A look back at 'Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour'

The record-breaking tour has now officially wrapped

Author: Anna Sky MagliolaPublished 9th Dec 2024
Last updated 12th Dec 2024

Taylor Swift truly wowed fans across the world with her amazing performances on her record-breaking 'Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour', which she embarked on way back in March 2023. Fast-forward a whopping 21-months (632 days, to be exact), and the mammoth tour wrapped in December 2024 - with her completing TWO UK treks in that time.

Now that the historic tour is finished, join us as we take a look through some of the huge moments that happened on Taylor's tour, including bringing out her good friend Ed Sheeran, other huge guests that joined her in the UK, breaking records, premiering the music video for 'I Can Do It With A Broken Heart', the 'Eras Tour' setlist and more...

Which songs were on the 'Eras Tour' setlist?

The mega setlist featured a massive 45 songs*, including many of her biggest hits, such as 'Love Story', 'Black Space' and 'Shake It Off'.

1 - 'Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince'
2 - 'Cruel Summer'
3 - 'The Man'
4 - 'You Need to Calm Down'
5 - 'Lover'
6 - 'Fearless'
7 - 'You Belong With Me'
8 - 'Love Story'
9 - '22'
10 - 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together'

11 - 'I Knew You Were Trouble'
12 - 'All Too Well (10-Minute Version)'
13 - 'Enchanted'
14 - 'Ready For It?'
15 - 'Delicate'
16 - 'Don't Blame Me'
17 - 'Look What You Made Me Do'
18 - 'Cardigan'
19 - 'Betty'
20 - 'Champagne Problems'

21 - 'August'
22 - 'Illicit Affairs'
23 - 'My Tears Ricochet'
24 - 'Marjorie'
25 - 'Willow'
26 - 'Style'
27 - 'Blank Space'
28 - 'Shake it Off'
29 - 'Wildest Dreams'
30 - 'Bad Blood'

31 - 'But Daddy I Love Him'/'So High School'
32 - 'Who's Afraid of Little Old Me'
33 - 'Down Bad'
34 - 'Fortnight'
35 - 'The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived'
36 - 'I Can Do It with a Broken Heart'
37 - Surprise song #1
38 - Surprise song #2
39 - 'Lavender Haze'
40 - 'Anti-Hero'
41 - 'Midnight Rain'
42 - 'Vigilante S--t'
43 - 'Bejeweled'
44 - 'Mastermind'
45 - 'Karma'

*This setlist is an example of just one show, and Taylor may change her setlist according to the venue.

When was the 'Eras Tour'?

The incredible 'Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour' ran from 17th March 2023 - 8th December 2024. The first show took place on Friday 17th March 2023 in Glendale, Arizona, and the final show took place Vancouver, British Columbia, on Sunday 8th December 2024.

In 2023, Taylor announced her UK and European dates for the following year, including dates in Liverpool, Edinburgh, Cardiff and London. She did two stints here in the UK, with one taking place in June 2024, and the rest taking place two months later in August.

June 2024 'Eras Tour' dates

Edinburgh, BT Murrayfield Stadium - Fri 7th

Edinburgh, BT Murrayfield Stadium - Sat 8th

Edinburgh, BT Murrayfield Stadium - Sun 9th

Liverpool, Anfield Stadium - Thu 13th

Liverpool, Anfield Stadium - Fri 14th

Liverpool, Anfield Stadium - Sat 15th

Cardiff, Principality Stadium - Tue 18th

London, Wembley Stadium - Fri 21st

London, Wembley Stadium - Sat 22nd

London, Wembley Stadium - Sun 23rd

Dublin, Aviva Stadium - Fri 28th

Dublin, Aviva Stadium - Sat 29th

Dublin, Aviva Stadium - Sun 30th

August 2024 'Eras Tour' dates

London, Wembley Stadium - Thu 15th

London, Wembley Stadium - Fri 16th

London, Wembley Stadium - Sat 17th

London, Wembley Stadium - Mon 19th

London, Wembley Stadium - Tue 20th

Who supported Taylor Swift on tour?

Paramore were announced as Taylor Swift's special guests for the European leg of her 'Eras Tour'. She shared the news on X in July 2023 as she announced 14 new dates. She told her fans that she and Hayley Williams had been friends since they were teens in Nashville.

Then, in August 2024, Taylor announced there would be five support acts joining her when she returned to Wembley. Along with Paramore, one act supported Taylor each night - these being Sofia Isella (15th August), Holly Humberstone (16th August), Suki Waterhouse (17th August), Maisie Peters (19th August), and finally RAYE on 20th August.

