Last night Lauren and I saw Taylor Swift in concert thanks to a Christmas present from my parents. And it was amazing! That girl had all kinds of attitude, put on a great show, and sang really well! Based on previous award show performances, I did not have high expectations for T-Swift's live-singing abilities, but she thoroughly impressed me.
Luckily the arena was in the area behind the mall, so it was easy to get to. And we passed the Cathedral and I had my camera! Success!
Also note the time in this picture is about 6:45 pm, and it is not even close to being dark out. It's light here past 8 now. It's lovely.
We made it to the arena during the first act, who we did not know. Martin and James, some Scottish guys who I could not for the life of me find on Google because I thought their names were Matthew and James. If you couldn't tell, we didn't really care about them. They sounded pretty good but were literally just two guys standing in the same spot for 30 minutes singing songs that sounded the same, probably because we didn't know them.
Meanwhile, Lauren and I were sitting in the two empty seats next to us, because as the next picture shows, our seats actually had a gap between them, thanks to the rows changing angles. We weren't sure if we could pull off tricking the two late people into sitting in those seats, since it was so dark you couldn't read the numbers. Well literally 30 seconds after Martin and the other guy who's name starts with a J or something were done this father and daughter show up, and like we expected, saw the only two empty seats in the row and excused their way past us. The daughter was the one to spot the seat numbers, and innocently Lauren and I apologized for our mistake and moved to the gap seats. Oh well. It really wasn't so bad, as you can see, Lauren is even smiling next to the gap:
T-Swift and her onstage 'tude.
Taylor Swift and a ukulele = happiness so immense that for one moment tiny babies and puppies ceased to exist.
Her and the band singing "Long Live." The song just won't be the same without thousands of people actually screaming when she sings, "Tell them how the crowds went wild."
And of course a lovely night shot of the Manchester Wheel all lit up. Can you spot the car with its lights out? Also, is car the right term? A ferris wheel car? Bucket? Enclosed seating area?
All in all, the night was very fun, even on the bus, when a girl seated in front of me decided to quickly spritz her pits with deodorant, spraying me right in the face. Lauren was in tears trying to hold in her laughter. Sorry T-Swift, you were good and all, but that was probably the best moment of the night.
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