Every Surprise Song Played by Taylor Swift on “The Eras Tour”

Consequence Staff

July 31, 2023 at 3:04 PM·11 min read

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As part of “The Eras Tour,” Taylor Swift has promised to play a different acoustic song during each show. At the tour’s kick-off on March 17th in Glendale, Arizona, she performed “mirrorball” from folklore and “Tim McGraw” from her self-titled debut album. The following night, she treated fans to “this is me trying” from folklore and “State of Grace” from Red.

During the first night of her show in Las Vegas, Swift dusted off “Our Song” from her self-titled debut album and performed the Midnights track “Snow on the Beach” live for the first time. On night two, she brought out Marcus Mumford for the live debut of “cowboy like me,” and played “White Horse” from Fearless.

On the first of three nights in Arlington, Texas, Swift treated fans to only the third live performance of Red’s “Sad Beautiful Tragic,” and first since 2013. For the second surprise song of the night, she played “Ours” from Speak Now. Additionally, Swift switched up the folklore portion of the set by playing “the 1” in place of “invisible string.” On night two, she offered up the tour debuts of “Death by a Thousand Cuts” from Lover and “Clean” from 1989. Finally, on night three Swift performed “Jump Then Fall” from Fearless and “The Lucky One” from Red.

Swift kicked off her time in Tampa by performing “Speak Now.” In introducing the song, she said, “I’ve been thinking a lot about one of my albums recently. One of my albums has been on my mind a lot… lots going on in my brain about it.” She then dusted off “Treacherous” from Red.

Night two in Tampa saw Swift welcome frequent collaborator Aaron Dessner for the live debut of “The Great War.” She then played a second Midnights song, “You’re on Your Own Kid.” She also told the crowd that though these performances are intended to be unique for each show, she’s bending the rules for Midnights: “If I want to do songs on Midnights more than once on this tour, I will.”

Swift was once again joined by Dessner during night three in Tampa, as the pair performed “mad woman” from folklore. She then played the Speak Now track “Mean” for the first time since 2018.

On the first of three nights in Houston, Texas, Swift dusted off “Wonderland,” from 1989, for the first time since 2018. He also played “You’re Not Sorry,” from Fearless, for the first time since 2013. On night two, he played “A Place in This World” from her self-titled debut album and “Today Was a Fairytale” from Fearless. On night three, she treated the crowd to “Begin Again” from Red and “Cold as You” from her self-titled debut. The latter song marked only the second live performance of the song, and first since 2013.

To kick off a three-night stand in Atlanta, Swift delivered two live debuts: “The Other Side of the Door” from Fearless and “coney island” from evermore. She followed that up on night two with the live debut of “High Infidelity” of Midnights and “Gorgeous” from reputation. For her finale in Atlanta, Swift treated fans to the first-ever live performance of “I Bet You Think About Me” from her self-titled debut along with “How You Get the Girl” from 1989.

In Nashville, after confirming Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), Swift played “Spark Fly.” She also brought out Phoebe Bridgers for the live debut of “Nothing New,” and performed “Teardrops on My Guitar.” Night two saw her play “Out of the Woods” from 1989 and “Fifteen” from Fearless. And on her final night in Nashville, Swift offered the live debut of “Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve” from Midnights with help from Aaron Dessner and tour debut of “Mine” from Speak Now.

For the first of her three hometown shows in Philadelphia, Swift offered the live debut of “gold rush,” from evermore, and the second ever performance of “Come Back… Be Here” from Red. The latter song was apparently request by Phoebe Bridgers. Night two feature surprise performances of “Forever & Always” from Fearless and “This Love” from 1989.

Swift kicked off her three-night swing in Nashville by playing “Should’ve Said No” from her self-titled debut, and “Better Man” from Red as the surprise songs on night one. Night two brought another rain show, and Swift delivered a pair of memorable moments with the live debut of “Question…?” from Midnights and a performance of “Invisible” from her self-titled debut. After the previous night’s rain put her piano in the shop, Swift played both of night three’s surprise songs on guitar — a first for the tour. She stunned fans with the first-ever performance of “I Think He Knows” from Lover, and followed that up with “Red” from her 2012 album of the same name.

Swift gifted fans with all sorts of surprises for night one of “The Eras Tour” in East Rutherford, NJ: with help from Jack Antonoff, she performed “Getaway Car” from reputation, and debuted “Maroon” from Midnights. Later, she brought out Ice Spice for the live debut of their “Karma” remix. Night two brought surprise performances of “Holy Ground” from Red and “False God” from Lover. She saved 1989’s “Welcome to New York” for night three, while also performing “Clean” from that same album.

Swift visited the Windy City for a three-night stand at Chicago’s Solider Field. On night one, she performed “I Wish You Would” from 1989 for the first time since 2015, and played “the lakes” from folklore for the first time ever. On night two, she brought out Maren Morris for “You All Over Me” and performed her 50 Shaders Darker contribution, “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever.” On night three, she served up a pair of live debuts in “Hits Different” from Midnights and “The Moment I Knew” from Red.

Night one in Detroit featured the tour debut of “Haunted” from Speak Now and the first performance of “I Almost Do” from Red since 2013. Swift followed that up on night two with “All You Had To Do Was Stay” from 1989 and “Breathe” from Fearless.

Swift’s visit to Pittsburgh got off to an exciting start on night one with the first-ever performance of “Mr. Perfectly Fine” from Fearless and a rare live rendition of “The Last Time” from Red. On night two, she was joined by Aaron Dessner for the first live performance of “seven” from folklore plus “The Story of Us” from Speak Now.

Night one in Minneapolis offered a pair of anticipated live debuts: “Paper Rings” from Lover and “If This Was a Movie” from Speak Now. Those who attended night two witnessed the first live performance of “Dear John” in 11 years as well. Swift prefaced the performance by saying: “I am not putting this album out so you can go on the internet and defend me against someone you think I wrote a song about 14 million years ago… Extend your kindness to the internet and please do not go after anyone because you think I wrote a song about them a billion years ago.” Night two also featured “Daylight” from Lover.

In Cincinnati, Swift used night one to dust off “I’m Only Me When I’m With You” from her self-titled debut and “evermore,” the title track from her ninth album. Meanwhile, on night two she brought out Aaron Dessner to perform “ivy” from evermore and Grace Abrams to cover “i miss you, i’m sorry” before wrapping with “Call It What You Want” from reputation.

During the first of two nights in Kansas City, Swift celebrated the release of Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) by performing “Never Grow Up” and the previously unreleased song, “When Emma Falls in Love.” She followed that up on night two with “Last Kiss” from Speak Now, plus the live debut of “dorothea” from evermore.

Swift kicked off her two-night swing in Denver by playing “Picture to Burn,” from her self-titled debut, for the first time since 2010. She then debuted “Timeless” from Speak Now (Taylor’s Version). On the second night, she unfurled “Starlight” from Red and “Back to December” from Speak Now.

In Seattle, Swift performed “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” from reputation and “Everything Has Changed” from Red. Plus, she brought out HAIM for the live debut of “no body, no crime” from evermore. Night two featured the live debut of “Message in a Bottle” from Red (Taylor’s Version) as well as “Tied Together With a Smile” from her self-titled LP.

Swift kicked off her first night in Seattle by performing the evermore song “right where you left me” with Aaron Dessner. She then offered up the live debut of “Castles Crumbling” from Speak Now (Taylor’s Version). She followed that up on night two with “Stay Stay Stay” from Red and “All of the Girls You Loved Before” from The More Lover Chapter EP.

We’re be keeping track of all of Swift’s surprise songs throughout the course of the tour, including relevant links to the performances.

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