Taylor Swift at Wembley: Guestlist, songs and what you might have missed as the Eras Tour comes to London

As Taylor Swift kicked off the long-awaited London leg of her Eras tour on Friday night (21 June) at Wembley Stadium, fans waited eagerly to find out which surprise songs she had chosen for the capital.

Although much of her 45-song set list remains the same across the tour, Swift does alter the “Acoustic Section” of her set, which features two surprise songs that she selects from her back catalogue.

Much of the time, these tracks are chosen based on where she is performing that night. In May, for example, Swift played her 2022 track “Paris” in the French capital. Likewise, performing in London for the first of eight nights on Friday (21 June), Swift played a medley of: “Hits Different”, “Death By A Thousand Cuts”, “Come Back Here”, “Maroon”, and for the first time live, “The Black Dog”.

The latter is widely believed to be based on her brief dalliance with Matty Healy, frontman of the British band The 1975, and includes references to a pub of the same name in Vauxhall, south London.

London, which is predicted to see a £300m boost in the economy courtesy of the Eras tour, welcomed the 14-time Grammy winner with a special performance of her 2014 hit “Shake It Off” during the Changing of the Guards outside Buckingham Palace while Transport for London reimagined the London Tube map to make it Swift-themed, and Wembley Stadium had its steps painted with a Swift mural and temporarily named the “Swiftie steps”.

As the Eras Tour continues for seven more London shows (a total of three in June and five in August), here’s everything you need to know, including all of the VIP guests so far and the most up-to-date set list