Taylor Swift performs onstage during night two of Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on July 8, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri.Photo:Fernando Leon/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management
Fernando Leon/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management
Taylor Swiftwas full of surprises in Melbourne!
During the pop superstar’s second consecutive Eras Tour gig in the Australian city on Saturday, she treated fans to a rare performance of three Swiftie-beloved tracks blended into one when she pulled out her guitar for a medley of “Getaway Car,” “August” and “The Other Side of the Door.”
Throughout the Eras Tour, the 34-year-old musician has sprinkled in a surprise portion of songs for each setlist — which oftentimes consists of two songs she doesn’t usually play on tour.
But on Saturday, during her second show in the city, Swift’s surprise portion kicked off with a mash-up of the three fan favorites off her albumsReputation,FolkloreandFearless.
“I just really want you to be happy because you’re making me happy,” Swift told fansbefore the song, per a fan-recorded clip. “So I figured you might want to hear this one, let me know though.”
Taylor Swift performs at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Feb. 16, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia.Graham Denholm/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management
Graham Denholm/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management
Performing mid-show, with an acoustic guitar in hand and wearing a red dress, Swift opened with “Getaway Car,” joking with fans that she realized she had “chosen correctly” with her secret track.
About halfway through, she launched into the chorus of herFolklorestandout “august,” prompting even more screams from the unsuspecting crowd, before again throwing them a curveball with “The Other Side of the Door.”
The remainder of Swift’s surprise set also included a performance of “This is Me Trying” on piano, another track fans aren’t used to hearing on thesetlist.
Just a day before, during Swift’s Friday gig in Melbourne, theTortured Poets Departmentsinger debuted her fan-favoriteMidnightsballad “You’re Losing Me." Swift described the song as “one of my favorites” before sitting down at the piano for the moving rendition.
Taylor Swift performs onstage during The Eras Tour at Allianz Parque on Nov. 24, 2023 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.Buda Mendes/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management
Buda Mendes/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management
The pop superstar’s show at the Melbourne stadium also marked her biggest audience to date, as it was herfirst time performing in front of 96,000 fans— a fact she acknowledged during Friday’s performance.
“This is the biggest show that we have done on this tour or any tour I have ever done,” she said to the audience in a clipshared on X(formerly known as Twitter).
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Surprise songs aside, Swifties have a lot to be grateful for this year. From the singer’s Grammy wins (including her fourth album of the year trophy) to the announcement of her upcoming albumThe Tortured Poets Department, it’s been a busy 2024 for Swift.
Swift’s upcoming LP, set to drop in April, features a song named “Clara Bow," which shares thenamesake of the famous late actress. Bow’s family — specifically her great-granddaughters, Nicole Sisneros and Brittany Grace Bell — told PEOPLE that they were stunned when Swift revealed the tracklist.
“We could not believe it,” Sisneros said. “We were shocked and then the intrigue set in because no one from our family has been contacted or knew about this prior. We found out viathe Instagram postlike everybody else.”
“[Duringher Grammy speechSwift] said she was working on this the past two years so [we] just want to know what prompted it and where the connection is coming from,” she added.
Sinsneros also explained that she even took her oldest daughter to the Eras Tour, and that she was “excited and looking forward to telling her little friends” about her familial ties to Swift’s upcoming LP.
The Tortured Poets Departmentis set to arrive on April 19.
source: people.com
