#tour reviews

[shit-talk-turner]

Would it be possible sum up your review about your perspectives on today's gig?

Is this your first time attending the monkeys show? Is he really handsome in person?

what do you think of the his voice, setlist, stage design etc

// First things first. He immediately ditched the grandfather scarf and played the show in an open collared shirt and suit jacket. I liked the setlist. I thought it was a good mixture of their bigger hits, fan favorites and also a good few new ones (though my memory sucks and I couldn't tell you the complete list). I really loved Body Paint live and how Alex seemed to enjoy rocking to it on his guitar. I had a standing room ticket and was relatively front and center, which was nice but also kind of annoying since everyone was always filming (myself included 😅) so my videos will mostly consist of arms and a sea of phones.😄 It was my first Monkeys show and I haven't really seen many live videos so I don't have many points of reference, but I liked his energy, his voice and his strange little dance moves.😄 The stage design is nothing special, there's not much going on, but at least it doesn't distract from the band, though I have to admit that I haven't paid much attention to the other guys on stage. Jaime for example was almost always hidden behind some stranger's head and I couldn't be bothered to try to look for him. Nick on the other hand was right in front of me and he is quite the fine specimen. Yes, Alex is handsome, even though he's not really my type, but there was a moment at the end of, I think it was Suck It And See, when he smiled because all where singing along (?) and damn, that smile...

😍😍😍

[taylornation]

We’re looking back on this year and feeling like we just lived 13 lives? 🤯

Thanks for making it best year yet! 🫶 Also, since today is 123123, we gotta say it… 1, 2, 3, let’s go (to 2024), bitch!

[tswiftupdatess]

NME gave last night's The Eras Tour show a glowing five-star review:

“Despite being an arena show, in a huge, cavernous venue, Swift and her fans have managed to cultivate a community. Strangers swap friendship bracelets, laugh and cry together, and embrace the tour’s in-jokes and lore. It’s the power of Swift, an artist who’s inspired not only the renaming of a Scottish Loch, but also countless fans to come out and embrace being a part of the Eras family. With The Eras Tour, then, Swift’s managed to craft a marvel of a show that comes with a beating heart.”

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[manchesterau]

dan was disappointed that challengers wasnt gay enough so they BETTER bring it for the tour i want them to go places theyve never been before

[notesonartistry]

"... she’s not a pop star, or a classic rocker, or anything that has come before. She’s Taylor Swift."

Philip Cosores of Uproxx speaking the absolute truth

[georgeharrisonsmiling]

[the-chelseahotel]

The eras tour movie has debuted with a perfect score of 100% on rotten tomatoes

[nightvaleofficial]

2023 we finished touring the haunting of night vale that we started right before the pandemic in March 2020. Finally closing a chapter after 3 years so we could move forward, rehearse and produce a new show! Touring The Attic has been exciting and we can’t wait for more in 2024 ! We head back on tour Jan 9 and we hope to see y’all on the road!!

[savebylou]

Dan Cashio talking about Niall's show at the O2 [TSLOT London Night II, 03.09.24]

[fourohfourlifenotfound]

Listen guys loving the vacation photos high but what if we-- for the sake of the tour, of course-- bring back some of that old phandom nostalgia and start unhinged rumors that they eloped in Turkey? Just to spice things up a little

[wlwbookshelf]

IRIS KELLY DOESN'T DATE - ASHLEY HERRING BLAKE Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ashley Herring Blake has written another sapphic romance that I was barely able to out down until it was finished. Iris and Stevie are incredibly cute. The book is really successful take on fake dating that actually seems like a plausible reason two people could fake date! 

I loved seeing Bright Falls one last time, although I do wish there was two epilogues one for the Iris/Stevie and one for the whole cast! 

Based on this trilogy, any sapphic story Ashley Herring Blake writes will be an auto-buy for me. 

Many thanks to Berkley Publishing Group for an eARC via Netgalley in exchange for my honest review. Iris Kelly is released today (Oct 24th) in the US!

[dremerie]

APOLOGY TOUR IS OUT

Let's talk about it!

I overall think this episode is really strong and follows on pretty nicely from its predecessor. I actually think I prefer this episode to full moon, it felt better focused with less tangents. The episode was allowed to stay consistent with its focus which I feel was really important.

I feel like the dialogue between blitzø and Stolas, particularly in the first scene, was really well executed and had good tension. It was nice to see Stolas maintain his frustration while in clear anguish over the situation.

I feel like the writers do a good job of showing how both are affected by the conflict, though, if I am to be a little critical (it could just be me) but it seems they are leaning more sympathy towards Stolas than Blitzø.

I do think Blitzø is more flawed in the vacuum of the relationship (with his ingoing problems with relationships), but in this case, his fears over the aspect of Stolas' position could be explored more and I hope they have Stolas reflect on how that impacts Blitzø

I loved the humour in this episode. It was more subtle and didn't take away from the tone of the episode. I especially liked the twist of the characters from ep1! I also found it funny how Blitzø's words on that apology list seemed more accurate in spelling and grammar than usual 🤔

I especially loved the ending. Though I wish we could have gotten more about Verosika and her specific history with Blitzø, I feel like we were given what we needed.

