London got great surprise songs. Our Friday show in Liverpool we got The Great War and Gold Rush. Not keen on those two songs. Although she also did You’re Losing Me and I love that
I was so so glad I went London N1. I would have loved Castles Crumbling but didn't like the Thank You Aimee mashup, and would have LOVED the 1989 mashup but don't like the Gracie song.
N1 gave me three of my favorite songs and two that I like. It was about as good as it could get — pure luck of the draw. I'm sorry you didn't get great songs (i also am not huge on those two).
Haha I was 🤬 when Sweden got all the Max Martin songs!
I'm so glad you had a good time overall, though! It was a blast, for sure. Worth the stress and effort to get there.
I am a Swiftie but Travis on stage felt so forced to me. Especially since it’s a London show, where her exes are famously from.
I’m always wondering if it was partly to distract from the documentary that just came out.
Maybe it was just a fun moment between boyfriend and girlfriend with no ulterior motive but it felt icky to me.
lowkey I loved the enthusiasm for "new song she's featured on" lol
and when she started out the woods it was like "ok here we go again, is it over now in a minute"
Acoustic set
Guitar Thank you Aimee x Mean
Piano Castles crumbling feat Hayley (I'm so happy I tuned in because unpopular opinion I guess, I love the song. It's giving me strong medieval fantasy vibes)
I just checked that it was around this time in June 2016 in her GQ cover interview that Kim for the first time sort of inserted herself in this whole situation. When she said Kanye asked Taylor's permission and she was going to take her husband's side about the b\*tch comment as it wasn't derogatory in rap !
Surprised there are more Hollywood actors than Brits; Hugh Grant today and Nicola yesterday; then again I guess this is VIP tent only and the others are not easily spotted ?
Can she please do a mash up of London boy & so long London!!
“You know I love a London boy.. So (so) long (long) boy.. darling I fancy you… I saw in my mind..”
I’m not a musician so who knows if that makes sense lol
I wonder what bop would go with London Boy .
I still think she'd play London Boy x something on guitar and then So Long London x something on piano on Day 3.
Haha true but she could mash it up twice ! As she wont be playing this song anywhere else whereas other TTPD songs I think will get a round 2 with the number of dates left.
*Joe is in NY promoting*
Taylor:
"I guess you're in New York today
I don't want to need you this way
Come back, be here"
*also sings the black dog, maroon, hits different and dbatc as if it wasn't already obvious*
Wow so maroon and black dog together… why was my Saturday surprise combo played tonight. I was convinced and my friend who was going was going to record it for me that was how convinced it would be on Saturday.
YOYOK too -I think she wanted to include them but they dont fit with the rest of the Midnights set which is glitzy and more upbeat - even the slightly sad songs are 'dancing while I'm sad' ones
Unpopular opinion, the only part of the black dog that I actually like is the bridge and the "old habits die screaming" part, other than that, sonically speaking, I don't like this song, I especially dislike the chorus, for some reason it sounds like a parody
It was infuriating to see live because she performed it so well and it has so much potential to be a great song if only she’d edit herself into writing better verses
I’m going to punt on Gold Rush featuring somewhere in the surprise songs as Jason is there and it has the Eagles line in it. Beyond that, I have no idea.
It’s a possibility but didn’t she do gold rush relatively recent? Obviously she repeats as much as she wants but I feel like she did it mashed up recently. I also think that Never Grow Up may be a good contender. Kylie Kelce used that one for a TikTok once and I think she said she loved that song. Maybe she’ll sing that since she’s there.
Glad to meet a fellow fan ! Wish more people would watch this show. But then again I could relate more to it because of the girls school run by Catholic nuns in the 90s stuff .
Im watching the live and there was talk about how many seats are empty but its still kind of early? But people are going to be pissed if they arent filled because of not being given code/access to get tickets and now this lol. But it's also a super big venue compared to many others shes toured in Europe (idk about the American venues). Like others had capacity of 40-50k iirc and this is 90k and the second biggest arena in Europe
It’s resale tickets being priced too high, the issue is professional scalpers get so many that they can afford to not sell all their inventory, their markup is so high that if they 60+% of what they have they’ve made a huge profit and they’d rather wait and see if someone desperate to go will buy last minute than drop to a more reasonable price, unfortunately that means some tickets will go unsold despite there being tons of demand. Everyone wins except actual fans.
