Taylor Swift closed out the first U.S. leg of her massive The Eras Tour in Los Angeles on Wednesday after performing six sold-out shows at SoFi Stadium. As the superstar singer-songwriter gets ready to play the tour's international dates, before circling back to North America in late 2024, we're reminiscing on some of the most memorable moments from the first leg of The Eras Tour.
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00:00 ♪ We knew the new romantic ♪
00:01 ♪ Best people in my memory ♪
00:05 - Taylor Swift closed out the first US leg
00:07 of her massive The Heiress Tour in Los Angeles on Wednesday
00:10 after performing six sold out shows at SoFi Stadium.
00:14 - This has been the most extraordinary, fun,
00:18 wonderful, magical experience of my entire life
00:21 being on this tour.
00:22 - As the superstar singer-songwriter gets ready
00:24 to play the tour's international dates
00:26 before circling back to North America in late 2024,
00:30 we're reminiscing on some of the most memorable moments
00:32 from the first leg of The Heiress Tour.
00:34 ♪ Take my hand and take me anywhere ♪
00:37 ♪ 'Cause I'm feeling ♪
00:39 - Taylor kicked off the highly anticipated tour
00:41 back in March in Glendale, Arizona.
00:44 At her first Nashville stop on May 5th,
00:46 she announced that the re-release of her album Speak Now,
00:49 titled Speak Now Taylor's Version, would drop on July 7th
00:52 before playing the Speak Now track "Sparks Fly"
00:54 as the night's first surprise song.
00:57 What's a surprise song, you ask?
00:58 ♪ Our song is a six feet door ♪
01:01 ♪ Speaking out is like a door, door, door ♪
01:04 - As Swifties know, Taylor performs two surprise songs
01:07 at every show that are unique to that tour stop.
01:09 Highlights of included hits Different,
01:11 Death by a Thousand Cuts, You Are in Love, and many more.
01:14 ♪ You are in love ♪
01:17 ♪ You are ♪
01:19 - On the same day, Taylor released the extended
01:21 Till Dawn edition of her album Midnights,
01:23 which included a remix of her song Karma featuring Ice Spice.
01:27 The anti-hero singer brought the rapper out on stage
01:29 at her first New Jersey stop at MetLife Stadium.
01:32 Ice Spice joined Taylor on stage to perform her verse
01:35 and close out the show for three nights in a row
01:37 at the end of May.
01:38 Other special guests who have joined Taylor on stage
01:41 throughout the first leg of the tour
01:42 include tour opener Phoebe Bridgers for Nothing New,
01:45 fellow tour opener the band Haim for Nobody No Crime,
01:48 and Taylor's Folklore and Evermore collaborator Aaron Dessner
01:51 just to name a few.
01:53 Meanwhile, when Taylor dropped Speak Now,
01:54 Taylor's version on July 7th,
01:56 she turned that night's show in Kansas City
01:58 into a massive album release party
02:00 and premiered a music video for one of the albums
02:03 from the vault tracks I Can See You.
02:05 She even brought the music video stars Taylor Lautner,
02:07 Joey King, and Presley Cash,
02:09 who each have a special connection to her Speak Now era
02:12 out on stage with her.
02:13 That same night, Taylor added the fan favorite
02:15 Speak Now track Long Live to the Aries Tour set list.
02:18 ♪ I was speaking all day ♪
02:21 And on the last night of the first US leg of the tour,
02:23 Taylor revealed that her next album re-release,
02:25 1989 Taylor's version, will be available on October 27th.
02:30 - There's something that I've been planning
02:31 for a really, really, really ridiculous
02:33 and embarrassing long time.
02:35 And I think instead of just like telling you about it,
02:40 I think I'll just sort of show you.
02:43 - Throughout the show, the singer teased the announcement
02:47 by wearing several never-before-seen blue outfits,
02:50 debuting new looks in the signature 1989 hue
02:53 during the 1989 Speak Now and Folklore portions of the show.
02:57 Following the announcement, the crowded SoFi Stadium
02:59 was treated to the 1989 track New Romantics
03:02 as the night's first surprise song on guitar.
03:05 ♪ You and the new romantics ♪
03:07 ♪ They're coming over me ♪
03:08 - For much more from Taylor Swift's The Aries Tour,
03:11 go to THR.com.
03:12 For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.
03:15 (whooshing)
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