Eras Tour Seattle

In focusing on happier memories, mentally I’m reliving the tour dates that I was lucky enough to go to as we approach the end of the U.S. leg of the Eras Tour. As a Pacific Northwest girl through and through (Vancouver, Canada – born and raised) I have so many fond memories of this corner of the world and of Seattle. Adding on Nights 1 and 2 in July was just icing on top of an already wonderful dessert of happy nostalgia for this city.

At large, this tour has been monumental and groundbreaking in every regard. The ticket sales, the attendance records, the sound barriers – the walls we crashed through, you could say. But beyond just the emotional (and financial) turmoil of acquiring tickets that will get you into the stadium, this has truly felt like a fandom family reunion.

Whether that’s gathering in these venues with the pulsating energy that can only come with 70,000 people chanting in unison to songs we all first heard in private, committed to memory from hundreds of listens on morning commutes or late night roadtrips or dancing in your living room, to screaming them in a crowd and knowing you’re in the company of people just like you.

Or if that means furiously texting friends as you sit in the quiet comfortable enclaves you’ve scoped out in your homes to tune in to a weekly livestream that has felt like our own personalized version of a distanced (but no less connected) adult slumber party. Which version of an outfit is she wearing? She played *what* surprise song??

Whether together or apart, I’ve truly never felt more ensconced and connected as a fandom and I loved getting the opportunity to bejeweled Seattle 1 and, of course, bring a little TSS Green to Seattle 2.

Thinking of all of you who attended (U.S. Leg), are set to attend (International Leg), or have only attended the Eras Tour in your minds from afar (Living Rooms Worldwide Leg).

What fun we’ve had.

Sarah