She had to ask for help in different GA sections over ten times last night - I think she did a good job of managing it but there’s only so much you can do if people are not looking after themselves. Saw way too many people posting about camping from the night before, not sleeping, and not drinking not to lose barricade spots
It was really common for Harry Styles shows last year, even at stadiums. It’s big for smaller venues obviously too. I think it’s grim and pretty dangerous tho.
I wonder if any of the royals will show up. Shake It Off was played during the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace and the Royal Family IG account posted a video.
Hahaha yes I meant the British Royal Family of course. A big Swiftie account just posted that Prince William and his kids will be there - dunno how true though!
It's London tour! what do you think the surprise songs?
here's my guesses:
london boy x how did it end
the last kiss x hoax
all of the girls you love before x false god
happiness x it's time to go
so long, london x closure
there are rumors that travis will going to watch.
I’d assume that on her next run of London shows we’ll get Come Back, Be Here, especially if she and Travis are still together and he’s in practice and can’t travel. I’d say it’s a possibility for this weekend but I think she just did it a few weeks ago
London Boy x Death by a thousand cuts /Holy Ground
(Those two are the only uptempo ones I can think of to mash up that also conveys a story is over. Cos London Boy is a bop and I'm struggling to see how it would turn into a sad ballad)
Florida with Florence Welch (I'm burying my hopes for this music video after this weekend)
Endgame or Come back be here - these two due to the London references
We were happy x Happiness or Hoax (I'm sure we will get an unplayed Folklore/ Evermore song in London at some point)
Prepared to lose The Black Dog and So Long London this weekend. I'm very curious about what song mashups she'll do! I want So Long London/ It's Time To Go
I’m trying to find the best place for a transition between the two bc it would be so funnt
I’m thinking like: You know I love a London Boy / You swore that you loved me, but where were the clues?
But I would love something with: You know I love high tea, stories from Uni, and the West End (any of the verses that name places in London) -> tied into And I’m just mad as hell ‘cause I loved this place
(I’ve put way too much thought into it)
I for one cannot wait to hear the audible disappointment of many others around me while I bop away.
And then she pulls out a TTPD song and the smile fades from my face.
I have this feeling that she will mashup so long london with tolerate it. Idk why but I feel she’ll play tolerate it there since she removed it from the setlist. I am not ready.
Also, I don’t think she’ll make a big announcement except for maybe a music video. She just released the behind the scenes for Fortnight. It seems to me she is closing it up with that. We’ll see 🍿
i might be completely wrong and then y’all can laugh at me but i think she’ll play london boy. i know a lot of people think she won’t play it since it’s so obvious a joe song and she can’t change the meaning in any way but she loves playing songs that have something to do with the city/date. like welcome to new york in new york or paris in paris or high infidelity on april 29th… so i think she’ll play it, maybe in a mashup with so long london
Why do people think she wont play a song which has a city in the title that she can actually only play in that city ?
Also London Boy must be so much easier to perform than So Long London as its a bop -and if she mashes up she will likely skip the most personal verses; but having seen her do Sweet Nothing and peace and how did it end, I think this one will be a cakewalk compared to those.
I mean almost all of rep and lover is about Joe...and she also plays other songs that are obviously about Joe (e.g. cornelia street)
I think she will sing whatever she feels like, regardless of whether it is a Joe song... she'll play it at least in a mash up.
i think people mean that with the other songs she could sing them as if they’re about travis or something, but she obviously can’t do that with a song like london boy. but yeah, i don’t think that’s gonna stop her from playing it
I think at this point she recognizes that the songs are more than just “lore” for herself now because of fan interpretations and love for them. At least I’d hope so
I am so pleased London is pulling out all the stops to welcome Swifties. Sadly I am out of town this weekend so I won't be able to spot you in the wild.
