#eras tour wristbands

[the-lover-bodysuit]

blue again blue again blue again blueagainblueagainblue…

[greendayauthority]

[kingofmyborrowedheart]

Seeing the wristbands change is one of my favorite moments during tour.

[pinkorchidsinspring]

Taylor Swift: Performing

Me: RIP ME. I DIED DEAD.

[charlottcharles]

so i'm actually watching an eras tour livestream tonight and i gotta say lover era does not hit as well without the sunset! like sorry to everyone who didn't get to experience that pure magic!! wow!

[evermoredeluxe]

Album themed wristbands at The Eras Tour in Lisbon, Portugal (x)

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

✨ ARCTIC MONKEYS ASK GAME ✨

favourite record opener track?

have you been to a live show? if so, feel free to share a photo/something particular that struck you about your experience!

humbug or tbh+c?

which member of the band would you most like to spend the afternoon with and why? how would you spend your time?

which album means the most to you?

if you had to pick one song from their discography to never hear again, which one would it be?

how long have you been a fan? tell us about your journey!

do you have any cool arctic monkeys memorabilia or keepsakes that are meaningful to you? (eg wristbands from a show, merch you’ve bought, signed stuff, tour posters)

what’s the first song you heard that made you fall in love with the band? where were you when you heard it?

what’s your favourite alex era hair? feel free to share photo examples!

have you ever created any fanart or fanfiction inspired by the band/involving anyone in the band? feel free to share a link!

do you have any arctic monkeys tattoos? if not, do you want any?

what are some of your favourite lyrics alex has written? (doesn't have to be arctic monkeys, can also include tlsp/ other artist collaborations/the submarine soundtrack)

do you own any physical copies of any of the albums?

favourite arctic monkeys b-side?

if each of the albums was a person, which one do you think you'd most be like and why?

favourite album cover?

if you could ask each member of the band something and have them answer honestly, what questions would you ask them?

what's your favourite quote said by someone in the band? feel free to share a link/clip!

favourite record ender track?

[eightyonekilograms]

HN has a deserved reputation for being a) a bunch of know-it-all smartasses and b) sneering at anything related to popular culture, so it's sort of heartwarming to see that the consensus opinion on this thread is "whoa, this is an ingeniously simple solution I wouldn't have thought of; props to the engineers".

(the tl;dr is that the crowd light-up wristbands at Taylor Swift's concert just had IR receivers, same as a television, and from the stage they had an IR spotlight which could beam commands to whatever part of the crowd they pointed the spotlight at. No ridiculously complicated wireless network plus centralized C&C needed. It really is brilliantly simple and elegant)

[sekai-no-reita]

A letter to Reita... From my heart to yours.

(Under the cut for your sake.)

My dearest れいた,

I know you will not be able to read this letter, but I hope these words still reach you wherever you are; from one soul to another.

I don't even know where to begin... I never thought I would have to write a goodbye letter like this to you. This all feels like a bad dream that I cannot wake up from.

I followed you and your journey with the GazettE for 18 long years.. I grew up with you. It feels like I've lost a dear friend, a family member, if you will. There are no words to describe this grief I'm feeling. Believe me, I have tried...

You guys were with me through everything from my teenage years to this day. If I was happy, you were there. If I was sad, you were there. You were always there. I could always rely on you being by my side when I needed you.

When you came to Finland for the first time in 2007 I queued outside the venue in the cold late October weather all night long, just so I could get a good viewing spot for the gig. It was insane... I was so cold and sleep deprived on the day of the gig, only having slept for like an hour, haha. But when you guys came on stage, none of it mattered. I was so happy. It was a dream come true.

And that's when I fell in love with you, Reita. That was the turning point. I had been listening to your music for a little over a year by then but Ruki was the one who held my heart. But then you.. You captivated me the moment you stepped on that stage. Of course I had always noticed you, your basslines and talent but.. when I saw you play live, it was almost hypnotizing. Especially during RIDE WITH THE ROCKERS. I was so incredibly happy you played it that time. I still remember the way you moved your belly and hips and shoulders when you were standing in the spotlight... Being admired by everyone.

