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Sacramento-area Summer Concerts: June, July, August List Of Who Is Performing At Major Venues
From Erykah Badu and Blink-182 to Peso Pluma, Air Supply, George Lopez, Jerry Seinfeld and Smashing Pumpkins, here's a round-up of who is booked at major concert venues across the Sacramento region this summer. See the list below by venue. Sacramento's Golden 1 Center June 20: Erykah Badu and Yasiin Bey - Click here for tickets.June 23: Blink-182 - Click here for tickets. July 3 and 5: California Classic (NBA basketball teams) - Click here for tickets. July 9: Peso Pluma - Click here for tickets. July 14: Dude Perfect - Click here for tickets. July 29: Marca MP - Click here for tickets. Aug. 3 to 6: Cirque Du Soleil - Corteo - Click here for tickets. Aug. 8: Sana Fe Klan - Click here for tickets. Aug. 9: Lil Baby - Click here for tickets. Aug. 11 to 13: Monster Jam (monster trucks) - Click here for tickets. Aug. 24: Duran Duran - Click here for tickets. Aug. 25 - High School Reunion Tour featuring Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Too $hort and more - Click here for tickets. Aug. 31 - Maluma's Don Juan World Tour - Click here for more. Stockton's Bob Hope Theater June 2: Intocable - Click here for tickets.June 18: Mariachi Sol de México de José Hernández - Click here for tickets. July 20 - Brit Floyd - Click here for tickets. Aug. 19: Marisela's ZAZ! Tour - Click here for tickets. Aug. 25: George Lopez's ALLLRIIIIGHHTTT! Tour - Click here for tickets. Modesto's The Fruit Yard AmphitheaterJune 22: Koe Wetzel - Click here for tickets.July 20: Train with Better Than Ezra - Click here for tickets. July 24: Parker McCollum - Click here for tickets. July 19 - Air Supply - Click here for tickets. Modesto's Gallo Center for the Arts June 4: Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias - Click here for tickets. June 11: The Rascals - Click here for tickets. Aug. 3 - Theresa Caputo Live - Click here for tickets. Aug. 5 - Carla Morrison - Click here for tickets. Aug. 10 - Donny Osmond - Click here for tickets. Aug. 19 - Josh Turner - Click here for tickets. The Venue at Thunder Valley Casino June 2: Kid Rock - Click here for tickets. June 3: V101.1 Summer Jam '23 featuring Nelly, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Chingy and more - Click here for tickets. June 8: Kevin Hart: Reality Check - Click here for tickets.June 9: Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band - Click here for tickets. June 10: Tesla with Buckcherry - Click here for tickets. June 16: Brothers Osborne with Caylee Hammack - Click here for tickets. June 17: Australia's Thunder From Down Under - Click here for tickets. June 23: Johnny Mathis (The Voice of Romance tour) - Click here for tickets. June 24: Vat Nang Tinh He - Click here for tickets. June 29: Comedian Bill Burr Live - Click here for tickets. June 29: Comedian Bill Burr Live - Click here for tickets. July 1: Freestyle Throwback Fest '23 featuring Zapp, Lisa Lisa, Trinere, Shannon and more - Click here for tickets. July 7: George Benson and Boney James with Lalah Hathaway - Click here for tickets. July 8: Russell Peters Act Your Age world tour - Click here for tickets. July 14: Diana Krall - Click here for tickets. July 15: Ekin Cheng Here & Now - Click here for tickets. July 21: Maxwell - Night: The Trilogy Show with Macy Gray - Click here for tickets. July 22: Legends of Motown Super Show - Click here for tickets. July 27: Pitbull - Click here for tickets. July 28: Blues Traveler, Big Head Todd and the Monsters and Spin Doctors - Click here for tickets. July 29: Styx with Starship featuring Mickey Thomas - Click here for updates.Aug. 4: Rain, a tribute to the Beatles - Click here for tickets. Aug. 5: Buddy Guy's Damn Right Farewell with Ally Venable - Click here for tickets. Aug. 11: The Australian Pink Floyd Show with Zeppelin USA - Click here for tickets. Aug. 12: Peter Frampton Never Say Never tour - Click here for tickets. Aug. 18: Jerry Seinfeld Live - Click here for tickets. Aug. 19: Soul Fest '23 featuring The Whispers, Midnight Star and more - Click here for tickets. Aug. 25: Arrival From Sweden: The Music of Abba with The Australian Bee Gees - Click here for tickets. Aug. 26: Chicago - Click here for tickets. Hard Rock Live in Wheatland June 2: La Adictiva - Click here for tickets.June 7: Melanie Martinez - Click here for tickets. June 9 - Angela Aguilar - Click here for tickets.June 