Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour set list features a surprise song (or two), so far performed during a mini acoustic set, on each date of the the superstar’s trek, which kicked off in March 2023.
Guitar in hand and making her way to the end of the stage’s catwalk at March 17’s Eras kickoff in Glendale, Ariz., Swift revealed her intentions for the acoustic portion of her long-awaited live show. She’ll perform a surprise song that will not be played again on this tour — probably.
“The plan, the goal, would be to play different songs every single night and never repeat one. Right? So that when you heard one on this tour, you would know it’s the only time that I was going to play it in the acoustic set, unless — caveat — unless I mess it up so badly,” she said with a small laugh, “that I have to do it over again in some other city. Send your best wishes towards me that I don’t do that.”
The Eras Tour is her first real tour in five years, and the first time the prolific songwriter is getting to perform selections from Lover, Folklore, Evermore and Midnights to sold-out stadium crowds.
Eras Tour night one introduced a career-spanning, whopping 44-song setlist with a runtime of more than three hours, with Swift playing anywhere from one to eight tracks from all 10 of her full-length studio albums. The show’s nightly surprise is sure to keep her fans on their tallest tiptoes, waiting to hear what gem will be unveiled at their concert.
Below, check out the list of all the surprise songs she’s brought to The Eras Tour, courtesy of social media livestreams and post-concert clips uploaded by Swifties in attendance. Bookmark this page, as the list will updated regularly as the tour goes on.
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"King of My Heart"
Performed at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. (Aug. 8)
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"New Romantics"
Performed at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. (Aug. 9). The acoustic version of the originally synth-heavy song came after Swift announced 1989 (Taylor’s Version).
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"New Year's Day"
Performed at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. (Aug. 9).
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"I Forgot That You Existed"
Performed at Foro Sol in Mexico City (Aug. 24)
The superstar kicked off the first of her international dates at the Foro Sol, where she is scheduled for four concerts. And the first surprise song she delivered to fans south of the U.S. border? Lover track “I Forgot That You Existed.”
“I’m excited about this one tonight,” she said before launching into the acoustic performance. “I’ve never played this live before — ever!”
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"Sweet Nothing"
Performed at Foro Sol in Mexico City, Mexico (Aug. 24)
For her second surprise song during her first night in Mexico City, Swift sat at the piano for “Sweet Nothing,” a track from Midnights that she co-wrote with ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn.
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"Tell Me Why"
Performed at Foro Sol in Mexico City, Mexico (Aug. 25)
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"Snow on the Beach"
Performed at Foro Sol in Mexico City, Mexico (Aug. 25)
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"Cornelia Street"
Performed at Foro Sol in Mexico City, Mexico (Aug. 26)
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“You’re on Your Own, Kid”
Performed at Foro Sol in Mexico City, Mexico (Aug. 26) for a third time. Swift previously delivered this as a surprise song at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. (April 14) and SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. (Aug. 5).
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"Afterglow"
Performed at Foro Sol in Mexico City (Aug. 27)
Swift delivered Lover track “Afterglow” as the surprise song for the first time on her final night in Mexico’s capital.
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"Maroon"
Performed at Foro Sol in Mexico City (Aug. 28) for a third time. Swift previously delivered this as a surprise song at her May 26 show at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, and the Aug. 3 concert at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif.
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"The Very First Night"
Performed at Estadio River Plate in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Nov. 9, 2023)
After many had camped out for months to get the best seats in the house, fans in Argentina were more than ready to scream along to Swift’s lyrics.
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"Labyrinth"
Performed at Estadio River Plate in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Nov. 9, 2023)
Swift seemed extra smiley while singing “Labyrinth” — especially the lyric “I’m falling in love again” — leading many fans to believe she was thinking of her latest love interest, Travis Kelce.
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"Is It Over Now?"/"Out of the Woods"
Performed at Estadio River Plate in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Nov. 11, 2023)
Not only did Swift debut a 1989 (Taylor’s Version) vault track live, but she mashed it up with a 1989 classic. The two songs seem to reference the same relationship, with “Is It Over Now?” mentioning “When you lost control/ Red blood, white snow.”
On stage in Buenos Aires, during “Is It Over Now?” Swift raised her eyebrows knowingly and unexpectedly sang, “Remember when you hit the brakes too soon?/ Twenty stitches in a hospital room/ When you started crying, baby, I did too/ But when the sun came up I was looking at you” from “Out of the Woods.”
