Video: Taylor Swift announces “Red” 2013 tour dates, including Aug. 7 Tulsa show
Taylor Swift has announced that she will launch a North American stadium and arena tour in early 2013 in support of her blockbuster new album, “Red.”
The tour late includes an Aug. 7 Tulsa show, according to a news release.
The country music superstar made the special tour announcement in partnership with ABC News on Friday night’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
Taylor Swift performs on ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 in New York. (AP)
topped the iTunes album sales charts in 40 countries.
On “The Red Tour,” the six-time Grammy winner 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, Neb. and continue through September. Acclaimed singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran – whose duet with Taylor from her “Red” album, “Everything Has Changed,” has already reached the No. 1 position atop iTunes all-genre Top Songs chart – will be a special guest on all 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. At Swift’s request, every show will include tickets priced at less than $50. The first tickets will go on sale on Nov. 16, and on-sale information is available now at www.taylorswift.com and www.abcnews.com.
The singer-songwriter’s “Red Tour” is set to be one of the most-anticipated musical
English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran will open for Taylor Swift on her 2013 “Red Tour.” (AP)
events of 2013, as Swift’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, Swift 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 Swift in the release. “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!”
Swift is a six-time Grammy winner, and is the youngest winner in history of the music industry’s highest honor, the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Her fourth studio album, “Red,” was just released this week, and is already garnering widespread critical acclaim and setting new sales records. Her 2010 album, “Speak Now,” was lauded on Rolling Stone’s prestigious The 50 Greatest Albums of All Time (by women) list, and Time magazine has named Swift one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Two-time Brit Award-winning singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has become one of the biggest musical success stories in the U.K. over the past year and is already a fast-rising star in the U.S. Sheeran’s debut single, “The A Team,” was Britain’s highest-charting, biggest-selling debut single of 2011; his debut album, “+”, entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 1 and has since been certified five-times-platinum. “+” debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 upon its stateside release via Elektra Records this past summer, with “The A Team” continuing to climb the radio charts.
Check out the dates and cities for Swift’s 2013 “Red Tour” after the break:
Taylor Swift’s “The Red Tour” will include the following dates and cities:
March 13 & 14 Omaha, Nebraska
March 18 & 19 St. Louis, Missouri
March 22 Charlotte, North Carolina
March 23 Columbia, South Carolina
March 27 & 28 & 29 Newark, New Jersey
April 10 Miami, Florida
April 11 & 12 Orlando, Florida
April 18 & 19 Atlanta, Georgia
April 20 Tampa, Florida
April 25 Cleveland, Ohio
April 26 Indianapolis, Indiana
April 27 Lexington, Kentucky
May 4 Detroit, Michigan
May 7 Louisville, Kentucky
May 8 Columbus, Ohio
May 11 & 12 Washington, DC
May 16 Houston, Texas
May 21 Austin, Texas
May 22 San Antonio, Texas
May 25 Dallas, Texas
May 28 & 29 Glendale, Arizona
June 1 Salt Lake City, Utah
June 2 Denver, Colorado
June 15 Toronto, Ontario
June 22 Winnipeg, Manitoba
June 29 Vancouver, British Columbia
July 6 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
July 20 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July 27 Foxborough, Massachusetts
August 1 Des Moines, Iowa
August 2 & 3 Kansas City, Missouri
August 6 Wichita, Kansas
August 7 Tulsa, Oklahoma
August 10 Chicago, Illinois
August 15 San Diego, California
August 19 & 20 Los Angeles, California
August 27 Sacramento, California
August 30 Portland, Oregon
August 31 Tacoma, Washington
September 6 Fargo, North Dakota
September 7 & 8 St. Paul, Minnesota
September 12 Greensboro, North Carolina
September 13 Raleigh, North Carolina
September 14 Charlottesville, Virginia
September 19, 20 & 21 Nashville, Tennessee
For more details, log on to www.taylorswift.com and www.abcnews.com.
-BAM
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