You may label it anything you like, but Taylor Swift has officially taken over the Music City.
On Friday afternoon, Taylor Swift’s legions of devoted admirers, known as Swifties, will invade the streets of downtown Nashville for the first of three sold-out shows at Nissan Stadium.
Check out our images from the first night of Swift’s ‘Eras’ tour concert in Music City to see how she and her fans (in their DIY clothes) turned downtown Nashville into a lavender haze.
Road restrictions due to Taylor Swift performances at Nissan Stadium in Nashville.
Emma and Eva Rogney, who traveled all the way from North Carolina to see Swift, wore coats that harkened back to her “Lover” heyday.
Taylor Swift performs at Nissan Stadium in front of a sold-out audience.
Could they handle it? According to Nissan Stadium, Swift performed in front of a record-breaking crowd of 70,000 people in Nashville.
At Nissan Stadium, Phoebe Bridgers introduces a boy band.
During her opening act on the first night of Swift’s “Eras” tour in Nashville, boygenius bandmates Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus made a surprise appearance.
Swift praised the supergroup’s debut album, The Record, calling it “genuinely a masterpiece” in an Instagram story.
Taylor Swift’s concert prompted the lighting of the purple John Seigenthaler bridge.
The air truly is hazy with purple. For the event on Friday, the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge was bathed in a purple light. Critical Swifties have linked the color purple to the soon-to-be-announced release of her re-recorded 2010 album Speak Now (Taylor’s Version). What about Nashville? The audience seems to agree.