Saying Goodbye to the Eras Tour: Photos of Unforgettable Moments

Since Taylor Swift kicked off The Eras tour on March 17, 2023, the global trek has dominated the touring industry and given fans endless moments of joy, from surprise guests (from openers like Gracie Abrams to a certain NFL star named Travis Kelce) until released again. announcements — Speak Now (Taylor Edition) and 1989 (Taylor's Version) — and so much more.

As Swift said of the tour's impending end during a June stop in Liverpool, England:[It] it feels so far away from now, but then again, it's like playing our first show on this tour because you guys made it so fun for us.”

And yet, on December 8, 2024, the exit was complete, after 149 performances spanning five continents. While the night didn't include any major surprises, of course, it did provide some special moments for fans throughout the set, especially during the “season” of the acoustic surprise.

For her last surprise song of the tour, Swift performed a mashup of “Long Live” and “New Year's Day” with an additional track from “The Manuscript,” singing, “I read the manuscript again, but the story isn't mine anymore”.

And yet, it was a verse from “Long Live” that garnered the most emotion, as Swift sang, “It was the end of a timebut the beginning of an era,” cleverly changing the words from the recording, in which he says “the end of a decade.”

And while there really wasn't a way to sum up such an experience in words, Swift did her best, saying earlier in the show while introducing “All Too Well”: “The lasting legacy of this tour is that you created such a space of joy and of companionship and love….that's why it's so special, and you supporting me as long as you have is why I take these wonderful walks down memory lane every night — because you cared about every season my whole life that I've been making music.”