Taylor Swift has just resumed her ‘Eras Tour‘, starting off with Europe with her first stop in Paris. After the release of ‘The Tortured Poets Department‘, fans were expecting to some new additions in the ‘Eras Tour’ sets, and their dreams have come true.
Taylor has given the ‘Eras Tour’ a makeover as more songs from the album are added to an elaborate set. The pop star removed a lot of previous songs, edited out a few sets, and delivered surprise never-before-seen performances on songs from her new album. Here are all the changed made to the set after the album release.
‘The Tortured Poets Department’ Makes Its Live Performance Debut At The Eras Tour
Taylor Swift has finally kicked off the European leg of ‘Eras Tour‘, and her fans are in for a treat. Following the release of ‘The Tortured Poets Department‘, Taylor Swift is renovating her set list after a two-month break.
The first of Swift’s four gigs in Paris on May 9 marked the beginning of the European leg of her tour. Swifties noticed multiple changes to the performance throughout the course of the three-hour concert, including the addition of songs from her most recent album, TTPD, and new costumes.
To begin with, the concert included the ‘Tortured Poets‘ set where she sang, ‘But Daddy I Love Him,’ ‘Who’s Afraid Of Little Old Me?’, ‘Fortnight,’ ‘The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived,’ and ‘I Can Do It With A Broken Heart,’ along with ‘So High School’ and ‘Down Bad.’
The elaborate performances were visually thrilling as she included new aesthetics and new outfits.
She really said I am THE Taylor Swift and don’t fucking forget it pic.twitter.com/zbIDjinXXI
— 𝙺𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗⸆⸉ 🤍 (@perfectlyfine89) May 9, 2024
The outfit change from ‘Fornight‘ to ‘I Can Do It With A Broken Heart‘ included a dramatic sequence of her dancers helping her change outfits.
🚨| Taylor Swift changing outfits to her "I Can Do It With A Broken Heart" outfit during "THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT" era set at 'The Eras Tour' #ParisTSTheErasTour
— The Eras Tour (@tswifterastour) May 9, 2024
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She also debuted a new red bodysuit for the ‘Lover’ set
Eras tour paris night 1 HQ thread 🧵 pic.twitter.com/L19CpZ3sTR
— aya🤍🪶 | fan acc. (@IMN0TALLT00WELL) May 9, 2024
And obviously, Taylor gave a shoutout to Travis Kelce as she performed ‘So High School’ for him.
from wanting to meet her during the eras tour to having a song dedicated to you at the eras tour pic.twitter.com/NzSujKaQER
— katia (@challengcrs) May 9, 2024
Overall, this probably is her most intricate, well thought, and well directed set, making it another masterpiece of the epic tour. While she added new elements, she also cut off a few parts of the tour.
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Changes Taylor Swift Made To The ‘Eras Tour’ Setlist
First off, Taylor Swift has, sadly, removed a few fan loved songs from the setlist, to make room for the new songs. The removed songs include ‘The Archer,’ ‘The Last Great American Dynasty,’ ‘The 1,’ ‘Tis the Damn Season,’ and the wonderful performance of ‘Tolerate It.’
She replaced the ‘Tolerate It’ performance and table with the ‘Fortnight‘ performance
taylor swift replacing the tolerate it table with a TTPD one for fortnight… this woman is clinically insanepic.twitter.com/ncewDW12DC
— dex (@antiherodex) May 9, 2024
Moreover, she merged the ‘Evermore’ and ‘Folklore‘ set, saying, “On The Eras Tour we have now reunited the sisters! You can call it Folklore, Evermore or you can call it the sister albums!”
There are also new visuals for almost all the albums.
New visuals from Taylor Swift's Eras Tour show in Paris highlight the set transition from "reputation" to "folklore." pic.twitter.com/ibmJEHrIfh
— Variety (@Variety) May 9, 2024
She also introduced new outfits for all the eras! Check this thread.
📸 | New outfits on the Eras Tour #ParisTSTheErasTour pic.twitter.com/DYSeA3CNZJ
— Taylor Swift Updates (@TSwiftLA) May 10, 2024
In conclusion, she has completely renovated the entire experience and has somehow made it bigger and better. It will be great to see what more changes she brings to the tour and the surprise songs she will add from the new album.
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