nashville tour taylor swift

Twitter / X
Readers' Choice
Food & Drink
Arts & Culture
Travel Guides

USA TODAY 10Best

Nashville (Taylor's Version): 10 best things to do in Nashville for Taylor Swift fans

October 19, 2023 // By Jamie Davis Smith

By Jamie Davis Smith October 19, 2023

Taylor Swift looking fabulous on the red carpet at the Nashville Songwriters Association International Awards at Ryman Auditorium

Although Taylor Swift was born outside of Philadelphia, most Swifites know her family moved to Tennessee so the teenage Swift could pursue a singing career. While the pop star now owns multimillion-dollar residences on both coasts, she still calls Nashville home.

And even if she’s not there, she’s everywhere in Nashville. Here is the Swifties’ guide to Nashville (Taylor’s version), everything you need to plan the best vacation you’ve ever had, like ever. Are you ready for it?

Taylor Swift memorabilia at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Visit the Taylor Swift Education Center inside the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

No trip to Nashville would be complete without a trip to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum . Taylor Swift may have strayed from her country music roots, but the contributions she has made to the genre are undeniable.

Advertisement Advertisement

The Eras Tour pop-up exhibit has closed, but many Swift artifacts are still on display throughout the museum, including some of her dresses and guitars.

The singer-songwriter also donated $4 million to the museum to open the Taylor Swift Education Center , which includes classrooms, exhibit space, interactive activities, and more.

Limited-edition concert posters at Hatch Show Print

Try your hand at poster-making at Hatch Show Print

The legendary Hatch Show Print has been hand-printing distinctive concert posters for top musicians for over a century. All of Hatch Show Print’s posters are limited editions and have been actively archived since the 1980s.

Take a tour of the legendary print shop, try your hand at making your own poster, and learn the exact process Hatch Show Print used to create several distinctive Swift concert posters.

If you want to buy an original Swift concert poster, you’re on your own, kid. Hatch Show Print doesn’t have any for sale, but you can view the poster from Taylor Swift’s Red Tour in their digital archive.

Taylor Swift’s reading spot in Centennial Park

Nashville's Centennial Park, where Taylor Swift likes to read

In “Invisible Strings,” Swift sings “Green was the color of the grass / where I used to read at Centennial Park.” Any Taylor Swift tour of Nashville must include a stop at this gorgeous landmark.

Established in 1903, Centennial Park is considered Nashville’s central park and cultural hub. On its own, it’s worth a visit. But for any Swift fan, there’s a commemorative spot for the perfect selfie: A small plaque on a bench reading, “For Taylor Swift. A bench for you to read on at Centennial Park.”

The Bluebird Cafe, where Taylor Swift was discovered

Listening to music in the legendary Bluebird Cafe hits different. It was in this small, unassuming strip-mall cafe that the founder of Big Machine Records first discovered 14-year-old Taylor Swift.

Seeing a show at the iconic spot is a must, and it’s possible that your wildest dreams could come true: Swift herself might stop by and make the whole room shimmer, as she did for a surprise appearance at the cafe in 2018.

Just know that getting tickets at the Bluebird can be as challenging as buying tickets for a Taylor Swift concert, so plan ahead.

Taylor Swift’s favorite Nashville coffee shop, Fido

Fido is Taylor Swift's favorite coffee shop in Nashville

Swift once said Fido is her favorite coffee spot in Nashville, and it’s been a Swiftie haven ever since.

The popular Hillsboro Village cafe has been known for its espresso drinks (Taylor’s version: nonfat caramel latte) and brunch fare since the early 2000s. Named for the dog who supposedly discovered coffee, we can’t help wondering if Swift’s cats take issue with her coffeehouse preference.

Taylor Swift’s hair on the Legends of Country Music Mural

The Legend's Corner mural, where a lock of Taylor Swift's golden locks are still visible

The country era was instrumental for the budding artist, and for years, Swift’s image appeared on Nashville’s Legends of Country Music Mural along with other country music luminaries. Until 2020, that is, when Brad Paisley replaced her.

Why was Taylor Swift removed from the mural ? Apparently some die-hard country music fans became irate when Swift transitioned from country to pop, and they demanded that she be stripped of her mural status.

Some let teardrops fall on their guitar, but any Swiftie looking closely can still spot a piece of Taylor’s golden locks on the mural.

Where Taylor Swift performed in Nashville

The Grand Ole Opry, where Taylor Swift and other legends of country music have performed

Sparks fly nearly every night at Nashville’s legendary Ryman Auditorium and Grand Ole Opry . Taylor Swift performed at both over the years, which makes them a draw for many Swifites. But that isn’t the only reason to go.

Both the Ryman and Opry helped shape country music and the musicians who played there over the years, and they paved the way for Swift to become the artist she is today. Take a backstage tour at the Ryman and soak in the history of country, rock, and pop performances. The Grand Ole Opry tour includes stops at the artist entrance and walk-through exhibits.

Another must-see spot is RCA’s Studio B at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Although Swift never recorded there, luminaries like Dolly Parton and Elvis Presley helped cement Nashville’s reputation as Music City in this studio. It was this reputation that drew a young Swift to Nashville years later.

Kelsey Montague mural in The Gulch

Swifites can pose in front of this Kelsey Montague winged mural, near where Taylor Swift commissioned another winged mural by the artist

When a gorgeous Kelsey Montague butterfly mural mysteriously appeared in The Gulch, a hip Nashville neighborhood known for its street murals, rumors flew that Swift was planning something big.

Sure enough, the pop star commissioned Montague to create the butterfly mural . She later used it as a backdrop to reveal new music in the works.

Only meant to be temporary, the original butterfly mural is now gone, but Swifties who visit The Gulch can pose in front of " What Lifts You Wings ,” another of Montague’s winged murals.

Honkey Tonk Highway

Nashville's Broadway, where those who came before Taylor Swift have performed for decades

If you still have a blank space on your itinerary check out Honky Tonk Highway . Several spots along the lively strip are significant to the roots of country music and Taylor Swift’s career.

A first stop should be the rhinestone world of Nudie’s Honky Tonk , a three-story building filled with memorabilia, flashy stage costumes, several bars, a restaurant, and three stages for live music. Iconic tailor Nudie Chon created rhinestone-embellished suits for everyone from Hank Willians and Johnny Cash to John Lennon, Elton John, and more. Without those, Swift might have a very different look today.

A visit to Nashville museums dedicated to iconic country singers will help every Swiftie better understand the genre that launched her career. The Johnny Cash Museum and Patsy Cline Museum are a great place to start.