I was fortunate enough to see you guys live two more times; in 2013 and in 2016 during your world tours. Especially in 2016 when I had the VIP wristband and I got to meet you. I still remember how surreal it all felt to me. It was all like a dream. The most wonderful dream. I was supposed to tell you then how much I admired you, how talented you were. But I couldn't get the words out of my mouth. Not with you staring at me with your (one visible) eye. All I managed to do was give you the little gift bag with the bracelet in it with a shaky "douzo". You were a little surprised by the gift and thanked me "Ahh, arigatou". Then you took my hand and we thanked each other again. Now I kick myself... I should've told you exactly how I felt. Now I will never get another chance to do it. Now you will never know...

You were so incredibly kind and sweet and caring...

Writing about you in the past tense breaks my heart. The world has lost something too pure, too beautiful.

Your passion towards the GazettE was a thing to admire. How you cared for your fans.. You never took anything for granted. All the tears you shed after your tour finals.. they were real (even when you in an interview joked that they were cgi *laugh*). That was how much you cared. That was your true strength.

There will never be anyone else like you.

The world will never be the same after losing you.

Your bass defined Gazette's music in a way. Everytime I listen to any of your songs, your bass stands out. It is incredible. I don't think any other band does that; puts the bass in such a spotlight. That's how important you are, ..were.

You are the reason I even own a bass. I wanted to be able to play like you. Sadly I cannot... I was too short-tempered and lost my nerve when I couldn't get my fingers to co-operate *laugh* But my bass is still there, waiting. Reminding me of you. Maybe one day I'll be able to pick it up again and think of you with a smile on my face.

I really do hope you know how loved you were -and still are-; by everyone. The band, the fans... How much you were respected by your peers and other musicians. You defined an era in v-kei. That's how important you were. Are.

There are so many more things I would like to say to you. But maybe another time. Maybe I'll write you another letter. Maybe someday I'll meet you again in the afterlife and I'll be able to tell you face to face everything I haven't been able to so far.

I hope you are now at peace and can rest.

I love and miss you so much.

Thank you for everything you have given me. It is a debt I don't think I'll ever be able to repay you.

Rest in peace, my beautiful angel.

With all my love,

Marisa

[filmsnevermade]

fyi vip packages have started to ship!! my dad just got an email :)

[silver-rings-and-rabbits]

Eras Tour, London - Night 8

Seeing all the Taylor t shirts around London

Small girls asking to swap friendship bracelets

Waiting outside Wembley and seeing a resident had put a Taylor Swift sign over their balcony

The many songs that were name dropped in the safety speech

The security guards wearing a hundred friendship bracelets

The costumes and sparkles ✨

The fact that we found a spot almost front and centre

RAYE

Paramore

The Mexican wave through the seats that went several times

My cousin and I having no clue that Applause is played right before the countdown and going ‘guess everyone likes Gaga idk 🤷‍♀️’

Starting to feel hungry and debating if I should use the toilet, and then the countdown to Taylor starting and forgetting all that

The palpable build of excitement as the seconds counted down

The screams

The costumes

The sheer scale of everything

The sound editing of the opening sequence of album titles name dropped in her songs

The emotions watching Taylor enjoy herself

Screaming along to as many songs as I could

The way I forgot about every ache and pain in my body

The small boy who got the 22 hat

Taylor wearing her floor length, red and black ombré coat and me with 100% seriousness going ‘ooh nice coat’

The autumn leaves confetti that fell during All Too Well and then the snow confetti that fell over us

Fuck the Patriarchy

Catching the snow confetti

The hiss of the snake that made everyone jump before realising it was Reputation

Seeing the Reputation jump suit in person

Champagne Problems getting the live performance it deserves

Taylor taking out her earpiece just to listen to the roar of the crowd for three minutes

Marjorie

“Meet me after DARK!”

The witch coven vibes

The lights as the sun went down

The flames going off for Bad Blood that made everyone go ‘woah!’

Florida!! being performed live for the very first time

Special guest Florence Welch!

The eruption of the crowd at both these things

Thinking about the story of I Can Do It With A Broken Heart and seeing how much fun Taylor seems to be having with it

Taylor marching with the back up dancers behind her

So Long, London getting its live debut…because when else could it be?

Special guest Jack Antanoff

Death by a Thousand Cuts x Getaway Car

The reenactment of the Getaway Car behind the scenes video

Taylor diving into the stage

The Midnights aesthetic

The colours of Karma

The fireworks

The team coming together for a bow and then embracing each other in delight

The confetti

The euphoria of everyone in that stadium illuminated by 92,000 glowing wristbands

I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you ✨

[kingofmyborrowedheart]

Me learning about the newest chaotic thing that’s happened at the show tonight.

