Taylor Swift LIVE: Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour inner circle revealed: Meet the band members and backup dancers who have been by her side for DECADES – and serve as her surrogate family on the road

Taylor Swift has been blowing fans away with her jaw-dropping performances on her sold-out Eras Tour, traveling around the globe on a 152-stop trip that has seen a host of her A-list pals in attendance.

But while the 34-year-old popstar – who is in a headline-making romance with Travis Kelce – has plenty of celebrity friends to bolster the audience numbers each night, as well as an NFL player partner willing to join her on-stage for the odd cameo, there is another oft-overlooked group of people making up Taylor’s inner circle: her bandmates and backup dancers.

Taylor is undoubtedly the star of the show when she takes to the stage at every concert, but behind her is a closely-knit crew of performers, many of whom have been by her side for decades, having started working with her long before she became the chart-topping superstar she is today. So close are these musicians and dancers that they even have their own group names: while Taylor’s band is called The Agency, her backup dancers refer to themselves as the Starlights.

Over the years, these performers have become like family to Taylor – making up an important part of her inner circle, and standing by her side as she has weathered furious criticism over her album launch and, most recently, accusations by Foo Fighters legend Dave Grohl that she doesn’t sing live on-stage. They have followed the songstress through the majority of her career and traveled worldwide with her to every stadium, stage, and studio.

In fact, the group were also given exclusive insight into Taylor’s relationship with Travis when he joined them on-stage for a surprise cameo in London. Travis has seemingly been welcomed into the fold with ease – even exchanging gushing public messages of appreciation on Instagram with Taylor’s dancer Kameron Saunders, who gushed about the ‘full circle moment’ of performing with the NFL star on-stage after years of Chiefs fandom.