Taylor Swift kick-started the 2024 leg of her Eras Tour a few days before the Super Bowl and success has come clamoring for her. After wrapping up her Tokyo tour, the ‘1989’ singer celebrated Travis Kelce’s big game win with an on-field kiss before proceeding to begin the Australian side of her concerts. Starting with a three-day stop in Melbourne, the pop star threw her fandom open to wide surprises and new announcements even as the turnout left her speechless.

Marking yet another happening during her stop in the city, she dropped her self-created rule for the tours.

Taylor Swift will no longer abide by her track list rule for the remainder of the Eras Tour

Setting off in March 2023, the Eras Tour brought Taylor Swift unabated success. After braving heatwaves, long-stage and flight hours, and back-to-back concerts, the singer has come down to the last ten months of her tour. Breaking from convention, the pop mega-star announced that she would no longer follow the rule of not repeating a surprise song from one venue to the other. Additionally, she also claimed that by doing away with she would be bringing “fair game” to her fans.

A key player in this decision may have stemmed from her Swifties expressing awe after their singer played a special three-song medley during the second night in Melbourne. The three-day shows, which witnessed footfalls of over 96,000 people on each occasion, also stood out for the set list that she played during their duration. At the start of The Eras Tour, Taylor Swift had an unwritten rule of playing one song from her ‘Vault’ release that never got repeated at any two shows, except from the ‘Midnights’ album.

The Australian city also saw the singer shed light on new features of her upcoming album amid fans hardly being able to contain their feelings.

The Tortured Poets Department gets a new cover and track

Addressing the staggering gathering of Swifties in Melbourne during this Friday night of the Eras Tour, Taylor Swift laid bare a new look at her upcoming album, The Tortured Poets Department. Announced after her 2024 Grammy win, the album received a new song named ‘The Bolter’. Scheduled for release on April 19, 2024, the album also got listed for presale during the show.

As Swift performed hits such as ‘Getaway Car’ and ‘Other Side of the Door’, her fandom broke down in tears. Fans, who had assembled from destinations far and wide, swayed in unison as spectacular light shows covered the stadium. Finally, with the Melbourne itinerary wrapped up, the singer will now head over to Sydney to mark another record.

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