{"id":932,"date":"2024-10-27T11:33:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T11:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=932"},"modified":"2024-10-27T11:33:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T11:33:05","slug":"taylor-swift-brings-the-eras-tour-to-new-orleans-the-8-best-moments-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=932","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Brings the Eras Tour to New Orleans: The 8 Best Moments!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<header>The Big Easy hosted the biggest tour of 2024 for the first of three sold-out shows on Friday.<\/header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/taylor-swift-miami-fl-1-2024-billboard-1548.jpg?w=942&amp;h=623&amp;crop=1\" sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/taylor-swift-miami-fl-1-2024-billboard-1548.jpg?w=942&amp;h=623&amp;crop=1 1548w, https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/taylor-swift-miami-fl-1-2024-billboard-1548.jpg?w=942&amp;h=623&amp;crop=1&amp;resize=300%2C198 300w, https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/taylor-swift-miami-fl-1-2024-billboard-1548.jpg?w=942&amp;h=623&amp;crop=1&amp;resize=942%2C623 942w\" alt=\"Taylor Swift Brings the Eras Tour to New Orleans: The 8 Best Moments\" width=\"\" height=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption><span class=\"\">Taylor Swift performs onstage during The Eras Tour at Hard Rock Stadium on Oct. 18, 2024 in Miami Gardens, Florida.<\/span> <cite>John Shearer\/TAS24\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Taylor Swift\u2019s blockbuster Eras Tour rolled into New Orleans on Friday (Oct. 25) for the first of three sold-out shows at Caesars Superdome.<\/p>\n<p>After a lengthy run of overseas dates, Swift returned to North America for three shows in Miami last week; New Orleans is the second city on this final leg of the Eras Tour. Whereas Miami\u2019s Hard Rock Stadium is a bit of a drive outside the city proper, the Caesars Superdome is very much in the thick of downtown New Orleans. Leading up to this weekend, bars, restaurants, hotels, pet shops, art galleries and more freely surrendered to the Swiftie takeover, offering themed menu items (Holy Ground Hurricane, Fearless Jambalaya) or hosting get-togethers tailored to the Taylor crowd (karaoke, trivia, drag shows and even look-alike contests offering hundreds of dollars to the winner).<\/p>\n<p>From Canal St. to Bourbon St. to Frenchman St., concertgoers in Eras Tour t-shirts began trickling into the city days ago, eventually reaching a fever pitch on Friday. Adding to the insanity is the fact that this is also New Orleans\u2019 big Halloween weekend. Pop into any number of bars on Bourbon ahead of the concert and you\u2019re just as likely to spot revelers out for the city\u2019s annual witches\u2019 luncheon as you are tourists rocking Taylor Swift looks and\/or Kansas City Chiefs gear in honor of boyfriend Travis Kelce (who also has more than his fair share of themed cocktails in New Orleans at the moment).<\/p>\n<p>But as much as this once-in-a-generation cultural event has been about the sense of community leading up to the show, it\u2019s ultimately about the music and Swift\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n<p>With more than 50,000 fans packing into Caesars Superdome on Friday night (the venue can hold closer to 83,000, but Swift\u2019s stage design \u2013 which makes even the nosebleed seats a worthwhile investment \u2013 cuts into that), these were the best moments from Taylor Swift\u2019s first Eras Tour show in New Orleans.<\/p>\n<div id=\"pmc-gallery-vertical\">\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<article>\n<h2>Lewk What You Made Me Do<\/h2>\n<p>New Orleans isn\u2019t your ordinary tour stop. Days before Swift took the stage, locals and visitors were already dressed up as various iterations of the pop star, drawing on her music video looks and various outfits she\u2019s previously worn on stage. Creative, subtle looks abounded, but the most fitting riff on a Swift look was a woman wearing a shirt reminding folks that there is \u201cA Lot to Vote on at the Moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<article>\n<h2>Brace Yourself<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been having more fun on this tour than I ever had in my life before. The main reason for that is you turned this tour into something completely unrecognizable from anything I\u2019ve ever done before. You created traditions. You created this massive movement of joy,\u201d Swift said early in the evening. \u201dI showed up one day and you guys were making friendship bracelets and I was like, \u2018That\u2019s cool.