Face Of Cheam

God I feel old. Both the artist and 95% of her young, predominantly female audience weren't even born the first time I was at Wembley Arena. Still the bars are empty and we had good 'production' seats at the side of the stage. Taylor Swift's music is really good, country rock, and is the sort of thing kids should be into, as well as adults like myself, The special edition of her album Fearless is really good and songs like 'Love Story' and 'Should Have Said No' would be classic no matter who they are by. This was however more of a show instead of a gig. Interestingly she played Shepherds Bush in April and I'd imagine that would be more of the latter. However, I digress. The show involved dancers, costume changes galore and singing at various places foms the back to the midfle and stage of the aircarft hanger like Wembley. It had the potential to be hated, as when Avril Lavigne tried a similar thing at the O2 a couple of years ago it backfired, however here despite the show, the music shone through as the major reason why 19 year old Swift is selling stadiums in her home country. She belies her age with confidence and was happy to pose with fans walking back to the stage from the back of the venue where she did an acoustic solo version of 'Fifteen' where most other americans would have a huge crowd of bouncers round them. The show ended with 'Love Story' with Taylor having a Bucks Fizz Moment as her Shakespearian dress was whipped off revealing a slinky white wedding dress and 'Should Have Said Know' where water was poured down like a fountain absolutely soaking her. Great visuals!