It’s been a long time coming for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour to return to Miami, Florida.
On October 18 Taylor re-opened The Eras Tour at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens Friday night after the break from her Europe performances. It was the first of three sold-out shows in Miami on the weekend. The tour kicked off its final leg in Miami two months after a record-setting series of five shows at London’s massive Wembley Stadium. Fifteen more dates will follow before Eras concludes December 8 in Vancouver, Canada.
“Miami! We are so back! That’s right,” a beaming Swift said three songs into the opening “Lover Era” set to introduce her rousing female empowerment song “The Man.”
Taylor also brought a surprising guest to her shows. London’s Florence Welch, who sings on the recording “Florida!!!”, was her surprise guest for Miami’s performance, reprising their duet performance from the final Wembley show in August. Miami even delivered one of its more infamous special effects of late — rain, which came and went almost as if orchestrated by Swift to complement her visuals.
Fans who couldn’t get tickets for Tampa’s shows last year or simply wanted to wait for Miami and who saw the resulting Eras Tour movie last fall will be happy to know the staging and costume design has remained largely intact for this last leg. You’re not seeing a secondhand Eras Tour from an exhausted performer.
In-the-know fans noticed some outfits differed, however. She sported University of Miami orange and green colors for her 1989 era. Taylor tailored some lyrics specifically for the Miami audience. The closing vamp of “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” now reads, “Pero, like never.”
Taylor still opens the show in the “Lover” era, clad for the opening and abbreviated “Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince” and fan-favorite “Cruel Summer” in an icy-hot sparkly orange Versace body suit atop studded orange and pink Louboutin boots, a change from lavender in previous dates. Her treadmill-toned tour legs go on for a country mile.
We added 73 HQ pictures of Taylor and Florence to our photo gallery.
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