Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour has been memorable for many reasons, but the times she has gone off script and done something unexpected really stand out.
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour has taken the world by storm and has everyone falling in love with the star and her music, but not everything has gone as expected during her performances. The Eras Tour has become Taylor Swift’s most extensive tour ever in her 17-year career, with over 100 shows across the United States, Australia, Asia, Europe and Latin America spread between 2023 and 2024. The concert videos flooding the internet of Taylor Swift singing to fans in packed stadiums prove just how successful the Eras Tour has been, with ticket sales from the tour cementing Taylor Swift’s status as a billionaire.
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Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is expected to earn her close to $4 billion from ticket and merchandise sales. Fans who were lucky enough to have attended the tour so far have shared precious moments from their time at Swift’s shows. Some clips from the concerts also share moments the singer acted completely opposite to what was expected. Taylor Swift has stopped her performance a few times to hand out water to dehydrated fans and has called out others for throwing things on stage. Here are Taylor Swift’s most memorable off-script moments from the Eras Tour… so far.
10. Taylor Swift Stops Performance To Save Fans From Dehydration In Brazil
Location: Eras Tour, Brazil
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour was going well until she arrived in Latin America, where they were facing one of the worst heat waves ever recorded. According to USA Today, temperatures in Rio reached nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit on Friday, November 17th, during Taylor Swift’s concert. The award-winning singer was in the stadium performing to close to 60,000 people when she noticed some struggling to stay hydrated.
Swift was performing on the piano when fans began screaming they needed water. The songstress stopped her performance and urged her staff to pass out water to those in the crowd. She said, “There are people that need water right here, maybe 30, 35, 40 feet back. So whoever is in charge of giving them that, just make sure that happens. Can I get a signal that you know where they are?” Swift continued, “We don’t need to chant; it’s totally fine. We just need to get water to them.”
Fans praised Swift for acting so quickly to assist dehydrated fans. But despite her efforts, Brazilian newspapers reported that close to 1000 people fainted, while others vomited from experiencing severe dehydration.
9. Taylor Swift Interrupts Her Concert To Celebrate ‘Midnights’ 6 Grammy Nominations
Location: Eras Tour, Argentina
Taylor Swift’s 2022 album, Midnights, received six Grammy Nominations while she was in Argentina for her Eras Tour. While performing the Evermore set on her piano, Taylor went off-script and began talking about her nominations. “I started off my morning by getting the extraordinary news that because of you and because of the way you’ve supported my album Midnights, it just got nominated for six Grammys.”
Swift followed her short speech with an adorable victory dance while seated at the piano. According to Billboard, the album was the first to occupy all top 10 spots on the Billboard Hot 100.
8. Taylor Swift Surprises Fans By Bringing Out Taylor Lautner During Eras Tour
Location: Eras Tour, Kansas City
One of the most memorable moments from the first leg of the Ears Tour happened when Taylor Swift brought her ex-boyfriend, Taylor Lautner, out on stage. The Twilight actor and Swift have been great friends since their relationship came to an end, and like many of her exes, she wrote a song about him.
Taylor Lautner, who inspired the song “Back To December,” gave Swifties a night they will never forget, starting with his impressive entrance at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. Lautner joined Swift, Joey King, and Presley Cash as they debuted the music video for “I Can See You.” Swift praised Lautner and said he was a tremendous source of positivity in her life while she made the Speak Now album.
7. Taylor Swift Stops Singing To Thank Fans For Cristo Redentor, Honoring Her Visit To Brazil
Location: Eras Tour, Brazil
Fans were excited when Taylor Swift announced her Eras Tour would be in Brazil. Brazilian Swifties donated food and water for the upcoming Catholic Church’s World Day of the Poor to show Taylor their love. In return for their charitable acts, Swifties partnered with the Redeemer Archdiocesan Sanctuary to illuminate the world-famous Christ statue to wear Taylor’s iconic shirt from her “You Belong With Me” music video. After Swift got so many letters about the iconic statue, she stopped her performance and thanked fans for their heartwarming gesture.A post shared by Olivia Levin (@swiftiesforeternity)
She said at first, it was hard to believe the statue was covered in her t-shirt, even thinking it was Photoshop.
