Taylor Swift gets emotional on stage at final Liverpool show after ex Joe Alwyn breaks silence on their split

After a lengthy applause from the crowd, Taylor picked up her microphone and said, “It is genuinely such an honor to play for a crowd like this. That fact that you would do that for us — I love you so much, Liverpool. Thank you.”

Swift also celebrated her 100th Eras Tour show earlier this week.

The next stop on her Eras Tour is Cardiff on Tuesday. She also has shows in London from June 21 to June 23.

Swift’s show of emotion comes after her ex-boyfriend of more than six years Joe Alwyn broke his silence on their breakup. The couple officially called it quits in April 2023.

“I would hope that anyone and everyone can empathise and understand the difficulties that come with the end of a long, loving, fully committed relationship of over six and a half years,” he told the Times in an interview published Saturday. “That is a hard thing to navigate.”

“What is unusual and abnormal in this situation is that, one week later,” he added, “it’s suddenly in the public domain and the outside world is able to weigh in.”

Alwyn, 33, continued noting how the fame of their relationship further played a role in their breakup by being thrust into the media “where it is then dissected, speculated on, pulled out of shape beyond recognition.”

“And the truth is, to that last point, there is always going to be a gap between what is known and what is said. I have made my peace with that,” he said.

Alwyn also made it clear he’s never visited The Black Dog pub in London that Swift referenced on her latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department.”

While he does enjoy “seeing friends, traveling, going to the pub,” the actor also said he’s “never been to Vauxhall.” The pub is located at 112 Vauxhall Walk.

In “The Black Dog,” Swift, who has since publicly moved on with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, sings about seeing an ex “walk into some bar called The Black Dog” to “pierce new holes in [her] heart.”

The lyrics have since led the pub to become a landmark for Swifties and the bar has since started selling merch inspired by the song.