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TAYLOR SWIFT

Taylor Swift will be at Paris La Défense Arena on the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th of May 2024 for The Eras Tour!

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TAYLOR SWIFT, A DISTINCTIVE ARTIST

The iconic American singer is known for her magnetic stage presence and breathtaking vocal performances. Over the years, she has seamlessly transitioned from country to pop, maintaining her status as a consummate artist. Her concerts are celebrated for delivering moments where magic happens at every turn.

Taylor Swift has captivated millions of fans worldwide with hits like “Love Story,” “Blank Space,” and “Shake It Off.” These songs, filled with emotion, catchy melodies, and meaningful lyrics, have become anthems for a generation.

Taylor Swift’s concerts are more than just musical performances. They are comprehensive shows, featuring stunning set designs, visual effects that transport the audience, and meticulous choreography, where every detail is crafted to offer an immersive sensory experience.

For all these reasons, don’t miss the chance to experience Taylor Swift live!

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Taylor Swift's European Eras Tour leg kicked off in Paris with a new setlist. See which songs are in and out.

May 9, 2024 / 8:24 PM EDT / CBS/AFP

Taylor Swift fever struck Paris on Thursday as the highest-grossing tour in history finally arrived in Europe, with fans treated to the first-ever performance of songs from her latest album.

The Eras Tour began its European leg with four dates at the La Defense Arena in Paris.

"I wish I could have toured Europe more. This is a dream crowd," the 34-year-old megastar told the ecstatic audience.

There were deafening shrieks as images of typewriter sheets indicated that songs off the new album "The Tortured Poets Department" were starting late in the show.

Emerging in a lyrics-covered dress, she ran through several of the darker new tracks starting with "But Daddy I Love Him" and "Fortnight", a particularly furious rendition of "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?" and an elaborate "I Can Do it with a Broken Heart," with a golden-era Hollywood dance routine.

Other "The Tortured Poets Department" songs performed included "So High School," "Down Bad" and "The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived," according to ETonline .

"You were the first crowd to see songs from 'The Tortured Poets Department'," she said, before adding: "Or, as I like to call it, 'Female Rage: the Musical.'"

That was a dream come true for many in the audience.

"I've been so excited for so long, I can't believe it's actually happening," said 11-year-old Emma, who had flown in with her mother from New York.

Adding songs from "The Tortured Poets Department" wasn't the only change to the show and its 45-song setlist.

Perhaps the biggest change, according to ETonline, is the "Folklore" and "Evermore" setlists were combined, cutting four songs across the two albums: "'Tis the Damn Season," "Tolerate It," "The 1" and "The Last Great American Dynasty."

"On the Eras Tour, we have now reunited the sisters, combined them into one chapter," Swift said, according to video posted to social media. "You can call it "Folklore, Evermore" or you can call it the Sister Albums! You can call it whatever you want as long as you promise to sing 'Champagne Problems' with me."  

"The Archer" was removed from the "Lovers" portion of the show and "Long Live" was cut from the "Speak Now" era setlist, according to ETonline.

One of the secret songs was, fittingly, the "Midnights" bonus track "Paris."  

Parts of the show were also rearranged to make room for the newest era. The "Red" era was moved from the fifth to the third slot, according to ETonline, and the newest album was introduced following the "1989" set.

The venue said a fifth of the crowd were from the United States — many attracted by Europe's rules against charging huge mark-ups on resale tickets that can save Americans thousands of dollars compared with shows at home.

Georg'Ann Daly decided to celebrate her 23rd birthday with the Paris show. It meant flying from Nashville to Chicago to London and catching the Eurostar to Paris.

"I've always been obsessed with Taylor Swift," she told AFP.

A handful of superfans camped out from Tuesday in Paris to ensure they got a prime spot.

"I didn't plan to, but I came to check it out and I saw the first tents and I panicked a little," said Chris, 30.

Noah, 20, is seeing all four Paris concerts — he used 22 email addresses to get through the lottery system and secure the tickets.

After wrapping up her run in Paris, Swift will head for dates in Sweden, Portugal, Spain, Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Poland and Austria.

The Eras Tour has worked its way across North and South America and Asia since starting in March 2023.

By the end of the year, it had already become the first to sell more than $1 billion in tickets and is on track to more than double that by the time it concludes in Vancouver this December.

Swift's popularity shows no sign of dimming — the new album sold 1.4 million copies on its first day and broke every streaming record , reaching a billion streams on Spotify within five days.

Swift's tell-all dissections of her love stories have been the fuel powering her global domination, and fans have been poring over "The Tortured Poets Department" for cryptic clues about ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn, her short-but-dramatic fling with Matty Healy (lead singer of The 1975), and her current partner, American football star Travis Kelce.

