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Review: For 3-plus hours, Taylor Swift delivers a master class in pop ambition

Taylor Swift performs on the opening night of "The Eras Tour" at State Farm Stadium on March 17, 2023, in Glendale, Arizona.

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Taylor Swift stood onstage at State Farm Stadium, lights bouncing off her bedazzled leotard, and absorbed the sound of the 70,000 or so fans in front of her.

"I don't know how to process all of this and the way it's making me feel right now," she said. "I can't even go into how much I missed you because there's no way to verbalize it."

What Swift could put into words Friday night as she kicked off the Eras tour — her first road show since 2018, since the

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