Taylor Swift made ‘sparks fly’ during the ‘first night’ of three Nashville performances on the ‘Eras Tour!’
The 33-year-old’s first homecoming show generated a substantial buzz hours before the performance began!
‘Swifties’ took to social media to speculate on the many surprise moments from Swift’s first performance in Nashville.
Oh Nashville eras tour is going down in Taylor Swift history tonight I can just feel it
— Sav 🪩 eras tour chicago x 3! (@SavLovesSwift) May 5, 2023
The Blast has covered many aspects of the “We Were Happy” singer’s first stadium tour in half a decade; Swift’s last stadium tour supported her 2017 album, “Reputation.” Any scheduled events for the new decade had been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
SPEAK NOW TV ANNOUNCEMENT IS COMING THIS WEEKEND THIS ISNT A DRILL pic.twitter.com/vDo2XxQQON
— Taylor Throwbacks (@ThrowbackTaylor) May 5, 2023
Forget a ‘Lavender Haze”: Nashville was painted purple last night for an excellent reason; Swifties have long been speculating 2010’s “Speak Now” had been planned for Swift’s next ‘Taylor’s Version re-recording. Swift announced her plans to re-record her first six albums in 2019, following Big Machine Records’ acquisition of her masters.
Following the re-recordings for “Fearless” and “Red,” both released in 2021, the “Mine” singer announced “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” would be released on July 7th!
Swift’s Next ReRecording Will Be 2010’s ‘Speak Now!’
Nashville may have had rain in its forecast on Friday night, but the mood at Nissan Stadium had been anything but cloudy!
Before Swift’s big announcement, the “False God” singer had multiple friends perform and get the mood going; Gracie Abrams and Phoebe Bridgers opened the show. Bridgers’ pals Lucy Dacus and Julian Baker later joined the “ICU” singer for a boy genius portion of the set.
no thoughts just taylor swift and phoebe bridgers hugging :,)) pic.twitter.com/Yh5hVRudtY
— pia 🪩 (@repiatation13) May 6, 2023
The setlist for the Eras Tour features 44 consistent songs, but Swift likes to delight her fans with a ‘surprise song’ segment; Nashville night one attendee were treated to “Teardrops On My Guitar” and “Sparks Fly!”
The big moment many Swifties had speculated could be taking place had been indeed planned for awhile!
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The Blast shared highlights from Swift’s big announcement; Swift told a thrilled audience her “love language” was planning exciting easter eggs for fans.
“There’s a different reason I’m excited about this part of the set tonight,” she said. “Because I’ve been planning something for a while,” Swift admitted.
“You know how I love to plan things and how I love to surprise you with things I plan. It’s my love language with you- I plot, I scheme, I plan, and I get to tell you about it,” the “Dear John” singer told the crowd before directing fans to turn around to look at the big screen at the opposite side of the stadium; the “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” album cover was waiting for them, as was the record’s release date: the album will be out on July 7th! (per The Blast, per People)
Fans Flocked To Twitter To Share Their Reactions To Swift’s Big News!
Sparks fly as the first surprise song tonight right after speak now tv announcement 😭 we will never recover from this moment pic.twitter.com/ql9aKWpkWF
— TSwift Malaysia (@tswiftMY) May 6, 2023
Swifties were ‘Enchanted’ by the singer’s big announcement and shared their excitement on Twitter!
“YOU GUYS, IT’S FINALLY TIME FOR SPEAK NOW TV,” an elated Swiftie tweeted. “NASHVILLE U WON, BUT WE ALL WILL BE FREAKING OUT ON JULY 7TH!!!!!!!!! WATCHING THE ANNOUNCEMENT THROUGH MY PHONE ON A LIVE WITH MY PHONE ALMOST DYING BUT SO HAPPY”
SPEAK NOW ANNOUNCEMENT AND SPARKS FLY SURPRISE SONG ?? I KNOW THATS RIGHT pic.twitter.com/Kq1KbjHO1Z
— Ruby ~ ERAS TOUR (@Wltrxclments) May 6, 2023
“NOTHING NEW?? SPEAK NOW, TV ANNOUNCEMENT??? OH SWIFTIES WON TODAY,” a victorious fan tweeted.
“I don’t want a speak now tv announcement I just want it to show up on my phone like that u2 album,” another Swiftie tweeted.
speak now tv announcement made more noise than the coronation.. WE HAVE TO LAUGH pic.twitter.com/viwWmXKD6b
— -fr💀 (@fatimartian) May 6, 2023
“I just keep thinking back to everyone fighting in the great Ticketmaster war…. and how everyone was scrambled for the night, 1 Nashville tickets could have NO CLUE WHATSOEVER that they were about to get Teardrops, Nothing New, Sparks Fly, and a Speak Now TV announcement,” a Swiftie reminisced.
The “Last Kiss” singer referenced the “July 9th” lyric in her social media announcement! Swift mentioned the release date of July 7th was “just in time” for the ninth!
