![]() ![]() ![]() “Their names are ‘Lover,’ ‘Folklore,’ ‘Evermore’ and ‘Midnights.’” The setlist showed a numerical bias toward the four newbies, but all 10 of her studio albums - not counting re-records - get their own isolated segment in this career-surveying show. And not just “the new ones.” As Swift reminded a crowd that needed little reminding a ways into Friday night’s tour opening, “We added four new members to the family” since everyone last convened for the “Reputation” tour in 2018. The elders in their midst might just call it Springsteenian.īefore the tour was announced and put on sale last November, the question on most fans’ minds since about mid-pandemic was: When Swift returns to touring, which album, or albums, is she going to be more or less touring behind for the next cycle? The ingenious answer was: all of them. For anyone in her audience who hasn’t yet crossed the bridge into middle age, this show may be like having their lives flash before their eyes, at curfew-pushing length. For the purposes of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, these past personas are all very much alive, because what died didn’t stay dead, and… well, quoting lyrics will only get you so far in describing a show that may best first be characterized by its essential stats: 44 songs in 192 minutes. All the old Taylors came to the phone Friday night at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. ![]()
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