RAYE performing before Taylor Swift

What did fans get to see on Taylor's 'Eras' tour?

Fans saw Taylor perform some of her biggest chart-topping releases, featuring her hit songs such as 'You Need To Calm Down', 'Lover', 'Style', 'Shake It Off' and many more huge tracks.

During one of her shows in 2023, the singer appeared to have a minor wardrobe malfunction, however the pop star took it in her stride, and didn't miss a beat as she sang the lyrics to 'Anti-Hero'.

Special guest on stage

Ed Sheeran joined Taylor on stage during the first night of her second run of dates at Wembley in London. This delighted fans, following fan theories that both he and Post Malone could join Taylor on stage, on two of her nights at Wembley.

Taylor brought her London dates to a close by bringing Florence Welch out on stage on her last date (20th August), as well as premiering the music video for her song 'I Can Do It With A Broken Heart', which gave fans a behind the scenes look at her 'Eras' tour.

Meeting backstage

During her second time in London, while backstage, Taylor also met with families affected by the Southport stabbings.

Taylor Swift fixes her piano

During one of her shows, Taylor started to play a song on her piano, but found herself having to 'fix' it because it was in the wrong key. The singer was performing in Wembley at the time, and it had started to rain. You can see the video of it below.

What records did it break?

It's no secret that 'Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour' was pretty historic - and it broke plenty of world-records during its run. By the time it wrapped, in December 2024, the tour had become the highest-grossing music tour of all time.

With plenty of Guinness World Records under its belt, the 'Eras Tour' also bagged Highest-grossing Music Tour by a Female Artist, Highest-grossing Music Tour in a Single Year, Highest-Grossing Music Tour by a Solo Artist, as well as Highest-Grossing Music Tour Per Concert by a Female Artist.

The tour even won the People's Choice Awards Concert Tour of the Year gong.

The Official Eras Tour Book

On 15th October 2024, Taylor announced she would be releasing The Official Eras Tour Book. The hardback book will include more than 500 photos from her tour, along with 'my own personal reflections, never-before-seen behind the scenes photos, all the magical memories'.

You can hear songs by Taylor Swift on Rayo.

Now take a look through her amazing career:

2002: Taylor Swift performs the National Anthem

In 2002, a young Taylor Swift sang the American National Anthem at a Philadelphia 76ers basketball game. It was clear early on she was destined to be a star.

2004: Taylor Swift signs her first record deal

In 2004, 14-year-old Taylor signed a record deal with Sony/ATV, becoming the youngest signing in the company's history.

2006: Taylor Swift releases her first single and album

By age 16, Taylor was already getting major recognition as an established country artist. She released her first single, 'Tim McGraw', off her self-titled debut album, which was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).


Her album was released on October 24th 2006 by Big Machine Records. The songstress wrote the best-performing songs 'Teardrops On My Guitar', 'Should've Said No' and 'Picture To Burn' whilst juggling high school with her blossoming music career.


Impressively, the singer-songwriter became the youngest person in history to single-handedly write and perform a Number 1 song on the Hot Country Songs chart with 'Our Song'. 'Teardrops on My Guitar' also performed well commercially, spending 48 weeks in the Billboard chart and became Taylor's first US top 20 hit.

2007: CMT Music Award win

Taylor Swift won the CMT Music Award for Breakthrough Artist, foreshadowing her massively successful career that was to follow. She also performed at the Academy of Country Music Awards, where she won the award for New Female Vocalist of the Year.

2008: Taylor Swift's 'Fearless' album

The super-talented Taylor released her second album, 'Fearless', in 2008. It became the longest Billboard chart-topper by a female country artist. The album held the Number 1 spot for 11 consecutive weeks in the US.


The lead single from this album, 'Love Story', stayed in the Billboard chart for 36 weeks. With the iconic music video re-telling a fairytale love, it became a firm fan favourite and cemented Taylor Swift in the pop scene. 'Love Story' won a number of awards including Song of The Year at BMI's Country Awards.

2009: VMA Best Female Video award

Although this might not typically be a highlight, it did start the complicated relationship that Taylor Swift and Kanye West went on to have. If you don't know what we're talking about then here's a quick recap. During her acceptance speech for her Best Female Video award win, Kanye West interrupted her on stage to speak up for Beyoncé's 'Single Ladies' video, which he believed should have won the award. This event started an infamous feud between the pair that spanned a decade.


