Taylor Swift put on an amazing visual show as she performed to 70,000 fans on Saturday night, kicking off her record-breaking Eras Tour with her second show in Glendale, Arizona.
The 33-year-old superstar — who rocked a pink and purple beaded mini skirt and top and belted out a 44-song set list — held a glowing golf club as she entertained the sold out State Farm Stadium.
Swift took over the Phoenix suburb of Glendale this weekend, drawing an estimated 150,000 superfans to the city, one month after it hosted Super Bowl LVII.
Swift stunned on stage at the State Farm Stadium in ‘Swift City,’ flaunting her incredible figure and giving a powerhouse performance that did not disappoint.
The 12-time Grammy winner conquered the stage in multiple outfits, including a pink rhinestone leotard with nude tights and shimmering knee-high boots, and a sultry one-legged black bodysuit bedazzled with ruby red snakes as bicycles and cars went by her on stage.
Her Era begins: Taylor Swift rocked a pink and purple beaded mini skirt and top set on Saturday night when she kicked off her record-breaking Eras tour with her second leggy performance in Arizona
Rocking the crowd: The 33-year-old superstar put on an amazing visual show and held a glowing golf club as she entertained 70,000 fans at the State Farm Stadium
Bedazzled: The beauty went through multiple costume changes during her 44-song set list
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The glowing golf clubs were featured prominently when Taylor sang her hit Blank Space.
The light saber–like clubs were a high-tech update on the original versions that she used in the video for Blank Space.
In it, Taylor let out her frustrations by smashing up a gorgeous classic car with a regular, non-glowing golf club.
The hitmaker recently dropped four new songs in celebration of her tour, three of which are re-recordings of past songs, to hype up fans for this tour.
The Bad Blood songstress explained how her eighth studio album Folklore was inspired by her imagination instead of her own life.
‘[My songs are] kind of like journaling for you or something,’ Taylor told her massive audience. ‘[And] I wanted to do a different thing that I had done before [with Folklore].’
At one point in her jaw-dropping performance, Taylor sipped into a bedazzled silver blazer before donning a fringed champagne minidress.
Some of her other striking looks included a pale purple pleated dress with ruffles, which she appeared to wear during some of her more relaxed tunes.
In total, she performed 44 songs in over 3 hours and 15 minutes while songs from Midnights got significant spots in the setlist.
Taylor played some of her recent tunes from her surprise releases Folklore and Evermore.
One of her sets featured a see-through cabin that she sat upon while singing, which was reminiscent of a set design she previously employed while performing Folklore songs.
Owning it: Swift took over the Phoenix suburb of Glendale this weekend, drawing an estimated 150,000 superfans to the city, one month after it hosted Super Bowl LVII
Confident: Swift stunned on stage at the State Farm Stadium in ‘Swift City,’ flaunting her incredible figure and giving a powerhouse performance that did not disappoint
Her Era begins: Taylor stood tall in a pair of silver sparkling boots, which she wore with fishnets. The pop star also slipped into a sultry one-legged black bodysuit bedazzled with ruby red snakes
Leggy launch: Swift stunned on stage at the State Farm Stadium in ‘Swift City,’ flaunting her incredible figure and giving a powerhouse performance that did not disappoint
Name change: Glendale, Arizona renames itself Swift City for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour kickoff at State Farm Stadium on March 16 and 17
She also showed off some of her guitar-playing skills with an acoustic version of her Folklore song Mirrorball.
The U.S. leg of Taylor’s sixth headlining tour will be taking the country by storm for the next five months, concluding with a slate of Los Angeles concerts in August.
The massive launch comes after Ticketmaster’s catastrophic pre-sale debacle, which left pre-verified fans waiting in a virtual line for hours and others unable to purchase tickets at all.
The controversy triggered a lawsuit from fans and a furious response from Swift herself.
Fans who were successful in getting tickets also complained about the exorbitant prices, which were due to Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing scheme, which raises the prize significantly when demand is high.
Fortunately, Swift still had reason to celebrate last month after she made history at the Grammys yet again.
Swift won Best Music Video for her romantic drama, All Too Well: The Short Film making her the first person to win the category with a sole directing credit for their own music video.
‘I can’t put into words what this means to me. For The Recording Academy and my peers to acknowledge me as a director, and in doing so, acknowledge my work to try and reclaim my music… I’m blown away,’ Swift tweeted after the victory.
Stunning: At one point in her jaw-dropping performance, Taylor sipped into a bedazzled silver blazer with the help of her backup dancers
Megastar: Swift worked her costume with confidence as she blew fans away with her opening number
Jaw-dropper: Taylor looked gorgeous in a fringed champagne minidress
Leggy: Taylor showed off her toned pins in a dazzling jumpsuit embellished with red shimmering patterns
Dominating: The U.S. leg of Taylor’s sixth headlining tour will be taking the country by storm for the next five months, concluding with a slate of Los Angeles concerts in August. After conquering Arizona this weekend, Swift will be headed to Sin City
Changing it up: Taylor had several costume changes throughout her blockbuster concert
Over the top: The pop superstar looked gorgeous in a beige dress with a voluminous skirt decorated with sparkling spangles
Taking it down a notch: The singer looked impassioned during a more somber number where she got down on her knees. She was dressed in a pale purple pleated dress
New material: Taylor’s new tour is in support of her latest album, the 2022 hit Midnights
Blast from the past: Her old-school country fans were likely delighted to see her pull out her acoustic guitar
Low key: Taylor dressed down for an upbeat number in which she wore a white graphic T-shirt and sequined shorts with a black fedora
Lovely: The show had incredible production values, and she sang one of her numbers from Folklore on top of a small see-through cabin
Set: Taylor even sat on top of the roof of an enchanted house as she performed on the first night of her tour
Leggy look: Another costume change revealed a black bodysuit with beaded tassels dangling from it
On point: She matched her ruby lipstick with a beaded crop top and matching mini skirt
Triumphant: The songstress beamed in a golden tasseled dress as she celebrated with her fellow performers
Old school: Taylor brought out her pink jumbo acoustic guitar for two songs toward the end of her show, an acoustic version of Folklore’s Mirrorball and her first-ever single, Tim McGraw
Having fun with it: One particularly playful number featured her fellow performers on powder blue bicycles
Doppelgängers: Another setup featured virtual version of Taylor performing in sync with her
Going all out: She was joined by a band and backup singers for another number
Major exposure: GAYLE (pictured) opened for Taylor on her first show of her Eras Tour
It marked Swift’s 12th Grammy Award, after earning 46 nods through her career, which has spanned multiple genres and made her arguably the most famous pop star.
Over the past few years, Swift has begun to spend more time behind the camera as the sole director of her music videos The Man (2019), Cardigan (2020), Willow (2020), Anti-Hero (2022) and Bejeweled (2022).
In December, she announced her plans to direct her first feature for an original script that she wrote.
Her project will be produced by Searchlight Pictures, which is the studio behind a number of critically-acclaimed flicks, including Nomadland and The Shape of Water.
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