Why Taylor Swift's shows are 'second to none'

Anyone who saw Taylor Swift at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Norwich recently, or has ever seen Swifty on tour, already knows how good her live performances can be.

Ed Sheeran went all Hobbit about her recently, describing Taylor as being "in the elven kingdom hanging out with Galadriel".

While Jim King, the boss of British Summer Time, says Taylor performing in London next week will be "one of the most spectacular concerts Hyde Park has ever seen".

The London festival kicks off on Thursday with The Strokes headlining, then Blur arrive for the weekend followed by Taylor Swift on 27 June.

"Her production is second to none," says BST Event Director Jim King.

"There are many stadiums around the world but there's a unique experience playing outdoors in a green field site in London and what she's going to bring to this is incredible."

He did book her for the London show, so of course Jim King would feel that Taylor is "a phenomenal performer" equally as good "sitting down on a stool with a guitar which features in her show, as well as all the theatrical elements that come in as well".

Taylor will be pleased to hear that previous sound issues with performing in London's Hyde Park appear to be sorted.

In 2012 fans complained that gigs by Blur and Madonna weren't loud enough.

"We did a lot of work on the sound," says Jim King.

"It was an issue we knew we had to address for the residents, but we needed to manage the connection between the bands and their fans as well."

Without saying how much exactly, King admits "a lot of money" was invested in getting the sound system right.

"We actually rebuilt Hyde Park at an off-site location and just spent days and days testing different locations of speakers and different locations of stages and we took over 10,000 noise measurements and we got to the point where now people have never played as loud in Hyde Park as they play," he says.

The festival boss says that last year's headliners were playing at 102 decibels, which he says is "louder than most European festivals".

Foxes is playing on Sunday night alongside Years & Years and Kylie.

While she's excited about that, playing a gig near home means most of her family will be coming to watch.

"I probably get the most nervous playing in front of them," says Foxes. "They're the ones that are allowed to judge me the most.

"It's always quite scary playing in front of my mum.

"She's always the one at the front usually raving, but mums have to say you were great, don't they, even if you weren't."

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