Taylor Swift’s First Live Performance of “Safe & Sound” and “Untouchable” in Over a Decade Takes Place in Sao Paulo
Taylor Swift executes onstage at Estadio Olimpico Nilton Santos on Nov. 17, 2023 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Buda Mendes/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management
Taylor Swift stunned followers with 2 seldom executed tracks at her Saturday evening performance at the Allianz Parque arena in São Paulo, Brazil, on Nov. 25.
“This has been a tradition that I started on The Eras Tour,” Swift claimed to the São Paulo group, clarifying that she attempts her finest to provide 2 tracks she’s never ever played, or a minimum of hasn’t played in a long time, throughout her acoustic collection. “Both songs I am playing tonight I have never, ever played on this tour.”
First up was “Safe & Sound” off of The Hunger Games soundtrack, on guitar. The tune from the 2012 function movie hasn’t been listened to on Swift’s phase in a years; she last played it in 2013 on her Red Tour. The initial recording included The Civil Wars, yet Swift executed the song solo Saturday evening.
Next, on piano, was the ballad “Untouchable,” which Swift re-recorded for Fearless (Taylor’s Version) yet hasn’t executed online because 2011.
Night one in São Paulo included the live debut of “Now That We Don’t Talk” from the 1989 (Taylor’s Version) safe. “I’ve never performed this one live before,” she teased the group on Friday. “Let’s see how I do with it.” She adhered to that shock with an uncommon efficiency of Speak Now‘s “Innocent” at the piano.
She’ll go back to São Paulo’s Allianz Parque arena for a 3rd evening on Sunday.
Over 3 evenings in Rio de Janeiro last weekend break, Swift played numerous tracks live for very first time in he profession, consisting of 1989 (Taylor’s Version) safe tracks “Slut!” and “Surburban Legends,” and the psychological “Bigger Than the Whole Sky” from Midnights (3AM Edition).
Watch clips of “Safe & Sound” and “Untouchable” from the Nov. 25 São Paulo reveal listed below. You can remain current with of all the shock tracks from The Eras Tour with Billboard‘s complete listing here.
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