| The final song played over the speakers before Taylor Swift took the stage every night of the Eras Tour was Dusty Springfield’s cover of the feminist pop anthem “You Don’t Own Me.” From the show’s opening in Arizona in March of 2023 to its final night, on Sunday in Vancouver, a countdown clock filled the screen; the audience screamed, angling their necks to glimpse a celebrity guest or Swift’s mother, Andrea, walking through the crowd; and then Springfield sang, in a voice of mystery, poise, and defiance, for the tens of thousands of attendees, primarily young women. |
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