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Here Are Some of the Best Fan Reactions to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Opening Night

March 18, 2023 by admin

Taylor Swift fans are celebrating the opening night of the pop superstar’s highly-anticipated Eras tour.

During the career-spanning concert at Glendale, Ariz.’s State Farm Stadium on Friday (March 17), Swift performed a whopping 44 songs from her 10 studio albums. The stadium trek marks Swift’s first proper tour in five years, thanks primarily to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Now THAT is how you put on a show, taylor swift you are insane,” one fan tweeted alongside a photo collage of Swift’s numerous outfit changes during the show.

The 3-hour-and-15-minute show found Swift traveling through each of her eras one by one, showcasing the four original studio albums — Lover, Folklore, Evermore and Midnights — she’s recorded since her 2018 Reputation tour. The singer also performed her beloved hits, including “You Belong With Me” and “Shake It Off.” Read Billboard‘s “13 Best Moments” from the tour’s opening night here.

Swifties took to social media before, during and after the Eras tour launch on Friday, sharing dazzling photos and majestic videos of the concert’s impressive production. “The aesthetics of #TSTheErasTour are INSANE,” a fan wrote on Twitter alongside snapshots of the spectacular set-pieces. Another Swiftie added, “That was the show that just kept giving oh my GOD.”

Some attendees even wondered if the experience was real or a figment of their imagination. “Good morning i think last night i was at a taylor swift concert, was i? #TSTheErasTour,” they tweeted.

The Eras tour continues on Saturday (March 18) with a second show in Glendale, Ariz., which has temporarily been renamed Swift City in honor of the artist’s arrival. Support on the trek features a rotating cast of opening acts, including Paramore, beabadoobee, Phoebe Bridgers, girl in red, Muna, Haim, Gayle, Gracie Abrams and Owenn.

See some of the best fan reactions to the opening night of Swift’s Eras tour below.

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Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour opener: A complete recap of all 44 songs

March 18, 2023 by admin

GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Taylor Swift hasn’t toured in nearly five years, so there were many questions about her new Eras Tour, but mainly this: If it really was a celebration of all of her musical eras, past and present, how would she fit 10 albums worth of songs over a standard concert set of about two hours?

At Friday’s opening night show, Swift provided the answer to around 70,000 people at State Farm Stadium: She would play for three hours. (Technically, around 3 hours and 10 minutes, as she divided her albums into brief segments and played either full length or condensed versions of more than 40 songs.)

Here’s a complete recap of the set list for the show, which really did live up to the hype after causing a complete Ticketmaster meltdown.

The “Lover” era (2019)

1) “Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince”

Even though this was an album cut that doesn’t get much attention among fans, it contains an ideal opening line for the first song: “It’s been a long time coming.” Backup dancers carried enormous pastel-colored parachutes and all floated together in a circle before lifting up the fabric to reveal Swift center stage, where she was clad in the first of many sparkly bodysuits and jewel-encrusted knee-high boots she would wear over the course of the evening.

2) “Cruel Summer”

This upbeat pop track was destined to become a summertime smash in 2020 until, well, you know. Fans have been obsessed with it ever since, even though it never became a radio single and Swift never performed it live, until now. One look around the stadium revealed multiple people openly weeping.

Taylor Swift loves time and numbers. ‘Midnights’ proves it.

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Superstar Taylor Swift’s music is a trove of hidden meanings tied to her love of numeric symbolism – and her tenth album, “Midnights,” is no different. (Video: Allie Caren/The Washington Post, Photo: Sarah Hashemi/The Washington Post)

3) “The Man”

Swift casually slid into a business professional sequin jacket as the set transformed into a drab office space, similar to the music video, as she sang about how people would take her much more seriously if she were a dude.

4) “You Need to Calm Down”

This single and music video, a celebration of gay rights and ignoring the haters, was somewhat controversial and resulted in debates about whether Swift centered herself too much in a song that was supposed to be about being an ally. But Swift still belted out a few lines, including the much-discussed lyric, “Shade never made anybody less gay!”

5) “Lover”

The audience roared as Swift strolled out with her guitar and explained to the crowd that they were about to go on an adventure through the 17 years of her career — and even though there would be plenty of material about breakups, this was a “good old-fashioned love song.”

6) “The Archer”

Swift walked slowly down a gigantic catwalk that took her into the middle of the stadium for the final song from this era, a low-key ballad with lyrics about her insecurities.

The “Fearless” era (2008)

7) “Fearless”

As gold sparks rained down, Swift took a quick pivot back to her breakout country album, wearing a gold fringe dress and boots that defined her style in the early days of Nashville.

8) “You Belong With Me”

It was pandemonium when Swift broke out one of her first country singles that became an international hit. The crowd really lost it for the famous tale of a high school love triangle, especially with the signature lyric: “She wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts / She’s cheer captain and I’m on the bleachers.”

9) “Love Story”

The inclusion of this one was a given. Swift’s career-making song from a time when she romanticized the idea of happily-ever-after love stories closed out the second phase of the concert.

