“I love tonight, I love tonight, I love tonight,” Taylor Swift gushed from the center of Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Saturday night (May 13). As the second show of Swift’s three-date Philly weekend neared its conclusion, she confided in the crowd: there were some shows where she and her crew of musicians and dancers didn’t want to be eventually forced from the stage, and Saturday night was one of them. Swift wrapped up the sentiment simply: “You guys are… lit.”
They had good reason to be. As the Eras tour approaches the two-month mark of its launch in March, Taylor Swift’s stadium extravaganza keeps rolling on, and seemingly getting better. Compared to its opening date in Glendale, Ariz., the career-spanning performance has tightened, from the more pinpoint twirls on “Fearless” to the snarling vocal work on “Look What You Made Me Do,” from the changeover between eras to the steady rapport Swift has developed with her audience. Yes, the general beats remain the same, and the setlist, visuals and outfits have largely remained static from the tour launch — but the Eras tour contains a confident energy, a vehicle newly polished and now firing on all cylinders.
And within those refined details came memorable (and some unexpected) treats on Saturday night. Here are five standout moments from another incandescent stop on the Eras tour:
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