This March, Taylor Swift is back on the road with three local shows at Newark, New Jersey (aka the Prudential), on March 27 & 28 & 29 in Newark, New Jersey which probably means MSG and or Barclays is still be be announced, or it means that Taylor will get to nyc on the second lap round. In 2010 she played MSG and got to Prudential the next time round, and in 2011 she slept us till the last night of the Speak Now tour. I will be seeing her at MSG as part of the Z100 Jingle Ball gig on December 7th, and couldn't be more thrilled to get an early glimpse of her playing Red tracks live.
Ed Sheeran is my idea of an opening act. I saw him earlier this year at Mercury Lounge earlier this year and it was obvious then that the US would fall. He also opened for Snow Patrol earlier this year and probably knows Taylor through it. I found his duet with Taylor on "Everything Has Changed" a major disappointment (so was the Snow Patrol song, I hope she gets back with Liz Rose -there is only one song with her old friend but it is sooo good.
Here is the press release:
Taylor Swift announced tonight that she will launch a North American stadium and arena tour in early 2013 in support of her blockbuster new album, RED. Taylor made the special announcement in partnership with ABC News on tonight’s primetime TV special “All Access Nashville with Katie Couric – A Special Edition of 20/20.” RED was released this week to widespread worldwide critical acclaim and has already topped the iTunes album sales charts in 40 countries.
On The RED Tour, Taylor is currently slated to headline 58 shows in 45 cities in 29 states and 3 provinces in 2013. The tour will kick-off on March 13 in Omaha, Nebraska and continue through September. Acclaimed singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran, whose duet with Taylor from her RED album, “Everything Has Changed,” has already reached the #1 position atop iTunes all-genre Top Songs chart, will be a special guest on all of the shows on the tour.
The 2013 dates will include nine stadiums – Detroit’s Ford Field, Dallas’s Cowboys Stadium, Toronto’s Rogers Centre, Winnipeg’s Investors’ Group Field, Vancouver’s BC Place Stadium, Pittsburgh’s Heinz Field, Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field, Foxborough, Mass.’s Gillette Stadium and Chicago’s Soldier Field.
The RED Tour will be produced and promoted by The Messina Group (TMG). At Taylor’s request, every show will include tickets priced at under $50. The first tickets will go on sale on November 16th, and on-sale information is available now at www.taylorswift.com and www.abcnews.com. 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.
Taylor’s RED Tour is set to be one of the most-anticipated musical events of 2013, as Taylor’s live shows are renowned worldwide for bringing her music to life with what Variety has dubbed “supreme spectacle” and Billboard has hailed as an “overwhelming experience…that blended the pacing, the music and the artist's personality in a way that transfixed.” During the course of every show, Taylor plays a variety of instruments and performs her biggest hits and fan favorites from her four Big Machine Records albums.
“I didn’t think I could be any more excited about my RED album, but then I start thinking about how I’m going to put the new show together for The RED Tour,” says Taylor. “I have so many ideas about how to really bring this music to life, and I can’t wait to share the new show with all my fans!”
Tickets go on sale November 16th.
This March, Taylor Swift is back on the road with three local shows at Newark, New Jersey (aka the Prudential), on March 27 & 28 & 29 in Newark, New Jersey which probably means MSG and or Barclays is still be be announced, or it means that Taylor will get to nyc on the second lap round. In 2010 she played MSG and got to Prudential the next time round, and in 2011 she slept us till the last night of the Speak Now tour. I will be seeing her at MSG as part of the Z100 Jingle Ball gig on December 7th, and couldn't be more thrilled to get an early glimpse of her playing Red tracks live.