Since the inception of Taylor Swift’s monumental Eras Tour, a captivating element has consistently ignited fan fervor: the surprise songs. From the very first performance, Swifties worldwide have eagerly anticipated the two acoustic tracks unearthed from Taylor’s extensive discography at each and every show. This tradition, launched at the tour’s inaugural night, has become a cornerstone of the Eras Tour experience, adding an unpredictable and deeply personal touch to each concert.
The Eras Tour commenced its record-breaking journey in Glendale, Arizona, in March 2023, where the initial surprise songs were “Mirrorball” from “Folklore” and “Tim McGraw,” a nostalgic nod to her debut album. This set the stage for a global phenomenon, as the tour traversed continents, captivating audiences in Japan, Australia, Singapore, and Europe. Now, as the Eras Tour returns to North America for its final leg, the anticipation surrounding the surprise song segment remains as intense as ever.
Adding another layer of excitement, Taylor Swift has increasingly woven medleys into the surprise song performances. This innovative approach allows fans to experience fragments of multiple beloved tracks within a single, unforgettable acoustic set. Below, you’ll find a comprehensive and continually updated list of all the surprise songs performed throughout the Eras Tour, a testament to Taylor’s ever-evolving setlist and her dedication to delivering unique moments for her fans.
Taylor Swift Eras Tour Surprise Songs Announcement
Eras Tour Surprise Songs: The Complete List
- March 17 in Glendale, Ariz. — “Mirrorball” and “Tim McGraw”
- March 18 in Glendale, Ariz. — “State of Grace” and “This Is Me Trying”
- March 24 in Las Vegas, Nev. — “Our Song” and “Snow on the Beach”
- March 25 in Las Vegas, Nev. — “Cowboy Like Me” with Marcus Mumford and “White Horse”
- March 31 in Arlington, Texas — “Sad Beautiful Tragic” and “Ours”
- April 1 in Arlington, Texas — “Death by a Thousand Cuts” and “Clean”
- April 2 in Arlington, Texas — “Jump Then Fall” and “The Lucky One”
- April 13 in Tampa, Fla. — “Speak Now” and “Treacherous”
- April 14 in Tampa, Fla. — “The Great War” with Aaron Dessner and “You’re on Your Own, Kid”
- April 15 in Tampa, Fla. — “Mad Woman” with Aaron Dessner and “Mean”
- April 21 in Houston, Texas — “Wonderland” and “You’re Not Sorry”
- April 22 in Houston, Texas — “A Place in This World” and “Today Was a Fairytale”
- April 23 in Houston, Texas — “Begin Again” and “Cold as You”
- April 28 in Atlanta, Ga. — “The Other Side of the Door” and “Coney Island”
- April 29 in Atlanta, Ga. — “High Infidelity” and “Gorgeous”
- April 30 in Atlanta, Ga. — “I Bet You Think About Me” and “How You Get the Girl”
- May 5 in Nashville, Tenn. — “Sparks Fly” and “Teardrops on My Guitar”
- May 6 in Nashville, Tenn. — “Out of the Woods” and “Fifteen”
- May 7 in Nashville, Tenn. — “Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve” with Aaron Dessner and “Mine”
- May 12 in Philadelphia, Penn. — “Gold Rush” and “Come Back…Be Here”
- May 13 in Philadelphia, Penn. — “Forever & Always” and “This Love”
- May 14 in Philadelphia, Penn. — “Hey Stephen” and “The Best Day”
- May 19 in Foxborough, Mass. — “Should’ve Said No” and “Better Man”
- May 20 in Foxborough, Mass. — “Question…?” and “Invisible”
- May 21 in Foxborough, Mass. — “I Think He Knows” and “Red”
- May 26 in East Rutherford, N.J. — “Getaway Car” with Jack Antonoff and “Maroon”
- May 27 in East Rutherford, N.J. — “Holy Ground” and “False God”
- May 28 in East Rutherford, N.J. — “Welcome to New York” and “Clean”
- June 2 in Chicago, Ill. — “I Wish You Would” and “The Lakes”
- June 3 in Chicago, Ill. — “You All Over Me” with Maren Morris and “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever”
- June 4 in Chicago, Ill. — “Hits Different” and “The Moment I Knew”
- June 9 in Detroit, Mich. — “Haunted” and “I Almost Do”
- June 10 in Detroit, Mich. — “All You Had to Do Was Stay” and “Breathe”
