What Happened at Taylor Swift's Final 'Eras Tour' Show? Emotional Surprise Songs, Changed Lyrics, But No Announcements

Everyone was hoping that Taylor Swift would make a major announcement during her final show of The Eras Tour, but that didn’t happen.

The 34-year-old singer performed the 149th and final show of the tour on Sunday (December 8) at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, Canada.

For the last few months, Swifties have been waiting on the edge of their seats hoping that Taylor would announce the release of reputation (Taylor’s Version) or Taylor Swift (Taylor’s Version), the two remaining re-recorded albums. There have been so many theories about when the albums would be announced, but none of the theories panned out.

One wild fact that fans discovered is that December 8, 2024 marks exactly 1,989 days since Taylor‘s master recordings were sold away from her on June 29, 2019.

Some fans thought that the significance of 12/8/24 could have been why it was chosen as the final date of the tour, with some thinking Taylor would announce both of the final re-recorded albums at the same time. That unfortunately did not happen.

So, what did happen?

Head inside for a recap of Taylor Swift’s final show on the Eras Tour…

The Surprise Songs Moved Us to Tears!

Did you also tear up listening to those surprise songs?

“I was thinking about it, because we’ve had so long to prepare for the end of this tour. So I was trying to think about what songs encapsulate how I feel about tonight, so I decided to go back to the beginning,” Taylor said while introducing the first mash-up of the night.

Taylor kicked things off with a mash-up of “A Place in This World” from debut and “New Romantics” from 1989 as her surprise for the guitar section.

When she moved to the piano, Taylor performed an emotional mash-up of three songs: “Long Live” from Speak Now, “New Year’s Day” from reputation, and “The Manuscript” from The Tortured Poets Department.

During “Long Live,” Taylor changed the lyrics from “it was the end of a decade” to “it was the end of an era.” Aww!

Some Other Moments We Loved!

• Taylor‘s intro before “The Man”: “You’re making me feel like tonight we get to spend the last night of The Eras Tour with 60,000 beautiful people in Vancouver!”
• Kam‘s improv line during “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”: Instead of saying “like ever,” he said, “FOR THE LAST TIME, NO!”
• Taylor‘s speech during the Red era: “I think that’s the lasting legacy of this tour, the fact that you have created such a space of joy and togetherness and love and I couldn’t be more proud of you, that is all you… I just want to say that you’re why this is so special, you supporting me for as long as you have is why I get to take these lovely walks down memory every single night because you cared about every era of my entire life.”
• What Taylor said before performing “Betty” for the last time: “It’s crazy to think I’m about to sing the last song I’ll ever sing in the folklore cabin.”
• The crowd sang “Happy Birthday Taylor” during the ovation after “Champagne Problems.”
• Taylor gave her dancer Kam a big hug after he did his final dance break in “Bejeweled.”

How She Said Goodbye at the End

Before performing the final song of the night, Taylor said goodbye to the audience.

“Thank you so much for being a part of the most thrilling chapter of my entire life to date, my beloved Eras Tour! Thank you for being with us tonight. Would you give us one more song please?” Taylor told the crowd.

There Were So Many Celebs There!

We have a round-up of every celeb who went to the final show!