Taylor Swift Miami concert kicks off more US tour dates: Live updates

Swifties rejoice! Taylor Swift is back on her Eras Tour for her second – and final – U.S. leg after a two-month break.

The world’s richest female musician starts the countdown clock to the end of her record-breaking tour tonight at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida (!!!).

Follow along with USA TODAY Network reporters, Bryan West and Samantha Neely for live updates as the fans, friendship bracelets and frenzy return.

Will Florence and the Machine play with Taylor Swift in Florida?

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Will Swift come to Florida and not play the namesake song?

Will Florence Welch surprise the audience like she did in London? Time will only tell.

USA TODAY national music critic Melissa Ruggieri described “Florida!!!” like this when “The Tortured Poets Department” was released in April.

“Florida!!!,” co-written by and co-starring Florence Welch, is the standout, with Swift and Welch trading vocals over a stomping backbeat that is both cinematic and purposeful.

While it’s impossible to out-lyricize Swift, Welch nudges impressively close with her self-penned contribution: “Barricaded in the bathroom with a bottle of wine, well, me and my ghosts had a hell of a time.”

These two are ideal companions, musically and philosophically.

Why am I suddenly craving a yellow sweatshirt?

First it was glitter freckles.

Now yellow sweatshirts seem to be on our list for fall. Also, do we need another cat?

Swift showed up ahead of the tour with one of her three cats, this one Olivia Benson, captioning it: “Back in the Office.” This is exactly how we felt coming to work today. OK, maybe we needed the sweatshirt, which sold out within an hour of her post.

It was time for Olivia to take center stage. After all, Benjamin Button was on the Time magazine cover with Taylor last year.

Best Eras Tour outfits in Miami

Almost as much as the tour, we love seeing what fans wear to the shows. Each concert seems to bring more creativity. A few of our favorite looks posted by Swifties headed to the Miami show:

Are you wearing glitter freckles to the Eras Tour?

We’re enchanted by the look Swift wore to the Chief game against the New Orleans Saints. So was everyone else.

It wasn’t just the gorgeous edgy Vivienne Westwood dress.

It was those glitter freckles.

Sales for Fazit skyrocketed 3,500% following Swift’s appearance at the Chiefs game. The pop star’s endorsement, in addition to several viral TikTok videos and being picked up by Urban Outfitters, propelled the brand name into a higher echelon of the cosmetics industry.

“As many have seen I just started sobbing,” says Aliett Buttelman, Fazit’s co-founder, referring to a TikTok video that’s been viewed more than 7 million times. “To have your brand be worn by the No. 1 icon of our generation is validating for the hard work we’ve put in for two years.”

Bryan West

What secret songs are left on the Eras Tour?

Here are the surprise songs that Swift has yet to play during Eras Tour:

Fearless (Taylor’s Version)

• That’s when (ft. Keith Urban)
• Bye Bye Baby

Red (Taylor’s Version)

• Girl at Home
• Forever Winter
• Ronan

Lover

• Soon You’ll Get Better (ft. The Chicks)

The Tortured Poets Department

• Cassandra
• Florida!!! (ft. Florence and the Machine), however Swift added the song to the setlist for the final London show on Aug. 20.

What songs will Taylor Swift sing in Miami?

Swift has followed a specific setlist on her tour, changing it most significantly after “The Tortured Poets Department” was released.

Taylor Swift setlistSee the OG setlist for the epic Eras tour

She has removed the following songs from her setlist since “TTPD” came out:

• “The Archer” from the Lover era
• “Long Live” from the Speak Now era
• “The 1” from the Folklore era
• “The Last Great American Dynasty” from the Folklore era
• “‘Tis the Damn Season” from the Evermore era
• “Tolerate It” from the Evermore era

Here’s the setlist she played in London on Aug. 20:

“Lover” album

• “Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince”
• “Cruel Summer”
• “The Man”
• “You Need to Calm Down”
• “Lover”

“Fearless” album

• “Fearless”
• “You Belong With Me”
• “Love Story”

“Red” album

• “22”
• “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”
• “I Knew You Were Trouble”
• “All Too Well” (10-minute version)

“Speak Now” album

“Reputation” album

• “…Ready for It?”
• “Delicate”
• “Don’t Blame Me”
• “Look What You Made Me Do”

