Throughout the duration of the course Tour of the agesWhich was launched in March 2023, Taylor Swift He performed two surprise acoustic songs at each show.
With the help of an acoustic guitar and an upright piano painted with flowers, Swift performed songs that weren't on the main setlist during the acoustic portion of the show. After initially declaring that she would not repeat any surprise songs unless she made a mistake, the pop star decided She modified her own ruling During a February show in Melbourne.
“I've been thinking, 'I want to be as creative as possible with the vocal set going forward. I don't want to restrict anything and I don't want to just say, 'Oh, if I've played a song before I won't be able to play it again,'” she told the audience at Melbourne Cricket Ground: “From now on, I don't want to take any paint colors out of the color box.” “I want to be able to play the songs more than once if I want to, and I want to be able to make changes to the songs.”
Swift has played specific songs during several sets (file midnight The tune “You're Alone, Baby” was performed 11 times) while the others did not perform even once.
Not counting songs that haven't appeared on any of Swift's albums — like her 2020 single “Only the Young” or songs featuring Swift like Big Red Machine's “Renegade” — only six songs from the pop star's albums have been played on Tour of the ages.
Some fans have theorized that there are certain tracks that Swift might skip entirely, such as the song “Ronan,” which she wrote about a fan's 3-year-old son who died of neuroblastoma in 2011. Meanwhile, “Soon You'll Be Better” is about About Swift's parents' struggle with cancer.
Swift has performed “Soon It'll Get Better” live only once, during a Global Citizen benefit event in April 2020 to raise money for the World Health Organization's COVID-19 Response Fund. She previously said Bulletin board In August 2019, she didn't know if she would play the role Lover Direct path.
“It was hard to write. It's hard to sing. It's hard to listen to for me,” she told the outlet.
“Forever Winter” is another song that would have been very difficult to perform live, as some fans speculated that the song was about Swift processing the loss of her friend Jeff langwho died in 2010.
“If I were standing there in your apartment / I would take that bomb in your head and defuse it,” Swift sings on the song. Red (Taylor version) Basement path. “I'd like to say I love you even at your darkest and/please don't go.”
By the time of Swift That's it Tour of the ages In Vancouver on December 8, 2024, she performed all the songs from her self-titled debut album. Taylor Swift, Speak Now (Taylor Version), 1989 (Taylor Version), reputation, Folklore, forever, midnight and Section of tortured poets. She performed all of her singles from Loverand just leave the collaboration without turning it on.
Keep scrolling to see every song Swift has skipped Tour of the ages:
“Fearless (Taylor's Version)”
- “That's When” (feat. Keith Urban)
- “Bye baby”
“Red (Taylor's version)”
- “Girl at home”
- “Winter forever”
- “Ronan”
“lover”
- “Soon you'll get better (feat. Chicks)”