By Larisha Paul
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The Eras Tour has been revived and reconfigured as Taylor Swift resumes the career-spanning show with its European leg. Some eras — including Lover and Folklore — had songs cut from their respective sections, while others were shifted around, like Red being moved to directly follow Fearless where Speak Now once was. All of this shifting, scooting, and squeezing was done to make room for a new section for The Tortured Poets Department, or as Swift has named it: “Female Rage the Musical.”
“This post is dedicated to the new Tortured Poets section of the Eras Tour (aka Female Rage The Musical!) and everyone who made these memories so magical,” Swift wrote on Instagram following the conclusion of a four-night run in Paris.
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The new section of the set includes The Tortured Poets Department songs “But Daddy I Love Him,” “So High School,” “I Can Do It with a Broken Heart,” “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me,” and a mashup of “Down Bad” and “Fortnight.” The singer and songwriter has also started to incorporate songs from the 31-song double-album into the surprise song portion of the show, too. On Friday, she delivered the debut performance of “My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys.”
In addition to female rage, the new era set ushered in new costumes and choreography, highlighted in Swift’s celebratory post. “To my crew, fellow performers, and band who worked tirelessly in their break to concoct this surprise for you — but mostly for the fans in Paris,” she continued in her dedication. “I’m so thankful that it was you we got to show this to for the first time because you gave us so much excitement, passion, and love. I’m SO fired up to play this for every crowd on the tour. See you very soon, Stockholm.”
Swift revealed to her Paris audience that The Tortured Poets Department was configured during an earlier break in the tour. “When we had a 2 month break we really didn’t take any time off,” she said. The singer’s tour schedule for the remainder of May includes stops in Lisbon and Madrid.
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