16: Earth, Wind & Fire - Click here for tickets. June 17: Diana Ross - Click here for tickets. July 2: Halsey with live string ensemble - Click here for tickets. July 11: Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade - Click here for tickets. July 13: 3 Doors Down - Click here for tickets. July 20: RuPaul's Drag Race - Click here for tickets.July 23: Matt Fraser - Click here for tickets. July 29: Collective Soul - Click here for tickets. July 30: Ween - Click here for tickets. Aug. 3: Trombone Shorty Orleans Avenue with Mavis Staples - Click here for tickets. Aug. 5: W.A.S.P. - The 40th Never Stops World Tour with Armored Saint - Click here for tickets. Aug. 9: Donny Osmond - Click here for tickets. Aug. 12: Bronco - Click here for tickets. Aug. 19 - Sebastian Maniscalco - Click here for tickets. Aug. 25 - Billy Currington - Click here for tickets. Crest Theatre in SacramentoJune 10: Al Di Meola - Click here for tickets. June 14: Trey Kennedy: Grow Up - Click here for tickets. June 24: Paul Thorn, Justin Farren & Nat Lefkoff - Click here for tickets. June 28: Comedian Ben Bailey - Click here for tickets. July 1: Yasmin Williams - Click here for tickets. July 7: Kanekoa, ZuhG, & Island of Black and White - Click here for tickets. July 8: Toad the Wet Sprocket - Click here for tickets. July 9: Bored Teachers Comedy Tour - Click here for tickets. July 15: Vir Das' Wanted tour - Click here for tickets. Aug. 19: Willie Barcena - Click here for tickets. Aug. 21: Tab Benoit - Click here for tickets. Toyota Amphitheatre in Wheatland July 8: Nickleback - Click here for tickets. July 18: Disturbed - Click here for tickets. July 21: Luke Bryan - Click here for tickets. July 29: Tears For Fears - Click here for tickets. Aug. 7: Smashing Pumpkins - Click here for tickets.Aug. 10: Big Time Rush - Click here for tickets. Aug. 11: Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top - Click here for tickets. Aug. 15: Post Malone - Click here for tickets. Aug. 23: Foreigner - Click here for tickets. SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts CenterJune 23: Comedian John Crist - Click here for tickets. Davis Mondavi Center June 4: Rodrigo y Gabriela - Click here for tickets. Ace of SpadesJune 1 - Sleeping With Sirens - Click here for tickets. June 7 - Ohgeesy - Click here for tickets. June 10 - lovelytheband - Click here for tickets. June 13 - Matisyahu - Click here for tickets. June 24 - Neko Case - Click here for tickets. July 12: The Green - Click here for tickets. July 13: Between the Buried and Me: The Parrallax Li Tour - Click here for tickets. July 14: Jesse & Joy Summer Tour with Francisca Valenzuela - Click here for tickets.July 16: Charles Wesley Godwin - Click here for tickets. July 19: Summer Salt - Click here for tickets. July 20: The Aquabats - Click here for tickets. July 21: Larry's Market Run - Click here for tickets. Aug. 11: Mustache Harbor - Click here for tickets. Aug. 14: Band-Maid 10th Anniversary Tour - Click here for tickets. Aug. 17: Homixide Gang - Click here for tickets. Aug. 26: Mammoth WVH - Click here for tickets. Sacramento's Heart Health Park at Cal Expo July 29: Falling in Reverse's "The Popular Monstour" with Ice Nine Kills, Underoath, Spiritbox, Slaughter To Prevail, Crown The Empire and Catch Your Breath - Click here for tickets. Here are the California State Fair performers for 2023The 2023 California State Fair and Food Festival will take place from July 14-30, and performers are slated for each day of the event. While tickets are free with a general admission ticket, fans can pay to reserve a seat. The reservation cost is $25. Fitz and the Tantrums will perform Friday, July 14Boyz II Men will perform Saturday, July 15Ashley McBryde will perform Sunday, July 16Queen Nation will perform Monday, July 17Ginuwine will perform Tuesday, July 18LeAnn Rimes will perform Wednesday, July 19Scotty McCreery will perform Thursday, July 20Revisiting Creedence will perform Friday, July 21The Isley Brothers will perform Saturday, July 22Third Eye Blind will perform Sunday, July 23SantanaWays will perform Monday, July 2438 Special will perform Tuesday, July 25Ashanti will perform Wednesday, July 26George Thorogood & The Destroyers will perform Thursday, July 27The Gin Blossoms will perform Friday, July 28Kool & The Gang will perform Saturday, July 29Trace Adkins will perform Sunday, July 30 Hearst Television participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites.