- June 16 in Pittsburgh, Penn. — “Mr. Perfectly Fine” and “The Last Time”
- June 17 in Pittsburgh, Penn. — “Seven” with Aaron Dessner and “The Story of Us”
- June 23 in Minneapolis, Minn. — “Paper Rings” and “If This Was a Movie”
- June 24 in Minneapolis, Minn. — “Dear John” and “Daylight”
- June 30 in Cincinnati, Ohio — “I’m Only Me When I’m With You” and “Evermore”
- July 1 in Cincinnati, Ohio — “Ivy” with Aaron Dessner, “I Miss You, I’m Sorry” with Gracie Abrams and “Call It What You Want”
- July 7 in Kansas City, Miss. — “Never Grow Up” and “When Emma Falls in Love”
- July 8 in Kansas City, Miss. — “Last Kiss” and “Dorothea”
- July 14 in Denver, Colo. — “Picture to Burn” and “Timeless”
- July 15 in Denver, Colo. — “Starlight” and “Back to December”
- July 22 in Seattle, Wash. — “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” and “Everything Has Changed”
- July 23 in Seattle, Wash. — “Message in a Bottle” and “Tied Together With a Smile”
- July 28 in Santa Clara, Calif. — “Right Where You Left Me” and “Castles Crumbling”
- July 29 in Santa Clara, Calif. — “Stay Stay Stay” and “All of the Girls You Loved Before”
- Aug. 3 in Los Angeles, Calif. — “I Can See You” and “Maroon”
- Aug. 4 in Los Angeles, Calif. — “Our Song” and “You Are in Love”
- Aug. 5 in Los Angeles, Calif. — “Death by a Thousand Cuts” and “You’re on Your Own, Kid”
- Aug. 7 in Los Angeles, Calif. — “Dress” and “Exile”
- Aug. 8 in Los Angeles, Calif. — “I Know Places” and “King of My Heart”
- Aug. 9 in Los Angeles, Calif. — “New Romantics” and “New Year’s Day”
- Aug. 24 in Mexico City, Mexico — “I Forgot That You Existed” and “Sweet Nothing”
- Aug. 25 in Mexico City, Mexico — “Tell Me Why” and “Snow on the Beach”
- Aug. 26 in Mexico City, Mexico — “Cornelia Street” and “You’re on Your Own, Kid”
- Aug. 27 in Mexico City, Mexico — “Afterglow” and “Maroon”
- Nov. 9 in Buenos Aires, Argentina — “The Very First Night” and “Labyrinth”
- Nov. 11 in Buenos Aires, Argentina — “Is It Over Now?”/ “Out of the Woods” and “End Game”
- Nov. 12 in Buenos Aires, Argentina — “Better Than Revenge” and “Slut!”
- Nov. 17 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — “Stay Beautiful” and “Suburban Legends”
- Nov. 19 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — “Dancing With Our Hands Tied” and “Bigger Than the Whole Sky”
- Nov. 20 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — “Me!” and “So It Goes”
- Nov. 24 in São Paulo, Brazil — “Now That We Don’t Talk” and “Innocent”
- Nov. 25 in São Paulo, Brazil — “Safe and Sound” and “Untouchable”
- Nov. 25 in São Paulo, Brazil — “Say Don’t Go” and “It’s Time to Go”
- Feb. 7 in Tokyo, Japan — “Dear Reader” and “Holy Ground”
- Feb. 8 in Tokyo, Japan — “Eyes Open” and “Electric Touch”
- Feb. 9 in Tokyo, Japan — “Superman” and “The Outside”
- Feb. 10 in Tokyo, Japan — “Come In With the Rain” and “You’re on Your Own Kid”
- Feb. 16 in Melbourne, Australia — “Red” and “You’re Losing Me”
- Feb. 17 in Melbourne, Australia — “Getaway Car”/”August”/”The Other Side of the Door” and “This Is Me Trying”
- Feb. 18 in Melbourne, Australia — “Come Back Be Here”/”Daylight” and “Teardrops on My Guitar”
- Feb. 23 in Sydney, Australia — “How You Get the Girl” and “White Horse”/”Coney Island” with Sabrina Carpenter
- Feb. 24 in Sydney, Australia — “Should’ve Said No” and “New Year’s Day”/”Peace”
- Feb. 25 in Sydney, Australia — “Is It Over Now”/”I Wish You Would” and “Haunted”/”Exile”
- Feb. 26 in Sydney, Australia — “Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve”/”Ivy” and “Forever & Always”/”Maroon”
- March 2 in Singapore — “Long Story Short”/”The Story of Us” and “Clean”/”Evermore”
- March 3 in Singapore — “Mine”/”Starlight” and “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever”/”Dress”
- March 4 in Singapore — “Foolish One”/”Tell Me Why” and “This Love”/”Call It What You Want”
- March 7 in Singapore — “Death by a Thousand Cuts”/”Babe” and “Fifteen”/”You’re on Your Own, Kid”
- March 8 in Singapore — “Sparks Fly”/”Gold Rush” and “False God”/”Slut!”
