The Red Tour: Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran

My last concert in August was Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran. I was so stoked because I love them both so much. I think Ed Sheeran is genius! And I basically know every single one of Taylor's songs. I went to this concert with Alyssa, my coworker's daughter. I was so happy and lucky that she asked me to go with her. We always have fun at concerts together.

We grabbed our heart shaped glasses and drove to Staples Center and we still had a while before the concert started so we went and bought some Taylor Swift shirts an light up sticks. Then we went and did all the promo things they had down in the lobby. They had a Keds booth, a Taylor perfume booth, and a Stubhub booth.

The Keds booth

Perfume booth

Stubhub photobooth

We found our seats and waited for Ed Sheeran to come on. I was so stoked to see him because I love love love his album +.

Once again...the concert selfie

Staples Center

Ed Sheeran finally came on, and he brought the house down. I was sitting next to some dad's and I heard them saying how impressed they were with him. He uses a loop pedal, so basically he is his own band. He records the beats and they play on a loop and then he sings. He was awesome. he sang his songs as well as Britney Spears and, if I remember correctly, he even threw in some Tupac "California Love."

Next up was, of course, Taylor Swift. She started the show off with a bang, singing her song "State of Grace." Everyone was up on their feet, singing, and dancing along. I have to say that she sounded great live.

Welcome to the Red Tour

The show went on and she sang practically every song from the "Red" album and also a few of her hits from previous albums. She even brought out Ed Sheeran to sing my favorite song of hers "Everything Has Changed." I am in love with that song.

Love Story

The big surprise of the night was what everyone was waiting for. Everyone knows that Taylor always brings out special guests whenever she does a Los Angeles show (because we're just lucky like that).  So when she announced her special guest and I heard the opening bars of "Jenny from the Block" I went crazy. I love Jennifer Lopez. Especially that song. They came out and sang together and even danced together. Well, JLo was the one who danced, while Taylor tried too. But either way, it was so fun, and I was so happy we got to see Jennifer and Taylor perform together. Here's a blurry picture of the screen.

Taylor closed out the night with her big song, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together." It was very fun and entertaining and everyone was singing along. I had an awesome time and I have to say Ms. Swift knows how to put on a good show. She likes to talk to the audience and explain meanings behind each of the songs. I find that very interesting, because other artists just play to the crowd, but she actually lets us into her mind, if that makes sense. I would most definitely go to another one of her concerts, without a doubt!

An extra bonus was that when we got out of the concert, outside of Staples Center they were giving out free mini Diet Cokes. Which was awesome because Alyssa and I were both thirsty from all the singing and dancing. I drank one and I still have the other as a souvenir.

Thanks Taylor!