Taylor Swift Eras Tour Surprise Guests

All the Surprise Appearances at Taylor Swift's Eras Tour So Far

May 9 2023 by Victoria Edel

Taylor Swift's the Eras Tour continues to take her all across the United States, and so far she's invited three of her famous friends and collaborators to join her during the shows. Every night, Swift performs two surprise songs as part of the set list, and she's invited someone to join her during that part of the show four times thus far. Plus, since singer Phoebe Bridgers joined the tour in May as an opener, Swift has performed their duet "Nothing New" as part of the set list with her every night.

Swift is set to play dates in the US until August (international dates have yet to be announced). Of course, fans are speculating who else Swift might invite to perform on stage with her. Swift has songs with artists like Maren Morris, Keith Urban, Lana Del Rey, Bon Iver, The Chicks, Kendrick Lamar, Zayn, and Ed Sheeran, so it's possible any of them could pop up during her tour. Plus, later this summer, HAIM will be performing with her so it's possible their song "No Body No Crime," off 2020's "Evermore," could temporarily join the set list then.

Swift fans also have hopes that the singer will perform with one of her ex-boyfriends, like Harry Styles or Joe Jonas. In an April interview with Hits Radio, Jonas addressed speculation he might appear on tour, saying, "Well you have to be invited," then added, "On stage. On stage that is."

Here are all the surprise guests Swift has invited to join her on the Eras Tour so far.

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Marcus Mumford Surprise Performance at the Eras Tour

Marcus Mumford joined Swift as the 25 March show, the second night in Las Vegas. Mumford sang "Cowboy Like Me" with the pop star; Mumford also features on the official track, which appears on 2020's "Evermore." Mumford shared a video from the performance on his TikTok and wrote in the caption, "you're a bandit like me @taylorswift." In the live version, he sang a verse from the song, but on the album version, he only sings harmonies.

Before their performance, Swift shared with the crowd that she actually recorded multiple songs from "Evermore" at Mumford's home recording studio. Most traditional studios were still closed at the time due to COVID-19. Swift convinced Mumford to sing harmonies on the track after he came into the studio to watch her record.

Aaron Dessner Surprise Performances at the Eras Tour

Frequent Swift collaborator Aaron Dessner has surprised Swift's crowd at three Eras Tour concerts so far. At the 14 April show in Tampa, he joined Swift to perform "The Great War" during the surprise portion of the show. The song is a "3am" track from Swift's 2022 release "Midnights." The next day, he returned to perform "Mad Woman" with Swift. That song is from 2020's "Folklore." He returned again on 7 May in Nashville to perform "Would've, Could've, Should've," another "3am" track, with Swift in the pouring rain.

After performing "The Great War" with Swift, Dessner wrote on Instagram, "Playing the Great War for the first time in Tampa....Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine getting to play a song for 80,000 people on acoustic guitar with @taylorswift." He added heart and wide-eyed emojis and continued, "eternally grateful for all the music we have made and your friendship. The #tstheerastour is the greatest show I've ever seen!!!!!"

Dessner, who's part of the band The National, and Swift first collaborated on "Folklore" and they also cowrote songs on "Evermore" and the "3am" "Midnights" tracks.

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Phoebe Bridgers Surprise Performances at the Eras Tour

Bridgers is one of the openers for the Eras Tour, and her first shows were Swift's Nashville stops on 5, 6, and 7 May. At the first of those shows, she and Swift surprised fans by adding their duet, "Nothing New," to the set list during the "Red" section. The song is one of the vault tracks off of 2021's "Red (Taylor's Version)." Bridgers came out to perform it with Swift at all three shows, so it seems the song will continue to have a place on the set list at the remaining stops where Bridgers is set to perform. Bridgers will open the other May tour dates in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and New Jersey.

Bridgers also surprised fans in her own way during her first two sets in Nashville (she did not open at the third show due to rain). At both shows, she brought out her supergroup Boygenius. The band, made up of her, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker, just released their first full-length album in March.

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