"Taylor talks about toxic relationships, impossible love, politics, mental health, and so much more," said Chris as she waited by her tent for the big moment. "I think we can all find a song that resonates with our experiences." 

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Taylor Swift debuts ‘Tortured Poets’ songs live as Eras Tour resumes

Swift made some significant changes to the 3-hour-and-15-minute set when she kicked off the European leg of her record-shattering tour Thursday after a two-month break.

Taylor Swift’s record-shattering Eras Tour has essentially been a well-oiled, steady machine since it launched in March 2023 — she switched up a few songs on occasion, but mostly stuck to the same set list during the 3-hour-and-15-minute spectacle. And Swift’s loyal fan base has spent hours studying footage from around the world, with millions tuning in on fan-hosted live-streams to memorize every detail.

But on Thursday, Swift made some significant changes to the show for the first time as the tour kicked off its European leg at Paris La Défense Arena in Nanterre, France, for the first of four sold-out concerts. As many predicted, she debuted live performances of her songs from her 11th studio record, “The Tortured Poets Department,” a double album that contains 31 tracks and sold the equivalent of 2.61 million albums in its first week (combining physical sales and streams) when it dropped in mid-April .

🚨| Taylor Swift performing "Who's Afraid Of Little Old Me?" on 'The Eras Tour'! #ParisTSTheErasTour pic.twitter.com/O9FkuejQrN — The Eras Tour (@tswifterastour) May 9, 2024

“You are so present and it means the world to us as performers when you show up to a concert and when you act this way. … It makes us want to show you all kinds of fun surprises,” Swift, 34, told the extremely enthusiastic audience early in the night, calling the Eras Tour “the best experience of my life, honestly.”

The concert was live-streamed by fans on TikTok. One viewed by The Washington Post featured a news ticker running at the bottom of the video with updates about the show: new outfits, new video screen visuals, a new order for some of the songs. Swift, who divides her set list into “eras” from her 18-year career, kicked off the “Tortured Poets” era about two hours into the concert with “But Daddy I Love Him” — a track that many interpret to be a message to her fan base about their, ah, extreme interest in her love life and the men she dates.

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“I’ll tell you something about my good name, it’s mine alone to disgrace,” Swift sang, running back and forth across the stage throughout. “… God save the most judgmental creeps who say they want what’s best for me, sanctimoniously performing soliloquies I’ll never see.” At the end, she sat down with her dancers and added a verse from “So High School” with lines that include “You know how to ball; I know Aristotle” — thought to be a reference to her boyfriend , the very famous football player Travis Kelce. (Swift did not sit for any interviews about the album and has provided very little detail for the ideas behind the lyrics.)

Taylor Swift performs "So High School" at her Paris Eras Tour show. pic.twitter.com/iOyXlGVUeA — Variety (@Variety) May 9, 2024

Even if they were being scolded, the fans loved it. The ecstatic screaming and cheering continued in the audience as Swift continued through “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?,” which appears to detail the downsides of fame, along with breakup anthems “Down Bad” and “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived,” along with her new single with Post Malone, “Fortnight.” Swift added all kinds of new dance routines and set pieces, including one that made it look as if she were levitating across the stage.

And she performed a brief play before “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart,” an upbeat track about how she was able to perform on the Eras Tour even through heartbreak. Two magicians dragged her lifeless body to another part of the stage where they “forced” her to change into another sparkly outfit as she rolled her eyes and reluctantly got ready to dance.

Taylor Swift's outfit change between "The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived" and "I Can Do It With a Broken Heart" during her Paris Eras Tour show. pic.twitter.com/rdwTqL0M3y — Variety (@Variety) May 9, 2024

“So you were the first crowd ever to see ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ chapter of the Eras Tour!” Swift said cheerfully during the next set where she played a couple of surprise acoustic songs. “Or as I like to call it, ‘Female Rage: The Musical.’”

Otherwise, many chapters of the show stayed the same. Though some wondered whether Swift would simply extend the concert to four hours, she cut six songs overall and condensed the “Folklore” and “Evermore” eras into one, explaining that she considers them “sister albums” because she recorded them during the same year early in the pandemic.

“I’ve always thought ‘Folklore’ to me represents spring and summer and ‘Evermore’ represents fall and winter. So on the Eras Tour, we have now reunited the sisters and combined them into one chapter,” she said. She wrapped up the concert with “Karma” a little after 11 p.m. Paris time after running through 45 songs, and thanked her dancers and band for learning all the new material.

The European leg of the Eras Tour will run through mid-August, and the tour will resume in the United States and Canada in the fall.

Travis Kelce attends final ‘Eras Tour’ show in Paris

Taylor Swift is lighting up Paris!

