Swift recruited 18 different artists as tour support.
Swift invited an array of friends, collaborators, and rising stars to open for the Eras Tour, periodically adding new faces and local performers as she traveled the world.
By the end of the tour’s run, the complete slate of openers included, in order of appearance: Paramore, Gayle, Beabadoobee, MUNA, Gracie Abrams, Phoebe Bridgers, Owenn, Haim, Sabrina Carpenter, Louta, METTE, Griff, Benson Boone, Sofia Isella, Holly Humberstone, Suki Waterhouse, Maisie Peters, and Raye.
Several of these artists already had personal connections to Swift. Hayley Williams of Paramore, for example, has been close with the superstar since they were teenagers. When Swift released “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” last year, Williams was a featured vocalist on the vault track “Castles Crumbling.” Bridgers has also guested on a rerecorded vault track: “Nothing New,” included on “Red (Taylor’s Version)” in 2021. Similarly, after years of friendship, the Haim sisters lent background vocals to Swift’s 2020 song “No Body, No Crime.”
Most recently, Swift collaborated with Abrams for her album “The Secret of Us.” Their duet, “Us,” is nominated for best pop duo/group collaboration at the 2025 Grammys.
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