Perhaps it's Swift's sheer stamina at performing the over-three-hour show, which ranges 44 songs from 10 albums (sometimes even in the pouring rain!), or maybe it's the inside jokes formed not only among fans but with Taylor herself. There's been something magical about this tour. Anyone who has live-streamed the concert each night from some fellow fan's shaky iPhone, if only to catch what the night's secret songs will be, understands my plight. So when Taylor took her final stateside bow and prepared to embark on her international tour dates (much, much further from my own time zone), I felt an acute loss. It's my birthday, Halloween, and New Year's all rolled into one. Sorry not sorry, but when Taylor Swift tours, it's more than a big deal. That's because all my fellow Swifties and I have done since the tour kicked off earlier this year is talk about it nonstop.
When Taylor Swift played her last 2023 US tour date at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on August 9, I could feel everyone around me breathe a collective sigh of relief.
