From announcing her tenth album Midnights during an acceptance speech to breaking ticket-selling records to gearing up for her feature film directorial debut, Taylor Swift continues to surprise us. And that includes her Eras Tour, which kicked off in Glendale, Arizona on March 17.
We're almost to the end of the American leg of the tour (she finally announced international dates in June), and she's arrived in her final destination: California. At one of her Texas shows, she surprised the audience by swapping a song on the setlist for something she had never performed live. "You think you can just go online, you think you can just scroll and know the setlist, you think you can just come prepared," she said onstage. "Let it be said about the Eras Tour: we're tricksy."
In addition to her self-proclaimed "setlist hi-jinx," every night of the tour will see two surprise songs. Which means that even if your favorite song didn't make the original setlist, you might still get to hear it (even if you're streaming the concert on TikTok).
Taylor Swift Eras Tour Surprise Songs
- Glendale, AZ on March 17: "mirrorball" and "Tim McGraw"
- Glendale, AZ on March 18: "State of Grace" and "this is me trying"
- Las Vegas, NV on March 24: "Our Song" and "Snow on the Beach"
- Las Vegas, NV on March 25: "cowboy like me" with Marcus Mumford and "White Horse"
- Arlington, TX on March 31: "Sad Beautiful Tragic" and "Ours"
- Arlington, TX on April 1: "Death By A Thousand Cuts" and "Clean"
- Arlington, TX on April 2: "Jump Then Fall" and "The Lucky One"
- Tampa, FL on April 13: "Speak Now" and "Treacherous"
- Tampa, FL on April 14: "The Great War" with Aaron Dessner and "You're On Your Own Kid"
- Tampa, FL on April 15: "mad woman" with Aaron Dessner and "Mean"
- Houston, TX on April 21: "Wonderland" and "You're Not Sorry"
- Houston, TX on April 22: "A Place In This World" and "Today Was A Fairytale"
- Houston, TX on April 23: "Begin Again" and "Cold As You"
- Atlanta, GA on April 28: "The Other Side Of The Door" and "Coney Island"
- Atlanta, GA on April 29: "High Infidelity" and "Gorgeous"
- Atlanta, GA on April 30: "I Bet You Think About Me" and "How You Get The Girl"
- Nashville, TN on May 5: "Sparks Fly" and "Teardrops On My Guitar"
- Nashville, TN on May 6: "Out of the Woods" and "Fifteen"
- Nashville, TN on May 7: "Would've Could've Should've" with Aaron Dessner and "Mine"
- Philadelphia, PA on May 12: "gold rush" and 'Come Back... Be Here'
- Philadelphia, PA on May 13: "Forever & Always" and "This Love"
- Philadelphia, PA on May 14: "Hey Stephen" and "The Best Day"
- Foxborough, MA on May 19: "Should've Said No" and "Better Man"
- Foxborough, MA on May 20: "Question...?" and "Invisible"
- Foxborough, MA on May 21: "I Think He Knows" and "Red"
- East Rutherford, NJ on May 26: "Getaway Car" with Jack Antanoff and "Maroon"
- East Rutherford, NJ on May 27: "Holy Ground" and "False God"
- East Rutherford, NJ on May 28: "Clean" and "Welcome to New York"
- Chicago, IL on June 2: "I Wish You Would" and "the lakes"
- Chicago, IL on June 3: "You All Over Me" with Maren Morris and "I Don't Wanna Live Forever"
- Chicago, IL on June 4: "Hits Different" and "The Moment I Knew"
- Detroit, MI on June 9: “Haunted” and “I Almost Do”
- Detroit, MI on June 10: “All You Had to Do Was Stay” and “Breathe”
- Pittsburgh, PA on June 16: “Mr. Perfectly Fine” and “The Last Time”
- Pittsburgh, PA on June 17: “Seven” with Aaron Dessner and “The Story of Us”
- Minneapolis, MN on June 23: “Paper Rings” and “If This Was a Movie”
- Minneapolis, MN on June 24: “Dear John” and “Daylight”
- Cincinnati, OH on June 30: “I’m Only Me When I’m With You” and “Evermore”
- Cincinnati, OH on July 1: “Ivy” with Aaron Dessner, “I Miss You, I’m Sorry” with Gracie Abrams, and “Call It What You Want”
- Kansas City, MO on July 7: “Never Grow Up” and “When Emma Falls in Love”
- Kansas City, MO on July 8: “Last Kiss” and “Dorothea”
- Denver, CO on July 14: “Picture to Burn” and “Timeless”
- Denver, CO on July 15: “Starlight” and “Back to December”
- Seattle, WA on July 22: “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” and “Everything Has Changed”
- Seattle, WA on July 23: “Message in a Bottle” and “Tied Together With a Smile”
- Santa Clara, CA on July 28: “Right Where You Left Me” and “Castles Crumbling”
- Santa Clara, CA on July 29: “Stay Stay Stay” and “All of the Girls You Loved Before”
How does Taylor Swift choose surprise songs?
It seems that Taylor Swift's surprise song choices are somewhat last minute and based on what she wants to play, but we're thinking that two of her songs from Houston are more than meets the eye — er, more than meets the ear?
Twitter users recently brought up Speak Now (Taylor's Version) when images of Taylor filming in Liverpool went viral. The other two people in the photos appear to be Joey King and Taylor Lautner, who both played a role in the original Speak Now: Joey King was featured in the "Mean" music video and Taylor Lautner is the subject of "Back to December."
And we're talking about Speak Now (Taylor's Version) again after the April 22 concert because of her surprise songs. After all, "A Place In This World" (which is featured in Joey King's Ramona and Beezus) and "Today Was A Fairytale" (which is a part of Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner's Valentine's Day) feels very intentional.
Are they filming a music video for a vault track, like Taylor did for "I Bet You Think About Me" in 2021? Are they filming another Midnights music video?
In addition to playing requests from her openers during the surprise song segment, Taylor seems to choose songs based on her celebrity attendees. The Summer I Turned Pretty's Jenny Han and Lola Tung attended the May 27 show, where Taylor played "False God," which was featured in season one.
What surprise song would you like to hear during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour? Let us know in the comments and follow us on Twitter for the latest pop culture updates.
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This post has been updated.
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