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Taylor Swift's Eras Tour has come to an end. Taylor Swift performed her final Eras Tour concert on Sunday in Vancouver, bringing a significant chapter in modern music history to a close. Swift told her audience during the show that the Eras Tour has been performed for over 10 million people throughout its epic run. 

Swift said the fans made the tour “into something completely unrecognizable from anything I’ve ever done in my life, with your traditions, with your passion, the way you care about this tour.” “That is, I think, the lasting legacy of this tour…that you have created such a space of joy and togetherness and love,” she added. During the portion of the show when Swift usually performs songs not featured on the nightly setlist, she highlighted five sentimental songs that she said, “encapsulate how I feel about tonight.” Her selections were “A Place in the This World” from her self-titled debut album, “New Romantics” from “1989 (Taylor’s Version),” “Long Live” from “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version),” “New Year's Day” from “Reputation” and “The Manuscript” from “The Tortured Poets Department.” 

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Swift announced the Eras Tour after the 2022 release of her 10th album “Midnights.” It was her first tour since 2018’s Reputation Stadium Tour and began in March 2023 in Glendale, Arizona.

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With a fully-loaded 44-song setlist as her guide, Swift used the Eras Tour to travel through time, performing songs from each album released during her 18-year career. Coming out of the pandemic, the Eras Tour came at a time when people needed it most and left an indelible mark on each city the show came to. “I’ve never played this many shows on a tour before,” she added. “I just never wanted it to end because you guys have made it into such a wonderful experience for all of us on stage.”