Where does Taylor Swift live?

Music Row, where Taylor Swift recorded many of her early albums

Swifties who visit Nashville want to know where Taylor Swift lives. She owns a couple of places in Nashville, but the best way to catch a glimpse of her penthouse in the Midtown neighborhood (without disturbing the residents) is from an Old Town Trolley Tour of Nashville.

The hop-on, hop-off trolley tour also goes down Music Row and also passes by Swift’s former recording studio, Big Machine Records , where she recorded her first six albums.

About Jamie Davis Smith

Jamie is a travel writer who has visited over 50 countries, many of them with her children in tow. She loves visiting everything from theme parks to ancient ruins and packs strictly carry-on-only. Jamie can be reached at [email protected].

Taylor Swift

Discover more in Nashville

1 Titans Way 37219 Nashville, TN, US

Similar artists with upcoming concerts

Additional details.

Doors open: 18:30

Tour name: Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour

Concert in your area for Country and Pop .

Find out more about Country and Pop .

Share this concert

33 people were there.

Related upcoming events

Tuesday June 04, 2024 Carrie Underwood Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville
Sunday August 18, 2024 Train and REO Speedwagon FirstBank Amphitheater, Franklin
Wednesday September 04, 2024 Avril Lavigne Ascend Amphitheater, Nashville
Thursday December 12, 2024 Justin Timberlake Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Most popular charts
API information
Brand guidelines
Community guidelines
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Cookies settings
Cookies policy

Get your tour dates seen everywhere.

But we really hope you love us.

Statistics Stats
You are here:
Swift, Taylor
May 7, 2023 Setlist

Taylor Swift Setlist at Nissan Stadium, Nashville, TN, USA

Edit setlist songs
Edit venue & date

Edit set times

Add to festival
Report setlist

Tour: The Eras Tour Tour statistics Add setlist

Song played from tape Intro ( Fearless, End Game, Speak Now, gold rush, evermore, Red, Lavender Haze, Lover, Bejeweled elements )
Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince ( shortened ) Play Video
Cruel Summer Play Video
The Man Play Video
You Need to Calm Down ( shortened ) Play Video
Lover ( spoken intro ) Play Video
The Archer ( extended outro ) Play Video
Fearless ( shortened ) Play Video
You Belong With Me Play Video
Love Story Play Video
'tis the damn season ( shortened ) Play Video
willow Play Video
marjorie ( shortened ) Play Video
champagne problems ( spoken intro ) Play Video
tolerate it ( extended intro w/ keys ) Play Video
...Ready for It? ( extended intro ) Play Video
Delicate Play Video
Don't Blame Me ( shortened ) Play Video
Look What You Made Me Do Play Video
Enchanted ( extended intro ) Play Video
Song played from tape Red - Intro ( contains elements of “State Of Grace,” “Holy Ground,” and “Red” ) Play Video
22 Play Video
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together Play Video
I Knew You Were Trouble ( shortened ) Play Video
Nothing New (with Phoebe Bridgers ) Play Video
All Too Well ( 10 Minute Version ) Play Video
Song played from tape seven ( spoken word poem; contains elements of "Wildest Dreams" ) Play Video
the 1 Play Video
betty ( spoken intro ) Play Video
the last great american dynasty Play Video
august Play Video
illicit affairs ( shortened ) Play Video
my tears ricochet Play Video
cardigan Play Video
Style ( shortened ) Play Video
Blank Space Play Video
Shake It Off Play Video
Wildest Dreams ( shortened ) Play Video
Bad Blood ( shortened ) Play Video
Surprise Songs
Would've, Could've, Should've (with Aaron Dessner ) ( Live debut; on guitar ) Play Video
Mine ( Tour debut; on piano ) Play Video
Lavender Haze Play Video
Anti‐Hero Play Video
Midnight Rain Play Video
Vigilante Shit Play Video
Bejeweled Play Video
Mastermind Play Video
Karma Play Video

Note: Late show, delayed due to weather. "Officially a rain show" according to Taylor.

Edits and Comments

104 activities (last edit by kfinch , 11 Aug 2023, 01:18 Etc/UTC )

Songs on Albums

Lavender Haze
Midnight Rain
Vigilante Shit
Would've, Could've, Should've
illicit affairs
my tears ricochet
the last great american dynasty
Cruel Summer
Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince
You Need to Calm Down
Blank Space
Shake It Off
Wildest Dreams
'tis the damn season
champagne problems
tolerate it
All Too Well
I Knew You Were Trouble
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
...Ready for It?
Don't Blame Me
Look What You Made Me Do
You Belong With Me
Nothing New

Complete Album stats

Related News

Coachella 2024 Weekend Two Hopes and Predictions

5 Artists With Open Dates Who Could Make Coachella Appearances

Taylor Swift Kicks off Japanese Run with Live Debut

Grammy Winners on Tour 2024

Taylor swift gig timeline.

May 05 2023 Nissan Stadium Nashville, TN, USA Add time Add time
May 06 2023 Nissan Stadium Nashville, TN, USA Start time: 7:55 PM 7:55 PM
May 07 2023 Nissan Stadium This Setlist Nashville, TN, USA Start time: 10:10 PM 10:10 PM
May 12 2023 Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA, USA Start time: 7:45 PM 7:45 PM
May 13 2023 Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA, USA Start time: 7:55 PM 7:55 PM

73 people were there

ailsastille
alisonwbeal
annagarlock
BerthaSugaree
BlastTyrant59
cherrrypiie
cornedbeef6
Cubsfan3825
dennytrumpet
erikabarrosv
finn_the_sinn
Forsberg135
garrettmlemons
GillianBledsoe
hollytempleton
jeremyh1181
jlingram103
LiarEverywhere
Linds_Phillips
megoftheradio
melissasurles
MrsDevilDoc
nathanbrkwn
Omrimasterman
peraltaswift
poss3ss3dbylov3
riannhilton
sophiewasthere
TannerCarson22
tdwightdavis
thirteenbees
Tsafstrom08
untitled3487
wildestdream
wydmgurliepop

Share or embed this setlist

Use this setlist for your event review and get all updates automatically!

