Best moments from Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour as leg one wraps up

The Independent

Taylor Swift closed out the first US leg of her massive Eras Tour in Los Angeles on Wednesday night (9 August) after performing six sold-out shows at SoFi Stadium.  As the superstar singer-songwriter gets ready to play her international dates, before circling back to North America in late 2024, take a look back at some of the most memorable moments from the first leg of the tour.  Swift will next be heading to Mexico on 24 August, before travelling to Argentina after a two-month break in November.  The European leg of her Eras Tour begins in May 2024.

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00:00 ♪ We're doing the new romantics ♪

00:01 ♪ The best people in life ♪

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, wonderful,

00:19 magical experience of my entire life 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 ♪ You take my hand and take me anywhere you feel it ♪

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"

00:55 as the night's first surprise song.

00:57 What's a surprise song, you ask?

00:58 ♪ Our song is a sweet sweet song ♪

01:00 ♪ Our speak now is that you are in love ♪

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.

01:15 ♪ You are in love, you are ♪

01:19 - On the same day, Taylor released

01:20 the extended 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

01:51 Aaron Dessner, 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 heiress to her 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 ridiculously

02:34 embarrassing long time.

02:36 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

03:00 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 Heiress 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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