Taylor Swift performs onstage at the NSAI 2022 Nashville Songwriter Awards. Photo: Terry Wyatt/Getty Images
Taylor Swift this week announced a new US stadium tour kicking off in 2023 and featuring 35 shows — and you might be in trouble (trouble trouble) get a ticket.
Driving the news: Swift’s tour announcement comes shortly after the massive debut of her new album, “Midnights,” and the week she made Billboard Hot 100 history by having a song in each of the top 10 spots. of the rank.
The last: Swift announced Friday that she had added eight new dates to her tour, bringing additional shows to Tampa Bay; Nashville; Foxborough, Massachusetts; Seattle; East Rutherford, NJ; Santa Clara and Los Angeles.
- “Looks like I’m going to see more of your beautiful faces than expected,” Swift tweeted.
Taylor Swift Eras tour cities, dates
Details: The Eras Tour, which now has 35 dates, kicks off in Glendale, Arizona on March 18 and concludes with a two-night performance at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on August 4-5. (See the full program here)
- Swift will hit some of the nation’s biggest cities, including stadiums near Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago, Las Vegas and Boston, among others.
- She will be accompanied by special guests, including Phoebe Bridgers, HAIM and Paramore, among others.
- Swift plans to announce international dates in the future.
- Yes, but: Swift isn’t touring everywhere, leaving some notable cities — like Charlotte and Washington, DC — not feeling too good.
What she says: “I can’t wait to see your beautiful faces there. It’s been a long time coming,” she wrote on Instagram.
- The tour will be “a journey through the musical eras of my career (past and present!),” she added.
The context: The Eras tour appears to be centered around Swift’s recent albums — “Midnights,” “Lover,” “folklore” and “evermore” — as well as her classics, which she recently re-released after re-recording them.
- She has planned a tour for the 2019 album “Lover”, but it was postponed and later canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions.
- “Folklore” and “evermore” dropped during the pandemic, so she hasn’t had a chance to tour with those albums yet.
Taylor Swift The Eras Tour Tickets
The plot: Tickets for the tour will be available for pre-sale from November 15 (with a Capital One credit card). Fans can register for pre-sale tickets on Ticketmaster starting today.
- Swifties must register by November 9 before midnight, according to Ticketmaster.
- The general public will have to wait until November 18 to buy tickets.
“Midnights” topped the Billboard Hot 100
The big picture: Swift made Billboard Hot 100 history this week by becoming the first artist to have a song in each of the top 10 spots, the music charting website announced Monday.
- All 10 tracks come from his 10th studio album, “Midnights”. She passed entertainer Drake, who had nine of 10 spots in 2021.
- Swift’s song “Anti-Hero” took No. 1 on the list.
- “Midnights” also became the most streamed album in a single day upon its debut.
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Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include eight new shows that Swift announced on Friday.