<div style="text-align: center;" class="setlistImage"><a href="https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/taylor-swift/2023/nissan-stadium-nashville-tn-6bb9ba52.html" title="Taylor Swift Setlist Nissan Stadium, Nashville, TN, USA 2023, The Eras Tour" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.setlist.fm/widgets/setlist-image-v1?id=6bb9ba52" alt="Taylor Swift Setlist Nissan Stadium, Nashville, TN, USA 2023, The Eras Tour" style="border: 0;" /></a> <div><a href="https://www.setlist.fm/edit?setlist=6bb9ba52&step=song">Edit this setlist</a> | <a href="https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/taylor-swift-3bd6bc5c.html">More Taylor Swift setlists</a></div></div>

Last.fm Event Review

[url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/taylor-swift/2023/nissan-stadium-nashville-tn-6bb9ba52.html][img]https://www.setlist.fm/widgets/setlist-image-v1?id=6bb9ba52[/img][/url] [url=https://www.setlist.fm/edit?setlist=6bb9ba52&step=song]Edit this setlist[/url] | [url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/taylor-swift-3bd6bc5c.html]More Taylor Swift setlists[/url]

Tour Update

Marquee memories: cold war kids.

Cold War Kids
May 8, 2024
May 7, 2024
May 6, 2024
May 5, 2024
May 4, 2024
May 3, 2024
FAQ | Help | About
Terms of Service
Ad Choices | Privacy Policy
Feature requests
Songtexte.com

an image, when javascript is unavailable

Taylor Swift Wraps Up Nashville Show Past 1:30 a.m., in Driving Rain, After Long Lightning Delay: ‘We All Look Like River Otters’

Many fans seemed even more enthusiastic after being held to the stadium's concourses for several hours, and after rain poured — on the crowd and Swift alike — for the last two-thirds of the epic late-night concert

By Chris Willman

Chris Willman

Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic

Brian Wilson Conservatorship Approved by Judge 10 hours ago
‘Let It Be’ Director Michael Lindsay-Hogg on His Beatles Documentary Finally Shedding Its ‘Orphan’ Status: ‘You Don’t Always Get the Second Chance in Life’ 1 day ago
Sierra Ferrell, Tyler Childers, Brandy Clark Lead Nominees for Americana Awards 2 days ago

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - MAY 07: EDITORIAL USE ONLY Taylor Swift performs onstage for night three of Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour at Nissan Stadium on May 07, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)

Taylor Swift ‘s recent song “Midnight Rain” lived up to its name when it was performed Sunday night at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium, except that it was actually after 1 a.m. local time when it finally came up in the set list. The finale of her hometown three-night stand was pushed back hours from its scheduled start time due to lightning strikes near the downtown area; once it did finally get underway after 10 p.m., the second half of the three-and-a-half-hour set was marked by a steady downpour, hitting Swift as hard as it did the audience in the roofless venue, before the show finally wrapped up just after 1:35 a.m.

Popular on Variety

Later, as the downpour didn’t let up, during the “Red”-themed portion of the show, she said, “This is something we’re all doing together. It’s like such a bonding experience. We’re all gonna leave here tonight looking like we just went through five car washes… People will be like, ‘Where were you? Several wars?’ And you’re like, ‘No, I just went to the Eras Tour . It’s fine.'”

As the clock neared 1 a.m., Swift launched into the penultimate “surprise songs” segment of the show, for which she was joined by a special guest, a co-writer and co-producer on her last three albums, the National’s Aaron Dessner , to play a second guitar on the “Midnights” bonus track “Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve.” Making the long walk from the main stage to the B-stage in the middle of the stadium, Dessner, too, quickly looked waterlogged.

Dessner was up for the memorable occasion. “I was lucky to see other shows on this tour, but in the rain it’s even better,” he claimed.

The show was scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m., as it has at every other stop on the tour, with two opening acts preceding a Swift set that usually lasts from about 7:50 till about 11:15. In Nashville Sunday, though, the show was about an hour from starting when announcements appeared on big screens and on social media warning attendees to shelter in place in the venue’s concourses, or remain in their cars if they had not gone inside yet. That warning remained in place from around 5:30 until around 9:45, at which point lightning left the area — for the time being — and fans were told they should finally take their seats, leading to a human traffic jam through the stadium entryways. By that point, some fatigued families with younger children had already taken their leave.

“Rain shows” are actually well-remembered and prized among some fans who’ve seen her in outdoor stadium settings before, so dampened spirits weren’t much of a problem among those who’d made it through the marathon wait as the show finally got underway at about 10:10 p.m. Opening acts Phoebe Bridgers and Gracie Abrams had long since been bumped from the bill, not surprisingly, with a Swift set that has averaged out at about 220 minutes still to go.

The sight of Swift with a wet head is not unfamiliar (some past tours have ended with her either standing in a waterfall or cavorting with her dancers in a fountain), but the length and extent to which she was out in a downpour along with fans might be unprecedented in her touring life. The singer made a point as things wound down at 1:37 a.m. to ask the crowd to “make some noise for my phenomenal dancers who danced in the rain for you all night. … The fact that you stayed for us, that you gave us everything you had — we love you so much, Nashville. We will never forget this night.”

Lightning did return to the surrounding area before Swift’s show ended, as fan photos and videos showed the sky lighting up in the distance around midnight, but the show was not further halted once it began. Although fans wondered whether curfews or fines might cause Swift’s set to be condensed, Nissan Stadium is city-owned and said not to be subject to the restrictions that might affect other venues — especially when unleashing 70,000 angry Swifties into the wild is a prospect.

taylor alison swift. god of thunder and lightning. #NashvilleTSTheErasTour #TSThe pic.twitter.com/XT7Hhb7S7u — Alexandra || {Taylor’s Version} (@alltooswiftly13) May 8, 2023

One of the fans happy to have waited it out for hours was Siobhan Duden, a 32-year-old middle school teacher from Knoxville who was getting one of her first nights out after having a baby six months ago. “We all came together in this bonding moment, singing songs as we waited for Taylor. Everybody completely embraced it. We were all here for Taylor and knew she would be there for us. While we were waiting amid the shelter-in-place, my friends and I joked that Taylor meant it literally when she said ‘Meet me at midnight.’ We literally would have waited if the show did start at midnight to see her, if that was what it took. When I finally got to my seat, it was super exciting because once you realized how many people stayed through all of that, you knew you were around people like you” with equal tenacity.

For Swift fans wondering how Sunday’s show was different from the two preceding it in Nashville, or any other concerts along the routing so far: “The 1” was back in the set Sunday as the first number of the “Folklore” portion, after “Invisible String” curiously made a one-time reappearance Saturday night. Aside from that one-off, “Invisible String” had last been part of the tour setlist on March 25 in Las Vegas. Fans have widely assumed that it was taken out of the set that early in the tour because its lyrics are full of autobiographical details about her relationship with Joe Alwyn, whom she is known to have split from this year.