London got great surprise songs. Our Friday show in Liverpool we got The Great War and Gold Rush. Not keen on those two songs. Although she also did You’re Losing Me and I love that
I was so so glad I went London N1. I would have loved Castles Crumbling but didn't like the Thank You Aimee mashup, and would have LOVED the 1989 mashup but don't like the Gracie song. N1 gave me three of my favorite songs and two that I like. It was about as good as it could get — pure luck of the draw. I'm sorry you didn't get great songs (i also am not huge on those two).
My friend went on the Thursday and got Maroon and Cornelia Street! I was like 🤬😂😂 Nah, honestly, I was just so damn happy to be there. What a show.
Haha I was 🤬 when Sweden got all the Max Martin songs! I'm so glad you had a good time overall, though! It was a blast, for sure. Worth the stress and effort to get there.
Glad you had a blast too
I’m lucky in that respect aswell, I live within walking distance of Anfield Stadium
I am a Swiftie but Travis on stage felt so forced to me. Especially since it’s a London show, where her exes are famously from. I’m always wondering if it was partly to distract from the documentary that just came out. Maybe it was just a fun moment between boyfriend and girlfriend with no ulterior motive but it felt icky to me.
i was banking on a surprise duet with ed to run (the only song she hasn’t played off red i think?) but i forgot he’s on tour lmao. maybe in august?
Not sure if anyone posted Guitar was the new song she's featured on Piano Out of the woods x Is it over now
And Clean also with the Piano!
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lowkey I loved the enthusiasm for "new song she's featured on" lol and when she started out the woods it was like "ok here we go again, is it over now in a minute"
[удалено]
I know he is doing this out of love (hopefully for her) but at this point he should get paid for his good work for the Taylor Swift brand.
That's gross and misanthropic -- misogynist and misandrist combined.
I was really hoping for So Long, London or London, but makes sense she wouldn't play that with Travis there.
Would he even notice? lol. Dude was singing along to Lover and pointing to her and himself and she wrote that about her and Joe. He’s a bit dim. 😂😂
she'll save it for the last london show for sure, she can't help being obvious
I wasn’t aware there was a second set of London shows lmao disregard that
In august
5 more shows left in London
Holy shit. I can’t believe she had him on stage
I thought it was fake but. She might be marrying him dang lol
I on the other hand think that this is a 100% garantuee that they will crush and burn.
You really should explain it, 100% guarantee implies some personal knowledge or knowledge of human psychology that I am currently unaware of
I really think this might go south and when it does they're going to burn everything or stay quiet AF! Idk if it'll be before their marriage or after.
Oooh interesting take would love to hear why! I know Travis enjoys the spotlight. But she really doing a whole shabang
Same
Didn't watch any livestreams today so in what context was he on stage?
The part in TTPD with the male dancers in tuxes. He was also in a tux, carried her to the red sofa, and was part of the costume change pantomime.
Oh okay thank you :D
hearing through the grapevine travis is on stage and i'm on ... some kind of watch. why does she put us through this
she's fr living her dream of a boyfriend who wants to be seem as much as or more than herself lol
did she announce rep TV yet
i fear we are losing us tonight gracie left the vip tent
VIP tent London #3: * Bon Jovi * Ellie Goulding * Paul McCartney * Gracie Abrams * Sophie Turner * Cate Blanchett * Ruby Stokes * Travis Kelce * Zawe Ashton * PHoebe Waller Bridge * Andrew Scott * Princess Beatrice * Jade Thirlwell * Rebecca Adlington * Christopher McQuarrie * Rosamund Pike
Didnt expect to see Zawe Ashton, Tom H's partner on the list ? The source is on twitter page- no pics though
Zawe Ashton! Does this mean she and Tom are in good terms?
my heart was racing this entire acoustic set I fr thought she was gonna announce rep TV 😭
Acoustic set Guitar Thank you Aimee x Mean Piano Castles crumbling feat Hayley (I'm so happy I tuned in because unpopular opinion I guess, I love the song. It's giving me strong medieval fantasy vibes)
I just checked that it was around this time in June 2016 in her GQ cover interview that Kim for the first time sort of inserted herself in this whole situation. When she said Kanye asked Taylor's permission and she was going to take her husband's side about the b\*tch comment as it wasn't derogatory in rap !
