Taylor Swift performs two mash-ups at the second ‘Eras Tour’ show in Sydney
Taylor Swift keeps her word and keeping us on our toes with her surprising song choices.
The Grammy winner, 34, performed four songs in total with her Eras tour show in Sydney on Saturday February 24 in two mash-ups. Swift first mixed “Should’ve Said No” from her self-titled debut album with “You’re Not Sorry” from Fearless.
“The choice is yours, you can sing it American like me, or you can just be yourself and say ‘Should’ve Said Naur,'” Swift joked to the Accor Stadium crowd, using an Australian dialect on the word ‘no’. .”
Then Swift combined Folklore “Peace” with Reputation‘New Year’s Day’ in a sweet piano ballad.
Swift’s first concert in Sydney a day earlier also featured a mash-up, as she brought out the opening act Sabrina Timmerman for a duet from ‘White Horse’ and ‘Coney Island’.
The choice of a surprise song comes shortly after Swift announced that she will no longer ban herself from performing acoustic “surprise songs” more than once during her performances. Eras tour. She confirmed the change during a show in Melbourne, Australia, on Sunday, February 18.
Since she broke her record Eras tour in March 2023, the singer debuted with a set list of 44 songs. At each show she adds two surprising acoustic songs, which Swifties call ‘surprise songs’.
PEACE ON NEW YEARS DAY???? I was in tears 😭 #sydneyTSTheErasTour pic.twitter.com/2oQLGLf7Wd
— paty 🩵 (@patyvasquez) February 24, 2024
While she previously told fans that she wouldn’t repeat any surprise songs while on tour (a rule she’s broken more than once), the “Blank Space” singer just revealed that ban is officially over.
“That was to challenge me to really achieve all the things that I’m not naturally interested in, and I’m very proud that I did that,” the singer told the crowd. “But this is kind of a public service announcement for anyone who’s on tour somewhere else, or whatever, or watching this – we’ve got a lot of people, we’re fortunate enough to have a lot of people watching this on the radio. internet and care about these shows when they’re not there.
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She continued, “I’ve just been thinking about it a little bit, and I’ve been thinking that I want to be as creative as possible with the acoustic set moving forward and I don’t want to limit anything or say, ‘If I were to play this song, I can’t do it yet play once. ”
Swift explained that she wants to play surprise songs “more than once if I feel like it” and be able to make “changes” to certain songs.
“Does that sound good?” she then asked the 96,000-strong crowd, who responded with thunderous applause at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Should have said No#SydneyTSTheErasTour pic.twitter.com/r5sulR6gX
— vasques 🤍 (@repvasques) February 24, 2024
Just in case you couldn’t get tickets to Taylor’s Eras touryou can soon stream her concert film on Disney+.
Earlier this month, CEO of Disney Bob Iger revealed in a statement that the Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour film debuts on the streaming platform on March 15.
The Disney+ version is dubbed Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor’s version) and will include even more bonus content than the previously rentable version.
“This week really is the best kind of chaos. “I am thrilled to let you know that I have found a streaming home for The Eras Tour Concert Film, and that home will be @disneyplus,” Taylor announced via Instagram. “For the first time we’re showing the entire concert (including ‘cardigan’, plus 4 extra songs from the acoustic section!!) and I’m calling it, huge shocker, ‘Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour (Taylor’s version)’. Available from March 15, which is actually a big deal [soon.]”
The superstar’s blockbuster, which gave viewers the chance to watch her historic tour from the comfort of their own homes, premiered in theaters in October 2023.