More than 18 months in, everyone can agree that Taylor Swift‘s Eras tour is more than just your average concert. It’s an event. Swift herself even used that word to describe what her record-slashing trek has become during the second of three sold-out nights at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday (Oct. 19).
Fans by the thousands packed in to the city’s biggest venue donning their Eras Best (think Sunday Best, but sequins, cowboy boots and beaded bracelets) not just to view the show of a lifetime, but to sing and dance their hearts out, trade friendship bracelets and make memories that will last forever.
At Hard Rock Stadium (and every venue she’s booked for this trek), Swift takes on the role of host, leading us through each of her eras/albums like chapters in a book — just not chronologically. This story begins with her 2019 album Lover, which was supposed to have a tour of its own in 2020 called Lover Fest but was ultimately cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She then makes her way back through Fearless, Red, Speak Now, Reputation, Folklore and Evermore, 1989 and The Tortured Poets Department, before concluding nearly 3.5 hours later with her latest Grammy album of the year winner, Midnights.
Like most music artists’ tours, each stop follows this same general setlist. But thanks to her surprise song set in which she plays two acoustic songs or mashups from her 220-plus song catalog on guitar and piano (plus the occasional wardrobe update and even more rare new music announcement), no two shows are ever the same.
Billboard was on the ground at the pop superstar’s impressive second night in Miami, and rounds up all the moments that made this show unique below.