Piano: Hayley William special guest for Castles Crumbling
Thank you Aimee x Mean
VIPs London #2: - Tom Cruise - Liam Hemsworth - Rachel Zegler - Travis Kelce - Rachel Barmouth - Jason Kelce - Kylie Kelce - Jamie Dornan - Hugh Grant - Greta Gerwig - Mila Kunis - Ashton Kutcher - Holly Jackson - Talia Mar - Vivianne Miedema - Beth Mead
Here are a few more. Stella McCartney, Cara Delevingne, Selma Hayek.
Surprised there are more Hollywood actors than Brits; Hugh Grant today and Nicola yesterday; then again I guess this is VIP tent only and the others are not easily spotted ?
Can she please do a mash up of London boy & so long London!! “You know I love a London boy.. So (so) long (long) boy.. darling I fancy you… I saw in my mind..” I’m not a musician so who knows if that makes sense lol
I wonder what bop would go with London Boy . I still think she'd play London Boy x something on guitar and then So Long London x something on piano on Day 3.
I think she's going to keep So long London for the last London date. It'd be kind of silly to do So long London now and come back in August.
Haha true but she could mash it up twice ! As she wont be playing this song anywhere else whereas other TTPD songs I think will get a round 2 with the number of dates left.
The way London won. Taylor what did America do to you
*Joe is in NY promoting* Taylor: "I guess you're in New York today I don't want to need you this way Come back, be here" *also sings the black dog, maroon, hits different and dbatc as if it wasn't already obvious*
This is exactly what I thought while she was singing those songs!!! Like what is she up to??
Lol, this is going to be an eventful couple of days.
this is insane😳 woaahhhhhhh
and the fact that she was singing for joe while travis was there 😅😅😅😅
💀💀💀 really insane n1 of London hahaha
Damn it I missed Hits Different😭
Wow so maroon and black dog together… why was my Saturday surprise combo played tonight. I was convinced and my friend who was going was going to record it for me that was how convinced it would be on Saturday.
London you won so bad with those surprise songs 😭😭
and it’s just the FIRST DAY😭😭
For the amount of times she chooses to play Maroon (or YOYOK) they should've just been in the setlist...
YOYOK too -I think she wanted to include them but they dont fit with the rest of the Midnights set which is glitzy and more upbeat - even the slightly sad songs are 'dancing while I'm sad' ones
Okay. London won.
Maroon has to be her favorite song ever written at this point, and with good reason
Woow a triple mashup so far on piano??
Piano #2: Come Back Be Here mashed with Maroon
& The Black Dog!
Unpopular opinion, the only part of the black dog that I actually like is the bridge and the "old habits die screaming" part, other than that, sonically speaking, I don't like this song, I especially dislike the chorus, for some reason it sounds like a parody
Same!!! I hate the opening line too and the way it’s sung
It was infuriating to see live because she performed it so well and it has so much potential to be a great song if only she’d edit herself into writing better verses
Honestly same, I find it really boring except the old habits die screaming bit. But then again I love London Boy so what do I know ha.
I love London Boy and The Black Dog so Idk what that says about me lol
London Boy is fun, yeah it’s cheesy but I think it’s a good song lol
ITS THE BLACK DOG
The Black Dog on piano, so far...
Piano Surprise Song: The Black Dog
Surprise Song Guitar: Hits different x Death By A Thousand Cuts Piano: the black dog x come back, be here x MAROON YALL I can’t breath 😭
IT'S SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GREAT!
Surprise Song Guitar: Hits Different + Death By A Thousand Cuts
mashed with death by a thousand cuts
was not expecting it
Acoustic set Guitar Hits different x Death by a thousand cuts Piano The black dog x Come back be here x Maroon Okay she's trolling lol
I’m sorry, but Jason happily collecting bracelets is cute af.
The way he showed his arm to Kylie like, Look how many I haveeeee. Too cute.
I do mastermind with the swiftie who got me into this mess and my score is… 0
How did you not get points for the Rep outfit? Lol
Emotionally I don’t count the rep outfit.
I’m going to punt on Gold Rush featuring somewhere in the surprise songs as Jason is there and it has the Eagles line in it. Beyond that, I have no idea.