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"End Game"
Performed at Estadio River Plate in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Nov. 11, 2023)
On Reputation, “End Game” features verses from Ed Sheeran and Future. In Buenos Aires, “End Game” was just Swift and her piano, giving fans a stripped-down, sweeter version of what is, at its core, a song about a romance.
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"Better Than Revenge"
Performed at Estadio River Plate in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Nov. 12, 2023)
The crowd started a loud chant of “Reputation!” Swift pulled out her in-ear monitor and then played … a song that is not from Reputation. Instead, she gave the acoustic treatment to “Better Than Revenge,” complete with a “now go stand in the corner and think about what you did” opening.
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"Slut!"
Performed at Estadio River Plate in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Nov. 12, 2023)
Swift debuted 1989 (Taylor’s Version) vault track “Slut!” live. “But if I’m all dressed up/ They might as well be lookin’ at us/ And if they call me a slut/ You know it might be worth it for once,” Swift sang at the piano. The song may be new to fans, but the Buenos Aires crowd chimed in beautifully.
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"Stay Beautiful"
Performed at Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Nov. 17, 2023)
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“Suburban Legends”
Performed at Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Nov. 17, 2023)
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"Dancing With Our Hands Tied"
Performed at Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Nov. 19, 2023)
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"Bigger Than the Whole Sky"
Performed at Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Nov. 19, 2023)
The song got an emotional live debut during her second night in Rio, two days after a Swiftie died after attending her show.
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"ME!"
Performed at Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Nov. 20, 2023)
Swift performed lead Lover single “ME!” for the first time on The Eras Tour.
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"So It Goes..."
Performed at Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Nov. 20, 2023)
Swift’s second song was “So It Goes…” from Reputation.
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"Now That We Don't Talk"
Performed at Allianz Parque in São Paulo, Brazil (Nov. 24, 2023)
“I’ve never performed this one live before,” Swift said to the crowd before debuting the 1989 (Taylor’s Version) vault track on stage. “Let’s see how I do with it.”
“I don’t have to pretend I like acid rock/ Or that I’d like to be on a mega yacht/ With important men who think important thoughts/ Guess maybe I am better off now that we don’t talk,” she sang in the punchy outro, while wearing a blue dress.
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"Innocent"
Performed at Allianz Parque in São Paulo, Brazil (Nov. 24, 2023)
Swift brought Speak Now album track “Innocent” to the piano. This performance marked the first time she’s played the song live in more than a decade; the last time was at the MTV VMAs in 2010.
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"Safe & Sound"
Performed at Allianz Parque in São Paulo, Brazil (Nov. 25, 2023)
“This has been a tradition that I started on The Eras Tour,” Swift told the crowd of playing surprise songs at every show this tour. Before playing The Hunger Games ballad “Safe & Sound” (solo, without The Civil Wars) on guitar, she teased, “Both songs I am playing tonight I have never, ever played on this tour.”
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"Untouchable"
Performed at Allianz Parque in São Paulo, Brazil (Nov. 25, 2023)
Saturday night’s audience in São Paulo next got “Untouchable” on piano. Swift re-recorded the track for Fearless (Taylor’s Version) but hasn’t performed it live since 2011 — and even then, it was rarely heard in concert.
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"Say Don't Go"
Performed at Allianz Parque in São Paulo, Brazil (Nov. 26, 2023)
It was time for a power ballad at the third Eras Tour show in São Paulo. Fans were treated to a performance of a 1989 (Taylor’s Version) vault track that she’d never played live before.
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"It's Time to Go"
Performed at Allianz Parque in São Paulo, Brazil (Nov. 26, 2023)
For Swift’s final surprise song of The Eras Tour in 2023, she cleverly chose to play Evermore deluxe track “It’s Time to Go” for the first time on stage. Expect some repeats when the tour resumes in 2024: Swift explained that she plans to reset and “make all the songs fair game” again next year.
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"Dear Reader"
Performed at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo (Feb. 7, 2024)
Swift’s first surprise song at her first Eras Tour Tokyo concert was “Dear Reader” off Midnights (3am Edition).
