The American leg of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is winding down, but that didn’t stop her from giving her all to the crowd in Indianapolis until the very end — despite a technical issue.
While performing “Lavender Haze” at the Lucas Oil Stadium on Friday, November 2, Swift, 34, revealed that her mic pack had stopped working.
“I just need a new wireless pack because this one is out of battery,” she asked in between musical verses, per social media footage.
Swift then continued performing while a stagehand made his way onto the stage, helping secure a new mic pack in place. Throughout the entire quick fix, Swift didn’t miss a beat. She was seen tapping her feet to match the rhythm.
the way you can see she’s tapping her foot to stay on beat cause she couldn’t hear a damn thing 😭 she handled this so well! a pro pic.twitter.com/xA0PAN1c0i
— ✩ CEL ✩ (@moonlithoax) November 2, 2024
Swift’s Friday show, her first of three in Indiana, is her final U.S. stop on the Eras Tour. To mark the moment, she debuted two new mashups during her acoustic section: “The Albatross” x “Holy Ground” and “Cold as You” x “Exile.”
Swift’s boyfriend, Travis Kelce, couldn’t be in attendance at her recent Eras Tour shows due to his NFL games with the Kansas City Chiefs, though an array of other stars did make the trek to Indiana, including Caitlin Clark, Darius Rucker and Chariah Gordon. Additionally, Kelce’s family showed their support during a Miami concert last month with his mom Donna Kelce, brother Jason Kelce, sister-in-law Kylie Kelce and nieces Wyatt, 5, and Elliotte, 3, in attendance.
Jason previously gushed over the Eras Tour after seeing Swift perform in London in June. “It was insanely impressive,” Jason, 36, said during the June 26 episode of the “New Heights” podcast. “There’s something, like, obviously Taylor’s an amazing singer-songwriter, but then to be able to go out there and be a performer at that level … Dude, if I did what she did for one song, I would have to change my clothes.”
The former Philadelphia Eagles player revealed that Swift giving her hat to a young fan while singing “22” was an emotional highlight. “I’ve never cried at a f—ing concert and I was literally tearing up watching those little girls,” he explained.
Jason went on to add that he wasn’t just impressed with the level at which the Grammy Award winner performs but also how her fans create an unforgettable experience.
“It was an awesome experience, obviously the Swifties make it very memorable,” Jason continued. “Everyone’s so into it, they’re singing all the songs. There’s two concerts [I’ve seen] that have been like that — [hers] and the first time I saw Bruce Springsteen live. But it was equal kind of level of these insane fandoms that love these artists so much that they know all the songs.”
Swift’s weekend in Miami came nearly two months after she finished the European leg of the tour with dates in London. “We have officially wrapped the European leg of The Eras Tour. With it came the most passionate crowds I’ve ever played for, new traditions in the show, and an entirely new era added in,” she wrote via Instagram at the time.
“It was a more hectic pace than we’d done before, and I’m so proud of my crew/fellow performers for being able to physically perform that show and build our massive stage, take it apart, and make magic with so few days in between for recovery and travel. They’re the most impressive people I know and I’m so lucky they gave The Eras Tour their time, their energy, and their expertise.”
another pov of the mic pack switch, she was so professional about it then just the cutest thank you after i love her pic.twitter.com/qjyXK3wxub
— everslay⸆⸉ ♡ (@everslay13) November 2, 2024
After playing three dates in Indianapolis, she’ll conclude the tour in Canada in December.
In June, Swift marked her 100th Eras Tour concert by confirming that the venture will end this year. “People have been like, ‘How are you going to celebrate the 100th show?’” Swift told the crowd. “The celebration of the 100th show for me means this is the very first time I’ve acknowledged to myself and admitted that this tour is going to end in December. Like, that’s it.”
Swift called the Eras Tour “the most exhausting, all-encompassing, but most joyful, most rewarding, most wonderful thing that has ever happened in my life.”
“I think that this tour has really become my entire life,” she said. “It’s taken over everything. I think I once had hobbies, but I don’t know what they were anymore. All I do when I’m not on stage is sit at home and try to think of clever acoustic song mash-ups and think about what you might want to hear.”