From Erykah Badu and Blink-182 to Peso Pluma, Air Supply, George Lopez, Jerry Seinfeld and Smashing Pumpkins, here's a round-up of who is booked at major concert venues across the Sacramento region this summer.
See the list below by venue.
Sacramento's Golden 1 CenterJune 20: Erykah Badu and Yasiin Bey - Click here for tickets.
June 23: Blink-182 - Click here for tickets.
July 3 and 5: California Classic (NBA basketball teams) - Click here for tickets.
July 9: Peso Pluma - Click here for tickets.
July 14: Dude Perfect - Click here for tickets.
July 29: Marca MP - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 3 to 6: Cirque Du Soleil - Corteo - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 8: Sana Fe Klan - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 9: Lil Baby - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 11 to 13: Monster Jam (monster trucks) - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 24: Duran Duran - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 25 - High School Reunion Tour featuring Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Too $hort and more - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 31 - Maluma's Don Juan World Tour - Click here for more.
Stockton's Bob Hope TheaterJune 2: Intocable - Click here for tickets.
June 18: Mariachi Sol de México de José Hernández - Click here for tickets.
July 20 - Brit Floyd - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 19: Marisela's ZAZ! Tour - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 25: George Lopez's ALLLRIIIIGHHTTT! Tour - Click here for tickets.
Modesto's The Fruit Yard AmphitheaterJune 22: Koe Wetzel - Click here for tickets.
July 20: Train with Better Than Ezra - Click here for tickets.
July 24: Parker McCollum - Click here for tickets.
July 19 - Air Supply - Click here for tickets.
Modesto's Gallo Center for the ArtsJune 4: Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias - Click here for tickets.
June 11: The Rascals - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 3 - Theresa Caputo Live - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 5 - Carla Morrison - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 10 - Donny Osmond - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 19 - Josh Turner - Click here for tickets.
The Venue at Thunder Valley CasinoJune 2: Kid Rock - Click here for tickets.
June 3: V101.1 Summer Jam '23 featuring Nelly, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Chingy and more - Click here for tickets.
June 8: Kevin Hart: Reality Check - Click here for tickets.
June 9: Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band - Click here for tickets.
June 10: Tesla with Buckcherry - Click here for tickets.
June 16: Brothers Osborne with Caylee Hammack - Click here for tickets.
June 17: Australia's Thunder From Down Under - Click here for tickets.
June 23: Johnny Mathis (The Voice of Romance tour) - Click here for tickets.
June 24: Vat Nang Tinh He - Click here for tickets.
June 29: Comedian Bill Burr Live - Click here for tickets.
June 29: Comedian Bill Burr Live - Click here for tickets.
July 1: Freestyle Throwback Fest '23 featuring Zapp, Lisa Lisa, Trinere, Shannon and more - Click here for tickets.
July 7: George Benson and Boney James with Lalah Hathaway - Click here for tickets.
July 8: Russell Peters Act Your Age world tour - Click here for tickets.
July 14: Diana Krall - Click here for tickets.
July 15: Ekin Cheng Here & Now - Click here for tickets.
July 21: Maxwell - Night: The Trilogy Show with Macy Gray - Click here for tickets.
July 22: Legends of Motown Super Show - Click here for tickets.
July 27: Pitbull - Click here for tickets.
July 28: Blues Traveler, Big Head Todd and the Monsters and Spin Doctors - Click here for tickets.
July 29: Styx with Starship featuring Mickey Thomas - Click here for updates.