- March 9 in Singapore — “Tim McGraw”/”Cowboy Like Me” and “Mirrorball”/”Epiphany”
- May 9 in Paris, France — “Paris” and “loml”
- May 10 in Paris, France — “Is It Over Now?”/”Out of the Woods” and “My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys”
- May 11 in Paris, France — “Hey Stephen” and “Maroon”
- May 12 in Paris, France — “The Alchemy”/”Treacherous” and “Begin Again”/”Paris”
- May 17 in Stockholm, Sweden — “I Think He Know”/”Gorgeous” and “Peter”
- May 18 in Stockholm, Sweden –“Guilty as Sin?” and “Say Don’t Go”/”Welcome to New York”/”Clean”
- May 19 in Stockholm, Sweden — “Message in a Bottle”/”How You Get the Girl”/”New Romantics” and “How Did It End?”
- May 24 in Lisbon, Portugal — “Come Back Be Here”/”The Way I Loved You”/”The Other Side of the Door” and “Fresh Out the Slammer”/”High Fidelity”
- May 25 in Lisbon, Portugal — “The Tortured Poets Department”/”Now That We Don’t Talk” and “You’re on Your Own Kid”/”Long Live”
- May 29 in Madrid, Spain — “Sparks Fly”/”I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)” and “I Look in People’s Windows”/”Snow on the Beach”
- May 30 in Madrid, Spain — “Our Song”/”Jump Then Fall” and “King of My Heart”
- June 2 in Lyon, France — “The Prophecy”/”Long Story Short” and “Fifteen”/”You’re on Your Own Kid”
- June 3 in Lyon, France — “Glitch”/”Everything Has Changed” and “Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus”
- June 7 in Edinburgh, Scotland — “Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve”/”I Know Places” and “Tis the Damn Season”/”Daylight”
- June 8 in Edinburgh, Scotland — “The Bolter”/”Getaway Car” and “All of the Girls You Loved Before”/”Crazier”
- June 9 in Edinburgh, Scotland — “It’s Nice to Have a Friend”/”Dorothea” and “Haunted”/”Exile”
- June 13 in Liverpool, U.K. — “I Can See You”/”Mine” and “Cornelia Street”/”Maroon”
- June 14 in Liverpool, U.K. — “This Is What You Came For”/”Gold Rush” and “The Great War”/”You’re Losing Me”
- June 15 in Liverpool, U.K. — “Carolina”/”No Body, No Crime” and “The Manuscript”/”Red”
- June 18 in Cardiff, U.K. — “I Forgot That You Existed”/”This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” and “I Hate It Here”/”The Lakes”
- June 21 in London, U.K. — “Hits Different”/”Death by a Thousand Cuts” and “The Black Dog”/”Come Back… Be Here”/”Maroon”
- June 22 in London, U.K. — “Thank You Aimee”/”Mean” and “Castles Crumbling” With Hayley Williams
- June 23 in London, U.K. — “Us” With Gracie Abrams and “Out of the Woods”/”Is It Over Now?”/”Clean”
- June 28 in Dublin, Ireland — “State of Grace”/”You’re on Your Own, Kid” and “Sweet Nothing”/”Hoax”
- June 29 in Dublin, Ireland — “The Albatross”/”Dancing With Our Hands Tied” and “This Love”/”Ours”
- June 30 in Dublin, Ireland — “Clara Bow”/”The Lucky One” and “You’re on Your Own, Kid”
- July 4 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands — “Guilty as Sin?”/”Untouchable” and “The Archer”/”Question…?”
