Taylor Swift Eras Tour: Fans arrive in Edinburgh for first UK show ...

When the Eras Tour kicked off in March 2023, fans didn’t know what to expect beyond her statement that it would entail "a journey through the musical eras of (her) career".

On that first night, in Glendale, Arizona, fans were treated to an exhaustive, three-hour survey of her songs about girls who love boys who don’t know how to love them back.

Each of her 10 (now 11) albums is treated as a distinct section of the show, with its own set, colour scheme and costume changes. The acoustic, folksy songs of Folklore are performed in a mossy cabin; the fluorescent pop hits of 1989 get blazing pyrotechnics and pin-sharp choreography.

The songs aren’t presented chronologically – partly to keep the pace from flagging, and partly to focus your mind on how nimbly Swift can adapt to new sounds and pop trends.

But for many fans, the highlight of every show is the “surprise set” – where the star performs a few songs that aren’t part of the regular setlist. There have already been more than 100 of them – and speculation has already begun about tonight’s selection.

My money’s on Guilty As Sin, from her new album The Tortured Poets Department, which name-checks Scottish art-pop band The Blue Nile. How about you?