Taylor Swift wraps up first of three Philly nights at a sold-out Lincoln Financial Field. Here’s what she played.
“Whether you are aware of it or not, you have walked into my hometown show,” the singer said.
Taylor Swift performs during the first of three Eras Tour performances at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Friday night.Read moreElizabeth Robertson / Staff Photographer
The Taylor Swift takeover of South Philadelphia began at 8 p.m. sharp on Friday night as the Wyomissing, Pa.-raised pop star made a grand entrance — in person and on a video screen as wide as a football field — to kick off the first of three consecutive weekend shows at Lincoln Financial Field.
She made her entrance after a clock ticked down to zero as Lesley Gore’s proto-feminist anthem “You Don’t Own Me” played. Swift opened with the one-two punch of “Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince” and “Cruel Summer,” both from her 2019 album Lover, which was the chapter presented in the career-spanning Eras Tour.
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After two more Lover songs, she stopped to address the crowd of screaming-with-delight ecstatic Swifties who have been waiting five years for her to return to the Linc.
“Whether you are aware of it or not, you have walked into my hometown show,” she said. She added that after spending her “whole childhood watching with your Dad, watching Eagles games on Sunday,” even in her “most outrageous dreams,” she never imagined she’d be playing a sold-out show in the football team’s stadium.
Taylor Swift performs during the first of three Eras Tour performances at Lincoln Financial Field. Read moreElizabeth Robertson / Staff Photographer
Taylor Swift performs during the first of three Eras Tour performances at Lincoln Financial Field.Read moreElizabeth Robertson / Staff Photographer
Taylor Swift sings “The Man” during the first of three Eras Tour performances at Lincoln Financial Field.
Read moreElizabeth Robertson / Staff Photographer
Taylor Swift performs during the first of three Eras Tour performances at Lincoln Financial Field.
Read moreElizabeth Robertson / Staff Photographer
Taylor Swift performs during the first of three Eras Tour performances.Read moreElizabeth Robertson / Staff Photographer
Taylor Swift performs during the first of three Eras Tour performances at Lincoln Financial Field.
Read moreElizabeth Robertson / Staff Photographer
Taylor Swift performs during the first of three Eras Tour performances at Lincoln Financial Field.
Read moreElizabeth Robertson / Staff Photographer
Taylor Swift sings “The Man” during the first of three Eras Tour performances at Lincoln Financial Field. Read moreElizabeth Robertson / Staff Photographer
Taylor Swift performs during the first of three Eras Tour performances at Lincoln Financial Field.
Read moreElizabeth Robertson / Staff Photographer
Sisters Jamie Casella, 26, left, Alexis Casella, 23, center, and Lindsey Casella, 19, walk from the parking lot to Lincoln Financial Field on the first night of the Taylor Swift concert.Read moreHeather Khalifa / Staff Photographer
Taylor Swift fans wear cowboy boots outside of Lincoln Financial Field before the first night of Swift’s concert in Philadelphia.Read moreHeather Khalifa / Staff Photographer
Taylor Swift fans wear their bracelets on the first night of Swift’s concert.Read moreHeather Khalifa / Staff Photographer
A fan wears a Taylor Swift jacket while lined up to buy merchandise outside of Lincoln Financial Field.Read moreHeather Khalifa / Staff Photographer
Avery Whittle poses for a portrait in the parking lot on the first night of the Taylor Swift concert.Read moreHeather Khalifa / Staff Photographer
Sophia Hannah, 18, wears clips and sunglasses for the first night of the Taylor Swift concert in Philadelphia.Read moreHeather Khalifa / Staff Photographer
Taylor Swift fans Stephen Capalczynski and Alejandra Sanchez, both 18 from Buffalo, wait for merchandise.Read moreHeather Khalifa / Staff Photographer
Kaitlin Grant, left, exchanges bracelets with Hunter Stringham on the first night of the Taylor Swift concert.Read moreHeather Khalifa / Staff Photographer
Elizabeth Estrada, 32, shows off some of the merchandise she purchased in Lot K on Thursday. Estrada waited in line over four hours. She brought water and two granola bars for the wait.Read moreMonica Herndon / Staff Photographer
Fans line up in Lot K for Taylor Swift Eras tour merchandise Thursday.Read moreMonica Herndon / Staff Photographer
Temple University graduates Ella Cavallaro, 21, Kearney Turant, 21, and Courtney Thornton, 21, take photos near the Taylor Swift Eras tour merchandise truck. The Temple students came to take photos with the truck on graduation day on Thurs.Read moreMonica Herndon / Staff Photographer
Christian Perucho, of Graduate Hospital, takes a photo of Alyssa Campbell posing at the Taylor Swift mural by Emily Kelley near 2nd and South Streets.Read moreMonica Herndon / Staff Photographer
I'm The Inquirer's Pop Music Critic. I cover Philly music makers of all genres, spotlighting local acts on the rise, telling stories from throughout the city's rich music history, and reviewing big-name touring acts when they come to town.
