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Taylor Swift’s setlist and surprise songs in The Eras Tour concert in Liverpool
On Thursday, Swift played the first of three concerts at the home of The Beatles at Anfield in Liverpool.
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour rumbles on, with the “Shake It Off” songstress currently on the European leg of her tour, which began in Nanterre near Paris on 9 May and will conclude with a five-night run at Wembley Stadium in London on 20 August. The 34-year-old will visit the home of the English national football team twice, with three more dates at the venue starting next week after visits to Liverpool and Cardiff, Wales.
How much will Liverpool FC make from Swift’s gigs at Anfield?
Swift played the first of three Liverpool gigs at Anfield on Thursday (13 June), with her temporary residency at the soccer stadium set to earn Liverpool Football Club somewhere in the region of £5m to £10m ($6.38 million to $10.75 million), according to reports.
The singer had never played at the home of The Beatles before, instead visiting nearby Manchester on her 1989 and Reputation tours.
Former Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp was among the concertgoers on Thursday, the German making his first public return to Anfield since surprisingly announcing he would be stepping down from his position at the end of the season just finished.
What songs did Swift play in Liverpool?
And he, along with around 50,000 others, was treated to a 45-song show, with Swift playing tracks from nine of her 10 (original) studio albums, with poor old “Taylor Swift,” her 2006 debut, the only one not represented.
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour surprise songs
Of course, a Taylor Swift gig wouldn’t be a Taylor Swift gig without a couple of surprise songs thrown in there for fun. If you’re going along to a future concert and you want to keep some of the mystery, look away now…
At Anfield, the 34-year-old also belted out a “I Can See You” x “Mine” mashup (both from third studio album “Speak Now”, followed by a mix of “Cornelia Street” (from “Lover”) and “Maroon” (“Midnights”).
Swift’s time in Liverpool will finish on Saturday (15 June) after three nights, after which she will remain in England (London) before visiting Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Poland and Austria. The Eras Tour ends with its second North American leg, which begins in Miami on 18 October and finishes in Vancouver, Canada on 8 December.