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"Holy Ground"
Performed at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. (Feb. 7, 2024)
Swift performed the Red track for the second time on her Eras tour during her first show in Japan. She previously performed “Holy Ground” as the surprise track at the May 27, 2023, show at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
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"Eyes Open"
Performed at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. (Feb. 8, 2024)
Swift performed the track — off the 2012 Hunger Games soundtrack — live for the first time on Night 2 of her Tokyo shows.
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"Electric Touch"
Performed at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. (Feb. 8, 2024)
For her second surprise song of her second night in Tokyo, the pop superstar delivered her Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) From the Vault track “Electric Touch.”
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"Superman"
Performed at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. (Feb. 9, 2024)
Swift delivered the Speak Now deluxe track as her first surprise song on her third night in Tokyo.
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"The Outside"
Performed at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. (Feb. 9, 2024)
For the second surprise song of her third night of the Eras tour in Tokyo, the pop superstar delivered “The Outside” off her 2006 debut album.
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"Come in With the Rain"
Performed at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. (Feb. 10, 2024)
Swift delivered the Fearless track as her first surprise song on her fourth night in Tokyo.
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“You're On Your Own, Kid”
Performed at Tokyo Dome in Japan (Feb. 10, 2024) for a fourth time. Swift previously delivered this as a surprise song at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. (April 14) and SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. (Aug. 5), and Foro Sol in Mexico City, Mexico (Aug. 26).
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"Red"
Performed at Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia (Feb. 16, 2024)
Swift delivered the title track off her 2012 Billboard 200 No. 1 album as the first surprise song at The Eras Tour’s kickoff show Down Under.
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"You're Losing Me"
Performed at Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia (Feb. 16, 2024)
For her second surprise track of the evening, the pop superstar delivered “You’re Losing Me” — off the Late Night Edition of Midnights — live for the first time. But before performing the tune, Swift announced that another edition of The Tortured Poets Department featuring a bonus track would be available.
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"This Is Me Trying"
Performed at Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia (Feb. 17, 2024) for a second time. Swift previously delivered the emotional Folklore track as the first surprise song during her second Eras Tour show at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona on March 18, 2023.
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"Getaway Car"/"August"/"The Other Side of the Door" mashup
Performed at Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia (Feb. 17, 2024)
For her second surprise track of the evening, Swift performed a medley of “Getaway Car,” “August” and “The Other Side of the Door.” “I just really want you to be happy because you’re making me happy,” the pop superstar told Swifties before the song. “So I figured you might want to hear this one, let me know though.”
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"Come Back Be Here"/"Daylight" mashup
Performed at Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia (Feb. 18, 2024)
For her first surprise track of the evening, Swift performed a mashup of “Come Back Be Here” and “Daylight.”
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"Teardrops on My Guitar"
Performed at Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia (Feb. 18, 2024)
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"How You Get the Girl"
Performed at Accor Stadium in Sydney, Australia (Feb. 23, 2024)
Swift delivered the fan-favorite 1989 track on an acoustic guitar for her first surprise song in Sydney, as boyfriend Travis Kelce watched from the audience.
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"White Horse" & "Coney Island" With Sabrina Carpenter
Performed at Accor Stadium in Sydney, Australia (Feb. 23, 2024)
Swift had some big surprises in store for the second surprise songs — yes, plural! — her first night in Sydney. But right before that, she announced yet another edition of The Tortured Poets Department, “The Albatross.” Then she brought out opener Sabrina Carpenter to join her, as the “Feather” singer didn’t get to perform her set due to weather delays. The two then delivered a mashup of Evermore‘s “Coney Island” and “White Horse” off Fearless.
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"Should've Said No" & "You're Not Sorry" mashup
Performed at Accor Stadium in Sydney, Australia (Feb. 24, 2024)
For her first surprise track of the evening, Swift performed a mashup of “Should’ve Said No,” from her 2006 self-titled debut, and “You’re Not Sorry,” from Fearless in 2008.
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"New Year’s Day" & "Peace" mashup
Performed at Accor Stadium in Sydney, Australia (Feb. 24, 2024)
For her second surprise track of the evening, Swift sat down at the piano for a mashup of Reputation‘s “New Year’s Day” and “Peace” off Folklore.
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"Is It Over Now" & "I Wish You Would" mashup
Performed at Accor Stadium in Sydney, Australia (Feb. 25, 2024)
For her first surprise track of the evening, Swift performed mashup of 1989 (Taylor’s Version)‘s “Is It Over Now” and “I Wish You Would” off 1989.