Aug. 4: Rain, a tribute to the Beatles - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 5: Buddy Guy's Damn Right Farewell with Ally Venable - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 11: The Australian Pink Floyd Show with Zeppelin USA - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 12: Peter Frampton Never Say Never tour - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 18: Jerry Seinfeld Live - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 19: Soul Fest '23 featuring The Whispers, Midnight Star and more - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 25: Arrival From Sweden: The Music of Abba with The Australian Bee Gees - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 26: Chicago - Click here for tickets.
Hard Rock Live in WheatlandJune 2: La Adictiva - Click here for tickets.
June 7: Melanie Martinez - Click here for tickets.
June 9 - Angela Aguilar - Click here for tickets.
June 16: Earth, Wind & Fire - Click here for tickets.
June 17: Diana Ross - Click here for tickets.
July 2: Halsey with live string ensemble - Click here for tickets.
July 11: Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade - Click here for tickets.
July 13: 3 Doors Down - Click here for tickets.
July 20: RuPaul's Drag Race - Click here for tickets.
July 23: Matt Fraser - Click here for tickets.
July 29: Collective Soul - Click here for tickets.
July 30: Ween - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 3: Trombone Shorty Orleans Avenue with Mavis Staples - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 5: W.A.S.P. - The 40th Never Stops World Tour with Armored Saint - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 9: Donny Osmond - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 12: Bronco - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 19 - Sebastian Maniscalco - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 25 - Billy Currington - Click here for tickets.
Crest Theatre in SacramentoJune 10: Al Di Meola - Click here for tickets.
June 14: Trey Kennedy: Grow Up - Click here for tickets.
June 24: Paul Thorn, Justin Farren & Nat Lefkoff - Click here for tickets.
June 28: Comedian Ben Bailey - Click here for tickets.
July 1: Yasmin Williams - Click here for tickets.
July 7: Kanekoa, ZuhG, & Island of Black and White - Click here for tickets.
July 8: Toad the Wet Sprocket - Click here for tickets.
July 9: Bored Teachers Comedy Tour - Click here for tickets.
July 15: Vir Das' Wanted tour - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 19: Willie Barcena - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 21: Tab Benoit - Click here for tickets.
Toyota Amphitheatre in WheatlandJuly 8: Nickleback - Click here for tickets.
July 18: Disturbed - Click here for tickets.
July 21: Luke Bryan - Click here for tickets.
July 29: Tears For Fears - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 7: Smashing Pumpkins - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 10: Big Time Rush - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 11: Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 15: Post Malone - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 23: Foreigner - Click here for tickets.
SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts CenterJune 23: Comedian John Crist - Click here for tickets.
Davis Mondavi CenterJune 4: Rodrigo y Gabriela - Click here for tickets.
Ace of SpadesJune 1 - Sleeping With Sirens - Click here for tickets.
June 7 - Ohgeesy - Click here for tickets.
June 10 - lovelytheband - Click here for tickets.
June 13 - Matisyahu - Click here for tickets.
June 24 - Neko Case - Click here for tickets.
July 12: The Green - Click here for tickets.
July 13: Between the Buried and Me: The Parrallax Li Tour - Click here for tickets.
July 14: Jesse & Joy Summer Tour with Francisca Valenzuela - Click here for tickets.
July 16: Charles Wesley Godwin - Click here for tickets.
July 19: Summer Salt - Click here for tickets.
July 20: The Aquabats - Click here for tickets.
July 21: Larry's Market Run - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 11: Mustache Harbor - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 14: Band-Maid 10th Anniversary Tour - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 17: Homixide Gang - Click here for tickets.
Aug. 26: Mammoth WVH - Click here for tickets.
Sacramento's Heart Health Park at Cal ExpoJuly 29: Falling in Reverse's "The Popular Monstour" with Ice Nine Kills, Underoath, Spiritbox, Slaughter To Prevail, Crown The Empire and Catch Your Breath - Click here for tickets.
Here are the California State Fair performers for 2023The 2023 California State Fair and Food Festival will take place from July 14-30, and performers are slated for each day of the event. While tickets are free with a general admission ticket, fans can pay to reserve a seat. The reservation cost is $25.
