A typically normal city totally transformed into a pink and lively landscape of glitter and friendship bracelets only to be returned to the default by Monday afternoon.
This is what The Eras Tour brought to every single city Taylor Swift visited.
The roads were lined with women, all in glittery and extravagant outfits, most with bracelets up to their elbows.
Everyone who went to the Era’s Tour first noticed the energy in the city. The final weekend in New Orleans was magnetic, the energy was palpable as every place anyone walked by had Taylor’s music blasting from its speakers.
“I have never experienced an environment like that where the city was just consumed with the experience,” said Michele Dressen a Swiftie who went to the Minneapolis show night one.
While still alive and thriving the energy there was not quite as electric as it was in New Orleans.
“I think New Orleans was better prepared than Minneapolis, cause it’s more of a tourist city, They catered to tourists and are prepared for big conventions,” Tim Dressen said, Michele’s husband.
New Orleans being one of Taylor’s last stops made it into something that was destined to be remembered. Almost like someone’s last chance to be able to see the show before it went away.
“As soon as we got there at the airport, there was a display welcoming people to the tour, you know, a picture or photo opportunity every hotel lobby we went by had something.” Tim said.
He compared it to the Super Bowl, in the sense that everything was catered to the audience there.
Multiple people who went to the Era’s Tour has also seem Taylor on multiple different tours spanning times through her entire career. It was a extremely different experience from when she was the opener for Keith Urban at the Allen County Memorial Coliseum than when she is a world famous pop star and billionaire.
“It was a very beautiful thing. I think all of the people around me at The Eras Tour when they had grown up with her are now sharing this experience with their kids,” Michelle Dressen said
The energy of this tour was completely different from the ones in the past. Instead of the typical focus on one album that was recently released, it was an all expansive show that covered almost every single “era” of her entire career.
There was a lot of content covered, being over 44 songs with surprise songs included.
“There’s nothing quite like singing the Cruel Summer bridge along with 60,000 other people,” Tim Dressen said, “It was an unmatched feeling that I’m still chasing months later.”