Taylor Swift, Etihad Stadium, Manchester

Graham Clark, Features Writer
After starting off well her set dropped slightly with some forgettable songs, it was closing track, Havana when things began to make sense.
One of the highest grossing tours of the year will surely be the Taylor Swift Reputation Stadium tour. The dates are mostly in America with the European gigs taking place in Dublin, London and Manchester: many had travelled to the gig from the north of England.
She clearly likes to interact with her fans: outside the stadium there are replica throne seats that are featured in her video providing a good photo opportunity to her mainly female fan base. She reaches every part of the Stadium - besides the main stage there were 2 mini stages at the back, wearing glittering outfits to made sure everybody could see her.
The fans are given bracelets as they enter the concert, which light up in different colours during the gig - to the uninitiated it's a masterpiece, for those in the know it is nothing new - Coldplay used the same gimmick when they played the same Stadium a few years ago.
The fireworks are on display during I Did Something Bad and it's only the second song!
Huge snakes appear from the stage during her hit, Look What You Made Me Do, it was more like an Iron Maiden show in the mid 80's than a pop gig mixed with the best pantomime special effect you could think of.
She glides across the pitch in a cage to the smaller stages at the back to perform Shake It Off with the support acts Camila Cabello and Charli XCX,
As she travels back in another cage - this time with a snake on it she arrives to play a grand piano to perform Long Live and New Years Day. Tactfully the video screens show her actually playing the piano.
By the time she concludes with We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together coupled with This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things the fireworks are off again.
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Taylor Swift, Etihad Stadium, Manchester, 9th June 2018, 16:24 PM