Taylor Swift has shared a video from rehearsals for the ‘Eras Tour’, with fans speculating that her new album could be added to the setlist. Watch below.
The pop star is due to begin the European and UK/Ireland leg of her huge career-spanning tour in Paris on May 9. Since wrapping up the previous run of shows in early March, Swift has released her 11th studio record ‘The Tortured Poets Department’.
So far, the singer has largely stuck to the same 45-track set – separated into her many eras and albums, and including an acoustic ‘surprise songs’ segment.
Swift has now posted some behind-the-scenes footage of herself in rehearsals for her next ‘Eras Tour’ leg, captioning it: “A fortnight til Paris”. The clip is soundtracked by ‘Fortnight’, her collaborative single with Post Malone.
This has fuelled ongoing rumours that a setlist change could be in the works to incorporate the current ‘Tortured Poets’ era.
“TTPD in the setlist??? I have never been more happy that the Canadian dates were added to the tour late,” wrote one fan on Reddit in response to the video. A second said: “I just KNEW there was no way she wouldn’t add TPD to the setlist!!”
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Another Swiftie said they were “so surprised” that the singer appeared to be adding her new songs: “I don’t know why, she loves to do exciting unexpected stuff like this. I just figured it would be too difficult to add it in this far into the tour.”
Others have expressed their concerns over which tracks could potentially be cut.
“I think the songs she cut from the ‘Eras Tour’ movie are what she’s going to cut to put TTPD in,” a Swiftie theorised. “So ‘Cardigan’, ‘The Archer’, ‘Wildest Dreams’…”
Someone else wrote: “Do we think she’ll remove anything to make room for it? It’s already suuuch a long show, surely a whole new set would add 10-15 extra minutes minimum.”
A user on X/Twitter spotted a silver stage railing in the YouTube footage that looks like the ‘TTPD’ logo. Another shot appears to show Swift wearing the same shoes from the ‘Fortnight’ music video.
Some fans have noted that the rehearsals clip seemingly contains new choreography and costumes too. Elsewhere, a Swiftie wrote: “Taylor teased this white microphone before the tour began but it hasn’t had a place in the show… until now!!!”
In response, someone posted: “This is what she means when she says she plans easter eggs far in advance. AHHHHH!!!!”
Check out the posts below.
GUYS THE RAILING LITERALLY SAYS TTPD!?!;);$!; ITS THE TTPD LOGO WE’RE GETTING TTPD AT THE ERAS TOUR pic.twitter.com/BdILZgGK64
— ⸆⸉ (@swifttvs) April 25, 2024
🚨| The same shoes from the "Fortnight" music video and a desk on the table teased during "The Eras Tour" rehearsals for the European leg! pic.twitter.com/DhqmV2S1FU
— The Eras Tour (@tswifterastour) April 26, 2024
thinking about this message i sent to my swiftie groupchat… somehow i knew something! pic.twitter.com/5NYBeLIZFw
— terry (tortured poet) (@terrybbenson) April 26, 2024
This summer will see Swift bring her massive ‘Eras Tour’ to Wembley Stadium in London, where she’ll play eight sold-out concerts with Paramore.
In a new interview, Florence Welch – who features on the ‘Tortured Poets’ song ‘Florida!!!’ – hinted that she could make a surprise appearance on stage in the capital.
It is widely believed that The 1975 frontman Matty Healy is the subject of several songs on Swift’s new album, namely its title track and ‘The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived’ among others.
In a three-star review of ‘The Tortured Poets Department’, NME wrote: “Swift seems to be in tireless pursuit for superstardom, yet the negative public opinion it can come with irks her, and it’s a tired theme now plaguing her discography and leaving little room for the poignant lyrical observations she excels at.
“It’s why the pitfalls that mire her 11th studio album are all the more disappointing — she’s proven time and time again she can do better.”
Shortly after the album’s release, Swift surprise-dropped an extended ‘Anthology’ edition of the record.