American Music Awards 2014

Tonight (Nov 23rd) the American Music Awards (AMAs) were held at the Nokia Theatre in LA.

Taylor opened the show with Blank Space and then was awarded the Dick Clark Award for Excellence.

Blank Space, well what a performance of the newly crowned Billboard Hot 100 No.1 track. Taylor opened the show for the first time. For the first time Taylor was not using her traditional handheld microphone, instead opting for a wireless headset microphone hooked up to her in earpieces. This allowed her to move around the stage freely and act out what I feel is the most dramatic song on 1989 regardless of its point of view.

Taylor started out her performance being high above the stage sitting at a table with a boy at the other end, while being lowered down during the start of the song. She then proceeded to play with fire (pyrotechnics) while 'burning" a rose. Taylor moved on to an outdoor setting and another boy before breaking up with him in rage and making him fly across the stage. In the process Taylor rips off her ankle length skirt to reveal a short play suit before more fire comes out behind her in time to the lyrics "Or it's gonna go down in flames". Taylor ends the performance with a boy walking through the door with a bunch of roses. Taylor received a standing ovation for the performance. A link to one of the many articles about the performance and a HD video HERE.

(I will update the video once I find a HD youtube version)

While Taylor wasn't nominated for any awards tonight, she did receive the biggest award of the night. The Dick Clark Award for Excellence was given to Taylor by Diana Ross and she was the first person to ever receive the award which made it even more special. A beautiful video montage outlining her outstanding career so far was played before she was awarded her trophy. A clip of Taylor's acceptance speech is below. Full video of Taylor receiving her award.

If tonights performance of Blank Space is anything to go by just like how her performance of I Knew You Were Trouble at the 2012 AMAs was just an insight into The RED Tour, The 1989 World Tour is going to be an epic concert experience. How Taylor takes and performs each song on tour is anyones guess until opening night. But until then, this performance just builds the excitement even further if that was possible.

All I know is that I can't wait to see Taylor live on this tour, How about you?