(Matty Healy of the 1975, who has been tagged as a possible new beau by British tabloids, was reported to be viewing Sunday’s concert from a covered spot… although, contrary to said tabloids’ predictions, he did not perform with Swift. Healy did strum guitar behind Bridgers during her opening set on Saturday.)

Phoebe & Taylor playing in the rain with lightning.🖤⚡️ pic.twitter.com/P9n7tmXSAj — gabrielle (@brieswrldd) May 8, 2023

Although Bridgers did not get to perform her planned opening set (which on the first two nights in Nashville had featured cameos from her Boygenius colleagues), fans did at least get to see Bridgers again join Swift during the headliner’s set for the third successive rendition of their duet from “Red (Taylor’s Version),” “Nothing New.” (Bridgers will also be opening all of Swift’s shows through the end of May, before departing to tour with Boygenius starting in June.)

In the “secret songs” segment, Swift prefaced her and Dessner’s performance of “Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve” by describing it as “one of our favorite songs we’ve done together… (that) we hear you guys request all the time.” The song, which has been understood as a return to the subject matter of the “Speak Now” track “Dear John,” has been a clear favorite among all the bonus tracks released as part of the “Midnights” deluxe edition last fall. “You knew every word to that,” she said, expressing surprise at the ferocity of enthusiasm for a tune left off the standard edition.

GUYS. pic.twitter.com/wA9hRyyvaU — adam IS SEEING TAYLOR TODAY (@teheadam) May 8, 2023

Swift noted that, although she has discussed 2020’s “Folklore” as being really the first time she wrote extensively in character instead of out of her own performance, that truthfully really started 10 years earlier with the “Speak Now” album. “I wrote the (title) song ‘Speak Now’ about interrupting the wedding of an ex… I was 19 when I wrote that, and none of my exes were getting married,” she pointed out. “It was so fantasy, so fantastical… my first time thinking in cinematic, ‘This isn’t my life, but what if it were’” terms. The same went for the album-leading single: “When I wrote it, I was writing about all these relationship things that hadn’t happened to me. Like ‘there’s a drawer of my things at your place’… Those are things that I was not partaking in at 19, when I wrote these songs. It’s been a treat to go back and re-record them, because I’m relating to them now. This is called ‘Mine.'”

Fans have puzzled over who “Mine” was about for years, since the lyrical details didn’t seem to have known analogs to real-life events. Now, they may be satisfied to finally know for certain who it’s about: nobody.

Swift resumes her tour Friday in Philadelphia. It may take about that long for some of Sunday night’s attendees to get back on their sleep schedule. As the crawl at the end of one of the fan livestreams read: “Goodnight, good luck to everyone with school tmrw.” A special “good luck” may have been in order for everyone whose phone ran out of battery before connecting with family about pickups in the designated waiting area; Nissan Stadium had advised parents via social media to show up three hours after the actual start time.

More From Our Brands

Bts’ rm searches for meaning on single ‘come back to me’, drew barrymore’s bucolic hamptons retreat can be yours for $8.4 million, wnba taps delta airlines as charter flights this season, the best loofahs and body scrubbers, according to dermatologists, is law & order: organized crime preparing to lose a stabler read episode 12 recap, verify it's you, please log in.

Taylor Swift Night

Fast Lane Access - Taylor Swift Night - Not a Concert Ticket

Brooklyn bowl nashville | nashville, tn.

Club 90’s Taylor Swift Night

Dance/electronic.

Vibration Magazine

Read The Digital Magazine

Jenna Ortega Leaked Video Rundown

Sza Before Fame: The Real Story

Get the Latest With Our Newsletter

Fans are following Taylor Swift to Europe after finding Eras Tour tickets less costly there

Thanks for contacting us. We've received your submission.

LONDON (AP) — Thousands of ride-or-die Taylor Swift fans who missed out on her US concert tour last year or didn’t want to buy exorbitantly priced tickets to see her again found an out-of-the-way solution: Fly to Europe.

The pop star is scheduled to kick off the 18-city Europe leg of her record-setting Eras Tour in Paris on Thursday, and planeloads of Swifties plan to follow Miss Americana across the pond in the coming weeks. The arena where Swift is appearing said Americans bought 20% of the tickets for her four sold-out shows. Stockholm, the tour’s next stop, expects about 10,000 concertgoers from the US.

A concert might sound like an odd raison d’etre for visiting a foreign country, especially when fans can watch the Eras Tour from home via the documentary now streaming on Disney+ . Yet online travel company Expedia says continent-hopping by Swift’s devotees is part of a larger trend it dubbed “tour tourism” while observing a pattern that emerged during Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” world tour .

Some North American fans who plan to fly overseas for the Eras Tour said they justified the expense after noticing that tighter restrictions on ticket fees and resales in Europe made seeing Swift perform abroad no more costly — and potentially cheaper — than catching her closer to home.

“They said, ’Wait a minute, I can either spend $1,500 to go see my favorite artist in Miami, or I can take that $1,500 and buy a concert ticket, a round-trip plane ticket, and three nights in a hotel room,” Melanie Fish, an Expedia spokesperson and travel expert, said.

That was the experience of Jennifer Warren, 43, who lives in St. Catharines, a city in the Niagara region of Ontario. She and her 11-year-old son love Swift but had no luck scoring what she considered as decently priced tickets in the US. Undeterred, Warren and her husband decided to plan a European vacation around wherever she managed to get seats. It turned out to be Hamburg, Germany.

“You get out, you get to see the world, and you get to see your favorite artist or performer at the same time, so there are a lot of wins to it,” said Warren, who works as the director of research and innovation for a mutual insurance company.

The three VIP tickets she secured close to the stage — “I would call it brute-force dumb luck” — cost 600 euros ($646) each. Swift subsequently announced six November tour dates in Toronto, within driving distance of Warren’s home. “Absolute nose-bleed seats” already are going for 3,000 Canadian dollars ($2,194) on secondary resale sites like Viagogo, Warren said.

Tour tourism: Is it really a thing?

Hard-core fans trailing their favorite singer or band on tour is not a new phenomenon. “Groupie” emerged in the late 1960s as a somewhat derogatory word for the ardent followers of rock bands. Deadheads took to the road in the 1970s to pursue the Grateful Dead from city to city.