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"Haunted" & "Exile" mashup
Performed at Accor Stadium in Sydney, Australia (Feb. 25, 2024)
For her second surprise track of the evening, Swift performed mashup of Speak Now‘s “Haunted” and “Exile” off Folklore.
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"Would've Could've Should've" x "Ivy"
Performed at Accor Stadium in Sydney, Australia (Feb. 26, 2024)
Swift continued with the mashups at her final Eras Tour show in Sydney, delivering “Would’ve Could’ve Should’ve” from Midnights and “Ivy” from Evermore for her first surprise song of the night.
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"Forever & Always" x "Maroon"
Performed at Accor Stadium in Sydney, Australia (Feb. 26, 2024)
For her second surprise mashup at her final show at Accor Stadium, the pop superstar combined the Fearless track with the Midnights tune on the piano.
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"Mine"/"Starlight"
Performed at the National Stadium in Singapore (March 2, 2024)
Swift started off her “crazy acoustic section” at night one of six in Singapore with a mashup on guitar of Speak Now opener “Mine” and Red track “Starlight” — encouraging fans to sing along. “This has become my favorite part of the show because it’s become just very chaotic,” she said of choosing songs for the set.
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"I Don't Wanna Live Forever"/"Dress"
Performed at the National Stadium in Singapore (March 2, 2024)
Swifties lost a little bit of their minds as Swift’s official Instagram livestreamed just the piano portion of the acoustic set at night one in Singapore, which featured a mashup of “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever” from the Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack and Reputation‘s “Dress,” both songs from the same era (2016-2017). This mashup was livestreamed with no explanation other than a caption that read “A message from the department” a reference to Swift’s upcoming album The Tortured Poets Department, topped off with a black heart.
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"Long Story Short"/"The Story of Us"
Performed at the National Stadium in Singapore (March 3, 2024)
For her first surprise track of the evening, Swift performed mashup of Evermore‘s “Long Story Short” and “The Story of Us” off Speak Now. This marked the debut live performance of “Long Story Short.” During the medley, Swift also announced the fourth and final variant of her upcoming album, The Tortured Poets Department. “‘Old habits die screaming…’ File Name: The Black Dog,” the pop superstar wrote on X (formerly Twitter), alongside a link to her webstore.
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"Clean"/"Evermore"
Performed at the National Stadium in Singapore (March 3, 2024)
For her second surprise track of the evening, Swift performed mashup of 1989‘s “Clean” and “Evermore” off the album of the same title.
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"Foolish One" & "Tell Me Why"
Performed at the National Stadium in Singapore (March 4, 2024)
Swift continued with her surprise song mashups during her third night in Singapore, starting with a combination of Speak Now‘s “Foolish One” and Fearless‘ “Tell Me Why.”
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"This Love" & "Call It What You Want"
Performed at the National Stadium in Singapore (March 4, 2024)
For her second surprise songs mashup of the night, Swift delivered “This Love” off 1989 and “Call It What You Want” from Reputation.
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"Death By a Thousand Cuts" & "Babe"
Performed at the National Stadium in Singapore (March 7, 2024)
Swift combined two of her most iconic breakup songs, “Death By a Thousand Cuts” from Lover and “Babe,” written by the pop star but originally performed by Sugarland, for her acoustic guitar performance.
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"Fifteen" & "You're On Your Own, Kid"
Performed at the National Stadium in Singapore (March 7, 2024)
On piano, the singer melded Fearless‘ “Fifteen” with Midnights‘ “You’re On Your Own Kid,” marking the fifth time Swift has sung the latter track on the Eras Tour.
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"Sparks Fly" & "Gold Rush"
Performed at the National Stadium in Singapore (March 8, 2024)
Swift’s yellow dress matched the golden hue of her first mashup of the night March 8, for which she combined Speak Now‘s “Sparks Fly” with Evermore‘s “Gold Rush.”
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"False God" & "Slut!"
Performed at the National Stadium in Singapore (March 8, 2024)
On piano, Swift stacked her experimental Lover track “False God” with her hit 1989 (Taylor’s Version) Vault track “Slut!”