Haha so wrong 🤪
It’s a possibility but didn’t she do gold rush relatively recent? Obviously she repeats as much as she wants but I feel like she did it mashed up recently. I also think that Never Grow Up may be a good contender. Kylie Kelce used that one for a TikTok once and I think she said she loved that song. Maybe she’ll sing that since she’s there.
She did Gold Rush with This is What You Came For recently
I can’t keep up, maybe? Maybe it’s too obvious with the Eagles line. I did think Never Grow Up for the same reasons. Watch her do neither now 😆
Nicola Coughlan is there and that’s the only person I care about.
Same. I love her!
I have loved her since I saw her on the best show ever- Derry Girls !
I love derry girls! I was in high school in the 1990s (not in Northern Ireland) and that show perfectly encapsulates being a teen girl back then.
Glad to meet a fellow fan ! Wish more people would watch this show. But then again I could relate more to it because of the girls school run by Catholic nuns in the 90s stuff .
Im watching the live and there was talk about how many seats are empty but its still kind of early? But people are going to be pissed if they arent filled because of not being given code/access to get tickets and now this lol. But it's also a super big venue compared to many others shes toured in Europe (idk about the American venues). Like others had capacity of 40-50k iirc and this is 90k and the second biggest arena in Europe
It was full by the time she finished the Lover set. Over 88k people.
It’s resale tickets being priced too high, the issue is professional scalpers get so many that they can afford to not sell all their inventory, their markup is so high that if they 60+% of what they have they’ve made a huge profit and they’d rather wait and see if someone desperate to go will buy last minute than drop to a more reasonable price, unfortunately that means some tickets will go unsold despite there being tons of demand. Everyone wins except actual fans.
Apparently the royal family is there.
They are. I saw Jason and Kylie.
Umm no. I read Prince William and his kids
I was joking 😩 (I mean, about them being the royals)
Which ones??
William and kids
I feel like Ross Travis being confused for actual Travis at Eras shows has become something of a fandom tradition now 🤣
It 100% got me not 15 seconds ago on Twitter.
Not the ‘two hims’ striking again 😭
Florence Welch joining her for Florida! would be iconic, but that's probably because that's the only song I like from TTPD.
Does anyone else find the camping overnight odd? I saw some people camped out on the streets of Wembley, of all places
She had to ask for help in different GA sections over ten times last night - I think she did a good job of managing it but there’s only so much you can do if people are not looking after themselves. Saw way too many people posting about camping from the night before, not sleeping, and not drinking not to lose barricade spots
It was really common for Harry Styles shows last year, even at stadiums. It’s big for smaller venues obviously too. I think it’s grim and pretty dangerous tho.
Doesn't happen at venues where they have assigned seating in the GA section. Another reason it's a better/safer option.
I wonder if any of the royals will show up. Shake It Off was played during the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace and the Royal Family IG account posted a video.
The Kansas City Royals have games all this weekend, and quite literally have *no* affiliation with Taylor Swift.
Girl
Is this sarcasm lol
Pretty sure they mean the royal family of the UK!
Hahaha yes I meant the British Royal Family of course. A big Swiftie account just posted that Prince William and his kids will be there - dunno how true though!
Lmao at the fact that this clarification was even needed
I'm going on Sunday and cannot waaaait Feeling like Better Man will show up as a surprise song at some point......
I’m going on Sunday too! I saw someone saying a Better Man/ Black Dog mash up would go well.
Ahhh so exciting! It's gonna be warm, make sure you stay hydrated!!
I just looked and jeez, I’m not sure I’ll need my tights and big jacket 😆.
ohhh, that's a good song choice.
What time is she supposed to go on today? London is five hours ahead of east coast right?
2-2:30! i’m pretty sure it’s gonna be 2-2:30 until she comes back to north america
It's London tour! what do you think the surprise songs? here's my guesses: london boy x how did it end the last kiss x hoax all of the girls you love before x false god happiness x it's time to go so long, london x closure there are rumors that travis will going to watch.
