Taylor Swift time!!!
I became a Swiftie around the same time she was on tour with the Jonas Brothers. Once I heard Teardrops on My Guitar on the radio, it forever changed my life. I bought every CD on each release day and would just lock myself in my room crying to songs or jamming out. Since she had been bullied, I felt I had a special connection with her. I also felt like I could relate to her lyrics because of how many relationship problems I encountered throughout the years. Luckily, nowadays, I relate to more of the happy love songs than the sad love songs.
I became kind of obsessed with her music. I would even dress up on the days her CD’s came out so when people asked why, I could tell them to go buy her new CD.
I have been to 11 Taylor Swift concerts and honestly if I could afford it, I would have gone to a lot more at this point. That first concert I went to I was completely hooked. So hooked I made my mom drive me 4 hours to Cincinnati so I could see another show.
My love for her and her music just kept growing. I skipped my freshman year homecoming in high school just so I could go to her concert. That was my first Taylor Swift concert. I have two brothers, Matt & Justin. Justin went to homecoming that night, so Matt was “stuck” taking me to the concert. At the time he wasn’t much of a fan, but now, even 10 years later, he is absolutely OBSESSED. I would like to think that it’s my fault, lol.
The concert dates I have been to include:
Fearless Tour:
October 3, 2009 in Cleveland, Ohio (I went with Matt)
March 28, 2010 in Cincinnati, Ohio (I went with my mom because I begged her to buy me tickets for my birthday February 6)
Speak Now World Tour:
July 30, 2011 in Cleveland, Ohio (I went with Matt and his friend Brad)
Red World Tour:
April 25, 2013 (I went with my friend Rebecca. We had seats up in the 200 sections, but some other friends at the concert went to Guest Services and told them it was my birthday and asked if they could have their seats moved so they could sit with Rebecca and I. They actually moved all of us to a 100 section right next to the stage. It was one of the best nights of my life. Matt couldn’t go because he was in college and it close to finals week.)
May 8, 2013 in Columbus, Ohio (Matt wanted to go to a concert, so I just HAD to go with him and Brad again! It was becoming a tradition lol)
July 6, 2013 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Honestly we just wanted to go to one last concert… lol)
1989 World Tour:
June 3, 2015 in Cleveland Ohio (I went with my friend Courtney, and Matt and Brad. Unfortunately Matt & Brad had to sit separate from us because they wouldn’t allow us to buy 4 handicapped accessible seats together)
June 6, 2015 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (I went with my best friend at the time Alexis, Matt, and Brad. This was also the first concert I dressed up for! Pics later)
September 7, 2015 in Columbus, Ohio (Matt bought tickets the day of… It was literally a last minute thing because it was close and we wanted to see her again. I was at school in Dayton, he was at home in Cleveland. We both drove to Columbus and met up so we could go to the concert together!)
reputation World Tour:
July 7, 2018 in Columbus, Ohio (Matt went to college to be an Air Traffic Controller. He finally got into the Academy last summer. He was sent to Oklahoma City for about 5 months. This was the only close concert that was on a Saturday so he could fly from Oklahoma City to Columbus. His girlfriend drove alone a day early to spend some time with him, and Rich drove me down the next day. Matt, his girlfriend Tess, and I went to the concert together. We dressed up of course and made tons of signs! Pics again will come later. Special shoutout to Rich because he drove me to Columbus, got breakfast with Matt, Tess and I, drove back to Cleveland because he had tickets to the Indians game the same day, then drove back to Columbus that night to pick me up after the concert)
July 18, 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio (This was Taylor’s first show at Browns Stadium and I really wanted Rich to experience a Taylor Swift concert, so him and I went. Matt was still in Oklahoma City, unfortunately, and it was a Wednesday night so he had class both the day of and the next day)
Matt has been to two more concerts without me (mostly because I couldn’t afford any more). He went with his girlfriend Tess, our other brother Justin, and his girlfriend Kelsey to the concert in Indianapolis, Indiana on September 15, 2018. This was during his break from graduating the Academy and before he was sent out to California for training. This concert was kind of ruined for him, however, because he got a call that our friend Tony had committed suicide. It was a rough time for all of us. I wish I could’ve been there with him when he got the news. Thank god Tess and Justin were.
The other time Matt saw Taylor without me was this Summer in LA. He currently lives in Tracy, California. His girlfriend is still in school, but she went out to live with him for the summer. They drove 5 hours down to LA just to see Taylor Swift perform at the Wango Tango concert. I still am so jealous!