Thankfully, Taylor later had the chance to finish her VMA's winner's speech when Beyoncé invited her back on stage during her own win.


Taylor Swift's 2009 was not clouded by this though as this was also the year that she embarked on her debut concert tour 'Fearless'. The tour was named after her second album of the same name. Beginning in Indiana and concluding in Canada, Justin Bieber was one of the support acts for this tour back in 2009.

2010: Taylor makes film debut in Valentine's Day

Taylor Swift proved she is a woman of many talents in her debut film role in the 2010 Valentine's Day. She played Felicia Miller the film, with the plot following a group of characters through their love struggles and relationships on Valentine's Day.


She was also listed as one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in 2010. Unsurprisingly, she made the list in 2015 and 2019 too.

2010: Taylor Swift wins her first Grammy Award

Taylor was awarded her first well-deserved Grammy, during the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. She won Best Female Country Vocal Performance for her song 'White Horse'.


She won three other Grammy awards on that date, Best Country Song, Best Country Album for 'Fearless' and finally, the coveted Album of the Year award.


In her Grammy award acceptance speech, Taylor said, "This is my first Grammy, you guys! I mean this is, this is a Grammy! I live in awe of the people that I was nominated against in this category. I live in awe of my producer, Nathan Chapman, and all of the wonderful incredibly talented musicians in Nashville, and thank you to anyone who was a Grammy voter and decided that it might be a good idea to vote for me for this, because I'm so happy. Thank you so much!"

2011: Taylor Swift releases third studio album 'Speak Now'

2011 was the year that saw Taylor's third album release, 'Speak Now' with it winning Favourite Country Album at the American Music Awards. It also holds the record for Fastest Selling Digital Album by a Female Artist in the Guinness World Records. 'Mean', the best-performing single from the 'Speak Now' album, won two Grammy Awards.


Taylor also embarked on her first international headline tour, 'The Speak Now World Tour' in the same year.

2012: Taylor Swift's fourth album release, 'Red'

'Red' is Taylor's critically acclaimed fourth studio album and was released in 2012. It was her first album to top the UK Album Chart in the UK (with her next five album releases also going on to top the chart).


'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' became the lead single from her 2012 album. The single was Swift's first to peak at Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.


Having already conquered the music industry at such young age, she released the iconic '22' song on this album, which took the world by storm and struck a chord with her fanbase.

2013: Taylor Swift's 'Red' tour begins

In 2013, the singer-songwriter embarked on her 'Red' World Tour. During this tour, she became the first female artist in history to sell out the Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Australia (with a 40,900 capacity), since it opened in 1988.


Plus, her hit song 'I Knew You Were Trouble', rumoured to be about her former love, Harry Styles, won Best Female Video at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards. In July 2024, it was certified 3x Platinum by the BPI, translating to 1.8 MILLION sales in the UK alone. Wow!

2014: '1989', Taylor's fifth studio album, is released

Taylor released 'Shake It Off', the first single off of her fifth studio album '1989'. Achieving great success, it became her second Billboard Hot 100 Number 1 single in the US and it peaked at Number 2 in the UK Singles Chart. In June 2024, the song was certified 5x Platinum by the BPI, meaning it's seen over 3 million sales in the UK alone!


'1989' debuted at Number 1 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart with the largest sales week for an album since 2002, selling 1.287 million copies in the week ending November 2nd 2014, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It also went to Number 1 in the UK Albums Chart.


The '1989' album spent a full first year in the Top 10 in the US, making it just the fifth album to spend the first 52 weeks of its release in the Top 10.

2015: Taylor is made into a Madame Tussauds wax work

Taylor Swift gets her own waxwork in the Madame Tussauds gallery in Hollywood. Taylor later became a permanent fixture at the London Madame Tussauds in 2019.


'Bad Blood' achieved Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The epic 'Bad Blood' video premiered on the Billboard Music Awards. It created quite the stir by going viral instantly as it featured her star-studded friendship group including Selena Gomez, Cara Delevingne and Jessica Alba.

2016: Taylor takes home three Grammy awards!

2016 was the year that Taylor won three Grammy Awards. She won Best Music Video with 'Bad Blood', and both best Pop Vocal Album and Album Of The Year with '1989'. She became the first woman to win the Album Of The Year Award twice.

