Did anyone enjoy Taylor but felt at 3.5 hours it…. dragged a little?

And yet they do. Look at all the threads on here along the lines of ‘I don’t get her’. thst get filled up with posters telling us she’s rubbish. There’s often multiple threads a week. It’s bizarre.

Not a fan of hers but it’s kind of reassuring that of all the over sexualised pop stars, nasty lyrics, garish music videos, and dehumanised overproduced beats, it’s basically an old school pop star who could easily fit into the 80s or 90s who is still the biggest hit with the kids/teens.

Nobody deserves a ticket more than anyone else.

OP got a ticket.
OP went to concert.
OP enjoyed concert but had one criticism.
OP gets abuse from 'real' fans and told folk 'more deserving'.

Cult fans want to ban any opinions other than TS worship, no normal fans or non fans allowed an opinion.

A patronising expression, yes

As for the costume changes, maybe she changes so her & her dancers are wearing a similar theme for a particular section of the show? Maybe the costume is in line with the particular 'era'? It's an awful lot more than just listening to her songs, you could compare it to a West End musical where the costumes are all part of the show

I admit that i’m not her biggest fan

Literally your opening words.
Surely your opinion on this would only really be interesting if you were a huge fan but still found it too long?

I was in restricted view last night, so not great seats, and no-one was flagging. The energy levels were really high all the way through! I’m sure some people would prefer shorter, but that’s true of anything. I don’t like F1. It would just be pointless to start a thread saying, “AIBU to think they go round in circles foo many times, and 50 would be better than 70?”

I know, so sad to think of all the kids who would love to see her live being pipped to the post by people who just want to moan about her afterwards for clicks online. I really don't know what the point is.
What a world.

People go on about TS so much that non fans don't have to start a conversation. 🫣

yabu- a kid who wasn’t so lucky would have bitten your hand off for the chance to be there. Stfu with the Meh.

So someone was telling you how much they loved Taylor. You said you’re not really into her. Then you got lots of backlash??? Who were they? Family, friends, work colleagues? I call bullshit if it happened that way, or you hang out with some odd people. I don’t know anyone that would do that.

Or did you deliberately start a conversation to tell someone who liked her, that you didn’t like her. Because that’s a weird thing to do.

Ah okay, I thought that was their way of ending things!

Good for them if they can now manage their own endeavours, I imagine being under a music management company is soul destroying sometimes

Amazing and it didn't feel like 3 hours at all. It's very well done. Pure entertainment!

I do find disgusting that Taylor and her team sell those VIP packages with £20 crap inside and many of them with restricted views. They are not VIP at all and these people paid >£500.

But the obsession is so out of control that i will get replies like...oh well, at least they were there🙄(and a lot of the replies are from adults, not teenagers with hormones all over the place)

I think people thought they might but they didn't.
TS fans will freak but my son and I would have watched Paramore, then left, had we somehow come into tickets.....🤣🤣🤣

@CurtainsOfSparta they’re not split up, they wiped their online presence and are now their own agents as far as I understood it. I actually forgot all about that and I do love Paramore! 😟

Where actually are the threads about other artists though?
MN is TS thread a-plenty.
😬😬😬

I thought Paramour had split up?! Didn’t realise they were the support act

Quite simply, different people like different things.

Not everyone will like the music that you like, vice versa.

And there's nothing wrong with that.

I am ambivalent to TS. She's talented, and seems nice enough but I wouldn't actively seek out her music. And by all accounts she puts on a good show, and the people who have been have all enjoyed it.

What I find fascinating is the number of people who go on any thread about her and say "I don't like her, I don't see what the fuss is about" or whatever. You don't see it on threads about other artists anywhere near the same extent.

It's almost as if music is subjective and people like different things...

I’m not actually a big fan although I like her. I went twice to take 2 sets of my nieces as birthday gifts.

When there are so many people that love to knock her, really knock her, it’s not surprising that I’m suspicious.

I’ve been glad in the past that some concerts are over but if I knew that person got loads of hate here, I wouldn’t come on here and say it, when the issue was that I just wasn’t that into them.

3 hours is a long time for 1 singer to perform but from my understanding (DD went last Friday), TS' costume changes, stage presence and all over entertainment value was absolutely incredible. My DD was certainly entertained (buzzing!!) for about 5 hours with both the warm-up bands/singers (she loves Paramour too).

Maybe if you'd gone to see someone you absolutely LOVED, you also wouldn't have noticed the time and those 3 hours would have whizzed by

Ha ha.
Good one.

I still get flashbacks of the two (!) Springsteen shows my husband dragged me too. I think 4.5 hours long?!! I was losing the will

You mean you took a ticket that others would have died for!!?? 😉

My daughter and her best mate absolutely loved it! No one was flagging round us.

We couldn’t get tickets and my DDs both absolutely adore her so went to see it at the cinema. (I’m not paying thousands for hospitality seats). Obviously not the same as live but the atmosphere and support for each other of all the tween and teen girls there was amazing. I expect the concert is similar but on a bigger scale (I say girls as our audience was all female). They were singing and dancing and cheering each other - it was wonderful.
I think you are a bit unreasonable OP because it’s well known how long the concert is, and you’re always free to leave before the end.
I think the outfits are glorious and me and both DDs have debated at length which are our favourites. Those sparkly knee high boots - beautiful!
I’ve seen a lot of bands live - to be fair mainly rock and indie - and the best ones are those who connect with the fans, I’d say from what I hear that TS does that. So a great gig for the fans and one I really wish I’d been able to get tickets for .

Oh I called her out don’t worry 😉

Blimey, the shite I listened to of hers growing up! And the number of Marvel films I’ve watched with no idea what’s going on.

It’s what you do for your kids isn’t it?

Not for me, I could’ve happily listened to another 3 hours, there were so many amazing songs she didn’t play 😭. In saying that, I’m a huge fan so I can understand if you’re not then it might be a bit long.