End of an era: Taylor Swift has taken the stage for the last time of Eras tour in Vancouver
CBC
This night is sparkling. After close to two years of sequins, sparkles and friendship bracelet swaps, Taylor Swift entered the Eras tour stage for the last time in a dazzling display of colour in Vancouver Sunday night.
"We get to play one last show for you here tonight in beautiful Vancouver," Swift said after playing her first couple of songs.
Later, during the performance from her Red era, Swift admired the passion and kindness fans have showed throughout the tour.
"That is I think the lasting legacy of this tour, the fact that you have created such space and joy and togetherness and love."
Later, in what appeared to be a co-ordinated effort, fans in the audience could be heard counting down and then singing Happy Birthday to the singer, who turns 35 on Dec. 13. The serenade followed a three-minute standing ovation after Swift's performance of Champagne Problems.
The show is a well-oiled machine that began at exactly 6:45 p.m. PT with Gracie Abrams. Swift began her set about an hour later.
Abrams voiced what many fans are feeling, calling Sunday's final show "history," and saying she cried earlier.
"I'm not ready for it to be over," Abrams said.
Swift said the tour has been the most challenging thing she's ever done in her life, estimating that about 10 million people have attended the concerts.
With tickets to her final shows sold out, resale tickets for Vancouver were being listed for $2,000 online. However, in a last-minute surprise during the week before her Vancouver shows, Swift's team released a chunk of $16 tickets for seats behind the stage.
B.C Place, where Swift is performing in Vancouver, erected fences around the venue to prevent 'Tayl-gating' parties — where fans without tickets usually show up to soak up the vibes and sing along.
But that didn't stop hundreds upon hundreds of ticketless Swifties from gathering outside B.C. Place on Sunday evening.
People could be seen singing, dancing, waving their phone flashlights, and even trading friendship bracelets with police officers.
Those who do have tickets have been given special, light-up wristbands upon entry to the stadium.
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