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By Julia Hunt
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In this series, Newsweek is recapping every show Taylor Swift has performed on the Eras Tour, city by city.
Taylor Swift handled it like a pro when her mic suddenly stopped working while she was onstage.
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The "Blank Space" singer was performing the last of her Eras Tour shows in Chicago on June 4, 2023, when she ran into a technical issue. Swift was in the Lover era of her stage spectacle—which charts the different eras of her life and career—when she realized her microphone wasn't emitting any sound.
She had the audience in stitches as she yelled into it with a comical expression on her face, fiddling with the wires and whacking it a few times to try and get it to start up again.
Seconds later a crew member appeared and took over, swapping the broken mic for a new one. Speaking tentatively into her replacement mic, Swift asked: "Is it gonna work?" As her words boomed out around Soldier Field the crowd erupted in cheers and applause.
"Alright, guys, let's start this over again," said the singer. "None of that happened. Are you ready? Let's take a second in our memories, rewind it back. None of that happened. OK? We're back to 36 seconds ago."
There was another minor blip in the show when the "Love Story" singer swallowed an insect. The moment, which was captured on camera by a fan and shared on X, showed the star leaning over and coughing mid-song.
"I swallowed a bug, I'm so sorry!" she gasped. "Oh delicious," she quipped.
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Swift amused the crowd when she asked: "Is there any chance none of you saw that?"
"It's fine, I've swallowed it," she continued. "I'm just gonna try not to do as many of those. This is going to happen again tonight, there's so many bugs!"
Taylor Swift's Surprise Songs in Chicago
June 2: "I Wish You Would" and "The Lakes"
June 3: "You All Over Me" with Maren Morris and "I Don't Wanna Live Forever"
June 4: "Hits Different" and "The Moment I Knew"
Learn more about all the record-breaking, sentimental and just downright hilarious moments from Taylor Swift's Eras Tour with Newsweek's interactive timeline and map here.
Were you at any of Taylor Swift's Chicago shows? Tell us your favorite moment in the comments!
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