Taylor Swift: Madison Square Garden, November 22nd, 2011
Iman Lababedi, RockNYC, 24 November 2011
STANDING ON A PLATFORM in the middle of the Arena, Taylor Swift looked genuinely amazed. A young girl in the cheap seats randomly began to chant "Taylor, Taylor" and slowly but surely 14,000 young girls joined in, as if Swift was Derek Jeter and she had just hit a home run and won the game.
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