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Shawn Mendes 1st ever Arena
World Tour stopped off in Manchester
Photographs by Mark
Kaye.
Review by
Jo
Forrest.
THE
Multi Platinum singer / songwriter
Shawn
Mendes
1st ever
headlining Arena World Tour stopped off at the Manchester Arena, on Friday, 28
April 2017, along with special guest
James TW.
The Manchester Arena was packed with 15,000 people for the young Canadian
singing sensation, Shawn Mendes, who, at only 18 years old is selling sold out
arenas everywhere. Shawn rose to fame 3 years ago singing 6 second cover
snippets on Vine and the rest is history. The crowd was 90% young teenage fans
with mums and Dad?s in tow, all having a great time.
Having released his second album, Illuminate sees Shawn embarking on a world
tour and he kicked of the night with Holding Me Back and the crowd went wild and
that was pretty much the scene to the entire show, with 15,000 young, adoring
fans maniacally screaming to every song, even the ballads.
Once the 1st part of his 90 minute set had finished, Shawn moved to a piano on
the much smaller, circular B stage to start part two with Life of the Party
while a giant inflatable globe hung above him, not dissimilar to the one Drake
used on his tour. The crowd surged to the stage, something I do not think
security was prepared for, and for the next several songs the crowd further back
got the chance to get a little more up close and personal before he moved back
the the main stage. Phone torches lit the arena for almost the entire night and
the crowd danced and sang to every song. Shawn finished the night with one of
his massive hits Treat You Better, before leaving the young crowd desperately
wanting more.
It was a truly impressive show for Canada?s biggest export after Justin Bieber
and hard to imagine what he could have done to have made it any better, the
young adoring fans were thrilled by every move.
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