VANCOUVER, British Columbia — As Taylor Swift sings in her famed fan anthem “Long Live,” “Remember this second.”
For her loyal followers, there have been lots of these moments for the reason that Eras Tour kicked off in March 2023.
Sunday evening’s present would be the last of that marathon tour, which has spanned almost two years, 5 continents, 50 cities and a outstanding 149 reveals — every of which has featured Swift singing, dancing and glittering for greater than three hours.
Swift mentioned in June that the tour, which on the time appeared to be eternal, would conclude in Vancouver in December.
The tour, which featured songs from Swift’s 11 albums, or “eras,” was marked by friendship bracelets, a revolt against Ticketmaster, a record-setting concert film and booming economies in almost each metropolis she touched.
It additionally featured a blossoming romance with Kansas City Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce, who appeared onstage in London and was mentioned in Swift’s “Karma” a number of instances on the tour.
Over the 20-plus months of reveals, Swift by some means had time to supply her followers three new releases, together with two “Taylor’s Version” rerecordings so as to add to the gathering and a contemporary album this yr.
When the tour kicked off in Glendale, Arizona, on March 17, 2023, the present included 9 of Swift’s then 10 eras, opening with the “Lover” album — which had not but been toured, due to the Covid-19 pandemic — and shutting out with “Midnights,” Swift’s newest launch earlier than the tour started.
Fans had been unhappy to study her debut album, “Taylor Swift,” wouldn’t be a mainstay within the setlist, however loads of its songs had been carried out a number of instances within the acoustic set of the present.
In the primary main shock of the tour, Swift introduced the discharge date for “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” at a present in Nashville, Tennessee, in May 2023 on her first of two U.S. legs.
She closed out that leg by saying the discharge date for “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” on the ultimate present, held in Inglewood, California — appropriately on Aug. 9, 2023 (or 8/9).
Swift then turned the show on its head this May as she launched into the European leg of the tour, dropping songs from sure eras to make room for a brand new one: “The Tortured Poets Department,” which she released in April.
Those releases have prompted loyal followers to look excessive and low for Swift’s well-known “Easter eggs,” hoping they could trace on the launch of one in every of her final two albums but to be rerecorded: “Reputation (Taylor’s Version)” and “Taylor Swift (Taylor’s Version).”
So far, no luck for the Swifties on that entrance, however that didn’t deter them from showing up in droves to each show, usually in sparkly handmade costumes that alluded to her eras and lyrics, and even some Swiftie inside jokes.
One fan, Hope Pinc, dressed up as Swift’s cat, Benjamin Button, for the ultimate weekend of reveals.
Pinc and pals Melissa Peirce and Elizabeth Sanders traveled from San Diego to Vancouver, the place that they had tickets to all three ultimate reveals. Peirce referred to Swift as one in every of her “nice pals” who “simply doesn’t know but.”
“There’s nothing like going to one in every of her reveals and the endorphins and the love,” Pinc mentioned.
Sisters Amanda and Sarah Cowley, each University of Victoria college students, described the present as “unreal” and “unbelievable.”
“It’s insane the quantity of tourism this brings, ’trigger that is our dwelling metropolis. … I’ve by no means seen something like this in my life,” Sarah Cowley mentioned.
Amanda Cowley mentioned it’s “loopy” to be on the present as “each a fan and simply to witness this.”
“It’s gonna be historic sooner or later to say that I went to the Eras Tour,” she mentioned.
Sean Stear, an Idaho hearth captain and paramedic sporting a bejeweled “TS” and “13” on his bald head, mentioned Swift’s music has introduced him nearer to his 11-year-old daughter.
He picked up extra time shifts to afford the $3,000 resale tickets for the Friday present, and when the primary leg of their flight to Vancouver was canceled, the household drove to satisfy the second, he mentioned.
“I simply assume she appreciates every little thing that she does. She discovered that connection,” Stear mentioned. “And I type of see it as like that is her Super Bowl-type factor. I’m huge into soccer. She’s huge into Taylor Swift, so now we have that keenness, so it’s superior.”
Holden Williams mentioned the Eras Tour introduced followers a “neighborhood,” and she or he had a message for Swift.
“Thank you a lot for every little thing you’ve accomplished for me,” she mentioned. “And thanks for creating all of this for the Eras Tour.”
Rebecca Cohen reported from New York City and Emilie Ikeda and Alexandra Hess from Vancouver.
