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Ben Rogerson

“We got a list of about 40 songs. Internally, certainly, I scoff - that’s almost three hours. This is insanity. What are we gonna cut?": Taylor Swift's bass player Amos Heller says he couldn't believe the length of the proposed setlist on the Eras Tour

TORONTO, ONTARIO - NOVEMBER 14: EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO STANDALONE PUBLICATION USE (NO SPECIAL INTEREST OR SINGLE ARTIST PUBLICATION USE; NO BOOK USE). Taylor Swift performs onstage during "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at Rogers Centre on November 14, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management).

With so much attention being focused on the sheer scale and spectacle of the thing, it was sometimes easy to forget that, working away in the engine room, Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour also featured an actual real-life band.

Thanks to a new six-part documentary on Disney+, though, we’re getting to learn a little more about the musicians who accompanied Swift on her record-breaking jaunt. The first two episodes of Taylor Swift: The end of an Era dropped on Friday (12 December), and in episode 1 we cut to bass guitar player Amos Heller in what initially appears to be a rather strange situation.

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