The opening night of Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” helped answer the question on every Swiftie’s mind: What is she going to play in her concerts?
Swift kicked off her long-awaited tour on Friday, March 17, in Glendale, Arizona, which Mayor Jerry Weiers temporarily renamed Swift City by official proclamation to welcome the singer back.
The “Eras Tour” is her first concert series since the Reputation Stadium Tour in 2018. Meanwhile, Swift has released three new studio albums, “Folklore”, “Evermore” and “Midnights”, and has re-recorded several of his previous songs.
The singer also did not tour with her seventh studio album, “Lover,” as the Lover Fest concert series, scheduled for summer 2020, was canceled due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
With so much ground to cover, fans speculated how he could fit all 10 eras of his discography into one concert. The result? A three-hour-long show with more than 40 songs, according to Variety, who also shared images from the opening night on TikTok.
Here’s the full opening night setlist, according to Variety.
- “Miss Americana and Prince Heartbreak”
- “Cruel Summer”
- “The man”
- “You need to calm down”
- “Lover”
- “The Archer”
- “Brave
- “You belong With Me”
- “Love story”
- “It’s the Damn Season”
- “Willow”
- “Marjorie”
- “Champagne Problems”
- “bear it”
- “…Ready for that?”
- “Delicate”
- “Do not blame me”
- “Look what you made me do”
- “Delighted”
- “22”
- “We are never ever getting back together”
- “I knew you were a problem”
- “All Too Good (10 Minute Version)”
- “Invisible Rope”
- “Betty”
- “The Last Great American Dynasty”
- “August”
- “Illegal Affairs”
- “My tears bounce back”
- “Cardigan”
- “Style”
- “Blank space”
- “Get Him Off”
- “Wild dreams”
- “Bad blood”
- “Mirror Ball” (acoustic)
- “Tim McGraw” (acoustic)
- “Lavender Haze”
- “Anti-hero”
- “Midnight Rain”
- “Watcher S—“
- “jeweled”
- “Brain”
- “Karma”
Taking to social media, fans shared their favorite songs, moments and costume changes from the show.
an user tweeted six of her Friday night looks, writing, “this is how you put on a show, taylor swift, you’re crazy.”
Other wrote“Forever grateful to live in the same life as Taylor Swift,” she shared a photo of herself singing in a shimmery dark dress.
Although Swift will be playing stadiums and arenas, many fans were disappointed when they were unable to purchase Ticketmaster tickets in November after general sale was cancelled.
The ticketing company said earlier in a statement that more than 3.5 million fans have registered for the Verified Fan program at the time, the largest number in the company’s history. Ticketmaster also noted that they experienced a “staggering number of bot attacks,” contributing to a total of 3.5 billion system requests, four times their previous peak.
With the level of demand Ticketmaster saw in the fall, the company said Swift would need to perform more than 900 arena shows, or do one performance every night for the next two and a half years. Ticketmaster was questioned by the Senate Judiciary Committee after the fiasco.
Swift took to social media on the day the public sale was to take place, writing in an Instagram Story that she is “extremely protective of my fans.”
“It’s really hard for me to trust an outside entity with these relationships and loyalties, and it’s excruciating for me to watch mistakes happen without any recourse,” he wrote.
However, in December, some fans had another chance at tickets after Ticketmaster worked with “Taylor’s team” to provide additional opportunities.
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