[moony4pads]

While traveling to England this morning I was sorting out and shorting my concert clips from the eras tour in Friday, I wanted to show them to my Grandma, I thought it would be something nice I could share with her that wouldn't remind her of her condition, and it was an event that she has been asking me about everytime we've spoken in the last year (one of the last things I spoke to her about, she loved also telling me things she saw about Taylor in the paper as she knew I am a fan.) I brought all the wristbands I swpped to show her and tell the stories, it might seem juvenile but thought it would be nice. When sorting the clips I was thinking how I would definitely leave marjorie out, as it handels death, and on Saturday she was told she was terminally ill.

She was already unresponsive when I arrived at the hospital, I spoke to her but I have no idea if she could hear me, and she passed only a few hours later (a nurse suggested that she was holding on for my branch of the familys arrival), I miss her so much already I hate being in her house without her.

Now this shitty low quality video of marjorie I quickly filmed (so much worse than most of my other clips bc at the time I didn't relate to the song and didn't care) is the only one I can bring myself to watch

[tadpal]

6, 20, + 63 for the ask game :-)

:-D <- the nose makes him look more grown up but still goofy. middle aged but still fun

6. What are you excited for?

right now? my little brothers are about to both start new things which is exciting vicariously but also some friends are in town! hi friends! (<-theyre not on tumblr) and i get to see them soon. yippee!!

20. Are you starting to realize anything?

i realise this every two months but i don't think i want to be a professional artist i just think i want to work in the arts in a guidance role/i get a lot more professional pride and sense of achievement helping someone achieve their goals artistically than i do from achieving my own and honestly im GOOD at support roles like working as basically a pa or editor or whatever. but this means giving up the idea of being acknowledged on a wider scale for my own perspectives and artistic vision and letting myself just be a support role... hmm tough thing to ponder that also doesn't at all relate to my current line of work so like. maybe don't worry about it king (im king)

63. First concert?

this carbon dates who i was online but do you guys remember bry? yeah with the. fabulous foursome (?) (dan phil crabsticks and kickthepj) well on the outside of that group was a fifth guy on youtube called brybry? bribri? it's been YEARS but he made music mostly he was honestly more in the dodie clark sphere of brittube and if i remember right he had a music video or something similar with kickthepj which is how i got into him ANYWAY. he did a tiny uk tour at the height of his popularity and he played a tiny venue near me and i didn't really know him but my friends from the neighbouring secondary happened to give me a lift home the night that he was local (bc i stayed at school late for a netball practice and their school just finished later than mine) and on the drive back they asked if I wanted to come with and since the tickets were like £15 quid and i had lift there and back secured my mom let me. it was honestly pretty cute AND I SAW ORLA GARLAND and got a signed disc of her first ep whose music i still enjoy to this day but idk if that's mostly bc of the nostalgia factor of this cute concert. i got a brybry rubber wristband thing bc those were still a thing for emo bands and my little brother cut it up like two years later in a boredom curiousity way (he was like 7) and i got so disproportionately angry about it that he still recounts it as 'How He Realised Objects Hold Sentimental Value' and he fished the bits out of the trash. i have them in a memory box of that era bc i thought one day i would reconstruct the brybry wristband (which i never wore, bc i didn't feel like enough of a real fan) . yeah

[imhereonthekitchenfloor]

"The wristbands turned purple here and they usually don't. That's means speak now tv is coming" "OUR WRISTBANDS TURNED BLUE. 1989 TV IS COMING OUT" who are you people and how have you memorized the bracelet light patterns of Eras Tour

[farmlesbians]

people already writing down their travel expenses and how long they camped out for the cancelled paramore shows 🙃 I hope hayley takes a break from social media for a while cause those fuckers are so entitled

they're acting like hayley personally asked the universe to give her a lung infection. also what's with paramore fans getting increasingly competitive with these camping hours, especially in this era. Saw someone being mad cause they camped out for 2 days for the cancelled portland show 😭 I'm glad the band has the wristband system cause I know the crowd would smell so bad without it

we need to be normal again like even at the start of tour last fall the earliest people got there was at like 6am the day of the show which is still rly early and now people are in line 48 hours in advance it’s so bad … i got there at 5am for my show and was 89th in line then which i already thought was insane then in sf there were hundreds the night before the show like we lost the plot and it’s really unnecessary.. also its the same people at the front every got damn time anyway like