Taylor Swift’s Dublin Concert: Stage Mishap During ‘The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived’

During her Dublin performance of “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” off her most recent album, The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift had a stage incident. Swift started singing the first lines, and the raised platform she was on broke, not lowering as intended. Always professional, Swift stayed cool even though she was momentarily stuck.

One of her dancers, Jan Ravnik, was fast to assist her down from the broken stage. Swift was seen on a fan-captured video attempting to control her laughing while Ravnik helped her.

Swift’s three-and- a-half-hour performance went without more pauses despite the error. Her worldwide Eras Tour, which consists of concerts at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium and forthcoming events in Amsterdam’s Johan Cruijff Arena from July 4–6, has been creating waves.

Swift’s album, The Tortured Poets Department, keeps ruling the charts and holds top place on the Billboard 200 for the 10th running week. Swift has performed most of the 31 songs on the album during her tour, including fan favorites “But Daddy I Love Him,” “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?” and “Fortnight.”

To heighten the buzz, Swift shocked fans with live debuts of songs including “The Albatross” and “Clara Bow,” the latter played in front Stevie Nicks, who recorded the performance on her mobile phone from the VIP tent.