2017: Taylor releases her fifth Number 1 album 'Reputation'

'Reputation' launched after an iconic Instagram deletion and subsequent revamp ahead of its release. 'Reputation' become the super-talented singer's fifth Number 1 album on the Billboard 200 and her third UK Number 1 album. With 1.2 million copies sold in its first week, Taylor became the first artist in Nielsen Music History to do so.

2017: Taylor is one of Time Magazine's 'Silence Breakers'

Taylor's summer court case saw the singer set out to prove a point by requesting only $1 in damages. As a result of her work fighting against sexual assault and harassment, Taylor was among the individuals highlighted.


In the Time interview about the court case, Taylor revealed: "I was angry. In that moment, I decided to forego any courtroom formalities and just answer the questions the way it happened. This man hadn't considered any formalities when he assaulted me, and his lawyer didn't hold back on my mom - why should I be polite? I'm told it was the most amount of times the word 'ass' has ever been said in Colorado Federal Court."

2018: Taylor embarks on her 'Reputation' Stadium Tour

Taylor's 2018 'Reputation' tour was massively successful and broke the US record when it became the highest-grossing tour in US history. To top it off, the 38 tour show brought in ticket sales of over a whopping $2 million!


With all the drama of three stages, a ten-story screen, two lifts and LOTS of snakes, the worldwide tour was certainly a crowd pleaser!

2019: American Music Awards haul as Taylor wins six awards

2019 was the year that saw Taylor smash the record for winning the prestigious American Music Award, Artist Of The Decade, an astonishing six times!


The 'Shake It Off' singer made history at the 2019 AMAs, she became the highest-awarded person in the show's history. With an astonishing 28 total wins under her belt, she beat a record set by Michael Jackson.

2019: Cats song Golden Globe nominee

The singer-songwriter scored a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song for 'Beautiful Ghosts' from the Cats film, in which she also starred as Bombalurina.

2020: Taylor drops surprise albums ‘Folklore’ and ‘Evermore’

2020 saw the surprise release of Taylor's eighth album, 'Folklore', which dropped via social media. It was recorded in lockdown and was just what Swifties needed! Her recent evolutionary journey has taken her to a recent move into folk music.


'Evermore' was the songstresses' second surprise 2020 album, released only five months after 'Folklore'. With 'Folklore' and 'Evermore' described as sister records, 'Evermore' explored the themes of love, marriage and grief, picking up where 'Folklore' left. Selling a million copies globally during its first week, it definitely got the acclaim it deserved!


Taylor's fan base has grown with her own artistic development, like they have been on the journey with her. In 2020, Taylor Swift also broken another record, holding the title for most cumulative weeks spent at Number One for a female artist on the Billboard 200.

2020: Miss Americana Netflix documentary release

Taylor's Netflix documentary Miss Americana premiered at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in 2020. Explaining Taylor Swift's story from her own point of view, it offered insight into her hard-working, busy schedule. With both intimate portrayals of home life with her family and the exciting whirlwind of tours, album releases and recording in the studio.


The film also gave her the chance to address that infamous 2009 VMA's Kanye West feud. She explores the feud and how it caused her subsequent 'cancelling' but how she ultimately bounced back and rose above it!

2021: 'Fearless (Taylor's Version)'

After Taylor re-recorded her multi-million-selling 2008 album 'Fearless', we were all graced with 'Fearless (Taylor's Version) in April 2021.


The re-recording came about after talent manager Scooter Braun acquired the rights to Taylor's master recordings, from her former label Big Machine Label Group, in 2019. Reportedly, this included ownership of the singer's first six albums, from 2006 to 2017.


'Fearless (Taylor's Version)' was released through Republic Records and includes re-recorded versions of all 19 tracks from the platinum edition of 'Fearless', along with six additional 'from the vault' tracks that weren't included on the original album in 2008. Songs on the 2021 release include the iconic 'Love Story' and the world-renowned 'You Belong with Me'.

2021: BRIT Awards 2021 Global Icon

Taylor won the Global Icon Award at the BRIT Awards 2021, becoming the first female artist to ever take home the gong. In her acceptance speech, Taylor said she was "proud to be part of a musical community, especially in a year where we've needed music so much." She also paid tribute to the key workers in the audience.

2021: 'Red (Taylor's Version)'

Taylor released 'Red (Taylor's Version)' in November 2021, with rerecorded versions of the original album's songs and a 30 song track list.


The album includes a 10-minute version of 'All Too Well', and Taylor also directed a short film to accompany the song. She performed this version of the song live for the first time on SNL on 13th November.