More recently, music festivals like California’s Coachella and England’s Glastonbury, and concert residencies in Las Vegas by the likes of Elton John, Lady Gaga and Adele, have attracted travelers to places they wouldn’t otherwise visit, Fish noted.

Travel and entertainment analysts have also spoken of a pent-up consumer demand for “experiences” over material objects since the coronavirus pandemic. Some think the willingness of music lovers to broaden their fandom horizons is part of the same mass cultural correction.

“It does seem like it’s more than a structural shift, maybe a personality transformation we all went through,” said Natalia Lechmanova, the chief Europe economist for the Mastercard Economics Institute.

As Swift hopscotches across Europe, Lechmanova expects restaurants and hotels to see the same boost that Mastercard observed within a 2.5-mile (4-kilometer) radius of concert venues in the US cities she visited in 2023. The US dollar’s strong value against the euro may also increase retail spending on apparel, memorabilia, beauty products and supplies for the friendship bracelets fans exchange as part of the Eras Tour experience, the economist said.

Want more celebrity and pop culture news?

Start your day with Page Six Daily.

Thanks for signing up!

Please provide a valid email address.

By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy .

Want celebrity news as it breaks? Hooked on Housewives?

Former college roommates Lizzy Hale, 34, who lives in Los Angeles, and Mitch Goulding, 33, who lives in Austin, Texas, already had tickets to see the Eras Tour in LA last summer when they decided to try to get ones for Paris, London or Edinburgh, Scotland, too. They saw a Europe concert trip as a makeup for travel plans they had in May 2020 to celebrate Goulding’s birthday but had to cancel due to the pandemic.

Goulding managed to secure VIP tickets for one of Swift’s three Stockholm shows. He, Hale and two other friends scheduled a 10-day trip that also includes time in Amsterdam and Copenhagen.

“As people who enjoy traveling and enjoy music, if you can find an opportunity to combine the two, it’s really special,” said Hale, who is pregnant with her first child.

For Stockholm, 120,000 Swifties can’t be wrong

The local economic impact of what the zeitgeist has termed “Swiftonomics” and the “Swift lift” can be considerable. It’s no wonder the exclusive arrangement Singapore’s government made with Swift to make the city-state her only tour stop in Southeast Asia earlier this year aroused regional jealousy.

No European governments have complained of their countries not being among the dozen selected for the Europe leg of the Eras Tour, although some fans have expressed surprise that Gelsenkirchen, a city with a population of about 264,000 is one of the three cities in Germany that made the cut.

Airbnb reported Tuesday that searches on its platform for the U.K. cities where Swift is performing in June and August — Edinburgh, Liverpool, Cardiff and London — increased an average of 337% when tickets went on sale last summer.

Not to be outdone when it comes to trend-spotting, the property rentals company cited the demand as an example of “passion tourism,” or travel “driven by concerts, sports and other cultural events.”

In Stockholm, 120,000 out-of-towners from 130 countries — among them 10,000 from the US — are expected to swarm Sweden’s capital this month, Stockholm Chamber of Commerce Chief Economist Carl Bergqvist said. Stockholm is the only Scandinavian city on Swift’s tour, and airlines added extra flights from nearby Denmark, Finland and Norway to bring people to the May 17-19 shows, he said.

The city’s 40,000 hotel rooms are sold out even though prices skyrocketed for the tour dates, Bergqvist said. Concert visitors are expected to pump around 500 million Swedish kroner, or over $46 million, into the local economy over the course of their stays, an estimate that does not include what they paid for Swift tickets or to get to Sweden, he said.

“So this is going to be huge for the tourism sector in Sweden and Stockholm in particular,” Bergqvist said.

Nightclubs, restaurants and bars are seizing the opportunity to cater to fans with Taylor Swift-themed events, such as karaoke, quizzes and after-concert dance parties.

Houston resident Caroline Matlock, 29, saw Swift more than a year ago when the Eras Tour came to the Texas city. Now she’s making more friendship bracelets and trying to learn a few words of Swedish as she prepares to see the 3 1/2-hour show in Stockholm. The idea of seeing Swift in Europe was her friend’s, and Matlock needed some persuading at first.

“I was like, ‘I only want to go if it’s a country I haven’t been to. I’ve seen Taylor Swift,’” she said.

Visiting the Scandinavian cities of Oslo and Gothenburg is on their itinerary. The concert is the last night of the trip and Matlock looks forward to interacting with Swifties from other countries: “Americans tend to have a very obsessive culture, especially Taylor Swift-related, so I’m curious if the crowd will be more toned-down.”

Will tour tourism endure after Eras?

It remains to be seen if the music tourism trend has legs as long and strong as Swift’s and Beyoncé’s, and if it will carry over to Billie Eilish, Usher and other artists with world tours scheduled next year. Expedia’s Fish thinks other big-name artists in Europe this summer will prove that booking a foreign trip around a concert is catching on.

Kat Morga, a travel consultant based in Nashville, isn’t so sure. Morga saw Swift perform in Nashville last year and helped two clients with school-aged children book European family vacations this summer that include seeing Swift in concert. But she thinks the difficulty of navigating ticket purchases through language barriers, currency conversions, international banking regulations and the risk of cancellations will limit the appeal of regular gig getaways.

“I think this is an anomaly,” Morga said. “People aren’t typically going to build their $20,000 huge family vacation only because Taylor Swift is there. She’s the one-off. She’s special.”

Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel, whose company operates Booking.com, priceline.com, agoda.com, Kayak and OpenTable, is even less enthusiastic about concert tours as a tourism instigator. The Swift Effect causes a “little blip” when the superstar goes to smaller destinations, but for the worldwide travel industry, “one star touring around does not make a difference,” he said.

“It may just shift it a little bit. A person was going to go to the Caribbean for a week vacation. Instead that person (says), ‘Let’s travel to the Taylor Swift thing,’” Fogel said. “It doesn’t increase it. It just moves it from here to there.”

Share this article:

Friday, May 10, 2024 9:19 am (Paris)

Taylor Swift European tour kicks off in Paris with four shows and 42,000 spectators

As the European leg of the superstar's Eras Tour kicks off on Thursday, fans were already queueing on Wednesday for merchandise.

Le Monde with AFP

Time to 1 min.

Share on Twitter
Share on Messenger
Share on Facebook
Share by email
Share on Linkedin

Fans of US singer Taylor Swift pose with a VIP box package, a day prior to the start of the pop star's concerts at the Paris La Defense Arena as part of her The Eras Tour, on May 8, 2024.

