By Taylor Swift The Eras tour Book launched at Target in the US on Black Friday (November 29). Hardcover and 256 pages long, the coffee table book is filled with concert photos to see — and provides an overview of The Eras tour that includes some facts about the concert journey that will be new to even the most dedicated fans.
“I decided to create the biggest, most ambitious show I had ever even attempted. Averaged 3 hours and 15 minutes, with 45 songs played. My goal was for every fan to walk away from this show knowing that I gave them absolutely everything I had,” Swift wrote, in part, on The Eras tour Book import.
The table of contents shows that the book is organized by era, as is the tour set list. Each era is commemorated with words from Swift and beautiful concert photography.
There's also a section in the book about what goes on behind the scenes, including pages crediting the band's members, backup singers and dancers. glimpses of Swift in rehearsal and behind the scenes. visual tributes to her microphone and guitar collections and her wardrobe — plus sketches and illustrations of Eras' various outfits.
It took stops at two different targets to secure both the book and the new one Section The tortured poets: The Anthology vinyl on Friday morning in-store, where both were released exclusively in person (ahead of an online release the following day, Saturday, November 30). The first Target had several books in stock on a large display along with the exclusive CD version of the album, but had already sold all of its early bird vinyls. Section The tortured poets: The Anthology The vinyl was available at the second Target, where all the new Swift items were kept behind the customer service desk instead of being displayed on the floor.
Here's what we learned from The Eras tour Book after getting our hands on the latest versions of Swift. Warning: This list contains spoilers from the walkthrough.
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The “Next Age” is on her mind
Swift says her “favorite Eras tour” was “the most amazing tour of my life.” While at the time of her book's release, the season isn't over yet, with three more dates in Vancouver from December 6-8, the star's choice to sign his foreword The Eras tour Book with “See you next era… Taylor” makes it easy for one's mind to wander. What's next for the artist, who has made history in many genres and areas of the music industry since starting a songwriting career in Nashville some 20 years ago? What's happening right now, as the Eras tour wraps up at the end of 2024, that might hint at its next era? It is certainly several steps forward while we wonder.
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The 'Tortured Poets' Rover has a driver under the Swift's platform
It's not glitter dust, cosmic love, or any element of alien abduction that powers the moving platform that carries Swift on stage during Tormented poets shows like “Down Bad”. Although the moment is staged to feel mystical and magical, it's a member of the star's tour crew that keeps her moving. “The 'rover' platform I'm traveling on is actually operated by a crew member, who sits inside the platform and drives it from the inside,” Swift reveals in her book.
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It looks comfortable inside the cleaning basket
At one point early on in The Eras tour, fans realized that Swift had made a surprise entrance on the main stage before the clock counted down for her opening number. The concert hosts won't be lost before her official entrance on stage because she is stealthily wheeled onto the stage while encased in a box labeled the cleaning cart.
The Eras tour Book features an image of Swift sitting comfortably inside the “cleaning cart,” which is minimally decorated with twinkling lights, framed art of cats, a print of the “animal of the day” (Meredith), a photo of the city he was probably playing the night the photo was taken and not only that.
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Why 'Enchanted' Is The One Song 'Speak Now' Should Be Repeated
Speak now Fans have been wondering why “Enchanted” is the one song from Swift's third album that has a permanent spot on The Eras tour setlist. Swift explains, “I chose the epic 'Enchanted' to represent this album because it's always been my favorite song on the album.” In The Eras tour Book He also writes that “Enchanted” is meant to “bring out that blur of summer intrigue we feel when we lock eyes with someone in a room.”
As the story goes, Swift's working title for the album was originally Spellbound.
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The 'Vigilante Shit' chair dance is her favorite to perform
Not only is the sexy dance number 'Vigilante Shit' a favorite of Swift's — her performance Midnight The piece is the highlight of the entire concert, he writes The Eras tour Book.
Of her “favorite moment of the night,” she says, “It's just the most fun I've ever had, this one. The chair choreography! The flattering, vindictive, mischievous personas we can try and play with.”
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Her dancers learned how to checkmate for 'Mastermind'
“For 'Mastermind,' we're recreating a chessboard, and when I signal the dancers to move to different spots on the board, they're actually creating the exact order for a checkmate,” Swift points out to a chorus of smarts inside her. Midnight series. If you're not a chess pro, this exact copy of the move revealed in her tour book is probably news to you too. The concept fits right in with the lyrics of the song: “And the touch of a hand lit the fuse/ Of a chain reaction of opposite movements/ To evaluate your equation/ Matt, I couldn't lose.”
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The '22' hat has a sweet surprise inside
Each night of The Eras tour, one lucky fan becomes the proud new owner of the black hat Swift wore during her performance of '22'. It's often a very excited, very young fan who is surprised with that coveted concert memorabilia and a hug from the star, who Swift writes “warmed my heart every night.” A fun fact about this wonderful moment is revealed in her tour book: The inside of the hat even has Swift's autograph.
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Swift always knew how she wanted to open The Eras tour
There were no questions on Swift's mind when it came to the opening verse of her first tour in years. As she explains in her book, “I knew a lot Lover The season should open the show, specifically the line “it's been a long time coming.” Why was it! I had never gotten to tour Lover album and so this was a whole new era that we were creating.” The Eras tour which kicked off in 2023, after Swift's much-anticipated Lover Fest dates, originally scheduled for 2020, were postponed and eventually canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In the time between what would be Lover Fest and what became The Eras tour, he recorded and released three albums (Folklore, Forever and Midnight) and added another to her discography before Eras ended (Department of Tormented Poets).
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