\u2019 Now there\u2019s a giant friendship bracelet on the outside of the stadium.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Swift was referring to the fact that a giant approximation of a Swiftie friendship bracelet was draped across the front of the Caesars Superdome. That giant bracelet wasn\u2019t flying solo, though: literally tens of thousands of friendship bracelets connecting Swift to NOLA were circulating throughout the city before she took the stage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<article>\n<h2>King (Cake) of My Heart<\/h2>\n<p>New Orleans doesn\u2019t loom as large in Swift lyrical lore as Nashville or New York, but the Big Easy has undoubtedly played a part in her recording history. Three songs from <em>The Tortured Poets Department <\/em>were recorded at Esplanade Studios, including \u201cWho\u2019s Afraid of Little Old Me?\u201d (part of the <em>TTPD<\/em> section of the show). But Swift\u2019s sweetest NOLA tribute was her look during the <em>1989<\/em> segment, which paired a purple top with a yellow skirt and green boots \u2013 i.e., Mardi Gras colors. Or, if you\u2019re hungry, the color of a King Cake.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<article>\n<h2>The Chiffons<\/h2>\n<p>At this point, you would think Swift\u2019s closet would be empty. And yet, during her first New Orleans show, the pop star debuted a new outfit ahead of her surprise songs \u2013 a red, white and blue chiffon pleated dress. The roar of excitement that greeted the look made it clear that the fans in N\u2019Awlins have been paying attention. Good thing, too \u2014 when the tour wraps, she might need a tour guide to steer her through her wardrobe.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<article>\n<h2>Surprise, Pt. 1<\/h2>\n<p>Swifties are still waiting (not so patiently) for the <em>Taylor\u2019s Version<\/em> version of both her self-titled debut and her thematic breakthrough <em>Reputation<\/em>. The wait continues, but lucky New Orleans concertgoers were treated to a mashup of the former\u2019s hit single \u201cOur Song\u201d and the latter\u2019s \u201cCall It What You Want.\u201d Worlds apart as those albums may seem, Swift made the case that her early tunes aren\u2019t a country mile from her recent, reflective pop material.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<article>\n<h2>Surprise, Pt. 2<\/h2>\n<p>As tens of thousands of Swifties flooded the streets following the conclusion of her Friday night show, folks couldn\u2019t help but unleash their excitement over \u201cThe Black Dog\u201d being one of the surprise songs. The <em>TTPD<\/em> tune was paired with \u201cHaunted\u201d from <em>Speak Now;<\/em> similar to her first mashup, it made the case that despite the genre leaps Swift has made throughout her career, there is an effortless throughline that connects everything she writes.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<article>\n<h2>The Archer<\/h2>\n<p>If the Kansas City Chiefs make it to the Super Bowl, you can say Swift called it. While she\u2019s done it before, Swift imitated boyfriend Travis Kelce\u2019s bow-and-arrow shot movement during \u201cSo High School.\u201d Later in the night, during \u201cMidnight Rain,\u201d Swift imitated throwing a football pass \u2013 clearly, the idea of the Chiefs making it all the way to the Caesars Superdome for the 2025 Super Bowl is maybe a little bit on her mind.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<article>\n<h2>Lighting Strikes<\/h2>\n<p>While open-air stadiums tend to be the most visually romantic, there\u2019s something to be said for venues with closed ceilings. Yes, the volume is painfully piercing to the eardrum. But more importantly, the lighting feels more intimate. Despite the size of the venue, \u201cAll Too Well (10-Minute Version) (Taylor\u2019s Version)\u201d \u2014 when paired with the warm lighting in a contained environment \u2014 landed even harder, and that\u2019s saying something. When Swift delivered the lyric about the refrigerator light, the diffuse yellow that emanated throughout the stadium made you feel like you were right there in the kitchen with her.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Big Easy hosted the biggest tour of 2024 for the first of three sold-out shows on Friday. 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