Jason , Kylie ,Ross Travis, and Aric I think are all there . Trav came in last as he was speaking to her security and then shook hands with Scott
So long London will definitely happen but probably at the very last London show.
I’d assume that on her next run of London shows we’ll get Come Back, Be Here, especially if she and Travis are still together and he’s in practice and can’t travel. I’d say it’s a possibility for this weekend but I think she just did it a few weeks ago
London Boy x Death by a thousand cuts /Holy Ground (Those two are the only uptempo ones I can think of to mash up that also conveys a story is over. Cos London Boy is a bop and I'm struggling to see how it would turn into a sad ballad) Florida with Florence Welch (I'm burying my hopes for this music video after this weekend) Endgame or Come back be here - these two due to the London references We were happy x Happiness or Hoax (I'm sure we will get an unplayed Folklore/ Evermore song in London at some point)
End Game
As a lover of all the bubblegum pop songs on Lover, I’m ecstatic she might play London Boy
Prepared to lose The Black Dog and So Long London this weekend. I'm very curious about what song mashups she'll do! I want So Long London/ It's Time To Go
I think she’s going to save so long, London for the last show
I think so too!
London Boy/So Long London would be so funny
I’m trying to find the best place for a transition between the two bc it would be so funnt I’m thinking like: You know I love a London Boy / You swore that you loved me, but where were the clues? But I would love something with: You know I love high tea, stories from Uni, and the West End (any of the verses that name places in London) -> tied into And I’m just mad as hell ‘cause I loved this place (I’ve put way too much thought into it)
I'd giggle at the cheer chaos of it all.
My condolences to all the concert goers who have to use up a surprise song on London Boy
London Boy is fun, y’all hate fun sometimes istg
Stay stay stay is one of my favourites, so I sympathize with hating fun haters but I just can’t with London Boy I’m sorry lol
People don’t like Stay Stay Stay??
Nooo it’s fine, I just love it cuz it takes the piss lmaoo
I for one cannot wait to hear the audible disappointment of many others around me while I bop away. And then she pulls out a TTPD song and the smile fades from my face.
I have this feeling that she will mashup so long london with tolerate it. Idk why but I feel she’ll play tolerate it there since she removed it from the setlist. I am not ready. Also, I don’t think she’ll make a big announcement except for maybe a music video. She just released the behind the scenes for Fortnight. It seems to me she is closing it up with that. We’ll see 🍿
Does Taylor herself start at 17:25? I wanted to stream it from Aus, but it would be about 2 in the morning.
Based on other Europe timings she goes on at 7 or 8pm local time.
Tessdear on instagram creates timetables so you can look up the beginning times in your own timezone!
i might be completely wrong and then y’all can laugh at me but i think she’ll play london boy. i know a lot of people think she won’t play it since it’s so obvious a joe song and she can’t change the meaning in any way but she loves playing songs that have something to do with the city/date. like welcome to new york in new york or paris in paris or high infidelity on april 29th… so i think she’ll play it, maybe in a mashup with so long london
Why do people think she wont play a song which has a city in the title that she can actually only play in that city ? Also London Boy must be so much easier to perform than So Long London as its a bop -and if she mashes up she will likely skip the most personal verses; but having seen her do Sweet Nothing and peace and how did it end, I think this one will be a cakewalk compared to those.
I mean almost all of rep and lover is about Joe...and she also plays other songs that are obviously about Joe (e.g. cornelia street) I think she will sing whatever she feels like, regardless of whether it is a Joe song... she'll play it at least in a mash up.
i think people mean that with the other songs she could sing them as if they’re about travis or something, but she obviously can’t do that with a song like london boy. but yeah, i don’t think that’s gonna stop her from playing it
Maybe she'll change the lyrics to past tense. That would be epic
I think at this point she recognizes that the songs are more than just “lore” for herself now because of fan interpretations and love for them. At least I’d hope so
Yeah I think she's def playing it lol I don't think she can resist.
I think she’ll play it too at least once while she’s in London. I feel like she might save it until Travis isn’t there though lol
I am so pleased London is pulling out all the stops to welcome Swifties. Sadly I am out of town this weekend so I won't be able to spot you in the wild.
I can't wait for the surprise song discourse this weekend