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Taylor Swift was the hottest ticket in an already hot town Saturday, and excited fans were headed to BC Place for tonight's concert. Our photographer captured some of them:

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They didn’t all come dressed in red. They did come pumped up and ready to raise the roof off BC Place Saturday night as the Taylor Swift RED Tour rolled into town.

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A 1944 photo of a No. 20 Hastings Street Vancouver streetcar. The No. 20 Line ran along Powell Street between the early 1890s and 1949. The streetcar system was deeply interwoven with the story of the city itself. An intricate series of streetcar lines was a dominant mode of transportation in Vancouver during the first half of the 21st century, and experts credit them with helping to develop the city’s many multi-purpose streets. Photo: City of Vancouver Archives CVA 586-1874.

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Members of Bessie & the Back Eddies perform at David Lam Park in Vancouver on Saturday as part of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival.

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Taylor Swift fans Christina Youngren, left, and Kennedy Smith before the concert at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver on Saturday.

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Same sex couple Jeff Zarrillo, left, and Paul Katami are married by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Friday June 28, 2013 at City Hall in Los Angeles. The couple, plaintiffs who successfully challenged California’s Proposition 8, decided to get married after the United States Supreme Court issued a decision in Hollingsworth v. Perry that restores marriage equality to Calif.

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