Dave Grohl sparked online controversy by implying that Taylor Swift lip syncs (Picture: Getty Images)
Dave Grohl took a shot at Taylor Swift during a recent Foo Fighters concert and immediately created an unexpected fandom war.
The rock icon, 55, spoke to the crowd between songs during a London tour stop on June 22, explaining that they had nicknamed their tour the ‘errors tour’ as a cheeky reference to Swift’s record-setting Era’s Tour – but he didn’t stop there.
Grohl had referenced the tour earlier in the night, as Swift’s London show took place at Wembley Stadium the same weekend as the Foo Fighter’s London Stadium performances.
He said: ‘I know we were joking about the Taylor Swift tour earlier, I know that she’s on her Eras Tour. I’m telling you, man, you don’t want to suffer the wrath of Taylor Swift.
‘So we like to call our tour the errors tour because I feel like we’ve had more than a few eras and more than a few f***ing errors as well. Just a couple.’
He then stepped away from the microphone for a moment before stepping back again to deliver a scathing remark. He said: ‘That’s because we actually play live, WHAT?!?’
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‘That’s because we actually play live! Whaaaat?!? Dave Grohl insinuates Taylor Swift does not play live! #davegrohl #foofighters #foofighterstour #erastour #taylorswift #London
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He then grinned and shrugged as the crowd cheered, following up the implication that the pop star lip syncs with: ‘Just saying. You guys like live rock ‘n roll music? You came to the right f***ing place.’
Fan footage of the moment quickly went viral on TikTok, sparking firey responses from those defending Swift as well as fans of Grohl’s who didn’t see a problem with his comments.
Many felt the dig was an uncharacteristically low blow from the Foo Fighter’s lead singer, who has been supportive of Swift in the past.
Grohl has previously been supportive of Swift’s career (Picture: WireImage)
Many fans felt that Grohl’s comment was ‘bitter’ and uncalled for (Picture: Getty Images)
Didnât have waking up to a video of Dave Grohl being bitter about Taylor Swift on my bingo card. Genuinely expected better of him
— han (@indianasc0nes) June 23, 2024
Not sure why Dave Grohl feels the need to score points off Taylor Swift, feels like a very cheap shot from someone whoâs normally not so petty
— Ned Fowden (@NedPops) June 22, 2024
iâve been a foo fighters fan for honestly most of my life, and iâm currently feeling really put off because of dave grohlâs comments about taylor swift the other night? like it seemed so uncharacteristic and sour of him to rag on another artist idk …read more
Source:: Metro