The highest-grossing tour in history finally arrived in Europe on Thursday, May 9 as Taylor Swift kicks off her European dates with four nights in Paris. Thousands of fans were already visiting the La Defense Arena 24 hours before the show just to get their hands on the merchandise as soon as possible.

A handful of superfans camped out from Tuesday to ensure they got a prime spot in the standing section. "I didn't plan to, but I came to check it out and I saw the first tents and I panicked a little," said Chris, 30. Noah, 20, is seeing all four Paris concerts – he used 22 email addresses to get through the lottery system and secure the tickets.

US fans of US singer Taylor Swift pose with a VIP box package, a day prior to the start of the pop star's concerts at the Paris La Defense Arena as part of her The Eras Tour, in Nanterre, north-western France, on May 8, 2024.

Many accents in the crowd were American – the venue says a fifth of the audience has come from the United States. Georg'Ann Daly decided to celebrate her 23 rd birthday with the show in Paris. It meant flying from Nashville to Chicago to London and catching the Eurostar to Paris. "I've always been obsessed with Taylor Swift," she told AFP. "I went to her show in Nashville and thought I'm never doing that again because it was crazy. It's a lot of over-stimulation and I have social anxiety." "But it's my birthday and it's Paris and it's the first night of the tour, and I thought why not? It's so worth it!"

42,000 people

Some 42,000 people will see Swift in Paris before dates in Sweden, Portugal, Spain, Britain, Ireland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Poland and Austria. The Eras Tour has worked its way across North and South America and Asia since starting in March 2023.

By the end of the year, it had already become the first to sell more than $1 billion in tickets and is on track to more than double that by the time it concludes in Vancouver this December.

Swifties in Paris are especially excited to hear songs off her new album, The Tortured Poets Society , being performed for the first time. Swift's tell-all dissections of her love stories have been the fuel powering her global domination, and fans have been pouring over The Tortured Poets Department for cryptic clues about Joe Alwyn, her short-but-dramatic fling with Matty Healy (lead singer of The 1975), and her current partner, American football star Travis Kelce.

"Taylor talks about toxic relationships, impossible love, politics, mental health, and so much more -- I think we can all find a song that resonates with our experiences," said Chris as she waited by her tent for the big moment.

Lecture du Monde en cours sur un autre appareil.

Vous pouvez lire Le Monde sur un seul appareil à la fois

Ce message s’affichera sur l’autre appareil.

Parce qu’une autre personne (ou vous) est en train de lire Le Monde avec ce compte sur un autre appareil.

Vous ne pouvez lire Le Monde que sur un seul appareil à la fois (ordinateur, téléphone ou tablette).

Comment ne plus voir ce message ?

En cliquant sur « Continuer à lire ici » et en vous assurant que vous êtes la seule personne à consulter Le Monde avec ce compte.

Que se passera-t-il si vous continuez à lire ici ?

Ce message s’affichera sur l’autre appareil. Ce dernier restera connecté avec ce compte.

Y a-t-il d’autres limites ?

Non. Vous pouvez vous connecter avec votre compte sur autant d’appareils que vous le souhaitez, mais en les utilisant à des moments différents.

Vous ignorez qui est l’autre personne ?

Nous vous conseillons de modifier votre mot de passe .

Lecture restreinte

Votre abonnement n’autorise pas la lecture de cet article

Pour plus d’informations, merci de contacter notre service commercial.

Share full article

Supported by

At a Taylor Swift Concert? Time to Propose.

At the Eras tour, love takes center stage as couples orchestrate their own declarations of commitment against the backdrop of the star’s grand performances.

A diptych shot shows a marriage proposal in the crowd at a Taylor Swift concert, on the left, and a close-up photo of the couple displaying an engagement ring., on the right.

By Madison Malone Kircher

Madison Malone Kircher witnessed a proposal on Night 6 of the Eras Tour in Los Angeles. It made her cry just a little bit.

The twangy guitar picking begins and the crowd cheers. It’s time for “Love Story,” the ninth song on Taylor Swift’s Eras tour set list. Onstage, Ms. Swift strums her guitar and sings a modified Romeo and Juliet story, one with a happy ending that closes with Romeo on bended knee and Juliet picking out a wedding dress.

It’s a Swift classic that has taken on a new and literal meaning during the Eras tour, where some fans have used the musical moment to underscore their own love stories with meticulously planned marriage proposals right there in the stadium while Ms. Swift performs.

Megan Voo and Justin Chong are two such fans. The couple, who live in Melbourne, Australia, and met as architecture students at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 2017, got engaged during one of Ms. Swift’s shows in their hometown earlier this year.

Ms. Voo, 26, was in complete shock when Mr. Chong, also 26, popped the question in February, mostly because she had no idea he was even at the concert in the first place. Ms. Voo attended with her sister, but, unbeknown to her, Mr. Chong had purchased a nearby seat to surprise her. (Ms. Voo’s sister was also in on the plan.)

Mr. Chong got to the concert early and made the people seated around him aware of his plan. They helped form a human shield to keep him hidden from Ms. Voo. When the moment came, they kindly stepped out of the way so he could make his way to Ms. Voo’s seat.

“When I dropped down and said, ‘Will you marry me?’ the first thing she said was ‘how did you get a ticket?,’” Mr. Chong said. He wore a ruffled shirt as a nod to the outfit Romeo wears in the “Love Story” music video and proposed with a ring from his mother.

And while the couple didn’t capture Ms. Swift’s attention, a number of nearby attendees filmed the proposal and several shared it on social media where it quickly went viral . “My friend congratulated us, saying ‘I saw your video.’ We hadn’t even announced! This was maybe two hours after the concert,” Ms. Voo said.

After the proposal, Mr. Chong didn’t return to his original seat. “I did ask everyone else. I said, ‘is it OK if I stay here with my fiancée?’” Everyone was standing for most of the show anyway, he added.

Brittany Litzenberger, 27, had a slight suspicion her boyfriend of nearly two years, Sloan Thomas, might propose at the Eras tour. While making friendship bracelets — Swifties trade them during shows — at a party at a friend’s apartment before the concert, she saw Mr. Thomas sneakily hand one off to her best friend who would be attending the show with them.

“He had sent me a few videos of people getting engaged at Eras and I was like, ‘oh, that’s so sweet. That would be like my dream,’” Ms. Litzenberger, a behavioral technician who lives in Kansas City, Mo, said.

