Taylor Swift has just changed the Eras Tour — here's what to expect in Dublin
Taylor Swift performs at the Paris Le Defense Arena as a part of her Eras Tour concert in Paris, on Thursday. Pictures: AP Photo/Lewis Joly
If you’re a Taylor Swift superfan, you may have been watching a live stream from Paris on Thursday.
The first stop of her European leg of the Era’s tour, tonight's show is the first time Swift has taken to the stage since the release of her latest, humongous, 31-track double-album, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology.
As such, fans all over the world were glued to their phones tonight to see whether the American superstar would shake things up on what has become the highest grossing tour of all time.
And now, your resident Swiftie at the can confirm, she has.
So what does that mean for fans in Dublin?
Consisting of 152 shows across five continents, Swift’s The Eras Tour has largely consisted of the same three-hour setlist throughout.
Beginning with the Lover Era, the American superstar usually opens her show with Miss Americana and The Heartbreak Prince, followed by Cruel Summer, The Man, You Need to Calm Down, Lover and The Archer.
Then it’s time to go back to Yeehaw Taylor with the Fearless era, consisting of the title track and classics You Belong With Me and Love Story.
Then we move into the Evermore Era with ‘Tis the damn season', Willow, Marjorie, Champagne Problems and Tolerate It.
Next up was Reputation with …Ready for It?, Delicate, Don’t Blame Me, and Look What You Made Me Do.
Speak Now traditionally got just two tracks, Enchanted and Long Live.
Then it’s on to Red for some pop fun with 22, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, I Knew You Were Trouble and the kicker, All Too Well the full ten minute version.
If you’re getting tired, buckle up.
On to Folklore now for The 1, Betty, The Last Great American Dynasty, August, Illicit Affairs, My Tears Ricochet and Cardigan.
Back to dancing! The 1989 Era was always Style, Blank Space, Shake It Off, Wildest Dreams, Bad Blood.
Then it’s the acoustic section where she usually plays two surprise songs from her extensive back catalogue. One on the guitar, one on piano.
And finally, she ends the show with the Midnight's Era which gets an extensive setlist consisting of Lavender Haze, Anti-Hero, Midnight Rain, Vigilante Shit, Bejeweled, Mastermind and Karma.
The Tortured Poets Department has been added as an era, with a shake-up to the whole show as a result.
When Swift appeared on the stage in Paris, the first big change fans noticed was she had swapped her iconic pink bodysuit for an orange version. Lots of costume changes followed, with new outfits for Fearless and the Speak Now eras too.
Setlist-wise, the first couple of songs remained the same, but it soon became apparent change was afoot as some songs had been cut from the setlist, and she then began to switch around the order of the eras.
If we go by Paris, fans in Dublin can now expect Lover followed by the Fearless era, then Red, Speak Now, Reputation, a combination of the Folklore / Evermore eras, 1989... and drumroll please....a brand new The Tortured Poets Department Era, and finally, Midnights.
As expected, Swift has added The Tortured Poets Department as a brand new era to the already three-hour long show which catalogues ten studio albums.
The new era kicked off with But Daddy I Love Him followed by Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?. Next up was So High School which is believed to be about her American football superstar boyfriend Travis Kelce.
A mash-up of Down Bad and Fortnight came next, with The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived, a cutting track believed to be about Matty Healy, rounding up proceedings.
Just kidding! Of course she also added I Can Do It With a Broken Heart, a song about smashing it on tour while, you guessed it, being broken-hearted.
Alas, at an already three-hour long show, the addition of The Tortured Poets Department Era means she’s had to cull other sections of the show.
So what songs didn’t make the cut? Here’s each era and the cuts Swift has made from her three-hour long setlist.
The Archer has been dropped.
No cuts (but a new dress).
No cuts, but a new t-shirt that says “This IS NOT Taylor’s version”. No doubt fans will be diving into what this means....
Long Live, a firm fan favourite, is gone, meaning this writer's favourite album has been reduced to one song (sob).
No cuts
Fans of Taylor’s folkier turns on these two albums, released closely together in 2020, will be disappointed. Swift has combined the two eras with significant cuts to the setlist. For Folklore, The 1 and The Last Great American Dynasty have been cut. For Evermore, Tis the damn season and Tolerate It are gone.
No cuts.
No cuts
