Florence Welch Joins Taylor Swift Onstage in London to Sing 'Florida!!!' in Song's Eras Tour Debut

Mar. 15, 2025

Florence Welch of Florence + The Machine and Taylor Swift perform onstage during “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour” at Wembley Stadium on Aug. 20, 2024 in London.Photo:TAS2024/Getty

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Taylor Swifthad some surprises up her sleeve for the last of her five-night Eras Tour stint in London!

The pop superstar invited palFlorence Welchto the stage at Wembley Stadium on Tuesday, Aug. 20 fora surprise performance of their song"Florida!!!" which appears on Swift’s most recent albumThe Tortured Poets Department. Later in the show, friend and producerJack Antonoffjoined her for a mash-up.

Florence Welch of Florence + The Machine and Taylor Swift perform onstage during “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour” at Wembley Stadium on Aug. 20, 2024 in London.TAS2024/Getty

The performance with Welch, 37, marked their song’s Eras Tour debut, and the first time Swift has ever played it live. “Thank you Taylor,” Welchposted to Instagram Storiesearly Wednesday.

Antonoff, 40, meanwhile, joined Swift for a mash-up of “Death By a Thousand Cuts” off her albumLover, as well as “Getaway Car” offReputation.

Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff perform onstage during “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour” at Wembley Stadium on Aug. 20, 2024 in London.TAS2024/Getty

“I think a lot about why I’m lucky enough to get to do a show like the Eras Tour, and it’s because I’ve been fortunate enough to find friendships over the years that have been incredible collaborative and creative [forces],” she told the crowd while introducing Antonoff. “I get to make music with one of my best friends in the world, and he’s here tonight.”

She added that the songs she and the Grammy-winning producer would be performing were some of their “favorite ones that we’ve done together.”

Afterward, Swift sat down at the piano to sing “So Long, London,” marking the song’s live debut.

“You know, we have done a lot of shows on here on this tour, so it’s kind of rare to have a song that I’ve never performed live before,” she said before playing. “And yet here we are.”

Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff perform onstage during “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour” at Wembley Stadium on Aug. 20, 2024 in Londo.TAS2024/Getty

Welch previouslycelebrated the releaseofTortured Poetsin April, writing on Instagram that “me and my ghosts we had a hell of a time 🖤@taylorswiftHonoured to be in this department.”

Welch later told BritishVoguethat working with Swift in the studio nearly made her forget about Swift’smassive level of fame.

“I almost didn’t think of the scale of it,” she said. “There’s the sort of bigness of [Taylor Swift, the phenomenon], and then there’s the Taylor I spend time with in the studio, who is just the sweetest and most down to earth.”

“Every time I am doing theRedpart of this show, I think about the memories that we’ve made. And now he is someone who plays Wembley, like every week — this is like regular for him and he works so hard,” she told the crowd. “He’s on tour right now and he’s probably so tired but he wanted to come and play for you and do this for all of us so give it up for Ed Sheeran!”

Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran perform onstage during “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour” at Wembley Stadium on Aug. 15, 2024 in London.TAS2024 via Getty

TAS2024 via Getty

Together, they performed their songs “Everything Has Changed” and “End Game” as well as Sheeran’s hit “Thinking Out Loud” for the crowd.

Then, on Aug. 17, she performed “I Did Something Bad” fromReputationlive for the first time.

“So I’m going to do a song I’ve never done on the tour that’s one of my favorite songs ever just because you’re that awesome and you deserve something of this caliber,” Swift can be heard saying in afan-captured video posted to TikTok.

She added: It’s “such a dream to perform for a crowd like this, especially when there’s 92,000 of you.”

Meanwhile, over in the crowd, her dadScott Swiftwas spottedhanding out chicken tendersto fans.

The “Peter” singer first performed a string of shows in London in June. At the time, she got a backstage visit fromPrince Williamand his two eldest children,Prince GeorgeandPrincess Charlotte.

Her boyfriendTravis Kelcealso made his Eras Tour debut during a costume change for the Tortured Poets Department segment of the show.

Swift’s London shows mark the first time she returned to the stage after three shows were canceled in Vienna, Austria following an alleged terror plot targeting her shows.

After Tuesday’s show, Swift will take a break for several weeks and will return to the stage in Miami on Oct. 18.

source: people.com