“Folklore” / “Evermore” albums

• “Cardigan”
• “Betty”
• “Champagne Problems”
• “August”
• “Illicit Affairs”
• “My Tears Ricochet”
• “Marjorie”
• “Willow”

“1989” album

• “Style”
• “Blank Space”
• “Shake It Off”
• “Wildest Dreams”
• “Bad Blood”

“The Tortured Poets Department” album

• “But Daddy I Love Him” / “So High School”
• “Florida!!!” (It should be noted that this was only played the final night and wasn’t added to other European shows)
• “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?”
• “Down Bad” (with “Fortnight” outro)
• “Fortnight”
• “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived”
• “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart”

“Midnights” album

• “Lavender Haze”
• “Anti‐Hero”
• “Midnight Rain”
• “Vigilante Sh–”
• “Bejeweled”
• “Mastermind”
• “Karma”

How to celebrate the Eras Tour if you aren’t going?

 “Taylor Swift – The Eras Tour Book,” a 256-page book with 500 images, including performances photos (from every era of the show), rehearsal pictures and reflections written by Swift will be out Nov. 29 at Target. The coffee-table style book likely will be a popular holiday gift for Swifties at $39.99.

Swift wrote about the book on Instagram earlier this week: “We’ll be kicking off the final leg of The Eras Tour this week, which is hard to comprehend. This tour has been the most wondrous experience and I knew I wanted to commemorate the memories we made together in a special way,” Swift wrote on her Instagram account announcing the book. It includes what she says are her “own personal reflections” of the tour.

– Melissa Ruggieri

What time does the ‘Eras Tour’ show start in Miami?

The stadium gates open at 4:30 p.m., with Swift taking the stage anywhere between 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

The OG Eras Tour

When the tour began in April of last year, no one knew exactly what to expect. Swift hadn’t toured since Reputation. Our national music critic Melissa Ruggieri attended that very first show in Glendale, Arizona, calling it: “as ambitious as a Broadway musical.”

Swifties knew the tour was big, but could anyone predict what the tour would grow into over the next year? Ruggieri wrote: “Not since the most vigorous days of Bruce Springsteen and his legendary live concerts has a mainstream artist packed so much music into one show.”

Read all of Ruggieri’s impressions of the first show.

Will Travis Kelce be at the Miami Eras Tour shows?

Swift’s beau may have went to his final Eras Tour in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The Kansas City tight end is in full football mode and will more than likely not be in attendance at any of the Hard Rock stadium shows. The Chiefs have upcoming Super Bowl rematch game against the San Francisco 49ers on Oct. 20 at 3:25 p.m.

Swift has cheered on Kelce at three home games so far. Her next NFL appearance may be the game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Nov. 4 in Arrowhead Stadium. This will be after she completes her final American show in Indianapolis on Nov. 3.

– Bryan West

Who is opening for Taylor Swift in Miami?

Gracie Abrams opens for Swift in Miami. She also was an opener for some shows on the tour last year. Our KiMi Robinson saw Abrams on her solo tour in Los Angeles in September and says she “sings like she’s letting you in on a secret.”

Will she sing “I Miss You, I’m Sorry” or “Close to You”? Here is what she has included in earlier Eras Tour openers:

1. Where do we go now?
2. 21
3. Block Me Out
4. I should hate you
5. I know it won’t work
6. I miss you, I’m sorry

Swifties going straight to concert from the airport

Fans flying to Miami for the concert this week flocked straight to the stadium. Not for the show, of course, but to buy merch and not miss any of the concert while in lines.

Charmaine Brown went straight from her flight from Charlotte to the stadium and her reward: two plastic bags of Taylor Swift hoodies and T-shirts. Her bright red carry-on bag next to her as she ordered an Uber to her hotel. The super fan wore her bright red “Karma is the guy on the Chiefs coming straight home to me” tee and “All Too Well” sweatshirt tied around her waist.

“I took my first picture at 11:03 a.m., and my checkout picture was at 12:09 p.m.,” she said, showing off her recent photos. “I am so excited for the concert. I cannot wait. I hope Taylor knows we appreciate everything that you do for us.”

– Bryan West