'I went to a Taylor Swift club night to nurse my broken heart after missing out on Eras Tour tickets and didn't want to go home'
| Published date | 20 April 2024 |
| Publication title | MyLondon (England) |
The 'Swiftogeddon' club night runs monthly at various venues in London, as well as at other venues across the country. Tickets start from £12.68 at Troxy, in East London, and Clapham Grand, in South London, rising to around £20 a ticket if you get them closer to the event itself.
Doors open at 9pm but last entry is 11pm, our tickets warned, so my friend Fiona and I got glammed up and made our way to Troxy in Limehouse. The first thing that struck us both was the variety and colour of everyone's outfits.
Even as we were walking to the venue, it was easy to spot who was heading to the Taylor Swift night, from the number of sequins and cowboy hats. And as we entered, with Bad Blood playing at top volume, we knew it was going to be a great night straight away.
Troxy is designed with a large floor space which was packed with people by the time we arrived, and with more space as you enter the main room, where there are two bars and a cloakroom. We decided to make our way into the crowds of people, and found it easy to find a space to dance and sing to Taylor, without it feeling too cramped at any point.
It was a euphoric experience from start to finish. Taylor's songs, playing at top volume with the bass turned right up, are impossible not to sing along to, even if you're just a casual fan.
A Taylor Swift-themed club night is, unsurprisingly, pure Taylor Swift. It made me realise that I am just an amateur fan compared to many people at the club that night, who seemed to know every word to even Taylor's least well known songs.
The music was led by two DJs who would take it in turns to control the decks or come out and hype up the dancers, with a huge screen behind playing Taylor's music videos -though not the same ones as the songs that were playing at the same time, which was a bit jarring for a while.
And if you think that they just played Taylor's best hits and upbeat, party tracks, think again. At around midnight, the DJs introduced the next 10 songs as some of the most important songs ever written.
This set of tracks...
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