If you’ve been here awhile you know how huge of a Swiftie I am seeing her on her Reputation tour was inevitable. I purchased tickets six months in advance which I think is the longest I’ve ever waited for a concert.
I was lucky enough to go to both nights of the Reputation tour in Pasadena. I have only written about night one but have included the special guests I saw on night two.
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The concert took place at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA. I had never been to this venue before and absolutely loved it and knew I would come back again to see another show.
Walking into the Stadium and seeing the 110 foot tall screens was unbelievable. I had seen every aspect of this tour from socials but nothing can compare to see it in person.
I was taking in every single thing while waiting for Taylor’s opening acts. Taylor concerts are way different than any other concert I’ve been to. The adrenalin and energy you get is like nothing else in the world - it’s a really amazing feeling.
Charli XCX was the first opener. I didn’t know many of her songs prior to this so I enjoyed getting to hear new music. She was energetic on stage and kept the crowd entertained.
Charlie XCX’s Setlist:
Boom Clap
I Love It
Break the Rules
Unlock It
Boys
5 in the Morning
Fancy
Half hour later Camila Cabello’s set started. I wasn’t a huge Camila fan but hearing how much talent she has live and how she connected with the crowd made me go out and buy her CD that week.
Camila Cabello’s Setlist:
Never Be the Same
She Loves Control
Inside Out
Can’t Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley cover)
Consequences
In the Dark
Into It
Havana
Cabello has such emotion live and for an artist that I had barely ever listened to before make me an instant fan, I was impressed.
Half hour after Camila’s set the lights went out in the stadium and the intro video started playing on the screen. I was going to see Taylor again after all these years . It felt like seeing a friend you hadn’t seen in forever.
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Setlist:
…Ready For It?
I Did Something Bad
Gorgeous
Style/Love Story/You Belong With Me mashup
Look What You Made Me Do
End Game
King of my Heart
Delicate
Shake It Off
Dancing With Our Hands Tied
Red (Surprise song night #1, night #2 was All Too Well)
Blank Space
Dress
Bad Blood/Should’ve Said No
If you are a Swiftie you know that Taylor is known for bringing special guests out at her shows. Night One I think I may have legit peed my pants when she announced Shawn Mendes was there. They sang Shawn’s hit, “There’s Nothing Holding Me Back”.
Don’t Blame Me
Long Live/New Years Day (Yes, I cried during the entire thing)
Getaway Car
Call It What You Want
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together/This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
Night #2, Taylor brought out Troye Sivan to sing, “My My My” and her best friend, Selena Gomez to sing, “Hand’s to Myself”. It was so awesome to see Taylor and Selena sing twice on two different tours together.
Taylor and her team put in so much hard work and creativity to all of her tours but this tour was special. The visuals, setlist, video intermissions, outfit changes, giant snakes, confetti, pyro and firework shows. The show and entire tour was absolute perfection!
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Venue: Rose Bowl is a great venue, it’s another ionic venue and I loved being where so many other artists have performed. It was really large but I honestly loved it.
Seats: We had nosebleeds, like literally our seats were in the very last row of the entire venue but to be perfectly honest it was incredible because we had the most perfect view of everything. North Side, Section 13-L, row 77, seat 24.
Parking: Parking was a fun experience. The Rose Bowl has acres of grass that they were directing us to park on. It wasn’t really the parking that was bad but with everyone tailgating and trying to park made it really hard. We had quite the walk to the venue but it’s nice parking on property.