Whether you are attending a sold-out Taylor Swift Eras Tour show at Soldier Field or avidly avoiding the crowds, it’s hard to miss the Swiftie city takeover. Here are highlights from the weekend. Come back to see more photos rolling in over the weekend.
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Friday | June 2, 2023
Taylor Swift smiles at the response from the sold-out crowd Friday at Soldier Field.
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Fans cheer and dance as Taylor Swift performs Friday at Soldier Field
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Taylor Swift performs Friday during the first of her three Soldier Field shows.
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Fans cheer and dance as Taylor Swift performs Friday at Soldier Field.
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Taylor Swift and her dancers perform Friday night at Soldier Field.
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OWENN performs as one of the opening acts for Taylor Swift’s show at Soldier Field on Friday.
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Girl in Red performs as one of the opening acts for Taylor Swift’s show at Soldier Field on Friday.
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Fans inside Soldier Field cheer as Girl in Red performs as the opening act for Taylor Swift’s Friday show.
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Fans take a selfie outside Soldier Field before Taylor Swift’s Friday show.
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This was the first Taylor Swift concert for siblings Gabriela Romero, 21, and Oscar Romero, 19.
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Cassidy Baran, 23, and sister Piper, 20, of Downers Grove wore outfits inspired by Taylor Swift’s albums “1989” and “Speak Now.”
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Crowds wait to get into Soldier Field for the first Chicago show of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour.
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Thursday | June 1, 2023
Soldier Field is seen a day before the first Chicago show of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour.
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Catalina Dominguez, 17, from Chicago, shows off a Taylor Swift sweatshirt she bought a day before Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour outside Soldier Field. The sweatshirts are being resold online for hundreds of dollars.
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Ava Preziosi, 12, wears matching crew neck sweatshirts Thursday with her mom Jaime Preziosi, 45, who got her daughter into Taylor Swift’s music. The crew neck sweatshirts have become viral online.
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Taylor Swift fans stand in line to buy merchandise a day before the Eras Tour outside Soldier Field.
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