Scottish Lass: Murrayfield renamed in Swift’s honour over Scots roots

As Swifties prepare to descend on Edinburgh for Taylor Swift’s three-night run of her sold out Eras Tour concerts, the US superstar has had the stadium she will be playing in renamed in her honour.

The Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium will host 200,000 fans on Friday, Saturday and Sunday as Swift runs through her extensive musical catalogue for a colourful concert which has delighted fans from America to Australia.

Opening the UK leg of her tour in Edinburgh may be a nod to Swift’s Scottish heritage, which she previously revealed during her last concert in Scotland in 2015.

Explaining that her father had emailed her ahead of her performance to inform her of the family’s Scottish roots, she told fans that she was “proud” to be one of them.

She said: “In the subject line it said ‘tell Scotland this’, and in the email he said our whole family is from Scotland and you have to tell them that.

“So I am one of you, and I’m proud because this crowd is amazing.”

The singer later added: “I happen to love Scottish people, personally.”

Now Scottish Gas has gone one further, by renaming the stadium Scottish Lass in Taylor’s honour.

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To mark the occasion and to celebrate Taylor’s arrival in Scotland, The Reel Time Pipe Band performed a full bagpipe rendition of Love Story on the steps of Murrayfield on Thursday.

The 11-piece band donned Era-fied kilts for the occasion, featuring sparkling blue sequin panels.

It took the group 32 hours to prepare for the special Scottish version of Taylor’s 2008 hit single.

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Roddy Deans, Pipe Major of The Reel Time Band said “Taylor’s tunes translate surprisingly well to traditional Scottish instruments.

“We’re all huge music fans, so we’re delighted to help welcome Taylor to Scotland in the best way we know how.

“It’s been a lot of fun recreating Love Story on the bagpipes and putting this ensemble together.”

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