Arts & Entertainment
Love Story: Taylor Swift Connects with Her Fans at Washington, D.C. Concert
Pop star delights crowd with performance + surprise guest Monday night at first of two shows for "1989" tour at Nats Park.
PHOTO: Pop super star Taylor Swift conquers Washington, D.C. Monday night at Nats Park with surprise guest Lorde. Photo courtesy of Taylor Swift Nation
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Pop super star Taylor Swift took Washington DC by storm Monday night on her “1989” tour, delighting 45,000 fans at the first of two sold-out shows at Nationals Park. She’ll be back at Nats Park Tuesday night.
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Swift kicked off the nearly two-hour show Monday night with “New York,” and kept the crowd -- wearing light-up bracelets they received when entering the concert -- on their feet with hits off her new album (”Bad Blood,” “Shake It Off,” “I Wish You Would”) plus her older country-tinged favorites including “I Knew You Were Trouble,” “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” and “Love Story.”
The show featured costume changes, back-up dancers and promised surprises.
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Many in the audience — some of them “super fans,” aka “Swifties,” dressed in costume or carried signs — were wondering: Who will Swift bring out as a surprise guest for her DC shows? She didn’t disappoint.
It was someone equally as regal —fellow Grammy winner Lorde, aka New Zealand singer Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor. The crowd thundered their approval, singing along as the two sang Lorde’s hit “Royals” together.
The night wasn’t without the kind of glitches that take sometimes place during live performances. A lift malfunctioned during the night: “This thing is acting really weird because it got rained on and I think it broke [...]” Swift said, seemingly unphased. “They just told me in my ear I might be stuck up here forever.”
A few rain drops fell on the crowd in the beginning and middle of the concert, but not enough to dampen the spirit of Swift’s fans.
The evening ended with a bang — with Swift’s megahit “Shake It Off,” and fireworks popping overhead and lighting up the sky over the sea of fans.
See photos here from the concert that were posted to social media (just grab the blue bar on the right to scroll up and down):
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