"Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" concert film premiered in a glitzy Los Angeles event on Wednesday night. The movie, which features footage from Swift's real-life concerts, will be shown in AMC Theaters across the United States, now beginning Oct. 12.
SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, is also where Swift finished the first leg of the U.S. tour with a six-night run and announced the re-release of her album "1989 (Taylor's Version)."
The premiere was held at an outdoor mall called The Grove in Los Angeles, where fans gathered Wednesday afternoon.
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Swift arrived at about 5:30 p.m. PT clad in a full-length blue gown with floral decals. She posed for photos with her band and dancers on the red carpet in front of a marquee with her signature "Eras Tour" graphics.
A select group of lucky fans — both celebrities and regular folks —were invited to the screening. TODAY staff spotted Adam Sandler, Simu Liu and Julia Garner.
In cast you missed it, read on to see updates from throughout the night.
Taylor Swift is spotted dancing in the crowd — next to Adam Sandler and others
What happens when Taylor Swift gets to watch Taylor Swift on the big screen with a crowd of fans? She joins in on the fun.
TODAY spotted Swift — along with Adam Sandler and Julia Garner — singing along to "Karma" in a theater full of her biggest fan. What a dream!
Breaking news: Beyoncé was in the building
Though no one from the TODAY team spotted her, evidently Queen Bey herself stopped by the premiere of "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" on Wednesday night.
Photos posted late Wednesday evening to Getty Images show Beyoncé and Swift posing on the red carpet together.
2 surprise songs included in the 'Eras Tour' concert film
At each show on her tour, Swift included two surprise songs. She performed the songs solo, either playing an acoustic guitar or sitting at a piano at the edge of the stage, near the end of the show.
Because three Los Angeles shows were filmed — Aug. 3-5 — that meant that there were six possible songs that could've made the movie.
Those songs were: “I Can See You,” “Maroon,” “Our Song,” “You Are in Love,” “Death by a Thousand Cuts” and “You’re on Your Own, Kid.”
TODAY staff in the screening confirmed the movie featured "Our Song," a track off her 2006 self-titled debut studio album.
The second surprise song featured was "You're Own Your Own Kid," a track from her most recent album, "Midnights."
The movie has a runtime of 2 hours and 48 minutes, which is about half an hour shorter than her actual live show.
The film also didn't show at least two of the songs Swift performed in the Los Angeles shows all three nights crews were there filming: "Archer" and "No Body, No Crime." A third song Swift had performed, "Long Live", wasn't exactly shown in the film but was featured during the credits.
Early Thursday morning, other viewers noted that "Tis the Damn Season," Long Live", "Cardigan" and "Wildest Dreams" also were not featured in the film.
'Eras Tour' film shows Swift gifting Kobe Bryant's daughter Bianka a hat during the show
It became a tour tradition for Taylor Swift to give away the hat she wore as she performed her hit single "22" in each show.
The person gifted the hat was always pre-selected, according to reports, and often had a special connection to Swift.
At her Los Angeles concert on Aug. 3, Swift melted hearts after she gave the late Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant's daughter Bianka the hat and shared a sweet embrace.
It was that hat exchange and hug that made the final cut of the "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" film, TODAY can report after viewing the screening on Oct. 11.
The film was recorded over three days of concerts at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles in August.
Swift and the Bryant family actually have a sweet history going back nearly 10 years. For more on their relationship, click here.
Swift stopped to take selfies with fans outside premiere
Fans gathered outside the Los Angeles premiere of "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" with hopes of glimpsing the pop star as she arrived.
Some were lucky and got to meet with the star as she walked the red carpet past them, stopping to take selfies. TODAY staff on the ground said Swift visited with fans for nearly an hour.
Still more fans — without tickets — gathered outside the event at The Grove in Los Angeles, where they were spotted by TODAY crews singing their favorite Swift songs together.
Security told TODAY crews at the event that some fans had attempted to get into the premiere by purchasing tickets online to other movies that had been incorrectly listed as showing at AMC The Grove 14 on Wednesday evening. Reps from AMC did not respond to TODAY.com's request for comment.
Swift thanks her team and fans for being her 'main characters'
Once inside the theater, Taylor Swift delivered a sweet speech to the people in attendance. She thanked her team for their hard work and dedication every night during the "Eras Tour." She also called them and her fans the "main characters in this film because that's what made the tour magical."