Last July at the Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Ms. Litzenberger wore a purple sequined dress, which turned out to be the perfect outfit for what was about to happen.

@sloanthomas I asked my amazing girlfriend to marry me this weekend @Taylor Swift concert in kc #erastour #taylorswift #enchanted #erastourtaylorswift #speaknowtaylorsversion ♬ original sound - Sloan Thomas

“Love Story” came and went without Mr. Thomas proposing. But a few songs later, during Ms. Swift’s “Speak Now” set, the proposal happened . Ms. Swift took the stage in a purple dress and began to play “Enchanted,” a love song about meeting someone for the very first time. Around the first chorus, Mr. Thomas tapped Ms. Litzenberger on the shoulder and handed her the mysterious friendship bracelet.

Mr. Thomas’ song choice was particularly meaningful, Ms. Litzenberger said. “After our first date, I got in my car and plugged in my Spotify and shuffled my Taylor and ‘Enchanted’ played,” she said.

“The friendship bracelet that he gave me said, ‘marry me,’” Ms. Litzenberger said. “Then I turn around and he’s down. He got a purple ring box. She was singing in the background, the chorus, which was just perfect timing. Everybody around me is screaming. I’m crying.”

She had a hard time focusing on the next few songs, she said. “But in a good way, you know, it made everything really exciting.” (Ms. Litzenberger’s friend who hosted the bracelet making party also got engaged during the concert.)

Carmen Castillo also said she could not remember the song that played after her now-fiancé, Vernon Chamorro, proposed during “Love Story.”

@car_swiftness13 💍🫶🏼I got my love story moment at my first Taylor Swift concert. I almost died in the process….too many emotions. Her right there, him on one knee❤️ @Taylor Swift @Taylor Nation #tstheerastourtampa #tstheerastour #fyp #tampa #proposals #taylorswift ♬ original sound - Carmen’s Version 🦋🪩🌌

“He later told me he was afraid to propose at the Eras tour because he was afraid I was going to die of a heart attack because of all the emotions and excitement,” she said. The couple, who live in Barcelona, Spain, traveled to Tampa, Fla., in April 2023 to see Ms. Swift perform.

Ms. Castillo and Mr. Chamorro, who have been together for six years, have set a wedding date for Dec. 14 in Ms. Castillo’s home country of Nicaragua.

“I wanted it to be the 13, but that’s a Friday,” Ms. Castillo said, referencing Taylor Swift’s birthday.

Madison Malone Kircher is a Times reporter covering internet culture. More about Madison Malone Kircher

Weddings Trends and Ideas

Keeping Friendships Intact: The soon-to-be-married couple and their closest friends might experience stress and even tension leading up to their nuptials. Here’s how to avoid a friendship breakup .

‘Edible Haute Couture’: Bastien Blanc-Tailleur, a luxury cake designer based in Paris, creates opulent confections for high-profile clients , including European royalty and American socialites.

Reinventing a Mexican Tradition: Mariachi, a soundtrack for celebration in Mexico, offers a way for couples to honor their heritage at their weddings.

Something Thrifted: Focused on recycled clothing , some brides are finding their wedding attire on vintage sites and at resale stores.

Brand Your Love Story: Some couples are going above and beyond to personalize their weddings, with bespoke party favors and custom experiences for guests .

Going to Great Lengths : Mega wedding cakes are momentous for reasons beyond their size — they are part of an emerging trend of extremely long cakes .

Election 2024
Entertainment
Newsletters
Photography
Personal Finance
AP Investigations
AP Buyline Personal Finance
AP Buyline Shopping
Press Releases
Israel-Hamas War
Russia-Ukraine War
Global elections
Asia Pacific
Latin America
Middle East
Election Results
Delegate Tracker
AP & Elections
Auto Racing
2024 Paris Olympic Games
Movie reviews
Book reviews
Personal finance
Financial Markets
Business Highlights
Financial wellness
Artificial Intelligence
Social Media

Taylor Swift bill is signed into Minnesota law, boosting protections for online ticket buyers

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz beams while holding up the so-called Taylor Swift bill he signed into law as lawmakers, First Avenue employees and online ticket buyers clap Tuesday, May 7, 2024, inside the First Avenue concert venue in Minneapolis. The law, prompted by the frustration a legislator felt at not being able to buy tickets to Swift’s 2023 concert in Minneapolis, will require ticket sellers to disclose all fees up front and prohibit resellers from selling more than one copy of a ticket for live events held in Minnesota, among other measures. (AP Photo/Trisha Ahmed)

FILE - Taylor Swift performs during “The Eras Tour,” May 5, 2023, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn. People buying tickets online for concerts, sporting events and other live events in Minnesota will be guaranteed more transparency and protection under a so-called Taylor Swift bill signed into law Tuesday, May 7, 2024, by Gov. Tim Walz. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

Mike Dean and his two daughters – one wearing a shirt that says “A LOT going on at the moment” in a nod to Taylor Swift, and the other wearing a shirt that says “Iowa 22" in reference to basketball star Caitlin Clark - smile inside the First Avenue concert venue Tuesday, May 7, 2024, after Gov. Tim Walz signed a so-called Taylor Swift bill. The law, prompted by the frustration a legislator felt at not being able to buy tickets to Swift’s 2023 concert in Minneapolis, will require ticket sellers to disclose all fees up front and prohibit resellers from selling more than one copy of a ticket for live events held in Minnesota. (AP Photo/Trisha Ahmed)

Copy Link copied

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — People buying tickets online for concerts, sporting events and other live events in Minnesota will be guaranteed more transparency and protection under a so-called Taylor Swift bill signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Tim Walz.

The law, prompted by the frustration a legislator felt at not being able to buy tickets to Swift’s 2023 concert in Minneapolis, will require ticket sellers to disclose all fees up front and prohibit resellers from selling more than one copy of a ticket, among other measures. The law will apply to tickets purchased in Minnesota or other states for concerts or other live events held in Minnesota.

Walz signed House File 1989 — a reference to Swift’s birth year and an album with that title — at First Avenue, a popular concert venue in downtown Minneapolis.

“Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that we would be at a bill signing for House File 1989 at First Avenue,” Democratic Rep. Kelly Moller, chief author of the bill, said.

Moller was among thousands of people who became stuck in ticket sales company Ticketmaster’s system after it crashed in 2022 amid the huge demand for Swift concert tickets and attacks from bots, which tried to buy tickets for resale at inflated prices. The situation led to congressional hearings but no federal legislation .

