Taylor Swift Announces Drastic Change For The Rest Of Eras Tour Performances And Fans Are Divided

Publish date: 2024-08-16

Highlights

Taylor Swift's Eras tour includes surprise songs, but she recently decided to change the rule and repeat songs if she wants.
The decision has divided fans - some are excited to potentially hear their favorites again, while others feel confused and slighted.
As the tour continues and surprises diminish, Taylor's move to change the rule to keep things fresh for herself and fans makes sense.

The Eras tour is undoubtedly one of the most successful and iconic shows in a long time, and no matter how many months pass, Taylor Swift continues to make every concert a night to remember. After she resumed the tour this year in Japan, she has been giving fans her best every night, and even after almost a year, she hasn't stopped shocking the swifties.

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At a show in Melbourne, Taylor Swift made an announcement that completely changed the game. Up until now, the Eras tour revolved around one special rule, which she had adhered to almost every single time. But now, the singer has decided to disregard it, and swifties have mixed feelings about it.

Taylor Swift Announced A Huge Change In Her Upcoming Performances

Taylor Swift's Eras tour continues to make history as one of the biggest tours in the world. Not only is it constantly breaking records when it comes to earnings and size of the audience, it's also one of the most creative and musically rich tours in a long time.

Throughout the concerts, she performs a selection of the different eras in her discography. That way, devoted swifties get to enjoy a little bit of all the albums, and casual listeners or plus ones get a taste of every different side of her music.

Another thing that makes the concerts so iconic are the infamous surprise songs. These are a source of happiness for some swifties and anxiety for others.

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Taylor Swift has a carefully curated set list of what she thinks is the best of every era, but every night she adds a special song, one that isn't played again throughout the rest of the tour. That's worked great so far, but now Taylor has had enough of it.

"I want to be as creative as possible with the acoustic set moving forward and I don't want to limit anything or say, 'If I played this song, I can't play it again'," she announced, almost casually, at a Melbourne show.

"So, from now on, I don't want to take any paint colors out of the paintbox or tools out of the toolbox. I want to be able to play songs more than once if I feel like it and I want to be able to make changes to songs. Does that sound OK?"

Swifties Are Divided About This

This announcement came out at a point where swiftties were already at odds with each other. After Taylor Swift played an extra surprise in Melbourne, international fans felt slighted and took to social media to express it.

When they heard that the singer had changed the rule of not repeating, the responses were mixed. Naturally, those who have tickets for upcoming shows are thrilled, knowing that now there's a possibility they will hear some of their favorite songs that have already been played.

Others, however, are confused about why Taylor lifted a rule she herself had created and had followed all throughout last year. Swifties that attended past shows are a bit miffed because they missed songs due to the rule.

As confusing and upsetting as it might be for some fans, it makes sense that, as the Eras tour drags on, Taylor Swift is running out of surprise songs, so in a way, this was always going to happen. It just means Taylor has played a lot of shows.