Taylor Swift is going on tour!
The "Shake It Off" pop star announced this morning she is hitting the road next summer for a stadium tour, and is bringing Shawn Mendes & Vance Joy along for the ride.
See the official press release below, including when Tswift will be visiting a city near you:
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Seven-time GRAMMY winner Taylor Swift announced The 1989 World Tour on “Good Morning America” this morning, just days after performing an epic concert in Times Square to more than 20,000 fans, wrapping up promotion of her history making fifth studio album, “1989.” “The 1989 World Tour” will be produced and promoted by AEG Live & The Messina Group (TMG) and kicks off on May 20, 2015 in Louisiana and making a two-show stop at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. on Friday, July 24 and Saturday, July 25, 2015.
Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy will be main support along the North American tour while singer, songwriter and viral sensation Shawn Mendes will support the global superstar along her North American stadium dates. “The 1989 World Tour” will encompass eight countries and span four continents, including North America, Europe, Australia and Asia**.
The first tickets for the North American leg will go on sale to the general public on Friday, Nov. 14. American Express® Card Members and members of TaylorSwift.com will have access to purchase tickets in advance beginning on Friday, Nov. 7*. General ticketing and on-sale information will be available at TaylorSwift.com.
Last year, the North American portion of Swift’s sold out “The RED Tour” played to more than 1.36 million fans over 66 shows. Swift’s tour made 13 stadium stops, including a two-show stop at Gillette Stadium in July 2013, and played in 47 cities in 29 states. Also in 2013, Swift took “The RED Tour” Down Under -- performing sold out stadium shows in Australia (as well as arena dates in New Zealand), becoming the first solo female artist in 20 years to undertake a national stadium concert tour of Australia. In addition, “The RED Tour” visited Europe for six sold-out shows in 2014.
Swift, who writes all of her own songs, is a global superstar, seven-time GRAMMY winner and the youngest winner in history of the music industry's highest honor, the GRAMMY Award for Album of the Year. Swift is the only artist in music history to have an album (2010's Speak Now, 2012's RED and 2014's 1989) hit the 1 million-plus first-week sales figure three times. She is the first artist since the Beatles (and the only female artist in history) to log six or more weeks at #1 in the U.S. with three consecutive studio albums. Taylor has an album on Rolling Stone's prestigious The 50 Greatest Albums of All Time (by women) list, Time magazine has named her one of the 100 Most Influential People in the world, and she is Billboard's youngest-ever Woman of the Year and the only artist to have been awarded this honor twice. Swift has career record sales in excess of 30 million albums and almost 80 million song downloads worldwide, and has had singles top both the pop and country radio charts around the globe.
Swift’s album RED (Big Machine Records), released two years ago, sold more than 1.2 million copies in the U.S. in its first week, scoring the highest first-week sales debut of any album in over a decade.
"Shake It Off,” the first single off her critically acclaimed fifth studio album 1989, topped Billboard’s Pop, HotAC and Hot 100 charts and has earned double Platinum-status by the RIAA for exceeding sales of two million downloads in the U.S., and has peaked at No. 1 in 64 countries on iTunes. 1989 topped iTunes’ sales charts in 95 countries on its release and was the highest selling first week release of 2014.
May 20, 2015 – Bossier City, LA – CenturyLink Center
May 22, 2015 – Baton Rouge, LA – LSU Tiger Stadium
May 30, 2015 – Detroit, MI – Ford Field
June 2, 2015 – Louisville, KY – KFC Yum! Center
June 3, 2015 – Cleveland, OH – Quicken Loans Arena
June 6, 2015 – Pittsburgh, PA – Heinz Field
June 8, 2015 – Charlotte, NC – Time Warner Cable Arena
June 9, 2015 – Raleigh, NC – PNC Arena
June 13, 2015 – Philadelphia, PA – Lincoln Financial Field
June 20, 2015 – Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany – Lanxess Arena
June 21, 2015 – Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome
June 23, 2015 – Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom – SSE Hydro
June 24, 2015 – Manchester, NW England, United Kingdom – Arena
June 27, 2015 – London, England, United Kingdom – British Summertime Hyde Park
July 6, 2015 – Ottawa, ON – Canadian Tire Centre
July 7, 2015 – Montreal, QB – Bell Centre
July 11, 2015 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium
July 13, 2015 – Washington, DC – Nationals Park
July 18, 2015 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field
July 24, 2015 – Foxborough, MA – Gillette Stadium
July 25, 2015 – Foxborough, MA – Gillette Stadium
August 1, 2015 – Vancouver, BC – BC Place Stadium
August 4, 2015 – Edmonton, AB – Rexall Place
August 5, 2015 – Edmonton, AB – Rexall Place
August 8, 2015 – Seattle, WA – CenturyLink Field
August 15, 2015 – Santa Clara, CA – Levi’s Stadium
August 17, 2015 – Glendale, AZ – Gila River Arena
August 18, 2015 – Glendale, AZ – Gila River Arena
August 25, 2015 – Los Angeles, CA – Staples Center
August 26, 2015 – Los Angeles, CA – Staples Center
August 29, 2015 – San Diego, CA – PETCO Park
September 4, 2015 – Salt Lake City, UT – EnergySolutions Arena
September 5, 2015 – Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
September 6, 2015 – Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
September 9, 2015 – Fargo, ND – Fargodome
September 11, 2015 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
September 12, 2015 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
September 16, 2015 – Indianapolis, IN – Bankers Life Fieldhouse
September 17, 2015 – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena
September 18, 2015 – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena
September 21, 2015 – Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center
September 22, 2015 – Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center
September 25, 2015 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
September 26, 2015 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
October 2, 2015 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre
October 3, 2015 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre
October 8, 2015 – Des Moines, IA – Wells Fargo Arena
October 9, 2015 – Omaha, NE – CenturyLink Center
October 10, 2015 – Omaha, NE – CenturyLink Center
October 13, 2015 – St. Louis, MO – Scottrade Center
October 14, 2015 – St. Louis, MO – Scottrade Center
October 17, 2015 – Dallas, TX – AT&T Stadium
October 20, 2015 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena
October 21, 2015 – Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum Complex
October 24, 2015 – Atlanta, GA – Georgia Dome
October 27, 2015 – Miami, FL – American Airlines Arena
October 31, 2015 – Tampa, FL – Raymond James Stadium
