Taylor Swift's Eras Tour a whole new experience the second time around
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Taylor Swift kicked off the final U.S. leg of her Eras Tour on Friday night in Indianapolis with a record-setting crowd and plenty of sequins and glitter.
While Indy might have been skipped in the first leg of the 19-month-old tour, Swift emphasized Friday night that she made the right choice to finish the U.S. portion here.
Guide to Eras Tour's Indy stop:Taylor Swift is coming to Indianapolis: Here's all the must-know details
"We decided we have got to end this tour in front of the most dedicated, passionate, beautiful, enthusiastic, excitable crowd," Swift said early in her setlist. "So we decided that the very last U.S. city of the Eras Tour would be right here in Indianapolis, Indiana. And I can already tell we made the best decision possible.”
Here's what else happened at Indy N1.
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The concert was record-setting
Lucas Oil Stadium was filled with 69,000 fans Friday, breaking the stadium's concert attendance record, Swift said.
“You know, I was told some news before we took to the stage tonight," said before singing the 10-minute version of "All Too Well." "I was told that tonight you went ahead and broke the all-time attendance record for a concert in this stadium."
"I'm fired up!!!!!!!!" Clark wrote on a photo of Abrams on Instagram. Later she posted a picture of Swift singing "Enchanted," her favorite Swift song.
While Swift didn't invite any surprise guests on stage, she did still play surprise songs. She performed a mashup of "The Albatross" from "The Tortured Poets Department" and "Holy Ground" from "Red (Taylor's Version)" on the guitar, before moving to the piano for a mashup of "Cold As You" and "Exile" on the piano.
Everyone knew when she was going to sing "The Man" or that Swift would "dive" into the stage floor. That didn't detract from the energy as tens of thousands of Swifties blurted out nearly every word to the expansive set list, and many stuck around afterward to pick up individual confetti pieces off the floor.
Eras Tour rideshare and pickup locations, downtown Indianapolis road closures
There will be a slew of road closures to manage traffic around Lucas Oil Stadium this weekend, so if you're trying to get in or out of downtown, take heed. Many surface streets and some interstate exits will be closed, mostly after 11 p.m.
List of road closures:How to navigate closed roads, traffic after Taylor Swift concerts in downtown Indy
A standalone rideshare pickup zone on South Street between Missouri and West streets will operate from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday through Sunday.
Only Uber, Lyft and other rideshare drivers will be given access to this area. Rideshare drivers will have to drive down South West Street to pick up riders and then can either continue south, going under I-70, or travel westbound on Kentucky Avenue to get out of the zone.
What to know
icking up a Taylor Swift concertgoer? You need to be at parent pickup by 10 p.m.
LIVE STREAM LINKS : https://cutt.ly/neGjy8wkLIVE STREAM LINKS : https://cutt.ly/neGjy8wkTaylor Swift kicked off the final U.S. leg of her Eras Tour on Friday night in Indianapolis with a record-setting crowd and plenty of sequins and glitter.
While Indy might have been skipped in the first leg of the 19-month-old tour, Swift emphasized Friday night that she made the right choice to finish the U.S. portion here.
Guide to Eras Tour's Indy stop:Taylor Swift is coming to Indianapolis: Here's all the must-know details
"We decided we have got to end this tour in front of the most dedicated, passionate, beautiful, enthusiastic, excitable crowd," Swift said early in her setlist. "So we decided that the very last U.S. city of the Eras Tour would be right here in Indianapolis, Indiana. And I can already tell we made the best decision possible.”
Here's what else happened at Indy N1.
Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.
The concert was record-setting
Lucas Oil Stadium was filled with 69,000 fans Friday, breaking the stadium's concert attendance record, Swift said.
“You know, I was told some news before we took to the stage tonight," said before singing the 10-minute version of "All Too Well." "I was told that tonight you went ahead and broke the all-time attendance record for a concert in this stadium."
"I'm fired up!!!!!!!!" Clark wrote on a photo of Abrams on Instagram. Later she posted a picture of Swift singing "Enchanted," her favorite Swift song.
While Swift didn't invite any surprise guests on stage, she did still play surprise songs. She performed a mashup of "The Albatross" from "The Tortured Poets Department" and "Holy Ground" from "Red (Taylor's Version)" on the guitar, before moving to the piano for a mashup of "Cold As You" and "Exile" on the piano.
Everyone knew when she was going to sing "The Man" or that Swift would "dive" into the stage floor. That didn't detract from the energy as tens of thousands of Swifties blurted out nearly every word to the expansive set list, and many stuck around afterward to pick up individual confetti pieces off the floor.
Eras Tour rideshare and pickup locations, downtown Indianapolis road closures
There will be a slew of road closures to manage traffic around Lucas Oil Stadium this weekend, so if you're trying to get in or out of downtown, take heed. Many surface streets and some interstate exits will be closed, mostly after 11 p.m.
List of road closures:How to navigate closed roads, traffic after Taylor Swift concerts in downtown Indy
A standalone rideshare pickup zone on South Street between Missouri and West streets will operate from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday through Sunday.
Only Uber, Lyft and other rideshare drivers will be given access to this area. Rideshare drivers will have to drive down South West Street to pick up riders and then can either continue south, going under I-70, or travel westbound on Kentucky Avenue to get out of the zone.
What to know
icking up a Taylor Swift concertgoer? You need to be at parent pickup by 10 p.m.
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