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Taylor Swift kicks off US Eras Tour at Super Bowl stadium

March 20, 2023 9:22 am

Taylor Swift. [Source: AP Entertainment]

Taylor Swift opened her U.S. concert series with a three-hour tour of her career.

She ended the concert with a seven-song set from her latest album “Midnights,” closing with the song “Karma.”

In between, she played clusters of songs from most of her albums — and just one, “Tim McGraw,” from her 2006 self-titled debut. In the end it took 44 songs and just over three hours for her to span her 17-year career.

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Having not toured for her previous three albums, this concert series is intended to play catchup by providing the live debut of many of those songs. When Swift announced the tour in November she called it “a journey through the musical eras of my career (past and present!).”

Swift seemed to acknowledge the Ticketmaster furor that sullied the run-up to the tour when she told the crowd of more than 70,000 that she understands it took “considerable effort” for them to be there.

After another show at the same venue Saturday night, the tour moves on to Allegiant Stadium outside Las Vegas and then AT&T Stadium near Dallas.

It concludes with two Los Angeles-area shows in August.

This story was first published on March 18, 2023. It was updated on March 19, 2023 to correct the number of dates on the tour. The number is 52, not 27.