After close to two years of sequins, sparkles and friendship bracelet swapping, Taylor Swift is set to take her final Eras Tour bow in Vancouver on Sunday night.
The pop superstar began her tour in Glendale, Ariz. in March 2023, and has since pulled off 149 shows across the U.S., Canada, Latin America, the Asia Pacific and Europe.
The set list for the shows has changed over the 21-month tour with the release of Swift’s latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, in April 2024.
Thousands of fans from around the world have travelled to Vancouver to see Swift’s final three performances. Officials said up to 70 per cent of ticket holders were not from the Vancouver area, including about 40 per cent who were international travellers.
With tickets to her final shows sold out, resale tickets for Vancouver were being listed for $2,000 online. However, in a last-minute surprise during the week before her Vancouver shows, Swift’s team released a chunk of $16 tickets for seats behind the stage.
B.C Place, where Swift is performing in Vancouver, erected fences around the venue to prevent ‘Tayl-gating’ parties — where fans without tickets usually show up to soak up the vibes and sing along.
But that didn’t stop ticketless Swifties from dancing outside the fences in the rain during her first Vancouver show on Friday.
Those who did have tickets were given special, light-up wristbands upon entry to the stadium.
The wristbands flashed different coloured lights throughout Swift’s performance, creating a twinkling effect in the stadium.
Swift told the audience there was a reason Canada and Vancouver were chosen as the final stop on her five-continent tour.
“Where have the crowds been so generous, so welcoming, so warm-hearted? Where do they know every single word? And they not only sing them, but they scream them? Oh, we’ve got to go back to Canada, and so here we are in beautiful Vancouver,” she said.
A film crew spotted on stage with her fuelled speculation that a new documentary may be in the works.
Pop superstar Taylor Swift received a rapturous welcome at B.C. Place Friday, for the first of three sold-out shows in Vancouver this weekend that brings her years-long Eras Tour to a close.
B.C. Place stadium bathrooms were temporarily modified ahead of the shows because up to 95 per cent of concertgoers were expected to be female.
The Swift shows will have an estimated economic impact of $157 million for the city, according to Destination Vancouver. In Toronto, where Swift played six shows prior to heading to the West Coast, the concerts brought in around $282 million.
Touring trade publication Pollstar projected last year that the tour will gross about $2.2 billion in total — an all-time touring record.