Taylor Swift Eras tour reaches Europe with opening show in Paris – live | Taylor Swift

There may be some changes coming in the Europe leg of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour.

In the previous shows, the singer used this general setlist:

• The Lover era with several songs including ‘The Man’ and ‘Lover’

• The Fearless era with ‘Fearless’, ‘You Belong With Me’ and ‘Love Story’

• The Evermore era with five songs, including ‘Marjorie’ and ‘Champagne Problems’

• The Reputation era with four songs, such as ‘…Ready for It?’ and ‘Look What You Made Me Do’

• The Speak Now era with ‘Enchanted’ and ‘Long Live’

• The Red era with four songs, including the epic ‘All Too Well’ 10 minute version.

• The Folklore era with seven songs, including ‘Betty’ and ‘‘The Last Great American Dynasty’

• The 1989 era with five songs, including ‘Shake It Off’ and ‘Wildest Dreams’

• An acoustic section with surprise songs

• The Midnights Era with seven songs, ending with ‘Mastermind’ and ‘Karma’

Paramore, the support act for the European leg of the Eras tour, are on stage now:

Raphaëlle Plasse, head of booking and venue management at Paris La Défense Arena, spoke with the Guardian ahead of today’s concert about what to expect.

“The tour will be different,” she said. “The show will be a brand new one,” Plasse said, adding Taylor Swift is adding new music to the lineup.

“I’m expecting the Swifties to be very surprised,” she said.

Who’s coming?

45,000 people will attend each of the four Paris shows, Plasse said.

A total of 30% of the audience is expected to arrive from outside of France. And 20% of attendees will be from the United States, according to Plasse. Americans are the biggest contingent from outside France, followed by concert-goers from the UK and Belgium.

The crowd is set to be young and overwhelmingly female: 56% of ticket buyers were younger than 25, and 70% were female.

“There will be a lot of parents,” Plasse noted.

This morning, ahead of Taylor Swift’s first Eras show in Europe, people lined up patiently near the Paris La Défense Arena to buy Swift-themed mechanise

Margaux, a 16-year-old from Paris, said she has been a Swift fan since 2021-2022, listening first to the pandemic-era album Folklore. But she now loves Taylor’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department (TTPD), as well.

“I’m expecting TTPD,” she said, pointing on online clues from the American singer.

“I hope she’s not going to stop doing the surprise song, because that’s the best part of the concert,” she said.

Manon, a 29-year-old from Brittany, said she has been a fan since around the age of 12. “I want TTPD, but I’m here for the Lover album, and 1989,” she said.

Standing nearby in the line, her 21-year-old cousin, Pauline, joked: “when she was babysitting me at my grandma’s house, she would force me to watch Taylor Swift… so we grew up together watching that.”

Welcome to a special edition of the Guardian Europe blog, coming to you from outside the Paris La Défense Arena in France.

Tonight, Taylor Swift will be performing here in front of an enthusiastic international crowd, on the first evening of the Europe leg of her Eras tour.

I’ve spent much of the day talking to fans who arrived for the concert, and are highly excited to see how the show might be changing tonight.

Many of the fans here today are in their late teens or early 20s. Most appear to be longtime Swifties – and very well-versed in Taylor’s music.

They have also put a lot of time and effort into preparations for the show, from Taylor-themed outfits to friendship bracelets.

Stay tuned for updates.

Are you here at the Paris era show? Are you a Swiftie following from afar? Send us your thoughts on favourite songs, outfits, expectations for tonight and reviews of TTPD to: [email protected]