Eras Tour Last Weekend Night 1 Best Moments

Ahead of the final three concerts of Swift’s The Eras Tour, what better city than Vancouver for The Eras Tour?

The landmark Gastown Steam Clock will change its chimes to play “Shake It Off” every 15 minutes, marking the first time in history that the chimes have been changed.

‘Tis the damn season: 13 signs themed to Swift songs displayed around Vancouver, or Swift Cooverfor fans to discover as they explore the city. Titles visitors can see include “Anti-Hero,” “Down Bad,” “Style,” “Willow” and “ME!” light up like holiday decorations. “Lover” shines pink.

My hotel (and probably others in town) plays Swift music videos in the elevators and welcomes guests with friendship bracelets, and area businesses can be heard playing her songs on the street. I was even asked about the show and tickets when I got here through customs.

The Capilano Suspension Bridge turns the annual Canyon Lights Show into a weekend wonderland, turning it into a giant friendship bracelet. A giant friendship bracelet also hangs at BC Place, the concert venue.

Eras Tour has been designed in such a way that each seating area within the stadium has its own character. Swift literally used the entire stage throughout her performance — the main stage, the catwalk, the diamond and the final stage — to give fans in the room the chance to see her right in front of them. Concertgoers seated in lower and upper stadium seats can better appreciate the immersive visual and lighting design, as well as better see Swift’s expressions through the big screen.

BC Place also takes the audience-friendly setup even further with its Jumbotron, a raised central video board surrounded by screens. The stadium lights, which wrap around the entire space and appear in time with the music, are also engaging. Although the roof was closed and some thought the concert might have to skip the pyrotechnics element of the production, the stadium and touring staff found a way to safely incorporate it into the show.

“This night is bound to be filled with many different emotions just for me, my band, my crew, my performers on stage, the dancers, and everyone who is with us and cares about this tour,” Swift told the media crowd on stage at BC Place on Friday night. “But now, honestly, I’m so happy that we decided to do our last show in Vancouver. I love you so much. My face hurts from laughing so hard.

As the night came to a close, she doubled down on that message: “This was the best Friday night I could ever imagine on tour with you guys,” she said at the end of her set. midnight put.

This reminder that the tour is coming to an end may have Swifties on X (formerly Twitter) asking if they can cry, but it’s this sentiment that makes those lucky enough to attend feel like they’re creating a core memory with Swift .

Having been on The Eras’ Spring 2023 tour, which is now nearing its end, it’s interesting that “All Too Well” still feels slightly different as time passes.

The 10-minute fan-favorite inspired a short film and is so deeply rooted in Swift’s lore that it felt like a triumph heard live on an early tour. Now, on the final weekend of Eras, Swift appears to have mastered the show. There’s a palpable confidence and more showmanship on Vancouver’s “All Too Well,” with Swift often incorporating dramatic gestures to emphasize the song’s key lyrics and emotions. As always, it’s incredible to look around and see that up to 60,000 people were mesmerized by “All Too Well” – they knew all the words and felt all the emotions for a diary-style pop song of this length.

Although I saw The Eras on tour in the spring of 2023, there was still a lot to experience in the fall of 2024 when a whole new era was incorporated into the set. folklore Played after The Eras Tour tortured poets department Joining the show has my mind spinning, making connections between the themes scattered throughout her discography.

This time, I took a step back and really appreciated the artistic design of this tour, and I took note of all the “home” visuals from all eras: lover Various iterations of the house, beloved folklore The cabin, “the shelter where they raised me,” and the UFO launched toward Swift “just to send me back to where I came from.”

“You have beautiful natural wilderness and mysterious forests that are all part of the imaginary world. folklore,” Swift told the Vancouver locals in attendance, speaking of the cabin’s long journey on the Time Tour.

Found peace there folklore The roof of the hut. During her performance of “Cardigan,” Swift is now on top of a plane, gazing into the moonlit sky while singing about a love that’s lived through the stage (“I knew you’d come back to me”).

At the same time, during tortured poets department On set, I watched Swift beneath the UFOs in the sky and thought about the bridge of “Down Bad” (“I’ll build you a fortress on some planet/Where they’ll all understand it”), Combine the idea of ​​a protective fortress with this safe folklore The traveling cabin – like it was built on some stage where they could see it replayed.

Another interesting similarity noticed during the 2024 Eras tour in Vancouver, after watching an early version of last year’s tour, is that Swift performed with dancers in the choreography to match “High School” at the end of the tour Atmosphere. folkloreperiod of “Betty” tortured poets department‘s “So High School” comes later. Although the songs are set in different eras, thematically they are all set in the teenage years of love. Watching them live was a sweet and nostalgic moment. Swift showed youthful energy in both sets, dancing with her fellow dancers who resembled a group of classmates gathered in the gymnasium bleachers.

Swift welcomed Vancouver to the acoustic section she’d been looking forward to, speaking quickly as she admitted that choosing the night’s surprise song “is something I’m nervous about every night. I’m excited about it, but seeing ‘They’re going to Like it? Will they like it? I’ve been thinking about it all week.

“We’ll see how I use a pick tonight,” she added, before strolling onto the stage with her guitar to begin her performance speak Now“haunted”.

‘Poltergeist’ changes to ‘Wonderland’, but not before Swift explains why she only had to play ‘Wonderland’ 1989 This weekend’s song of the hour: “I’ve got to sing this next song sometime in Canada, Well?

The night’s piano surprise was very sweet and somewhat unexpected, considering all the songs she had to choose from during the final weekend of The Eras tour.

Swift gets sentimental during live mashup on final Friday night of tour speak Now‘s “forever growing up” and fearless“Best day ever.” One song is written from the perspective of someone who has grown up and doesn’t want others to do the same; the other talks fondly of childhood memories. Both honor the child within you: “Oh honey, you’ll never grow up/You’ll never grow up/It can stay so simple/I won’t let anyone hurt you/Won’t let no one let you Heartbroken/even if you have to/please try never to grow up/oh you’ll never grow up/oh I had the best day with you today,” she sings.

Miss America and the Sad Prince
cruel summer
man
you need to calm down
lover
fearless
you belong With Me
love story
No. 22
we are never ever getting back together
I know you’re in trouble
Everything Is Fine (10 Minute Version)
Obsessed
…are you ready?
exquisite
don’t blame me
Look what you made me do
cardigan
Betty
Champagne problem
August
illegal affairs
my tears bounce
marjorie
willow
style
blank
get rid of it
wildest dreams
bad blood
But dad I love him/so high school
Who’s afraid of little old me?
Bad mood
two weeks
smallest person ever
I can do this with a broken heart
Haunted/Wonderland
Never Grow Up/The Best Day
lavender mist
antihero
vigilante shit
Bejeweled
planner
karma