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Walk on stage with Shawn Mendes on the opening night of his Illuminate World Tour

Walk on stage with Shawn Mendes on the opening night of his Illuminate World Tour

Words by deanuzzell4th May 2017

On the opening night of his Illuminate World Tour, Shawn Mendes gave NME a tour of his backstage area, chatted about performing, and showed us what it’s like to walk onstage in front of 13,000 people.

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