Taylor Swift Announces SPEAK NOW WORLD TOUR 2011


4-Time Grammy Winner Taylor Swift To Headline 87 Stadium And Arena Shows In 19 Countries In 2011

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 23, 2010 -- Taylor Swift announced today that she will tour the world in 2011 in support of her blockbuster Speak Now album, which shattered sales records with over a million copies sold in its first week of release.

Taylor is currently slated to play 87 shows in 19 countries spanning four continents on the TAYLOR SWIFT SPEAK NOW WORLD TOUR 2011, which kicks off February 9th in Singapore.

The 2011 dates will include six stadium shows – Foxborough, MA's Gillette Stadium, Detroit's Ford Field, Pittsburgh's Heinz Field, Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field, Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium, and Dallas's Cowboys Stadium. Taylor's 15-month, 107-date FEARLESS 2009 / 2010 Tour sold out arenas and stadiums in 88 cities in five countries.

Taylor will play shows throughout Asia and Europe during the first quarter of 2011, before kicking off her North American tour onMay 27th in Omaha, Neb. SPEAK NOW Tour dates are planned for later in the year in Australia and New Zealand. The North American leg of the tour is sponsored by COVERGIRL®, and ticket prices start at $25.

The SPEAK NOW WORLD TOUR 2011 is one of the most-anticipated musical experiences of the year, as Taylor's live show is renowned for her incredibly high-energy theatrical presentation of graphics, sets and visual elements, all conceptualized by Taylor herself. During the course of her show, Taylor plays a variety of instruments and has multiple wardrobe changes. Each show, Taylor performs hit after hit from her three Big Machine Records albums, including the chart-topping "Mine," "Love Story," "You Belong With Me," "Our Song," and "Fifteen."

"Swift's fans don't just believe in her savvy songwriting and gracious, magnetic stage presence. They trust her as a peer," raved the Los Angeles Times. "And if the unerring pleasures of her set – and the crowd's Beatles-sized reactions – were any indication, they'll be trusting her for a long time." The (Phoenix) Arizona Republic wrote: "Swift shoots to superstardom. Her two-hour set at the sold-out arena showed a level of creativity – and more important, sincerity - which many other acts don't reach for decades, if ever. There is a new master of the stage in pop music moving quickly up the ladder."

"I'm so excited to go back out on tour again in 2011!" says Taylor. "The FEARLESS Tour was so much fun and even more unforgettable than I ever imagined, and I can't wait to get back out and play my new music from Speak Now! The fans have been so amazing, and I'm thrilled to play in new cities around the world and meet even more of my fans in 2011!"

The TAYLOR SWIFT SPEAK NOW WORLD TOUR 2011 will include the following:

DATE

CITY

 

February 9

Singapore

 

February 11

Seoul, South Korea

 

February 13

Osaka, Japan

 

February 16 & 17

Tokyo, Japan

 

February 19

Manila, Philippines

 

February 21

Hong Kong

 

March 6

Brussels, Belgium

 

March 7

Rotterdam, Holland

 

March 9

Oslo, Norway

 

March 12

Oberhausen, Germany

 

March 15

Milan, Italy

 

March 17

Paris, France

 

March 19

Madrid, Spain

 

March 22

Birmingham, UK

 

March 25

Belfast, Northern Ireland

 

March 27

Dublin, Ireland

 

March 29

Manchester, UK

 

March 30

London, UK

 

May 27 & 28

Omaha, Nebraska

 

May 29

Des Moines, Iowa

 

June 2 & 3

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

 

June 4

Orlando, Florida

 

June 7

Columbus, Ohio

 

June 8

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

 

June 11

Detroit, Michigan

 

June 14 & 15

St. Paul, Minnesota

 

June 18

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 

June 21

Buffalo, New York

 

June 22

Hartford, Connecticut

 

June 25

Foxborough, Massachusetts

 

June 30

Greensboro, North Carolina

 

July 1

Knoxville, Tennessee

 

July 2

Louisville, Kentucky

 

July 8

Charlotte, North Carolina

 

July 9 & 10

Atlanta, Georgia

 

July 14

Montreal, Quebec

 

July 15 & 16

Toronto, Ontario

 

July 19 & 20

New York, New York

 

July 28

Grand Rapids, Michigan

 

July 29

Indianapolis, Indiana

 

July 30

Cleveland, Ohio

 

August 2 & 3

Washington, DC

 

August 6

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

August 9 & 10

Chicago, Illinois

 

August 13

Lexington, Kentucky

 

August 14

St. Louis, Missouri

 

August 18 & 19

Edmonton, Alberta

 

August 23 & 24

Los Angeles, California

 

September 1 & 2

San Jose, California

 

September 3

Sacramento, California

 

September 6

Portland, Oregon

 

September 7

Seattle, Washington

 

September 10 & 11

Vancouver, British Columbia

 

September 16 & 17

Nashville, Tennessee

 

September 21

Tulsa, Oklahoma

 

September 24

Kansas City, Missouri

 

September 27

Denver, Colorado

 

September 28

Salt Lake City, Utah

 

October 4

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

October 5

New Orleans, Louisiana

 

October 8

Dallas, Texas


Taylor Swift is a four-time GRAMMY winner, the top-selling digital artist in music history, has had singles top both the Country and Pop radio charts, and had the #1 best-selling album in any genre of music in 2009. With 1,046,718 copies sold in the US in the first week of release, last month her Speak Now album scored SoundScan's biggest single-week sales total since 2005 and is the biggest debuting country studio album in history. With the release of Speak Now, Taylor made history on the Billboard Hot 100, charting a record-breaking 11 songs from one album in a single week. Taylor, who writes all of her own songs, has career record sales now in excess of 17 million albums and 31 million song downloads.

The North American leg of the TAYLOR SWIFT SPEAK NOW WORLD TOUR is sponsored by COVERGIRL®, and produced and promoted by The Messina Group (TMG.) The COVERGIRL® sponsorship is an expansion of the partnership announced earlier this year, when Taylor was named the newest COVERGIRL®. Taylor's COVERGIRL® campaign is set to launch in January of 2011. TMG is a partner of AEG Live, one of the top live entertainment companies in the world, which produces world tours featuring internationally renowned artists and regional concerts and festivals. 

SOURCE AEG

November 24, 2010 3:55am ET by Taylor Swift   Comments (0)

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