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"Tim McGraw" & "Cowboy Like Me"
Performed at the National Stadium in Singapore (March 9, 2024)
For her first surprise track of the evening, Swift performed mashup of “Tim McGraw,” from her 2006 self-titled debut, and “Cowboy Like Me” off 2020’s Evermore.
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"Mirrorball" & "Epiphany"
Performed at the National Stadium in Singapore (March 9, 2024)
For her second surprise track of the evening, Swift performed mashup of Folklore‘s “Mirrorball” and “Epiphany” off the same album.
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"Paris"
Performed at La Defense Arena in Paris, France (May 9, 2024)
Fittingly, Swift played this Midnights deluxe track during her first night in the song’s titular city. Before diving in on guitar, she revealed to her French fans that she’d been saving the performance just for them.
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"LOML"
Performed at La Defense Arena in Paris, France (May 9, 2024)
On piano, Swift gave “LOML” its live debut. It also marked the very first time a Tortured Poets Department track was featured as a surprise song on the tour.
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"Is It Over Now?" & "My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys"
Performed at Paris La Défense Arena in Paris, France (May 10, 2024)
“There used to be rules for the acoustic section but now I’ve just decided that I can do whatever I want,” Swift told the crowd before mashing up her 1989 (Taylor’s Version) track with the bridge “Out of the Woods.” She followed it up with the live debut of her The Tortured Poets Department track, “My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys.”
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“Hey Stephen” & “Maroon”
Performed at Paris La Défense Arena in Paris, France (May 11, 2024)
For her first surprise song of the evening, Swift performed “Hey Stephen” off 2008’s Fearless. She followed with “Maroon” from her Midnights album in 2022.
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"The Alchemy" x "Treacherous"
Performed at Paris La Defense Arena (May 12, 2024)
The pop superstar mashed up TTPD‘s “The Alchemy” with Red‘s “Treacherous” for the first surprise song of the Eras Tour’s final night in the City of Light.
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"Begin Again" x "Paris"
Performed at Paris La Defense Arena (May 12, 2024)
For the second surprise song/mashup, Taylor delivered the beginning of Red‘s “Begin Again,” and combined it with the very appropriate “Paris” from Midnights on piano.
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"I Think He Knows" / "Gorgeous"
Performed at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden (May 17, 2024)
Swift played a guitar mash-up of the two Lover songs as her first surprise song.
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"Peter"
Performed at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden (May 17, 2024)
The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology song “Peter” had its live debut on Friday night on piano.
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"Guilty as Sin?"
Performed at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden (May 18, 2024)
During Swift’s second of three nights in Stockholm, fans were blessed with the live debut of a Tortured Poets Department standout, “Guilty as Sin.” Guitar in hand, she introduced the song as one of her “favorites” from the album that she hadn’t yet played.
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"Say Don't Go," "Welcome to New York" & "Clean" medley
Performed at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden (May 18, 2024)
The May 18, 2024 show of The Eras Tour marked the trek’s 89th date, so it was no surprise that Saturday night’s surprise set in Stockholm embraced the milestone with a touch of 1989. What was unforeseen was the mini 1989 medley Swift performed at the piano. “Say Don’t Go” went into “Welcome to New York” and then ended with “Clean.”
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"Message in a Bottle," "How You Get the Girl" & "New Romantics" medley
Performed at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden (May 19, 2024)
Swift dedicated this pure pop mashup of Red and 1989 tracks to collaborator Max Martin, who was in the audience watching the show. She was all smiles for the joyful performance she dubbed “The Max Martin Medley.”
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"How Did It End?"
Performed at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden (May 19, 2024)
Swift’s third concert in Stockholm included the live debut of this somber ballad from the Anthology edition of The Tortured Poets Department. “I’ve never performed this one live before,” she noted at her piano before going straight into the sad song that questions the collapse of a relationship.
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"Fresh Out the Slammer" / "High Infidelity"
Performed at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica in Lisbon, Portugal (May 24, 2024)
Swift live-debuted the Tortured Poets Department track “Fresh Out the Slammer” on piano, mashing it up with Midnights‘ “High Infidelity.”
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"Come Back…Be Here" / "The Way I Loved You" / "The Other Side of the Door"
Performed at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica in Lisbon, Portugal (May 24, 2024)
For her first surprise song on guitar, Swift mashed up Red‘s “Come Back…Be Here” with two Fearless tracks: “The Way I Loved You” and “The Other Side of the Door.”