Toronto players take part in a huddle for their last home game before the PWHL hockey playoffs start as they play Ottawa in Toronto, Sunday May 5, 2024. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Supporters of Minnesota’s new law say the state joins Maryland as among the few states to pass protections for ticket buyers into law.

Ticketmaster did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the new Minnesota law. Taylor Swift’s media team also did not respond.

Jessica Roey, a spokesperson for StubHub, said in an email, “StubHub has long advocated for legislation that protects fans from anti-competitive and anti-consumer practices in the ticket buying process. We share the goals of HF1989 and look forward to continuing discussions with policymakers to advance policies that provide more transparency, more control, and more choice for ticket buyers.”

Walz, a Democrat, said the new law is “protection so you don’t get a bad ticket, a fraudulent ticket, and resellers can’t snatch them all up before you get an opportunity.”

Two young girls — one wearing a shirt that said “A LOT going on at the moment” in a nod to Swift, and another wearing a shirt that said “Iowa 22” in reference to basketball star Caitlin Clark — attended the bill signing with their dad, Mike Dean, who testified in support of the bill this year.

Dean said his daughter “came to me in December and said, ‘Dad, I want to go to see Caitlin Clark.’ As a father, I just couldn’t resist. And so I went online to go buy tickets.”

The tickets were supposed to cost $300 total, Dean said, but they ended up costing over $500 because of hidden fees. The timer had begun in the online checkout process, so he had just minutes to decide whether to buy the tickets or lose them.

He ultimately bought the tickets. But Dean said these practices mean customers can’t make informed decisions. The new law, he said, will bring transparency to the process.

The law takes effect Jan. 1, 2025, and applies to tickets sold on or after that date.

Adrianna Korich, director of ticketing at First Avenue, said she supports the new rules, saying fans are sometimes tricked into paying up to 10 times a ticket’s face value because of deceptive websites and resellers who list tickets without actually possessing them. The new law bans both, she said.

“We have all heard the horror stories from the Taylor Swift Eras tour and have seen the astronomical prices that are being charged at checkout,” Korich said.

Trisha Ahmed is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues. Follow her on X, formerly Twitter: @TrishaAhmed15

Taylor Swift kicks off European leg of Eras Tour with four nights in Paris

The highest-grossing tour in history finally arrived in Europe on Thursday as Taylor Swift kicked off her European dates with four nights in Paris.

Issued on: 09/05/2024 - 07:13

Thousands of fans were already visiting the La Defense Arena 24 hours before the show just to get their hands on the merchandise as soon as possible.

A handful of superfans camped out from Tuesday to ensure they got a prime spot in the standing section.

"I didn't plan to, but I came to check it out and I saw the first tents and I panicked a little," said Chris, 30.

Noah, 20, is seeing all four Paris concerts -- he used 22 email addresses to get through the lottery system and secure the tickets.

Many accents in the crowd were American -- the venue says a fifth of the audience has come from the United States .

Georg'Ann Daly decided to celebrate her 23rd birthday with the show in Paris. It meant flying from Nashville to Chicago to London and catching the Eurostar to Paris.

"I've always been obsessed with Taylor Swift ," she told AFP.

"I went to her show in Nashville and thought I'm never doing that again because it was crazy. It's a lot of over-stimulation and I have social anxiety.

"But it's my birthday and it's Paris and it's the first night of the tour, and I thought why not? It's so worth it!"

Record-breaker

Some 42,000 people will see Swift in Paris before she heads on for dates in Sweden , Portugal , Spain , Britain , Ireland , Netherlands , Switzerland , Italy , Germany , Poland and Austria .

The Eras Tour has worked its way across North and South America and Asia since starting in March 2023.

By the end of the year, it had already become the first to sell more than $1 billion in tickets and is on track to more than double that by the time it concludes in Vancouver this December.

Watch more A closer look at the Taylor Swift effect

Swifties in Paris are especially excited to hear songs off her new album, "The Tortured Poets Society", being performed for the first time.

Many critics have derided the 31-track album as bloated and lacking in sure-fire hits.

But you won't hear that from the devoted crowd in Paris.

"I love the new album -- it's chill, it's fun to listen to even though it's got a sadder vibe," said Kelly Shrout, 40, who flew with 11 friends from Kentucky in the United States for the show.

"I hope she plays 'Fortnight'," she added.

Her popularity shows no sign of dimming -- the new album shifted 1.4 million copies on its first day and broke every streaming record going, reaching a billion streams on Spotify within five days.

Swift's tell-all dissections of her love stories have been the fuel powering her global domination, and fans have been pouring over "The Tortured Poets Department" for cryptic clues about Joe Alwyn, her short-but-dramatic fling with Matty Healy (lead singer of The 1975), and her current partner, American football star Travis Kelce.

Daily newsletter Receive essential international news every morning

Take international news everywhere with you! Download the France 24 app

Taylor Swift

The content you requested does not exist or is not available anymore.

Taylor Swift adds second Nashville concert to 'Eras' tour

One night in Nashville isn't enough for Taylor Swift .

The pop supernova added a second night at Nissan Stadium to her wildly anticipated "Eras" tour, according to a social media post Friday from Swift. The new show takes place May 5, 2023, a night before her previously-announced Nashville homecoming, set for May 6, 2023.

Indie favorite Phoebe Bridgers plays main support; upcoming Interscope Records singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams opens the show.

Taylor Swift's 'Eras' concert: 4 tips for scoring tickets to Taylor Swift's 'Eras' concert in Nashville

On Friday, Swift added eight shows to her upcoming stadium run, including second nights in Tampa, Philadelphia, and Seattle, as well as a third night in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and Los Angeles.

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

A verified Ticketmaster fan pre-sale launches Nov. 15 at 10 a.m.; general on-sale opens Nov. 18 at 10 a.m. via ticketmaster.com .

Nissan Stadium: Taylor Swift bringing worldwide tour to Nissan Stadium in May 2023

Called "Eras," Swift plans to take concert audiences on a trip through past and present music from her 10-album career. The tour launches March 18, 2023, in Glendale, Arizona, with dates running through next August.

Last month, Swift released her latest album — the recording-smashing "Midnights" —.

‘Taylor Swift bill’ signed into law in Minnesota to protect online ticket buyers from hidden fees and dodgy resellers

Taylor Swift performs during "The Eras Tour," May 5, 2023, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn.

People buying tickets online for concerts, sporting events and other live events in Minnesota will be guaranteed more transparency and protection under a so-called Taylor Swift bill signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Tim Walz.