The “Evermore” era (2020)

10) “Tis the Damn Season”

Swifties have a running bit that “Evermore” is the “forgotten child” — it never got the same attention as its sister pandemic album (and Grammy album of the year winner) “Folklore.” But Swift jokingly insisted onstage that “Evermore” is “an album I absolutely love despite what some of you might say on TikTok.” She changed into a burnt orange gold autumnal gown, kicking things off with a song about hooking up with an ex over the holidays.

11) “Willow”

Swift threw on an emerald cape for her “dancing witch” version of the album’s opening track, surrounded by backup dancers holding glowing orbs.

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Kyle Kinch makes his presence felt with first new music of the year—stream the ‘Bandersnatch’ EP

March 18, 2023 by admin

BY: RACHEL NAROZNIAK  MAR 17, 2023

The title of Kyle Kinch’s first new material of 2023 will inevitably catch the eyes of Lewis Carroll enthusiasts, and this Bandersnatch—much like its literary referent—is a monster of its own kind.

On the two-piece EP, Kinch’s listenership hears from the Dancing Astronaut Artist to Watch in 2022 for the very first time this year in a statement made via W&O Street Tracks. No stranger to the house release ring, Kinch eases into trippy, textured grooves on the EP’s title track, setting a tone for a project that boasts appeal extending well beyond the club circuit. Cool as a cucumber, Kinch coasts into “Pure Passion” alongside REIGN for an accompanying number that has textural grit, a fluid beat, and—the icing on the cake—a blissed-out, almost aqueous topline.

Catch Kinch at The Cove at Ultra Music Festival on Sunday, March 26 for a set that ranks among Dancing Astronaut‘s seven can’t-miss Ultra sets. In the

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William Beckmann Takes PEOPLE Behind the Scenes of His Grand Ole Opry Debut: ‘An Iconic Place’

March 18, 2023 by admin

“It’s opportunities like the one that the Opry gave me that make it all worth it and make me feel like things are starting to look up,” the rising country star says. “That’s a great feeling”

William Beckmann has long come to rely on Parker McCollum. Certainly, the two rising country artists have much in common, from their Texas roots to their dedication to making the music that comes from their soul. And now, they also share another special similarity.

They both have played the iconic Grand Ole Opry.

“[Parker] was the one that called me and told me that the Grand Ole Opry had invited me to play,” Beckmann, 27, tells PEOPLE mere days after his March 3 debut performance at the legendary venue. “I look at Parker as like a big brother and so I’m glad that he was the one that called me and broke the news.”

It’s a piece of news that Beckmann has long waited for, as the retro-looking artist delivering the brand-new sound has spent much of his life waiting for an opportunity such as this. “I come from a small town in Texas called Del Rio,” says Beckmann, who currently splits his time between homes in both Nashville and San Antonio. “Things like this don’t always happen to guys like me.”

As a new kid on the block, Beckmann was only awarded a two-song set from the Opry, but he certainly made quite the impression with the two songs he picked to perform.

“I did really try to pick them wisely,” Beckmann remembers of the songs he delivered beautifully at his Grand Ole Opry debut, captured in a series of pictures premiering exclusively on PEOPLE. “The first song was a song of mine that I wrote called ‘Bourbon Whiskey,’ which is a really traditional country song. It’s probably the most country thing that I have. It just felt right to be playing such an old-school country song on such an iconic stage.”

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Taylor Swift, Jimin, Melanie Martinez & More: What’s Your Favorite New Music Release of the Week? Vote!

March 17, 2023 by admin

To get fans even more hyped up for Swift’s The Eras Tour — which is scheduled to kick off on Friday, March 17, in Glendale, Ariz. — the pop icon released not one, but four tracks: “Taylor’s Version” takes on “If This Was a Movie,” “Safe and Sound” and “Eyes Open,” as well as “All of the Girls You Loved Before,” which is an unreleased track from her Lover era. “Girls” sees the 33-year-old reflecting on her past mistake with an air of appreciation, as it paved the way for a better future for herself. “Every dead-end street, led you straight to me,” she sings on the chorus.

Jimin is the latest member of BTS to go solo, and gave fans a taste of his forthcoming album, FACE (scheduled to arrive on March 24), with the release of its lead single, “Set Me Free, Pt. 2.” Jimin flips off his haters in the defiant hip-hop influenced track about “determination, passion, and overcoming” any obstacles in his way. “I thought it was important that I be the one to set myself free — not someone else,” he said of the track in an interview with Consequence. “In the end, I’m the one who has to set myself free.”

Melanie Martinez also offered a new tune, declaring that she is “back from the dead” on new track “DEATH.” The singer says a farewell to her Crybaby persona, embracing a rebirth — and electronic, synth-driven sound — for her Portals album cycle, which promises to be one of her most ambitious yet.

Kx5, Hozier and Avenged Sevenfold also return this week. With so many to choose from, we want to know: Which release is your favorite? Vote in our poll below.

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