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All The Surprise Songs Taylor Swift Has Performed On The Eras Tour (So Far)
Taylor Swift's Eras Tour serves two surprise songs at every stop.
Taylor Swift performs onstage for the opening night of The Eras Tour at State Farm Stadium on March 17, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management
Taylor Swift's Eras Tour set list features a surprise song (or two), so far performed during a mini acoustic set, on each date of the the superstar's 2023 trek.
Guitar in hand and making her way to the end of the stage's catwalk at March 17's Eras kickoff in Glendale, Arizona, Swift revealed her intentions for the acoustic portion of her long-awaited live show. She'll perform a surprise song that will not be played again on this tour — probably.
"The plan, the goal, would be to play different songs every single night and never repeat one. Right? So that when you heard one on this tour, you would know it's the only time that I was going to play it in the acoustic set, unless — caveat — unless I mess it up so badly," she said with a small laugh, "that I have to do it over again in some other city. Send your best wishes towards me that I don't do that."
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06/25/2023The Eras Tour is her first real tour in five years, and the first time the prolific songwriter is getting to perform selections from Lover, Folklore, Evermore and Midnights to sold-out stadium crowds.
Eras Tour night one introduced a career-spanning, whopping 44-song setlist with a runtime of more than three hours, with Swift playing anywhere from one to eight tracks from all 10 of her full-length studio albums. The show's nightly surprise is sure to keep her fans on their tallest tiptoes, waiting to hear what gem will be unveiled at their concert.
Below, check out the list of all the surprise songs she's brought to The Eras Tour, courtesy of social media live streams and post-concert clips uploaded by Swifties in attendance. Bookmark this page, as the list will updated regularly as the tour goes on.
Image Credit: Courtesy Performed at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona (March 17, 2023)
"I was thinking about the first one I would play for you," Swift said at the very first Eras Tour concert, to a crowd of fans who were still gloriously spoiler-free about what was in store for the rest of the show. "I was thinking about what song to play first, and I was thinking about how one of the songs that I wrote with you in mind during the pandemic was one of the first songs I wrote for Folklore, and it was me writing about how badly I craved the connection that I feel from the care that you have directed in my way. I'm trying to tell you I love you, and I'm babbling," she noted. Swift tried again: "I was trying to think of sort of an eloquent way to say that I love you and I need your attention all the time, and I came up with 'I'm a mirrorball.'" After the wordy intro, Swift begins singing "Mirrorball" at the 2:17 timestamp in the video above.
Image Credit: John Shearer/GI for TAS Rights Management Performed at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona (March 17, 2023)
"I was thinking about tonight and how special this is," Swift explained on the opening night of The Eras Tour, and then added, "So I thought it might be kind of fun to play the very first song I ever put out." The crowd gladly sang along to her pretty piano rendition of her debut single, nearly 17 years after it was first released. "Tim McGraw" was the only track from her first album to make the Eras setlist in Arizona.
Image Credit: Courtesy Performed at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona (March 18, 2023)
"I keep forgetting what key it's in — one second. It's lost all concept to me," Swift joked before launching into the emotional Folklore track as the first of two surprise songs, at the second show of The Eras Tour.
Image Credit: Courtesy Performed at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona (March 18, 2023)
Swift brought the Red album opener down to its roots as a piano ballad in Glendale. Her delicate vocals were echoed by a stadium of thousands joining in, making for a chilling moment of connection between a singer-songwriter and her fans.
Performed at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas (March 24, 2023)
"I do get ideas from places. I actually saw an interview that Beabadoobee did — who is our amazing, brilliant opening act tonight — and they were saying, 'Oh, you're going on The Eras Tour. What song might you want to hear?' And she was like, 'I grew up listening to songs on her first album.' And she named a specific song. So I figured, you know what, for her first show with us, I'll play the specific song that she said she would want to hear. So this is a song I wrote for my ninth-grade talent show. It's called 'Our Song.'"
Performed at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas (March 24, 2023)
"Lana Del Rey put out a new album. It's called Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd. Guys, it's so good. You probably already know that, but it's just extraordinary. I just think she's the best that we have. I think we need to make it a priority as a group to stream, buy, support this album and this artist. She knows I'm obsessed with her, and she was kind enough to make a song with me on Midnights called 'Snow on the Beach' because she's a generous king. She did that for me, and I'll never forget how nice she's been to me. It's so cool when you have favorite artists and they turn out to be so nice to you. I wanted to just do some promo for her, and also, in honor of this brilliant album that she just put out, I wanted to play 'Snow on the Beach.'"
