Taylor Swift
Of course, Ms. Swift was the guest of honor at her Eras Tour film premiere. The pop star looked dazzling as she arrived on the red carpet, dressed in a 1989-esque light blue gown with her hair in a faux bob.
All the Stars at the ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ Movie Premiere
Written by djfrosty on October 12, 2023
Taylor Swift hosted the world premiere of her record-breaking Eras Tour concert film Wednesday (Oct. 11), joining fans and fellow stars in viewing the first-ever screenings of her bestselling global trek caught on camera.
The event took place at AMC theaters at The Grove in Los Angeles, where multiple rooms of people enjoyed synchronous showings of the nearly three-hour program. The seats were filled with Swifties who’d been handpicked by the pop star and her team to attend, but several celebrities also dotted the audience: Maren Morris, Hayley Kiyoko, Simu Liu and the queen herself, Beyoncé, to name a few.
Before sitting down to watch the film, which captured almost an entire Eras Tour concert via footage compiled from Swift’s SoFi Stadium stops (minus the songs “The Archer,” “No Body No Crime” feat. HAIM, “Long Live,” “Cardigan” and “Wildest Dreams”), the 12-time Grammy winner stopped in each theater to make a speech. “I can’t believe I get to do music as a career,” she told the crowds. “That’s crazy. I’ve always had so much fun doing it. I’ve never had this much fun in my life as I have had on The Eras Tour. It is far and away just the most electric experience of my life.”
The star-studded premiere marked a triumphant send-off for the Eras Tour movie, which had already crushed existing AMC sales numbers well before its release. Similar with the Eras concert tickets, the company experienced an unprecedented demand for tickets to the film — so much so, Swift announced that the project would hit theaters a whole day early, now opening Thursday (Oct. 12).
“I can’t really wrap my head around this but…. Look what you genuinely made me do,” wrote the singer in a pre-premiere Instagram post. “I can’t thank you enough for wanting to see this film that so vividly captures my favorite adventure I’ve ever been a part of: The Eras Tour. And the best part is, it’s an adventure we’re still on together. Getting in the car now…”
See photos of the stars who made it out to Swift’s Eras Tour movie premiere below.
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Beyoncé & Taylor Swift
Image Credit: John Shearer/Getty Images Beyoncé all but stole the show by making a surprise appearance at the Eras film premiere, showing support to her fellow pop star. “She’s been a guiding light throughout my career and the fact that she showed up tonight was like an actual fairytale,” Swift later wrote of the “Break My Soul” singer.
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Maren Morris
Image Credit: Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images Maren Morris was also in the house. Like Taylor, she got her start in country music.
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Mariska Hargitay
Image Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Mariska Hargitay fully belonged on the Eras red carpet, given how much of a figurehead she was during Swift’s 1989 era. Not only did the singer name her cat after Hargitay’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit character, Olivia Benson, but the actress also starred in the pop star’s “Bad Blood” music video.
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Hayley Kiyoko
Image Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Hayley Kiyoko was channeling Reputation on the Eras carpet. The “Girls Like Girls” singer was featured in Swift’s “You Need to Calm Down” music video back in 2019, and prior to that, joined the pop star on stage for a guest appearance on the Reputation Tour in 2018.
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Flavor Flav
Image Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Flavor Flav is just as much of a Swiftie as all of the other fans hand-picked by Swift’s team to attend the premiere. He attended the Eras Tour in Detroit, posed for pics with the pop superstar at the 2023 iHeartRadio awards and proclaimed his Swiftiehood in an interview with Billboard earlier this year: “Love me some Taylor Swift, man, always did.”
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Karamo Brown
Image Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images The Queer Eye star was another “You Need to Calm Down” music video cast member to make an appearance at the Eras film premiere, looking dapper in a mocha-colored suit.
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Molly Sims
Image Credit: Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images Molly Sims expertly dressed up her Eras Tour T-shirt with a blazer and aptly sparkly pants for the premiere.
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Simu Liu
Image Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images After attending the Eras Tour stop in Seattle, the Barbie actor got to relive the experience at the concert film premiere. He has said that he was “absolutely BLOWN away by the eras tour” and praised Swift earlier this year: “You really showed me that kindness always wins.”
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Fortune Feimster
Image Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Fortune Feimster was all smiles on the Eras red carpet. In August, the comedian caught an Eras Tour show and afterward raved on Instagram: “What an incredible show from @taylorswift last night. She gave a 3.5 hour performance and didn’t even break a sweat. The Eras Tour definitely lived up to the hype.”
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Tetris Kelly
Image Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Billboard‘s own Tetris Kelly was on hand at the Eras Tour premiere, and even captured clips of Swift rocking out to the film from her seat in the theater.
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The Eras Tour Backup Dancers
Image Credit: John Shearer/Getty Images for TAS Swift’s fleet of backup dancers and Eras film costars presented a unified front at the premiere. In a pre-screening speech, the pop star thanked them for their contributions to the project.
“We did this show rain or shine, in sickness and in health, no matter what was going on in our lives,” she said. “And we did it with a grin on our face because of what greeted us on the other side.”