The Errors TourAll the Times Taylor Swift Had Wardrobe, Stage Malfunctions and Handled It Like a Pro on the ‘Eras Tour’

She’s a runner, she’s a track star

During her Reputation era, at the Cincinnati stop, a platform malfunction left Swift stranded above the stage, prompting her to dash past her dancers to reach the backstage area.

After concert attendees at Paycor Stadium captured the incident on video, Taylor humorously addressed it on social media. Commenting under one TikTok clip of the mishap, she quipped, “Still swift af boi.”

She ate (bugs)

During the Evermore era, another mishap took place when Taylor accidentally swallowed a bug at Soldier Field in Chicago. As she attempted to address the crowd, she was suddenly overcome by coughing fits and apologized to the audience, exclaiming, “I swallowed a bug, I’m terribly sorry.”

It seems Taylor isn’t having the best luck with bugs since she swallowed a fly again! While performing in Milan in July 2024, the singer told the audience she accidentally choked on an insect.

“I knew it would happen ’cause there are so many bugs here tonight,” she explained. “I just need to cough a little bit.”

When she couldn’t dive </3

In one part of the show, Taylor amazes fans with her swan dive illusion, where she appears to leap into the stage after her surprise songs set. Positioned to dive headfirst onto an inflatable bag when signaled by a green light, the singer creates a stunning visual effect.

However, during a performance in Tampa, she encountered a hiccup when the trap door failed to open as expected. Despite the sound effect simulating her dive splashing, Taylor found herself stranded, audibly expressing her frustration with a “The f—k?” directed at the ground. Eventually, the door relented, allowing her to exit gracefully albeit belatedly.

When it rains so hard your instruments don’t work

Following an intense rain-soaked performance in Foxborough, Massachusetts, Taylor and her audience were startled when her piano started emitting eerie, unbidden notes.

Addressing the crowd while seated at the piano, she recounted the rainstorm. “So, here’s what happened. It rained a lot last night — like a monsoon. To be precise, it rained for three and a half hours straight, and it just kept getting heavier and heavier,” she explained. “Literally, it was like a water park under the stage. You have no idea.”

When the instrument began playing on its own accord, she queried the crowd, “Did you hear that? Do you hear the piano?” before clarifying that she wasn’t responsible for the phantom notes.

Ultimately, the pop star opted to alter the plan. “OK, I’m just gonna do another song on guitar,” she said.

When she forgot her own lyrics

Taylor shocked fans when she messed up the lyrics of her popular song “Last Kiss” off her 2010 album Speak Now in Kansas City not once, but twice.
“Oh my God, the words. We have this rule on this tour where if I mess up a song that I have to play it again some other time on the tour so that I can avenge myself,” she told the crowd after the first mistake. “I got too excited, I got too excited. Will you allow me the honor of starting over?”
She then repeated the error a second time around. “Oh my God! No, those are the right lyrics,” she wailed. “I swear that I will not mess this up again! Oh my God! This one, I love this one. Why am I doing this to this song?!”

Fixing her dress

During her acoustic “surprise song” set in Stockholm in July 2024, the superstar momentarily halted to attend to her microphone pack or possibly adjust her attire. The exact nature of the issue remains ambiguous in fan footage. She amusingly instructs the audience to “talk amongst yourselves” before taking a seat at her piano.

There, she proceeds to open her blue wrap dress to address… something, potentially a microphone pack attached to the sparkling two-piece set she’s wearing beneath.