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…Ready for this? We’re not sure. We may be fine, but we are not fine at all.

After 149 concerts, Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is coming to an end. The two-year adventure, which spanned 18 years of music, brought happiness and magic as the singer traversed five continents.

Let’s tune into a grainy live stream one last time, swap friendship bracelets, and watch any possible surprises unfold.

Monday comes in the blink of an eye and most of us are wondering: How did it turn out?

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So is Jason Kelce playing Santa Claus on the Eras Tour?

It looks like Santa Claus and Buddy the Elf are fans of the Eras Tour. Swifties sitting backstage snapped a photo of the two taking photos before the show.

Do we think that’s a bit? Anyone who takes bets that it is Jason Kelce, Travis Kelce’s brother? His broadcast appearance for ESPN is Monday Night Football. Or maybe it’s Swift’s brother Austin, who dressed as Santa Claus at the Chiefs’ Christmas game last year.

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Will Travis Kelce be there on the final night of the Eras Tour?

Number 87 will not be at the final show in Vancouver. Travis Kelce is at Arrowhead Stadium for a home game against the Los Angeles Chargers. Kickoff began at 8:20 p.m. ET / 5:20 p.m. PT. And we have already checked whether he can make a last-minute flight after the game. Even with a private jet, the trip takes six and a half hours at best.

Do you think he watches the grainy live stream between games? Or does he have his own feed?

Kelce has made 14 appearances as Swift’s boyfriend (15 if you count his first-ever Kansas City concert in July). Every time Kelce was present, the singer would change the lyrics to “Karma is the guy from the Chiefs coming straight to my house.”

Swift also sang these lyrics two other times without Travis in the audience: on October 20 in Miami and on October 27 in New Orleans. He had two games back then and the Chiefs won. So don’t be surprised if she says the phrase again tonight!

What did critics say on the first night of the Eras Tour?

USA TODAY National Music Writer Melissa Ruggieri attended and reviewed the very first night of the Eras Tour in March 2023 in Glendale, Arizona.

While Ruggieri is in Vancouver, Canada for the final show, she wrote here long before the Eras Tour became what it is today.

“Not since the most powerful days of Bruce Springsteen and his legendary live concerts has a mainstream artist packed so much music into one show,” Ruggieri wrote at the time.

“But Swift’s show is more than just a roll call of her ubiquitous hit singles and fan-favorite album tracks, it’s as ambitious as a Broadway musical. Numerous moving stage sets, groups of dancers and backup singers, a quick-change costume parade, confetti, pyro, synchronized flashing bracelets and a beautiful curved video screen that obscured her ever-smiling face to the very back rafters complemented her songs as her multi-faceted Band sat inconspicuously in a corner of the stage,” she wrote.

Ruggieri wrote this about the folklore era: “While her voice shifted easily from soft to strong throughout the show, Swift’s singing on the haunting “Betty,” with its sing-along chorus, was one of her best of the night.

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Will Taylor Swift have special guests for her final night of the Eras tour?

The last time Taylor Swift completed a leg of her tour was London on August 20, when she surprised audiences with special guest appearances Florence Welch and Jack Antonoff and released their music video “I Can Do It With A Broken Heart”.

On Saturday night, Swift brought her friend and opening act Gracie Abrams to perform a mashup of “I Love You, I’m Sorry” and “Last Kiss,” telling the audience, “Tonight is the last chance that Gracie and… “I have to perform together on this tour.”

Why was this the last opportunity and what surprises await us? We will be watching with you tonight to share it.

Can I still get a ticket for the show?

If you feel like attending the Sunday performance at the last minute, resale tickets are still available. At last check, the cheapest ticket on StubHub.com was a restricted-view seat backstage, costing $900. The most expensive seat was on the floor and cost almost $12,000.

Where did Eras tickets cost the most?See which city hit the $3,000 per seat mark

What was it like covering the tour?

As Taylor Swift’s official reporter for The Tennessean, part of the USA TODAY network, I’m not exaggerating when I say that the Eras Tour has been my job — and, really, my life — for the past 13 months. I posted 501 articles, made 42 television appearances, published 974 photos, edited, filmed 38 videos documentary and wrote a book about Swift.

It all started with USA TODAY’s viral job posting for the world’s first full-time, dedicated Taylor Swift reporter in the summer of 2023. The memories I made may be unique to me, but the general themes are to anyone who was there , one or more Eras Tour shows.

You can read about what it was like to travel four continents on this tour in a personal review here.

And even though this chapter is coming to an end, Swift is already working on her next project. In the foreword to her official concert book she wrote: “See you in the next era.” It’s one I want to report on.

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While fans may be reeling and asking, “Is it over now?” The answer is yes. At least according to Swift. She has said multiple times that Vancouver will be the last show.

On Saturday, Swift said: “I’m just so overjoyed that we decided to do our final shows in Vancouver. You are so incredible. I love you so much. Oh, my face hurts from grinning. Thank you for this moment. You are the best!”

During the “All Too Well” section of the 100th Eras Tour show in Liverpool, Swift told the audience: “This is the very first time that I’m owning up and admitting to myself that this tour is going to end in December.” That very last night will be Sunday.

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North of False Creek in downtown Vancouver, Canada lies BC Place Stadium. The British Columbia Arena – with the largest cable-supported sliding roof in the world – opened in 1983 and can accommodate more than 50,000 fans. Swift is the first artist to sell out three shows on a single tour. There is a 140-foot-long inflatable friendship bracelet at the front of the stadium. Shawn Kolodny, a contemporary artist and sculptor, designed the jewelry for Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. The art was then passed on to subsequent exhibitions in Indianapolis, Toronto and now Vancouver.

Taylor Swift released her own official Eras tour book with more than 500 images from the show and new insights into the production. According to Circana’s BookScan, which tracks the majority of print market sales, the book sold 814,000 copies in its first week. This makes the behind-the-scenes collector’s item the second highest-selling adult non-fiction release, following Barack Obama’s memoir A Promised Land, which sold 816,300 copies in 2020.

Complementing Swift’s work is USA TODAY Network’s “This Swift Beat,” which tracks the news, impact and fans of the songwriter’s magnum opus. We haven’t sold anywhere near 800,000 copies, but we haven’t given up hope!

You can also do what we did: watch the Eras Tour concert film.

The third version of the film, released to Disney+ subscribers with unlimited replays, included “Cardigan” and four bonus acoustic songs that were removed from the second version, released last year on December 13, on Swift’s birthday. The streaming service has even customized its menu with the singer’s 10 albums, movies and shows that fit each era. And parents, remember that curse words are not hidden.

Rising singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams opened for Taylor Swift on the entire final North American leg of the Eras Tour.

The two collaborated on the song “Us.” on Abrams’ album “The Secret of Us.”

On the second night in Vancouver, Swift invited Abrams to the stage for the penultimate acoustic set of the record-breaking tour.

“You met my friend Gracie earlier, right?” Swift poked fun at Abrams for repeatedly performing for her during the tour. “She’s also my friend, and when I went on the Eras tour, I kind of made an invisible decision to invite artists on that tour that felt like family.”

Swift, wearing a shimmering black dress, encouraged the 25-year-old starlet to sing two of her songs with her. They mixed Abrams’ “I Love You, I’m Sorry” and Swift’s “Last Kiss.” This is the fourth time Abrams has joined Swift on stage during the acoustic section.

Unless you’re on the Pacific coast, it’s going to be late at night!

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