Queues of eager fans snaked down Port Road to welcome the arrival of US pop juggernaut Taylor Swift, the culmination of literally a year of anticipation as she wraps up her 1989 World Tour here in Australia. With last year’s 1989 successfully completing Swift’s graduation from country tinged crossover success to out-and-out pop star, her arrival in Adelaide finds her at the end of a period of rapid, and maybe a little rabid career escalation.
Having opened shows for the bulk of Swift’s year long world tour, Vance Joy politely and effectively got the crowd in the mood for Swift’s ubiquitous radio hits with his own set of high rotation staples. Like a cross between Bernard Fanning and Ser Loras Tyrell, Joy got a solid response from current single Fire & The Flood and triple j Hottest 100 winner Rip Tide.
During his set he remarked that the Adelaide Entertainment Centre was one of the more intimate venues of the tour, which speaks for the sheer scale of Swift’s operation in 2015. With a huge stage set-up, a giant catwalk halving the General