Performed at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas (March 25, 2023)
"Las Vegas, Nevada, you are so lucky, because we do have a special guest with us tonight," Swift told the sold-out crowd when introducing Mumford & Sons frontman Marcus Mumford. "Would you sing 'Cowboy Like Me' with me?" The duo paired up for the 2020 Evermore duet.
Performed at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas (March 25, 2023)
Performed at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas (March 31, 2023)
Swift worked in "Sad Beautiful Tragic" from Red to the setlist during her acoustic portion of the Arlington show. Strumming it on just an acoustic guitar, she introduced the song saying, "I love this one. When I love a song, I don't care what anyone says."
Performed at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas (March 31, 2023)
Performed at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas (April 1, 2023)
Performed at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas (April 1, 2023)
Performed at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. (April 13, 2023)
"I've been thinking a lot about one of my albums recently. One of my albums has been on my mind a lot … lots going on in my brain about it. So I thought I might play the title track of that album."
Performed at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. (April 13, 2023)
Performed at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. (April 14, 2023)
"This song really took on a new meaning when you guys made enough jokes about how you trying to get tickets for this tour felt like surviving the great war," Swift joked prior to the debut live performance of the Midnights (3am Edition) track.
Performed at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. (April 14, 2023)
Performed at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. (April 15, 2023)
"I have a really, really, really wonderful, incredible person in my life who I've been making music with," Swift said, bringing Aaron Dessner out on her stage for a second time this tour and joining him at the piano bench. "…We wrote this song that I really love because it allowed me to get a lot off my chest, and now we're gonna sing it for you — 'cause who doesn't love a mad woman?"
Performed at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. (April 15, 2023)
Swift picked up the guitar for surprise song No. 2 of the night, complimenting the particularly loud Tampa crowd. She explained that she thought she'd play a song they might know and want to sing along with. "Just thought that would be nice, which is the opposite of mean," she quipped.
Performed at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas (April 21, 2023)
Performed at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas (April 21, 2023)
Performed at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas (April 22, 2023)
Going way back to her very early songwriting days, Swift introduced "A Place in This World" as a song she penned around the age of 13 — noting that she might relate to its lyrics even more 20 years later.
Performed at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas (April 22, 2023)
"You make every day on this tour feel like a fairytale," Swift told her fans before performing the song, originally featured on the soundtrack for the 2010 film Valentine's Day, on piano. (At the second of three Houston shows, she admitted that The Eras Tour has basically become her "entire personality.")
Performed at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas (April 23, 2023)
"We've come to the acoustic era," Swift said as she set up for the two surprise songs of the evening at the end of the catwalk. Before launching into the Red track, she told the crowd, "I hope that if you know it, you sing along" — and they did.
Performed at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas (April 23, 2023)
"No shade to the other songs on the album," Swift joked, expressing an utmost love for the emotional ballad from her debut album, which she played at the piano for the night three Houston audience. "Cold as You" immediately trended on Twitter while she sang the song live on tour for the first time in a decade.
Performed at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia (April 28, 2023)
"This is one of my favorite moments in the show because it kind of keeps me on my toes," Swift said to a wild crowd in Atlanta.
"When I was rerecording my album Fearless, I looked back and I was listening to this one … I remember when I wrote this one I was so obsessed with this sort of, like, rant I put at the end of the song," she said, hinting at the deep cut that was to come. "And I never, I don't think I really got to perform it live. If I ever I ever did, it was not enough times, so I'd really love to play the song. It's called 'The Other Side of the Door.'"
Performed at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia (April 28, 2023)
A pretty long speech came before the first-ever solo (and first-ever at all) live performance of the heart-wrenching Evermore highlight, originally a duet with with Matt Berninger.
