‘We only get to do these shows a few more times’: Taylor Swift gets nostalgic on penultimate Eras Tour weekend

You can now count on one hand the number of Eras Tour performances left. 

Thursday night marked the fourth Toronto Eras Tour show and the penultimate weekend of the nearly two-year-long tour. Taylor Swift acknowledged the show’s dwindling days following nearly three minutes of applause after her “Champagne Problems” performance, when she reflected on how fans’ appreciation will stick with them long after the record-setting tour comes to an end. 

“My band, my crew, my fellow performers that you’ve seen me with on stage all night — we only get to do these shows a few more times,” Swift said. “And so once that’s over, I know there’s going to be some days when we’re really missing it and some rainy days, some sad days, and I can promise you that on those days, we’re definitely going to replay our memory of you just doing that.” 

Perhaps the nostalgia is already getting to Swift, who played a couple of oldies during the surprise song set and brought back a nearly-forgotten costume. 

“Let’s see if you guys know this one,” she teased during a guitar mashup of “Mr. Perfectly Fine” from Fearless (Taylor’s Version) and “Better Than Revenge” from Speak Now. (Yes, she sang the new “moth to a flame” lyrics and yes, the crowd largely sounded inclined to sing the old ones.) 

On piano, it was “State of Grace” (Red) and “Labyrinth” (Midnights). 

Earlier in the evening, she stepped out for the Folkmore set in the purple folklore dress, which was last worn on Amsterdam night 1 in early July. Other notable costume variants: the purple Lover bodysuit, long gold Fearless bodysuit, “Who’s Taylor Swift anyway? Ew.” Red shirt, blue Speak Now gown, gold Reputation bodysuit, yellow and pink 1989 set, “Who’s afraid of little old me?” Tortured Poets Department dress, the pink and blue “beta fish” surprise song dress and the scallops Midnights bodysuit. 

During “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” dancer Kam Saunders dropped some Toronto slang in lieu of the original “like, ever.” 

“Nah you’re dust, fam,” he shouted. 


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