Taylor Swift kicks off European leg of ‘Eras’ tour with eight live debuts
Taylor Swift has kicked off the European leg of her career-spanning ‘Eras’ tour, where she performed an entirely new section that included numerous live debuts – see what she performed below.
Last night (May 9), Swift performed her first ‘Eras’ show since releasing her latest album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department’. As such, it also marked her first show to feature a section honouring the album, which consisted of nine tracks from the record that have never been performed live before.
For her first-ever ‘Tortured Poets Department’ segment, she performed a combination of ‘But Daddy I Love Him’ and ‘So High School’, followed by ‘Who’s Afraid Of Little Old Me?’ – which is Lana Del Rey’s favourite track off the album – and ‘Down Bad’. She also played ‘Fortnight’, ‘The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived’ and ‘I Can Do It With A Broken Heart’.
Following the ‘TTPD’ segment, she performed two songs for the ‘Surprise songs’ portion of the show, both of which where also first-time debuts. She performed ‘Paris’ from ‘Midnights’ and ‘loml’ from ‘The Tortured Poets Department’.
Watch fan-shot footage of all of her live debuts from the Paris concert below.
Elsewhere during her set, Swift performed hits such as ‘Cruel Summer’, ‘Lover’, ‘Fearless’, ‘Love Story’, ‘All Too Well’, ‘…Ready For It?’, ‘Cardigan’, ‘Style’, ‘Anti-Hero’ and ‘Karma’ among tons of other beloved songs.
Here’s what Taylor Swift performed:
Lover:
‘Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince’
‘Cruel Summer’
‘The Man’
‘You Need To Calm Down’
‘Lover’
Fearless:
‘Fearless’
‘You Belong With Me’
‘Love Story’
Red:
’22’
‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together’
‘I Knew You Were Trouble’
‘All Too Well’
Speak Now:
‘Enchanted’
Reputation:
‘…Ready For It?’
‘Delicate’
‘Don’t Blame Me’
‘Look What You Made Me Do’
Folklore/Evermore:
‘Cardigan’
‘Betty’
‘Champagne Problems’
‘August’
‘Illicit Affairs’
‘My Tears Ricochet’
‘Marjorie’
‘Willow’
1989:
‘Style’
‘Blank Space’
‘Shake It Off’
‘Wildest Dreams’
‘Bad Blood’
The Tortured Poets Department:
‘But Daddy I Love Him/So High School’ (live debut)
‘Who’s Afraid Of Little Old Me?’ (live debut)
‘Down Bad’ (live debut)
‘Fortnight’ (live debut)
‘The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived’ (live debut)
‘I Can Do It With A Broken Heart’ (live debut)
Surprise songs:
‘Paris’ (live debut)
‘loml’ (live debut)
Midnights:
‘Lavender Haze’
‘Anti-Hero’
‘Midnight Rain’
‘Vigilante Shit’
‘Bejeweled’
‘Mastermind’
‘Karma’
‘The Tortured Poets Department’ scored a three-star review from NME upon its release, with Laura Molloy writing: “The pitfalls that mire her 11th studio album are all the more disappointing — she’s proven time and time again she can do better. To a Melbourne audience of her Eras Tour, Swift said that ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ came from a “need” to write. It’s just that maybe we didn’t need to hear it.”
Following the LP’s release, Taylor Swift has now resumed her career-spanning ‘Eras Tour’ in Europe this week before heading to the UK and Ireland in June. Swift is due to play eight shows at Wembley Stadium in London this summer as part of the run, with support coming from Paramore.
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Surej Singh
NME
