Taylor Swift Night 2 of Eras Tour | Changes Things Up
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is in full swing and fans are in for a treat as the pop superstar mixes up her setlist and outfits from night to night.
The second night of the tour, which took place at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, saw two tour premieres among the setlist.
Near the end of the set, Swift took to the acoustic guitar to play a solo rendition of “This Is Me Trying,” from the “Folklore” album, followed by a short trip over to the piano for a solo reading of “State of Grace,” from “Red.”
Fans were delighted to see “This Is Me Trying” make an appearance in the setlist, as many had hoped it would be added to the regular nightly set.
“State of Grace,” from the fan-favorite album “Red,” was also a welcome surprise for Swifties.
However, the loss of “Tim McGraw” meant that the evening went without any representation at all from Swift’s 2006 debut LP, in a show that had material from her other nine albums present and accounted for.
Although Swift had many costume changes throughout the show, she was only briefly offstage during those roughly 195 minutes.
Some of the changes even involved taking something off or putting something on while not leaving the stage, which is a testament to her incredible stamina.
The fact that Swift was on stage for all but two or three minutes of the epic running time meant that was more than matching the stamina of her fans, who hardly sat down at any point in her set.
The Eras Tour seems to have no shortage of stunning costuming, with Swift trying out different dresses (or, in the case of “The Man,” black or grey suit-dresses) in different parts of the concert.
Swift rocked a T-shirt with different lettering for the “22” segment, with Saturday’s shirt reading “Who’s Taylor Swift anyway? Ew” instead of Friday’s “A lot going on at the moment.”
However, the only outfit that’s almost certain to remain identical is her striking outfit for the “Reputation” segment of the show, in which one leg is laid bare and the other is black while her torso is all red-and-sequined snakes.
One thing that didn’t change on the second night was the lateness of the hour.
Although the Friday night closing time of 11:12 seemed like the show might have accidentally drifted past an 11 p.m. curfew that many venues enforce, the show actually went even a few minutes longer than that on Saturday.
A leaked crew sheet showed that the weekend concerts were deliberately budgeted to go until 11:15, making for a running time calculated to be right around 3 hours and 15 minutes.
Fans are eagerly awaiting future setlists and costume changes, with the prospect of 50 or more unique songs showing up along the American tour.
Swifties will have extra reason to be attuned from afar to nightly setlists as they pop up online, to find out what they’re missing.