"Any time I'm gonna talk about or even reference another artist, I feel inclined to tell you that if they're not here, they're not here," she warned the crowd. "No one else is here. You are stuck with me. It's only me. But I am gonna talk about another artist. I just feel like, you know, stadiums are huge and it's important to really communicate, so that's what I'm doing. I'm gonna talk about another artist who has an album that just came out that is so incredible. The National just had an album come out. This band has influenced me beyond my ability to verbalize how much they've influenced me — just lyrically, their ability to set a scene, their ability to tell a story. And obviously, Aaron Dessner is in The National and he has completely changed my life. I was lucky enough to be able to write a song with them for their new album, which is called the First Two Pages of Frankenstein. Check it out, stream it, buy it on vinyl. I love them so much. They've been so kind to me. So, I'm not gonna sing the song that we have on this new album — it's called 'The Alcott' — check that out, though. But I am gonna sing 'Coney Island.'"
Performed at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia (April 29, 2023)
"Do you really wanna know where I was April 29th?" Swift improvised before beginning the actual song. "Atlanta, Georgia."
Performed at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia (April 29, 2023)
For her second surprise song of night two in Atlanta, Swift made "Gorgeous" the first Reputation track to get the acoustic treatment this tour.
Performed at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia (April 30, 2023)
Performed at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia (April 30, 2023)
Performed at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee (May 5, 2023)
"I've been planning something for a while. You know how I love to plan things. You know how I love to surprise you… It's my love language with you," Swift teased during her first night in Nashville on The Eras Tour. "I plot, I scheme, I plan."
"Rather than me speaking about it," she said with a grin, "I thought I would just show you — If you would direct your attention to the back screen." The screen announced that Speak Now (Taylor's Version) will be released on July 7, and Swift then launched into the album track "Sparks Fly" on acoustic guitar.
Performed at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee (May 5, 2023)
Before playing the next surprise song at the piano, a selection from her debut, Swift reflected on her early years in Nashville, noting that she'd moved to the city while in eighth grade. "I'd been writing songs since I was 12, but when I think about Nashville I think about writing all the songs that would end up on my first album," she told the crowd.
Performed at Nissan Stadium in Nashville (May 6, 2023)
"I think I saved a really good one for right now," Swift, acoustic guitar in hand, teased the Nashville night two crowd. "You be the judge based on how loudly you scream. This one's from 1989."
Performed at Nissan Stadium in Nashville (May 6, 2023)
Sitting at the piano, Swift joked, "I feel like if I give you one piece of information you'd know exactly what song I was about to play," before singing the Fearless classic "Fifteen" for her high school best friend Abigail, who was at the show.
Performed at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee (May 7, 2023)
Swift welcomed "kind, wonderful genius" Aaron Dessner to the stage on a stormy night in Nashville to join her on the surprise song from the 3AM version of Midnights. "He was warned about the rain, and he did accept the challenge anyway," she said.
"Would've, Could've, Should've" was "one of our favorites when we made it," Swift noted.
Performed at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee (May 7, 2023)
"I want to play a song that when I wrote it, I was writing about all these relationship things that hadn't happened yet," Swift said from her seat at the piano. She described how "it's crazy" to go back and listen to songs that at the time were rooted in "fantasy" but at her age now are relatable, and then introduced the Speak Now track that was coming next: "This is called 'Mine,'" Swift said.
Performed at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (May 12, 2023)
"I wanted to start out with this one in Philly because there was sort of a — I don't know how large the debate was, but I did see the debate," Swift told the audience, referencing the "Eagles T-shirt hanging from the door" lyrics from "Gold Rush."
"I saw some people wondering if it was the band the Eagles or the team the Eagles," the singer added. "And I love the band the Eagles, but guys, like, come on, I'm from Philly."
Performed at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (May 12, 2023)
"I take requests if they are polite and decently worded," Swift told the sold-out crowd, adding that the request came from special guest Phoebe Bridgers.
Performed at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (May 13, 2023)
"I have a request that I'm gonna do," Swift teased the crowd before playing the first of two surprise songs on May 13.
"My friend Lena, it's her birthday today," she said, explaining that "she wanted to hear 'Forever & Always.'"
Performed at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (May 13, 2023)
Heading over to her piano, Swift said she loved this night and didn't want it to end, and then — without an introduction — played the emotional 1989 song "This Love."
Performed at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (May 14, 2023)
"I had a few really nice, fun people ask me to do this one," Swift said, and then took the crowd back almost 15 years to a Fearless classic, "Hey Stephen."
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