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Major Hit: The Eras Tour in France has completely changed unexpectedly, Taylor Swift brought ‘TTPD’ to the stage and stirred up Paris La Defense Arena with nearly 40,000 attendees
Several songs from the original setlist were cut from Swift’s May 9 show in Paris.
A new era has entered the chat.
Each concert in the record-breaking “Eras Tour,” which kicked off March 17, 2023, in Arizona, has typically run for three hours and 15 minutes. The standard setlist was made up of songs from each of Swift’s albums except her 2006 debut.
But at her first Paris show of the tour, Swift introduced a new “era” to represent her latest album.
The tour intro, featuring purple and pink waving pieces of fabric, notably features a medley of Swift singing the names of her albums, before kicking off her first song, “Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince.”
On May 9, the concert opening featured a new black-and-white onscreen background, the addition of a choral “The Tortured Poets Department” and a new orange and red bodysuit, foreshadowing several notable costume changes to come.
Taylor Swift during “The Eras Tour” on May 9, 2024 in Paris, France.Julien De Rosa / Getty Images
During an edited “Red” era of the show, Swift teased that the crowd in Paris made her want to bring out “all kinds of fun surprises.”