"That's what made it different than anything I've ever done in my life is your attention to detail, your preparation, your passion, your intensity," she said. "You care so much about these shows and that made all the difference for us. It made us want to add even more shows and just keep doing the tour and I think that I just have never felt this way about anything, the way that I feel about this experience that we have had and continue to have. So, I am so proud."
Swift poses with her dancers and band
Swift took a moment to pose with the band and dancers who helped make her Eras Tour a hit.
Taylor Swift has a cute moment ahead of film premiere
She can still make the whole place shimmer! Swift posed for photos and interacted with press outside the theater ahead of the world premiere of “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” in Los Angeles.
Smiling and laughing, the singer struck a few poses and thanked people for coming.
She wore a light blue dress with lace decal by Oscar de la Renta.
Check out the video the TODAY team captured of the exchange below:
Swift poses for photos at LA premiere event
After going through a side entrance, Swift re-emerged to walk the red carpet at the Los Angeles premiere of her film.
Wearing a full-length blue floral dress and her hair pinned up to give the illusion of a bob, Swift posed in front of the theater, AMC The Grove 14.
The marquee of the building behind her showed promotional images for "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour."
'Meet me behind the mall': Taylor Swift arrives at LA premiere
After much speculation about whether or not she would attend, Taylor Swift arrived at the Los Angeles premiere for her upcoming concert film.
Swift arrived around 5:30 p.m. PT, seemingly wearing a blue floral dress, the same one she had posted on Instagram earlier.
Her hair was styled in an updo.
She went in a side entrance, avoiding fans lined up outside the event.
As her car arrived, Swifties rushed to the side entrance to catch a glimpse.
Fan accounts shared videos of Swift arriving and going in the side of the building.
Swift announces additional early access showings of 'The Eras Tour'
Taylor Swift loves a surprise and why would she treat a film premiere any differently?
Swift revealed that AMC Theatres is adding additional early access showings of her upcoming concert film "due to unprecedented demand."
In an Instagram post on Wednesday afternoon, Swift shared the following:
"Andddd I can’t really wrap my head around this but…. Look what you genuinely made me do: Due to unprecedented demand we’re opening up early access showings of The Eras Tour Concert Film on THURSDAY in America and Canada!! As in… TOMORROW. We’re also adding additional showtimes Friday and throughout the weekend. All tickets will be available by 10am tomorrow morning. And it’ll be showing starting Friday in 90 countries all over the world. I can’t thank you enough for wanting to see this film that so vividly captures my favorite adventure I’ve ever been a part of: The Eras Tour. And the best part is, it’s an adventure we’re still on together. Getting in the car now…"
The final line of her post could be a reference to any number of songs in which she mentions a car or, perhaps more likely, addresses the fact that she is widely rumored to attend the Los Angeles premiere at The Grove.
Swift fan account starts sharing images, videos of red carpet
The @tswifterastour account shared a photo and video of the red carpet at The Grove ahead of the premiere the evening of Oct. 11.
@tswifterastour is the account that was behind another viral Swift trend earlier this month: seemingly ranch. The account shared a viral photo of Swift at Arrowhead Stadium during the Kansas City Chiefs football game against the Chicago Bears on Sept. 24.
“Taylor Swift was eating a piece of chicken with ketchup and seemingly ranch!” the viral tweet said.
The reaction was swift, pun intended, and the internet metaphorically tripped over itself making jokes about the phrase "seemingly ranch."
You can read more about that here.
Police prepare for large Swiftie presence
TODAY staff on the scene of the premiere said there was a heavy police presence expecting even more fans to arrive.
Police at the scene told TODAY that they will direct any overflow of fans to a nearby park, Pan Pacific Park, which is located at 7600 Beverly Boulevard in Los Angeles.
Fans learn if they'll be let into the premiere
An email went out on Wednesday afternoon to hopeful Swifties notifying they had been approved to attend the premiere and screening.
The email offers few details about the actual premiere but notes the entire mall, restaurants and shops included, is closed for the event.
The premiere is being held at AMC The Grove 14 in Los Angeles, which is inside an outdoor mall called The Grove. As of 1:45 p.m. PT, TODAY can report the only music being played through the mall speakers was Swift's.
In the email notification, attendees were told to enter the parking structure via Farmers Market Place off Fairfax Avenue as no other entrance will be open and roads in the area are already closed ahead of the event.
Anyone attending will need to show their QR code and an official ID to enter and the name on tickets will have to match.
So far, there is no public word on any celebrity guest list for the screening but fans are hopeful that Swift will make an appearance.