- July 5 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands — “I’m Gonna Get You Back”/”Dress” and “You Are in Love”/”Cowboy Like Me”
- July 6 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands — “Sweeter Than Fiction”/”Holy Ground” and “Mary’s Song (Oh My My My)”/”So High School”/”Everything Has Changed”
- July 9 in Zurich, Switzerland — “Right Where You Left Me”/”All You Had to Do Was Stay” and “Last Kiss”/”Sad Beautiful Tragic”
- July 10 in Zurich, Switzerland — “Closure”/”A Perfectly Good Heart” and “Robin”/”Never Grow Up”
- July 13 in Milan, Italy — “The 1/Wonderland” and “I Almost Do”/”The Moment I Knew”
- July 14 in Milan, Italy — “Mr. Perfectly Fine”/”Red” and “Getaway Car”/”Out of the Woods”
- July 17 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany — “Superstar”/”Invisible String” and “Slut!”/”False God”
- July 18 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany — “Speak Now”/”Hey Stephen” and “This Is Me Trying”/”Labyrinth”
- July 19 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany — “Paper Rings”/”Stay Stay Stay” and “It’s Time to Go”/”Better Man”
- July 23 in Hamburg, Germany — “Teardrops on My Guitar”/”The Last Time” and “We Were Happy”/”Happiness”
- July 24 in Hamburg, Germany — “The Last Great American Dynasty”/”Run” and “Nothing New”/”Dear Reader”
- July 27 in Munich, Germany — “Fresh Out the Slammer”/”You Are in Love” and “Ivy”/”Call It What You Want”
- July 28 in Munich, Germany — “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever”/”I’m Gonna Get You Back” and “loml”/”Don’t You”
- Aug. 1 in Warsaw, Poland — “Mirrorball”/”Clara Bow” and “Suburban Legends”/”New Year’s Day”
- Aug. 2 in Warsaw, Poland — “I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)”/”I Can See You” and “Red”/”Maroon”
- Aug. 3 in Warsaw, Poland — “Today Was a Fairytale”/”I Think He Knows” and “The Black Dog”/”Exile”
- Aug. 15 in London, U.K. — “Everything Has Changed”/”End Game”/”Thinking Out Loud” with Ed Sheeran and “King of My Heart”/”The Alchemy”
- Aug. 16 in London, U.K. — “London Boy” and “Dear John”/”Sad Beautiful Tragic”
- Aug. 17 in London, U.K. — “I Did Something Bad” and “My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys”/”Coney Island”
- Aug. 19 in London, U.K. — “Long Live”/”Change” and “The Archer”/”You’re on Your Own Kid”
- Aug. 20 in London, U.K. — “Death by a Thousand Cuts”/”Getaway Car” with Jack Antonoff and “So Long, London”
- Oct. 18 in Miami, Fla. — “Tim McGraw”/”Timeless” and “This Is Me Trying”/”Daylight”
- Oct. 19 in Miami, Fla. — “Should’ve Said No”/”I Did Something Bad” and “loml”/”White Horse”
- Oct. 20 in Miami, Fla. — “Out of the Woods”/”All You Had to Do Was Stay” and “Mirrorball”/”Guilty as Sin?”
- Oct. 25 in New Orleans, La. — “Our Song”/”Call It What You Want” and “The Black Dog”/”Haunted”
- Oct. 26 in New Orleans, La. — “Espresso”/”Is It Over Now?”/”Please Please Please” with Sabrina Carpenter and “Hits Different”/”Welcome to New York”
- Oct. 27 in New Orleans, La. — “Afterglow”/”Dress” and “How You Get the Girl”/”Clean”
- Nov. 1 in Indianapolis, Ind. — “The Albatross”/”Holy Ground” and “Cold as You”/”Exile”
- Nov. 2 in Indianapolis, Ind. — “The Prophecy”/”This Love” and “Maroon”/”Cowboy Like Me”
- Nov. 3 in Indianapolis, Ind. — “Cornelia Street”/”The Bolter” and “Death by a Thousand Cuts”/”The Great War”
- Nov. 14 in Toronto, Canada — “My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys”/”This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” and “False God”/”‘Tis the Damn Season”
- Nov. 15 in Toronto, Canada — “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever”/”Mine” and “Evermore”/”Peter”
- Nov. 16 in Toronto, Canada — “Us” with Gracie Abrams/”Out of the Woods” and “You’re on Your Own, Kid”/”Long Story Short”
- Nov. 21 in Toronto, Canada — “Mr. Perfectly Fine”/”Better Than Revenge” and “State of Grace”/”Labyrinth”
- Nov. 22 in Toronto, Canada — “Ours”/”The Last Great American Dynasty” and “Cassandra”/”Mad Woman”/”I Did Something Bad”
- Nov. 23 in Toronto, Canada — “Sparks Fly”/”Message in a Bottle” and “You’re Losing Me”/”How Did It End?”
- Dec. 6 in Vancouver, Canada — “Haunted”/”Wonderland” and “Never Grow Up”/”The Best Day”
- Dec. 7 in Vancouver, Canada — “I Love You, I’m Sorry”/”Last Kiss” with Gracie Abrams and “The Tortured Poets Department”/”Maroon”
- Dec. 8 in Vancouver, Canada — “A Place in This World”/”New Romantics” and “Long Live”/”New Year’s Day”/”The Manuscript”
Taylor Swift Surprise Songs Performance
This ever-growing catalog of surprise songs underscores the unique and evolving nature of the Eras Tour. For fans attending multiple shows, or even a single concert, the surprise song segment offers an exclusive, once-in-a-lifetime musical moment. It’s a testament to Taylor Swift’s artistry and her deep connection with her fanbase, ensuring that each Eras Tour performance remains a singular and cherished experience.
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