Taylor also released her 'I Bet You Think About Me' music video directed by Blake Lively on 15th November.

2022: Taylor Swift receives an honorary doctorate

Taylor Swift received an honorary doctorate in fine arts at New York University. She also gave the commencement speech at the ceremony which was held at the Yankee Stadium.

2022: Taylor Swift confirms 'Midnights' tour

In October, the official Taylor Swift website confirmed that fans who pre-ordered her 'Midnights' album would get pre-sale access to 'forthcoming and yet to be announced Taylor Swift UK show dates'.


Fans were surprised and thrilled by the news and jumped at the chance to see her perform live, resulting in the website crashing hours after the announcement.

2022: Taylor stars in film Amsterdam

In June 2021 it was announced that Taylor was set to star in film Amsterdam alongside the likes of Margot Robbie, Christian Bale, Robert De Niro, Rami Malek and Mike Myers. It was released in October 2022 to rave reviews!

2022: Taylor has written a film script

In December 2022, it was announced that Taylor has actually penned a film script which is being put into production! Presidents of Searchlight Pictures David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield said: "Taylor is a once in a generation artist and storyteller. It is a genuine joy and privilege to collaborate with her as she embarks on this exciting and new creative journey."

2023: Grammy Award win

Taylor won a Grammy Award in February 2023, taking home the Best Music Video gong for 'All Too Well: The Short Film'!

2023: Taylor Swift announces UK dates for her 'Eras' tour

Taylor Swift announced UK dates for her 'Eras' tour in June 2023. The singer announced that she will be performing in Liverpool, Edinburgh, Cardiff and London in June 2024, before returning for more dates in London in August.

July 2023 - 'Anti-Hero' hits a billion streams

In July 2023, Taylor's song 'Anti-Hero' surpassed a billion streams on Spotify. Taylor also has three other tracks in the Billions Club - 'Shake It Off' and 'Blank Space' from the album 1989, and her collab with Zayn Malik, 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever'.

September 2023: Taylor wins nine awards at the MTV Video Music Awards

Taylor won an incredible nine awards at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards, winning an award in every category she was nominated in. The win took Taylor to an astonishing 18 VMA Awards in total, just two behind the overall record held by Madonna.

October 2023: Taylor releases '1989' (Taylor's Version) and 'Eras Tour' film

In August 2023, Taylor confirmed the highly-anticipated release date for '1989' (Taylor's Version). The re-recording of her 2014 album was then released on 27th October, featuring five previously unreleased tracks.


October 2023 also saw the release of her 'Eras Tour' movie, with the concert film hitting cinemas across the world. The film returned to the big screen later in December - 13th, to be exact - on Taylor's birthday. You can now stream the 'Eras Tour' film on Disney+.

December 2023: 'Eras Tour' achieves numerous Guinness World Records

By December 2023, Taylor had achieved a total of 118 Guinness World Records - including a whopping seven for the 'Eras Tour' alone! The tour became the first in history to surpass $1 billion in revenue - bagging Guinness World Records in 2023 for the following: Highest-grossing Concert or Performance film at the Global Box office, Highest-grossing Music Tour, Highest-grossing Music Tour by a Female Artist, Highest-grossing Music Tour in a Single Year, Highest-grossing Music Tour by a Female Artist, Highest-grossing Music Tour by a Solo Artist and Highest-grossing Music Tour Per Concert by a Female Artist.

Find out all of the records it broke by the time the tour wrapped.

February 2024: Historic Grammy win

Taylor Swift picked up two Grammy Awards at the prestigious ceremony in 2024, following a whopping six nominations. The singer won awards for Best Pop Vocal Album and Album of the Year - making history at the event as this is the first time an artist has won the Album of the Year award four times.

February 2024: 'The Tortured Poets Department' album announcement

Not only did Taylor make history at the Grammy Awards 2024, but she announced the huge news that her 11th studio album was on the way. In her acceptance speech for Best Pop Vocal Album, she revealed she had been keeping a 'secret' for two years, going on to announce her 11th studio album 'The Tortured Poets Department' was on the way and was set for release on 19th April 2024.

April 2024: Taylor releases 'The Tortured Poets Department'

Taylor's 11th studio album 'The Tortured Poets Department' was released on Friday 19th April 2024, to huge acclaim from both fans and critics alike. One week after its release, it was certified Gold by the BPI - translating to 100,000 sales in the UK alone; and two weeks after release, was certified Platinum... Meaning 300,000 sales in the UK. Wow!

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