CALIFORNIA, USA — Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour started back up in Paris Thursday with a new era from her newly released album "The Tortured Poets Department," along with new outfits and a refreshed setlist.
After a two-month break from touring, Swift returns in full force fresh off the release of her new album and the surprise double album "The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology."
She's performing four shows at the Paris La Défense Arena Thursday, May 9; Friday, May 10; Saturday, May 11 and Sunday, May 12. Paramore is the supporting act for the European dates.
New Era
Swift added "The Tortured Poets Department" to the tour intro which cycles through all the eras. It comes after 1989. There's also a new spot in the "Lover" house for the new album.
She kicked off the new era with "But Daddy I Love Him" into a verse of "So High School." Then she sang "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me." Swift then transitioned into "Down Bad" followed by "Fortnight." She put on a white marching band jacket to sing 'The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived."
She made another outfit change during the new era, donning a black, two-piece bodysuit with a gold jacket to sing "I Can Do It With a Broken Heart."
New Outfits
If a new album and era weren't enough, Swift also debuted new outfits for the first show of the European leg, including a new orange and red "Lover" bodysuit and a matching orange and red jacket for "The Man."
She also wore a new silver and black dress for "Fearless" reminiscent of one worn on her original Fearless tour.
Swift wore a new shirt for Red that reads "This is not Taylor's Version." She also wore a new dress for "Speak Now."
She's kept the "Reputation" bodysuit the same for every performance on this tour and continues in the European Leg.
Swift debuted a new yellow dress for the Folklore and Evermore eras.
She wore a new pink crop top and teal skirt for the 1989 era with mismatched pink and teal boots.
For the new The Tortured Poets Department era, she wore a white high-low dress with black writing on it and donned a long, white marching band jacket midway through the era. Swift took off her dress, revealing a black two-piece bodysuit with a gold jacket for another song in the era.
She wore a new pink dress during her acoustic surprise songs set.
She also wore a new bodysuit for the Midnights era.
New Setlist Order
Swift also changed the order of The Eras Tour, moving up Red right after Fearless instead of Speak Now.
- Lover
- Fearless
- Red
- Speak Now
- Reputation
- Folklore + Evermore (combined)
- 1989
- The Tortured Poets Department
- Surprise Songs
- Midnights
Swift adding her new album as an era wasn't a complete shock to fans. They've speculated online about if Swift would add a new era to the tour featuring songs from her latest album or if she'll introduce them as surprise songs.
After releasing 1989 (Taylor's Version) in the middle of her tour, she started performing some of the Vault Songs as surprise songs on tour.
In behind-the-scenes photos of Swift rehearsing for her tour, she can be seen holding a white microphone, which had yet to be seen on stage (the microphones correlate to each era), leaving people to speculate about some integration of the new album.
Songs Cut From The Setlist
With another era added to the tour, several fans were concerned she would be cutting songs previously performed on the North American tour.
Sure enough, Swift cut "The Archer" from the Lover era, but kept Fearless and Red the same. She also cut "Long Live" from the Speak Now era. She cut "The 1" from the Folklore era. The Folklore and Evermore eras have now been combined.
- Lover (The Archer removed)
- Fearless
- Red
- Speak Now (Long Live removed)
- Reputation
- Folklore (The 1 removed) + Evermore (Tolerate It, The Last Great American Dynasty, and 'Tis the Damn Season removed)
- 1989
- The Tortured Poets Department
- Surprise Songs
- Midnights
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