The singer is in the French capital for the European leg of her “Eras Tour” at the Paris La Défense Arena from May 9 to May 12 with new costumes, an edited setlist and an era she’s nicknamed “female rage, the musical.”

During her May 9 show, Swift shouted out the crowd, saying the energy in Paris makes her want to bring out “all kinds of fun surprises.”

Then for her final show in the City of Light, Swift's boyfriend, Travis Kelce , was spotted in the crowd.

Some Swifties traveled thousands of miles to catch one of the singer’s four Paris shows — and in fact, anywhere between 20% and 30% of fans who were set to watch Swift in Paris are American, the arena’s CEO, Frederic Longuépée, told NBC News.

Parisian hotels and restaurants will be packed throughout the weekend, which is a good test for the city’s infrastructure and security leading up to another major event this summer: the 2024 Paris Olympics .

“For four nights, we’ll be the center of the world, which is important to us, because it’s a rehearsal for the Olympics, obviously,” Longuépée said.

These shows mark the first time Swift has performed onstage since the release of her record-shattering studio album , “The Tortured Poets Department ." After much speculation, Swift officially switched up her more than three-hour setlist, cutting some songs to make room for a new section dedicated to her 11th album.

Read on to learn more about Taylor Swift’s Paris “Eras Tour” shows , including how to buy last-minute tickets.

When are Taylor Swift’s Paris tour dates?

There will be four "Eras Tour" dates in Paris on May 9, 10, 11 and 12, with shows beginning at 6:30 p.m. local time.

Each show will take place at the Paris La Défense Arena, which is the largest indoor performance venue in Europe. The massive venue can accommodate 40,000 spectators in "concert mode," according to the arena’s website . Gates will open for attendees at 4:45 p.m.

Paramore will open for Swift at her Paris shows.

What time is it in Paris?

Paris is six hours ahead of the U.S.

Since Swift's shows start around 6:30 p.m. in Paris, Americans looking to follow along online should anticipate doing so at 12:30 p.m. ET.

Is Travis Kelce going to Taylor Swift’s Paris shows? 

Kelce was spotted in the crowd during Swift's May 12 show in Paris.

According to videos posted to X by fans, Kelce could be seeing dancing to Swift's songs.

Kelce also showed support when she restarted her record-breaking tour May 9. Swift's longtime guitarist Paul Sidoti shared a picture of him and Swift performing onstage with the caption, "The Eras Tour Europe starts tonight.. Paris you’re up first.. who’s coming?"

Kelce hopped into the comments section with, "Lfg!!!" and several raised hands emoji.

Kelce was not spotted at the May 9, 10 or 11 shows. Niecy Nash-Betts shared a video of Kelce May 1 1 on the set of the new Ryan Murphy show “ Grotesquerie, ” one of the tight end’s first major acting roles.

Kelce said in the past he would definitely be supporting his girlfriend during the European leg of her "Eras Tour."

“London’s always an amazing city, Paris is a beautiful city. She’ll be all over Europe, so there won’t be a bad show, I promise you that,” the Kansas City Chiefs tight end told "Entertainment Tonight" in April. 

Asked whether he would be packing his bags for any show in particular , Kelce replied, “Oh, you know I gotta go support.”

“Yeah, I mean, I think we’re both very career driven,” he added. “I think we both love what we do, and any chance that I can show my support to her, and knowing that she’s showing me all the support in the world throughout the season, it’s just been an amazing experience getting to know Tay.”

The weekend before Swift headed to Paris, Kelce was living his best life at the Kentucky Derby. The NFL star opened up about the “once-in-a-lifetime experience” at the May 4 race at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

“I’m a Derby guy now, man,” Kelce said on the May 8 episode of the “New Heights” podcast with his brother, Jason Kelce. “It was so much fun.”

What will be changing during this leg of the ‘Eras Tour’? 

Swift’s Paris shows will be her first live performances since the release of her latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” in April.

Six songs (plus one bridge) from the new double album made it into the “Eras Tour” set list: “But Daddy I Love Him,” “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me? ,” “Down Bad,” “Fortnight ,” “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived,” “I Can Do It With A Broken Heart” and part of “So High School .”

During Swift ’ s surprise song set May 10, the singer said she started planning the “Tortured Poets” set “about eight or nine months ago.”

“Then when we got two months off of the ‘Eras Tour,’ we really didn’t take any time off at all. We just went directly back into rehearsal,” she said.

The singer hinted a t the a ddition in an April 25 YouTube Shorts video , which showed a montage of Swift and her backup dancers rehearsing for their European shows.

Many of the scenes were familiar from previous "Eras Tour" shows, but fans noticed one brand-new scene: Swift standing with her backup dancers behind her sporting top hats and holding canes.

