The show is split into 10, non-chronological ‘eras’ for each of her albums, kicking off with Lover (she performs six songs from this album), before moving onto Fearless (three songs), evermore (five songs), reputation (four songs), Speak Now (one song), Red (four songs, including the 10 minute version of All Too Well), folklore (seven songs), 1989 (five songs), Taylor Swift (one song) and wrapping with seven songs from Midnights.
The multi-Grammy winner’s set is also peppered with dozens of costume changes to fit the aesthetic of her respective ‘eras’, with reputation considered her more edgy phase, while folklore represents bohemian whimsy.
Variety reviewed Swift’s debut show at the weekend, praising the cutting edge use of technology including a “media-Cinemascope screen” which directly mirrors what’s happening onstage.
The publication also described a “Chicago” style dance number for Vigilante S**t, in which Swift and her army of dancers straddle wooden chairs. Elsewhere, for the folklore section, a cabin set piece emerges onstage complete with smoking chimney.
Swift is yet to announce global dates for the Eras tour, though her team says they will be imminent.
Swift was due to go on tour in 2020 in support of her seventh studio album, Lover, but she was forced to cancel the dates once Covid-19 hit.
Since then, she’s released a further three albums, including the hugely successful pandemic drops folklore and evermore, as well as her record-breaking tenth album, Midnights, which was released in October last year.
Swift last toured the world in 2018 to promote her sixth album, Reputation. The global tour netted the star a reported US$345 million ($549m).
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour setlist:
Lover:
Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince
Cruel Summer
The Man
You Need to Calm Down
Lover
The Archer
Fearless:
Fearless
You Belong With Me
Love Story
evermore:
Tis the Damn Season
Willow
Marjorie
Champagne Problems
Tolerate It
reputation:
… Ready for It?
Delicate
Don’t Blame Me
Look What You Made Me Do
Speak Now:
Enchanted
Red:
22
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
I Knew You Were Trouble
All Too Well (10 Minute Version)
folklore:
Invisible String
Betty
The Last Great American Dynasty
August
Illicit Affairs
My Tears Ricochet
Cardigan
1989:
Style
Blank Space
Shake It Off
Wildest Dreams
Bad Blood
Bonus song:
Swift promises to perform a different song on each night of the tour for this acoustic moment. On night one she performed Mirrorball, and on night two she performed This Is Me Trying and State of Grace.
Taylor Swift:
Tim McGraw (solo acoustic)
Midnights:
Lavender Haze
Anti-Hero
Midnight Rain
Vigilante S**t
Bejeweled
Mastermind
Karma
