With the release of The Tortured Poets Department, here is everything that Taylor Swift changed on The Eras Tour – cut songs, new eras, more.
Taylor Swift has come back to The Eras Tour after a two month break and as speculated, her new album The Tortured Poets Department, has been added to the setlist. However, in order to fit in these seven songs, she had to make a few adjustments.
So what does The Eras Tour look like with the addition of TTPD? Let’s break it down. Here are all the changes that Taylor Swift has made on The Eras Tour.
Swifties everywhere have been speculating how the release of The Tortured Poets Department was going to effect The Eras Tour, if at all. Many assumed that if she added a new Era, she would have to cut some songs. The show was already clocking in at three and half hours, which is insane. (No one can deny she is an althete.)
Taylor Swift doesn’t do anything on accident so it was thought that the songs that would land on the cutting room floor would be those that were cut from The Eras Tour Movie. The first song to cut was The Archer which caused Swifties to think they were right, but they were not.
The songs cut from The Eras Tour are: The Archer, Long Live, The 1, The Last Great American Dynasty, and Tolerate It. No songs were cut from the Fearless Era, the Red Era, the Reputation Era, the 1989 Era, or the Midnights Era.
The biggest shock for Swifties was when we realized that Taylor Swift rearranged the eras. When Fearless did not go in to Speak Now, but rather into Red, everyone was trying to figure out exactly what was going on. She started with the Lover Era, as she usually does, and then moved into the Fearless Era, but when it came time for the Speak Now Era, she transitioned into the Red Era instead, wearing a new shirt that says “This IS NOT Taylor’s Version.”
Fans were spiraling, wondering what it all means. Was Speak Now completely cut from The Eras Tour? Was she going in order of Taylor’s Version releases? Nope, that was debunked when Reptuation came after Speak Now.
The new order of Eras on The Eras Tour is: Lover, Fearless, Red, Speak Now, Reputation, Folkmore (Folklore / Evermore), 1989, The Tortured Poets Department (TTPD), Acoustic Set / Surprise Songs, Midnights.
Swifties were immediately taken aback when the Folklore cabin and the Evermore piano were rolled out on to the stage together. What did this all mean? Taylor Swift started her set in this Era by singing Cardigan, instead of The 1 (or Invisible String), on top of the cabin roof. She then went into Betty before sitting down at the Evermore piano to play Champagne Problems.
Before she goes into Champagne Problems, she always gives a speech. She took this moment to express that she has always considered Folklore and Evermore sister albums, because they were both pandemic albums. She states that fans can all this the Everlore Era, or the Folkmore Era, she doesn’t care, as long as they scream the words to Champagne Problems with her.
As expected, Taylor Swift added TTPD to the setlist of The Eras Tour. Coming after the 1989 Era and before her famous acoustic set where she performs two surprise songs. The Tortured Poets Department is tied with Midnights, for the most songs to be featured from an Era on the tour with seven.
Taylor Swift stuns in a white dress wiht handwriting on the skirt as she performs, what she calls, Feminine Rage: The Musical. The choreography, the set design, the on stage outfit change skit, and the song selection is top notch, and has everyone panicing to make sure they see The Eras Tour II.
Songs that Taylor Swift includes from TTPD on The Eras Tour are:
But Daddy I Love Him
So High School
Who’s Afraid Of Little Old Me?
Down Bad
Fortnite
The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
I Can Do It With A Broken Heart
So High School is the only song from The Anthology, which has yet to have a physical release. Taylor Swift has released new merchandise for The Eras Tour that includes The Tortured Poets Department.
Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour is currently on its European leg of the tour, but she is coming back to North America and the United States after it wraps up. With the addition of The Tortured Poets Department to the setlist, she has proven that she can essentially continue with The Eras Tour forever, simply making changes as she releases new albums.
Tessa Smith is a Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer-approved Film and TV Critic. She is also a Freelance Writer. Tessa has been in the Entertainment writing business for ten years and is a member of several Critics Associations including the Critics Choice Association and the Greater Western New York Film Critics Association.
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