That clip previewed an energetic performance of "I Can Do It With a Broken Heart."

“OMG SHE IS ADDING A NEW ERAAAAAAAAAA,”one fan commented on her YouTube video.

“WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS MEANS TAYLOR IS ADDING TTPD TO THE ERAS TOUR SETLIST!?!?” another person wrote.

“The Tortured Poets Department” has been shattering records since its April 19 release. The day it came out, the album became Spotify’s most-streamed album in a single day, and Swift became Spotify’s most-streamed artist in a single day, the streaming service announced on Instagram .

The album also launched with a record-breaking 2.6 million equivalent album units (which includes downloads, streams, and CD, vinyl and cassette sales) earned the first week of its release in the U.S., according Luminate, Billboard reported.

Swift said her “mind is blown” by the album’s success.

“I’m completely floored by the love you’ve shown this album,” she wrote in an April 28 Instagram post . “2.6 million ARE YOU ACTUALLY SERIOUS?? Thank you for listening, streaming, and welcoming Tortured Poets into your life. Feeling completely overwhelmed.

“I was already so fired up to get back to the tour but you doing THIS??” she added. “May 9th can’t come soon enough.”

This article was originally published on TODAY.com

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Travis Kelce, Gigi Hadid and Bradley Cooper Attend Taylor Swift's Eras Tour Show in Paris

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Travis Kelce  is bringing that certain je ne sais quoi to Taylor Swift 's final  Eras Tour performance in Paris. 

On Sunday night, the 34-year-old NFL star was spotted inside the Paris La Défense Arena alongside Gigi Hadid and her rumored beau Bradley Cooper , enjoying the final Paris show where Andrea Swift and Lenny Kravitz were also in attendance. Many fans were unsure if Kelce would make it halfway across the world after he was spotted in Los Angeles earlier this week on the set of his new TV show .  

While he was not able to make it for nights one, two or three -- where Swift, 34, unveiled a new setlist to include songs from her recently-release album, The Tortured Poets Department -- Kelce showed up big time to support his girlfriend of more than six months with Cooper, 49, and Hadid, 29, in tow. The couples previously took a joint vacay together to Carmel-by-the-Sea, California in April. 

In videos posted to X -- formerly known as Twitter -- Cooper, Hadid and Kelce can be seen hanging out inside a suite and dancing along to "Ready For It" during the Reputation set of the show. Another short snippet sees the Kansas City Chiefs tight-end playfully shimmying to "Love Story" from Fearless . 

For her own part, Swift seemingly showed love to her man by sporting Kansas City Chiefs colors during the 1989 set. After debuting mismatched color sets for the first three nights, the "Bad Blood" crooner sweetly sported a yellow top and a red skirt to strut the stage for the one night with Kelce in the crowd. 

Fans quickly also pointed out that it was Swift's 87th Eras Tour performance -- a significant number to the Swifties as it's Kelce's jersey number, which she proudly wears a friendship bracelet with "87" on it and has worn custom-made jackets to his games. 

Another sweet moment happened for the affectionately nicknamed Swelce when Swift pointed to her football-star boyfriend while singing "Blank Space" and blew him a kiss from the stage. He also was seen adorably reacting to her singing "So High School," which fans believe Swift wrote about her boyfriend of less than a year. 

If fans weren't previously convinced that this show was all about Kelce, the real sticking point (or points) came in the form of one of the surprise songs. For her first impromptu choice of the evening, Swift chose "The Alchemy" from her newest album, which many believe is written about the Cleveland-born athlete. 

"So when I touch down / Call the amateurs and cut 'em from the team / Ditch the clowns, get the crown / Baby, I'm the one to beat / 'Cause the sign on your heart / Said it's still reserved for me / Honestly, who are we to fight the alchemy," Swift sings on the chorus. 

In the very last song of the show, Swift brought back the "guy on the Chiefs" reference, causing fans to erupt into uproarious applause and cheers at the sweet nod to her man. One fan caught Kelce's reaction to the reference after he made his way down to the floor. 

A source tells ET, "Travis couldn't wait to attend Taylor's European leg of her Era's tour. He was very excited to see Taylor in action yet again, and enjoys watching her perform and singing along. He's a very supportive partner, as is she. The two are making it a point to celebrate each other's achievements, and show up when it matters most."

The couple has been extremely supportive of each other in recent weeks amid the release of her new album and Kelce signing a  contract extension with the Chiefs , agreeing to host  Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?   and signing on to Grotesquerie . 

In April, a  source told ET , "He knows how much this means to her and thinks she's extremely talented."

The source added, "Taylor and Travis admire each other's creative processes and work ethic. They cheer each other on, respect each other's opinions, and are open and communicative."

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