So Here's what you guys have all been waiting for!
My Taylor Swift Red Tour Experience.
*Please note: This night was TERRIBLE.
Getting to the Venue-
So we got to the venue super early, literally at like 10am. My boyfriend circled the car around the arena like 10 times while me and my best friend scoped out the place and tried to get a feel for what was going on, where people were waiting, and what there was to do before the doors opened to let us in. We finally found the back entrance, so we jumped out of the car, posters, bags full of glow sticks, dressed like hipsters and all, and decided to wait by the back gate.
Insider Info-
We knew from talking to some people walking to the back that Ed had left the arena and would be back any time for sound check. So we decided that we would wait for him to return and hopefully get him to stop for autographs, pics, etc. It was Freezing! And we were wearing shorts with tights, and short sleeve shirts.
We waited there anxiously for about 30 minutes when people started to join us in standing, and we made small talk with other Swifties. We were so excited, but FREEZING. I couldn't feel my arms.
(A picture of the Red Tour Trucks lined up across the street from the arena.)
Let's Get This Party Started... Please?
We waited there for a couple of hours, and we desperately tried to get the girls who were standing with us to get pumped up! We needed to chant or sing Taylor's songs or something to make someone notice us! But no luck... apparently everyone at this concert was a party pooper...
We tried to talk nicely to the security guards but they were so rude. They were yelling at us for everything little thing that we did. And one of them stared at us with a mean look at ENTIRE time- Where do they get these people from? Anyway, we tried not to let that get us down...
Tweet, Taylor, Tweet-
My best friend has a twitter- I don't, have quite frankly, I don't even know how it works! She started to tweet Taylor telling her how long we have all been waiting out here, and how much we loved her and how excited we were. We got all of the girls who were waiting with s to tweet Taylor over and over- worth a shot, right? (:
Along Came Ed-
A little while later, a black car with dark tented windows pulled into the back entrance and my best friend and I started freaking out! We knew it was Ed, but we couldn't get the other girls to call for him or even look excited. So he didn't even bother to stop... Again, we tried not to let THIS get us down.
We sadly watched Ed drive by, enter the back gate, and get out of the car, look our way but then not even acknowledging that we have been standing out here in the freezing cold weather for hours to meet him.
Okay, Now That I Can't Feel
My Arms Or Legs-
We decided to try to go inside to warm up for a bit and to use the restroom. We talked to the security inside and tried to be nice to them, but again... super mean. We tried to make small talk with them, asking how long they have been working there, how they liked it, and if they have ever met Taylor, and how many other celebs they have met. They totally acted like we were the most annoying things. Awesome.
Below: most of our outfits. Hipster head bandanas, homemade red shirts
-the back was REALLY cute, jean shorts, black tights,
and cowgirl boots- tried to put a little of the old Taylor in there.
Well, That's Unfortunate-
On the way back outside a security guard saw us with our posters and stopped us. At first I thought it was to compliment us, but it was just to tell us that they changed the rules last minute and they would not be letting posters of ANY kind into the concert- Usually it was just if you have floor seats they didn't let you. But tonight of all nights, they decided NO posters. That was annoying considering how much time and effort I put into our posters.
After the security guard explained there were no posters allowed, she told us that we were welcome to sit in the lobby and wait for the doors to open instead of waiting outside in line because it was freezing. So that was ONE nice thing that happened.
At Least They're The Lucky Ones-
While we were waiting inside in the lobby, the girls who had meet and greet passes, and the girls with the VIP tickets started to line up. They were SO lucky. A few of them complimented us on our posters and outfits, as we told them how LUCKY they were to be meeting Taylor. A lady came up to us and asked to take our picture so she could show Taylor for us, because she saw us waiting outside since earlier that morning...
5:30-Doors are opened!
By that time it was 5:30, time for them to start opening up the doors and letting us in, so we had to think fast about what we were going to do with our posters. I called my boyfriend and asked for him to meet us up front, where we cut all of the poster lights off of my posters; it destroyed them. We decided that we would try to wear them around our bodies!
While we were handing the lady our ticket, she looked down at my camera and said that I wasn't allowed to bring it in because it had a detachable lens... Awesome. It was considered a professional camera. Because I definitely look like a professional photographer, right? ha. So we had no camera, but we had our phones, right?
That's Also Unfortunate-
As we were walking in, we started to look around and notice something... GIRLS HAD POSTERS. Three words were going through my mind. What. the. heck. I asked someone about it and she said they were let in because they tied a string around their posters and said they were going to wear them around their necks. ALRIGHTY. Why couldn't someone have been so kind as to mention that idea to us?
Finding Our Seats-
We walked to our seats, totally bummed to see all these girls walking around with their bright, flashy posters, while ours were lying in the trunk of my car in pieces. But hey, we were still seeing our favorite person ever, TAYLOR. So we got out our glow sticks, thankfully they didn't confiscate them as well, and started cracking them. We were covered head to toe in glow bracelets, glow necklaces and glow everything.
(The view from section 113)
The Concert-
We danced and sang to all the music that was playing, and tried to keep our minds off of everything that happened. We still wanted to have a good night. I got the poster lights from out of my bag and turned them on when ED came out to sing. Unfortunately, by the time Taylor came on, they were lying on the "cold hard ground" in pieces. They broke...
We continued to try to enjoy ourselves. Then Taylor came out and I was about to die. Tears were streaming down my face and I felt like I couldn't breathe. I would DIE if I met her again. I tried to take some pictures and videos, only to find that my phone was near dead. It died as soon as Taylor was finished with State of Grace...
(The only picture I was able to take.)
Over all-
The concert was AMAZING of course. The Red Tour was spectacular. The dancers were spectacular, and Tay was FLAWLESS as always. I love how she makes it a point to make sure every seat in the house is the best seat. *SPOILER ALERT* During Sparks Fly when she was on the lift thing and was flying across the arena, she was like 50 feet from my face a swear. It was amazing and it felt like she was looking right at us!
My favorite was We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together. The stage set up and dancers were SO fun and full of energy. Treacherous was FLAWLESS. So beautiful and I loved her tulle skirt. By far the best song of the night was I Knew You Were Trouble. She WERKed it. (:
Stay, Tay, Tay-
By far the hardest part of the night was leaving. We were really sad it was over but to make it worse we were in section 113, which was the section that the girls who were chosen for Club Red were meeting in. It was really hard to look at all the girls who got chosen because they tied their posters and signs around their necks and wore them. 98% of the girls who were chosen had a sign of some sort.
Rant-
The only thing that makes this a little unfair is that if signs were not allowed in, NO signs should have been allowed in. No size, No way, just No- Think of all the little Swifties who had a poster the size of piece of paper and were so proud to bring it and show their support for Taylor, and they got told they were not allowed to bring it. But here we are, these girls are older, and decided, "oh, we will tie them on us." And for some reason, that was allowed. Rant over. (:
Two Videos from my Friends Phone:
Both From State of Grace because guess what? HER PHONE DIED, TOO!
TO WRAP IT UP:
This was my first Red Tour Experience. (:
**My lovely boyfriend has surprised me with tickets to TWO more concerts in September. So this blog will be my preparations and plans for those two concerts! Hope you enjoy!**
My First Red Tour Experience YouTube Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX-L3n7R7jM
Poster Advice for Getting Notice/Club Red/ T-Party:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHz3fp8v2gk
MORE Poster Advice:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0wm4Y9ojn4
The Only Two Videos We Have From the 1st Concert:
(State of Grace, Opening Song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a4Rpk9x824
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1aXgAwTX1A
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