“I just want to start off by saying I feel completely unworthy of this honor, but it is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me. I say that because I heard part of why this happened is because you donated food and water. I’m so proud of you.”
6. Taylor Swift Changes Lyrics To Her Song For Travis Kelce In Eras Tour Performance
Location: Eras Tour, Argentina
Another moment from the Eras Tour no fan will forget anytime soon is when Taylor Swift changed the lyrics to one of her songs because her boyfriend, NFL player Travis Kelce, was in the crowd. Kelce, who plays for the Kansas City Chiefs, flew to Argentina to see Taylor and got a massive surprise in return. During her performance of “Karma” in Argentina, Taylor Swift went off script, to everyone’s surprise.
Swift sang, “Karma is the guy on the Chiefs, coming straight home to me.” Instead of the original lyrics that read, “Karma is the guy on the screen, coming straight home to me.” Everyone was visibly shocked in the stadium, including Taylor Swift’s dancers.
5. Taylor Swift Stopped Concert After Fans Threw Items At Her On Stage
Location: Eras Tour, Argentina
While Taylor Swift was performing in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she had to go off-script after concertgoers began throwing items at her on stage. Swift stopped singing and addressed the fans who were throwing objects at her. “Just because communication means having gentle, healthy boundaries, it really freaks me out when stuff gets thrown on the stage, because if it’s on the stage, then a dancer can trip on it.”
The “Shake It Off” singer thanked the fans for bringing presents before adding, “But just can you please not throw them on stage. I love you so much.”
4. Taylor Swift Messes Up Performance of “Champagne Problems” During Eras Tour
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Night 1
During Taylor Swift’s “Champagne Problems” performance, she messed up on the piano when she played the C major chord instead of an F major. After the error, Taylor broke protocol and admitted her mistake to fans. “I have had two months off. I practiced this so many times before tonight! You thought you came here to see a professional!”
The moment quickly became a meme online, with Swifties joking that the ‘Errors’ tour is back.
3. Taylor Swift Tells Security To Stop Harassing Fans During Eras Tour
Location: Eras Tour, Philadelphia
During Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour performance in Philadelphia, she went off script to save a fan from getting harassed by her security. The show on May 7, 2023 showed Swift singing “Bad Blood” before she went off-script and stopped singing. Taylor was at the end of one stage section when a fan tried to get closer to the barricade to see her.
The singer could be heard telling the guard. “She’s fine. She wasn’t doing anything.” Before yelling at the guard, “Hey, Stop!” Some concertgoers accused the security of being forceful while telling fans to move from the barricades.
2. Taylor Swift Forgets The Words To Her Song, ‘Last Kiss’ During Eras Tour
Location: Eras Tour, Kansas City
Taylor Swift went off script while performing her song “Last Kiss” during the Kansas City leg of her Eras Tour. The singer-songwriter completely forgot the lyrics to her music while performing. She said, “Oh my God, the words. We have this rule on this tour where if I mess up a song, I have to play it again or some other thing on the tour so that I can avenge myself. I got excited; I got too excited. Will you allow me the honor of staying over??”
1. Taylor Swift Suffers Wardrobe Malfunction With Her Heel During Eras Tour
Location: Eras Tour, Rio, Brazil
During Taylor Swift’s last Eras Tour performance in Brazil, she experienced a terrible wardrobe malfunction. One of her Christian Louboutin heels broke mid-performance, and, to fix it, Swift went utterly off-script. The singer ripped the bottom half of the heel off and threw it to a lucky fan in the crowd.
Taylor didn’t let the broken heel stop her from performing for her fans and continued the show by standing on one heel. The fan who got the heel shared photos online after the concert.