I like how they characterised Verosika in this episode. Though she is evidently very resentful, she takes the time to actually talk to and reasonably criticise Blitzø.

Her talk of their relationship works as a nice parallel to the present relationship between him and Stolas, giving good advice for how Blitzø can be better with the people he has now, which leaves him, quite rightfully, letting Stolas have fun without him.

I really hope they maintain this level of space between the two for a little to leave room for independent growth rather than a rushed rekindling. Time will tell! Overall I really enjoyed this episode and think it's one of my favourites in the season.

Let me know what you thought below!

[georgeharrisonsmiling]

[NEW FILM] George Harrison - Live at the Omni, Atlanta, Georgia (Novembe...

[datshitrandom]

Darren Criss | 2023 | PHOTOSHOOTS

[kindlingkeen]

WAIT jason's murder world tour?! FROM THE EYES OF THE BATS?!??? hell YES

i feel like a lot of people just forget about his travel training, like just go Pit → Gotham so i'm always excited to see stuff about what he got up to!! and from the bats' perspective is such mwah DELICIOUS

(in response to this and this, and maybe this, from the wip title ask game)

Wow, this is getting a lot more interest than I anticipated. And here I was worried that Incident Review was going to come across as boring.

One of the things I love about the world murder tour is that it’s canon (or it used to be - for the love of god dc, get your shit together) but it’s so vague and open-ended. So you can do anything with it. Makes my little fanfic writer brain squeal with joy.

Thanks for the ask, anon!!! 🩵

[bananaofswifts]

5/5 STARS

"I'm really overwhelmed and trying to keep it together," admitted an emotional Taylor Swift, as she was engulfed in a tsunami of earsplitting, tinnitus threatening sound. And that was just the crowd.

The amplification at State Farm Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona was loud to the point of distortion. But 70,000 (mainly) women screamed and roared, drowning out those giant speakers, joyously and thrillingly all night, as they welcomed their chosen one back to the stage.

It has been five years since Swift played a full live concert but she more than made up for it on the opening night of a new world tour with one of the most ambitious, spectacular and charming stadium pop shows ever seen. Not to mention one of the longest.

Swift performed for three and a quarter hours, playing 45 songs in a set drawing on every corner of her phenomenal career, from her 2006 self-titled teenage country debut to last year's blockbuster set of sophisticated pop, Midnights. This kind of live marathon ventured into Bruce Springsteen territory, albeit with snazzier costumes and way more glitter. And that was the crowd too.

"I can see seven people dressed like mirrorballs," said an awed Swift, gazing from the edge of an extended runway at an audience who had really come dressed for the occasion. The Eras concert tour was designed to accommodate material from all 10 of Swift's albums, and fans dressed to express their favourites. Some came in the spangly dresses of 2014's mainstream pop breakout 1989, some in the vampish lycra of snappy dance album Reputation (2017) while the fairy-tale ball gowns of 2010's Speak Now seemed particularly popular with some pre-teen fans. Swift expressed comical surprise at "an alarming number of supposedly responsible adults dressed as sexy babies" (a lyrical reference to last year’s hit single Anti-Hero). Well, each to their own era.

That Swift attracts this kind of devotion is not just down to the fact that she knows how to put on a show, though she certainly does. There was an immense high-definition screen (on which she amusingly rampaged like Queen Kong over her tiny real-life self during Anti-Hero), confetti, pyrotechnics, indoor fireworks, flashing co-ordinated wrist bands and a hyperactive hydraulic platform stage. In a particularly remarkable illusion, the star appeared to dive into the stage floor then swim underwater across the stadium. It was fantastic fun, albeit what we have come to expect from state of the art concerts.

But at the centre of all the action was a 33 year-old who has earned the loyalty of her audience by writing smart, deep, beautifully crafted, catchy and heartfelt songs of real-life dramas. It probably helps that her own love life has, in the past, been turbulent. "It's no secret that my albums have been excruciatingly autobiographical," admitted Swift. "When I put them out it's like getting a public autopsy."

Yet it turns out that Swift has a real gift for making the personal universal. To watch this massive audience sing along to every line of Swift's wordy narratives (including a 10-minute spin through the bitterly beautiful All Too Well) as if they were all singing to themselves was an inspiring reminder that pop remains a vital medium of mass communication like no other.

There's a vast span to Swift's oeuvre, and it might be hard to conceive how she could find common ground between the wide-eyed pop swagger of such mega hits as Blank Space, Bad Blood or Shake It Off with the sensuous folktronica of more delicate songs from her pandemic albums Folklore and Evermore, such as Cardigan or Betty. Yet the crowd sang everything, all night, and never flagged. Songs this good almost do Swift's work for her. Almost. Swift is the shining conduit, with considerable musical skill, impressive vocal ability, unflagging energy and a real generosity of spirit. I wouldn’t wish to labour comparisons with Springsteen because she is on a unique trajectory, but Swift is definitely her own boss.