Taylor Swift Returns to Eras Tour Road As Tom Brady, Serena Williams, and Hoda Kotb Cheer Her On

“Back in the office,” Taylor Swift wrote on Instagram Friday, the caption to a video of a walk through Miami Gardens’ Hard Rock Stadium. The casually dressed singer, who was carrying her cat, Olivia Benson, was indeed back at work last night, kicking off the final leg of her years-long Eras Tour in front of tens of thousands of famous and anonymous fans, as well as slews of billboards urging concertgoers to support vice-president Kamala Harris’s campaign for president.

Watching Swift’s video, one can’t help but wonder why her cat is so much calmer and better behaved than the average cat, which would have squirmed, scratched, and—if it were my cat—leapt out of her arms and into an impossible-to-reach stadium crevice while screaming and howling. Then again, this is the same cat that arguably outshined Taylor Swift when they shared the screen for Diet Coke, so comparing her to the average cat might be a false dichotomy.

Swift has been busy since we last saw her onstage. She caught a couple of Kansas City Chiefs home games, donated millions to Hurricane Helene and Milton’s recovery efforts, and endorsed Harris for president. That decision triggered the Republican candidate, former president Donald Trump, to incorrectly predict that it would destroy Swift’s popularity.

That repetitional damage wasn’t in evidence Friday night, when she took the stage for the first of three sold-out shows in the redder-than-red state of Florida. Perhaps the crowd was bolstered by out-of-town celebrities who were also in attendance—TMZ spotted Tom Brady, Miley Cyrus, Serena Williams, Hoda Kotb, and Savannah Guthrie in the crowd.

Also present was Jason Kelce, the brother of Swift’s boyfriend, Travis Kelce. The former Philadelphia Eagle either fell asleep or pretended to during the show, reports the Post. But by keeping his eyes closed, he missed some surprises: BuzzFeed notes that she debuted four new costumes for this final run of shows, while the Miami Herald reports that Florence Welch appeared on stage for “Florida,” her duet with Swift from her most recent album, The Tortured Poet’s Department.

Swift’s Eras Tour will continue through the end of 2024, with subsequent three-night stands in New Orleans and Indianapolis. Then, it’s off to Canada for the last leg of the tour, which will end on Sunday, December 8 in Vancouver.