Shoemaker, told AZ Central, “It’s not every day you get a call from someone who works for Taylor Swift, so we were skeptical at first, but fortunately, it turned out to be dead real.” ‘
Swift broke down in tears while paying tribute to her late grandmother as she kicked off her back-to-back-show Eras tour on Friday and Saturday in Glendale, Arizona.
The pop artist paid tribute to grandmother Marjorie Finlay during a performance at State Farm Stadium, home of last month’s Super Bowl.
During her performance of the 2020 song, which was named after her maternal grandparents, Taylor got emotional.
Footage was captured during the opening shows by fans in the audience and posted to social media.
TikTok user mlpowers007 shared an outtake to her personal account and wrote, “Such a beautiful tribute to Marjorie.”
On the road: The Shake It Off singer is scheduled to take the stage at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Friday and Saturday, with beabadoobee & GAYLE opening for her
Back on the road: Swift kicked off her Eras Tour with back-to-back shows Friday and Saturday in Glendale, Arizona
Inspiration: The 33-year-old pop artist paid tribute to her late grandmother, Marjorie Finlay, during a performance at State Farm Stadium, home of last month’s Super Bowl
Fans were first introduced to the heartfelt tune in December 2020 when Taylor unexpectedly released her album Evermore.
It came just five months after the release of her critically acclaimed album Folklore.
Releasing the new music, the Pennsylvania-born songwriter explained that Marjorie was written with her grandmother in mind, nothing that she “still visits me sometimes … if only in my dreams.”
The sentimental lyrics narrate timeless advice shared by Finlay, who died in 2003, with the line: “Never be so nice that you forget to be smart, and never be so smart that you forget to be kind.”
Swift also detailed Marjorie’s career as an opera singer with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra.
Perhaps the most touching element of the recording is the sound of Finlay’s vocals supporting Taylor in the background.
Swift commented at the time of the music’s release, “My mom found a bunch of her old records of her singing opera, and I sent them to Aaron Dessner and he added them to the song.”
“It says, ‘If I didn’t know better, I would think you were singing to me now,’ and then you hear her, you actually hear Marjorie singing,” Taylor pointed out.
Powerhouse: The song Marjorie is just one of 44 songs by the musician included in her three-hour setlist
The song Marjorie is just one of 44 songs included in the musician’s three-hour setlist.
The late singer never got to see her granddaughter following in her musical footsteps as she became a global phenomenon.
Finlay died when Swift was 13, a year before she signed her first record deal.
Elsewhere in the dedication, Taylor reflects on her grandmother’s aspirations as she sings, “All your closets full of backward dreams / And how you left them all to me.”
The video outtakes from the performances show a tearful Taylor overcome with emotion as Marjorie’s voice echoes around the stadium.
Commenting on one of the posts, one fan said, “She took Marjorie’s lingering dreams out of the closet and onto the big stage for all the world to hear.”
Another added, “She took Marjorie’s lingering dreams out of the closet and onto the big stage for all the world to hear.”
Fans were first introduced to the heartfelt tune Marjorie in December 2020 when Taylor unexpectedly released her album Evermore
During the high-profile performances, Swift stunned onstage in Glendale, which earned it the nickname “Swift City” for the weekend.
She flaunted her statuesque physique as she delivered a powerful performance that didn’t disappoint.
And her outfits were just as remarkable as her music and flawless singing, with the pop star making several changes.
The 12-time Grammy winner took the stage in shimmering knee-high boots as part of one of her ensembles.
Elsewhere, she slipped into a dazzling silver blazer before donning a fringed champagne mini dress and later a sultry one-legged black bodysuit adorned with ruby red snakes.
The US leg of Taylor’s sixth headlining tour will take the country by storm over the next five months, concluding with a series of concerts in Los Angeles in August.
After Sunday’s performance, Taylor took to Instagram to share a snap from the show, writing, “GOOD. Last night was a rush. Thank you to everyone in this glorious Glendale Night 2 crowd for giving us everything you had and then some. We’re counting down the hours until we can play again. See you in Vegas.’
Showstopping Look: At one point, she donned a sultry one-legged black bodysuit adorned with ruby red snakes
Previous years: The late singer never got to see her granddaughter following in her musical footsteps as she became a global phenomenon