Photos by Shannon Guest – The Eras Tour is the ongoing sixth headlining concert tour by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. Described by her as a journey through all of her “musical eras”, the Eras Tour is a tribute to all of Swift’s studio albums so far, including her latest, Midnights (2022), and those that did not have a corresponding tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic: Lover (2019), Folklore (2020), and Evermore (2020). It is Swift’s second all-stadium tour after the 2018 Reputation Stadium Tour.
The tour commenced on March 17, 2023, in Glendale, Arizona, and is set to end on November 26, 2023, in São Paulo, Brazil. An Eras Tour concert lasts for over three hours, and the set list consists of 44 songs divided into 10 distinct acts that rely on worldbuilding to portray Swift’s albums conceptually. The show received unanimous critical acclaim, with emphasis on the concept, production, diverse aesthetics, and Swift’s musicianship, vocals, charisma, stamina, and versatility as an entertainer.
Met with an unprecedented demand for tickets, the Eras Tour had 3.5 million people register to Ticketmaster’s presale program for the U.S. leg. Although the platform’s website crashed immediately after the presale commenced on November 15, 2022, over 2.4 million tickets to the tour were sold that day, breaking the record for the most concert tickets sold by an artist in a single day. Nevertheless, Ticketmaster received widespread public criticism and political scrutiny for the debacle in addition to allegations of monopoly within the concert business. Journalists have described the tour as a cultural event, reporting the tour’s economic and social impact; various cities have acknowledged Swift with honorary gestures.
Photos are from June 9, 2023 at Ford Field in Detroit Michigan
