'Really long time': Taylor Swift opens up about feeling 'overwhelmed' during Eras Tour's opening show
GLENDALE, ARIZONA: Taylor Swift admits she felt 'really overwhelmed' while performing the opening show of her highly anticipated The Eras Tour on Friday night, March 17, in Arizona.
After almost five years, the 'Love Story' singer performed her very first concert of the tour, where she performed a setlist of 44 songs to 70,000 Swifties at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale. Swifties descended upon the city in full Swift-inspired costumes and the location itself changed its name to 'Swift City', to honor the start of her tour, according to the Glendale, Arizona website. To such an enthusiastic audience, Swift played her heart out but she also admitted to some big emotions during the night.
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'Really long time since I’ve been on tour'
The 12-time Grammy winner, happily filled with confidence, sang and danced around the stage. About an hour into her three-hour performance, she spoke to the cheering audience, telling them, "Is it just me, or do we have a lot of things to catch up on? It’s been a really long time since I’ve been on tour."
“I don’t know how to process all of this and the way it’s making me feel right now.” Taylor getting emotional looking at the crowd last night. #TSTheErasTour #TSTheErasTourGlendale #GlendaleN1 pic.twitter.com/lThaXQLpJ0
— Taylor Swift: Eras Tour (@TS13ontour) March 18, 2023
"I can’t even go into how much I’ve missed you...because there’s no way to verbalize it," she said. The hitmaker went on to admit she was really overwhelmed, and trying to keep it together all night.“I don’t know how to process all of this and the way it’s making me feel right now", she said emotionally.
Wearing a dazzling pink rhinestone leotard, fishnet stockings, and a pair of silver sparkling boots, Swift kicked off the first leg of her Eras tour by singing 'Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince' from her 2019 studio album 'Lover'. Then, she changed into many costumes including a silver suit jacket, a gold-laden tulle gown which she wore while singing Enchanted, and a lilac bohemian maxi dress while performing tracks from Folklore.
How long did Taylor Swift perform?
Swift, as a special treat toward the end of her show, performed an acoustic version of her first-ever single, Tim McGraw. She didn't miss the chance to show off her guitar skills with an acoustic version of her song 'Mirrorball'.
The show ended up featuring a staggering 44 songs throughout the evening, including the extended 10-minute version of 'All Too Well', which was featured as a bonus track on the rerecorded version of her hit album 'Red'. In total, she performed for three hours and 15 minutes.
