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Taylor Swift has announced that a book containing never-before-seen photos from her record-breaking Eras Tour, as well as rehearsal footage and musings she wrote, will be published on November 29.
The pop star appeared on Tuesday’s (October 15) episode of the show Good morning America To share the news, she revealed her latest album Tortured Poets Section: Selections It will be available for the first time on vinyl and CD, exclusively at US department store Target.
“We’ll be kicking off the final leg of The Eras Tour this week, which is hard to fathom,” Swift, 34, wrote in a statement on Instagram.
“This tour has been the most amazing experience and I knew I wanted to commemorate the memories we made together in a special way. Well, there are two ways actually.”
The 239-page book, priced at $39.99 (£30.57), features more than 500 images including previously unpublished footage taken from every part of Swift’s ongoing touring ‘era’.
Described by the artist as an “official preview” of her concert series, which she describes as “the most amazing tour of my life,” it also includes photographs of musical instruments, set pieces, designer sketches and costumes used during the tour.
Swift contributed personal reflections and observations to the book, written while performing at sold-out stadiums in cities around the world.
“This is the official retrospective of the most amazing tour of my life, my favorite Eras tour,” she said in an additional statement. “Thank you to the fans who came to this show. It was you who made the Eras Tour what it became.”
Swift has released multiple “versions” of TPD, which was released on April 19, including a limited vinyl edition with different artwork and bonus tracks.
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New Excerpts The release – which was released on Black Friday for $59.99 (£45.87) – features 35 songs, including four bonus acoustic tracks, and a new “never-before-seen” poster of Swift. Vinyl will also be available from Target on November 29th.
Swift played the eighth and final show of the British and European leg of her Eras tour in August, bringing on surprise guests Florence and the Machine and her longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff.
The concert, held at London’s Wembley Stadium on Tuesday, August 20, was the first time Swift performed “Florida,” her duet with Welch of the band Welch. Section of tortured poetsin a live show.
She also sang an acoustic duet on 2019’s “Death by a Thousand Cuts” and 2017’s “Getaway Car,” both of which she co-wrote and produced with Antonoff.
Last month, she angered Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump by endorsing Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz.
In a lengthy Instagram post, she said that Harris, after watching the presidential debate, was “fighting for the rights and issues I believe in.”
Trump later declared “I hate Taylor Swift” in an all-caps post from his Truth Social account.
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