The Eras Tour

By Maria Santos

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, her first performance in over five years, is arguably the best of her career. Fans couldn’t wait to see Swift perform music from each of her “eras,” derived from her ten different albums. Millions of Swifties attempted to get their hands on tickets during the first Ticketmaster presale but only 1.5 million were allowed access. The following day, Ticketmaster announced the cancellation of the public sale, which enraged fans. Several sued, accusing Ticketmaster of fraud. Many of these cases reached Congress as well To me, this ticket craze was an indication of just how epic the tour would be.

I was lucky enough to have a friend who snagged six tickets for a measly $120 each (various sites were selling for upwards of $10,000) I attended the second night at MetLife Stadium Swift acknowledged the difficulty involved in getting tickets: “Correct me if I’m wrong and scream if I’m right: You went to a lot of effort to be here with us.” But her unforgettable performance made it all worth it. Swift played a whopping forty-four songs from nine albums, totaling around three and a half hours, and fans loved every second of it. She moved seamlessly through her different eras, making drastic outfit and set changes in mere minutes. Fans’ wristbands changed with the eras too glowing a serene purple for “Enchanted,” blazing red for “Look What You Made Me Do,” and so on This clever engineering feat, along with TVs scattered throughout the stadium, made any seat a good one.

Perhaps the most magical part of the night, though, is when fans sit on the edge of their seats in anticipation for Taylor Swift to reveal her surprise songs. During each performance, Swift plays two songs not on the setlist I was lucky enough to see her perform one of my favorites: “Holy Ground” from Red. The whole stadium glowed red and sang along with just Taylor and her guitar. After the second surprise song, “False God,” Swift moved into the final and most recent era: Midnights

MetLife Stadium was in for quite the treat: a surprise appearance from Ice Spice who was just recently featured in a new version of the fan favorite “Karma.” By the end of the show my legs were sore and my throat burned Would I do it all again? Yes!!