Music

Taylor Swift announces The Eras Tour featuring array of LGBTQ+ acts

By Conor Clark

1st November 2022

Taylor Swift has finally revealed details about her most highly anticipated tour to date, which will be a celebration of her past album eras.

Following the unprecedented success of her latest album, Midnights, the star is set to kick off her ‘Eras Tour’ in March 2023.

“I’m enchanted to announce my next tour: Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour, a journey through the musical eras of my career (past and present!),” she wrote on social media.

Swift confirmed that although only US shows have been revealed thus far, international dates will “be announced as soon as we can”.

A number of different acts will be supporting her, including Phoebe Bridgers, Girl in Red, Paramore, MUNA, Gracie Abrams, GAYLE, beabadoobee, O W E N N and HAIM.

“I can’t WAIT to see your gorgeous faces out there,” Swift added. “It’s been a long time coming.”

The tour announcement comes after Midnights broke an endless string of records during its release week, soaring to number one in both the UK and US.

On its opening day, it shattered the all-time Spotify record for the most streamed album in a single day with 186 million streams, surpassing Certified Lover Boy by Drake’s 155 million in 2021.

In the US, it logged the biggest sales week for an album since Swift’s own Reputation in 2017 – topping the Billboard 200 chart with 1,578,000 units sold.  

It marked the second-largest first week for an album by a female artist in the US and made her the first-ever to have five albums open with more than one million sales.

Swift also made history as the first act to occupy the entire top 10 of the Hot 100 concurrently, with all 20 tracks from the 3am Edition of Midnights charting in the top 45. 

More information on the upcoming ‘Eras Tour’ can be found here.