Monday, January 19, 2015

Taylor Swift Announces Special Guests For European Leg of ‘The 1989 World Tour’


As she gears up to embark on her world tour, Taylor Swift has announced the special guests for the European leg of ‘The 1989 World Tour’. The seven-time Grammy award winner as announced Vance Joy and James Bay for the European leg of ‘The 1989 World Tour’.

More details on ‘The 1989 World Tour’, as well as the tour dates below..


The 1989 World Tour will kick off on 5 May 2015 in Tokyo, and will encompass eight countries and span four continents including North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. The European leg of The 1989 World Tour will start on 19 June 2015 in Germany at Lanxess Arena, Cologne - and will wrap in London on 27 June when Taylor headlines Barclaycard Presents British Summer Time Hyde Park 2015. General ticketing and on-sale information forThe 1989 World Tour, including VIP packages, is available at TaylorSwift.com.

Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy, who is also the main support for all the North American dates of the tour, will be joining Taylor in the UK and Ireland for the GlasgowManchester and Dublin shows. While hotly tipped rising British star James Bay will be appearing with Taylor in Germany and The Netherlands on the Cologne and Amsterdam dates.

2015 is shaping up to be a landmark year for James Bay. The BRITs Critics’ Choice Award winner and BBC Sound Poll runner up appears in Ones to Watch lists across the board. His gravelled voice, personal emotive lyricism and infectious melodies have led to him become one of the most talked about new talents of the year and his hugely anticipated debut album, ‘Chaos and The Calm’ produced by Jacquire King is set for release March 23rd. Over the last year he’s been captivating audiences around the world, supporting acts like Hozier, Tom Odell and John Newman as well as playing his own sold out headline tour.

Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy proved himself a breakout artist of 2014 with the song ‘Riptide’ from his debut full-length album Dream Your Life Away.  After Fearne Cotton claimed it as her song of the year it shot up to #7 on the singles charts, and has stayed on the chart for over 60 weeks. A 5x-platinum certified, top 10 smash in his native Australia, the track is certified 2x platinum in Sweden and Canada 1x Platinum in the USA, Ireland & Norway; gold in Austria, Germany, New Zealand and in the United Kingdom. In September 2014 his debut album Dream Your Life Away debuted at #20 in the UK, #1 in Australia, #2 in Canada, #17 in the USA. The second single from the album, ‘Mess Is Mine,’ is already gold in Australia and currently ascending the Alternative radio charts in the USA & Canada.

Multi-million selling and global superstar Taylor Swift is the only artist in history to have three albums sell a million or more copies in the US in their debut week. Her critically-acclaimed No.1 selling fifth studio album 1989 is the highest selling release in the US since 2002 and was the top selling album there in 2014. 1989 has sold over six million albums worldwide, having debuted at No. 1 in over 97 countries including the UK, where it is now certified platinum and was the highest selling album of 2014 by an International artist.

A seven-time Grammy® winner and the youngest winner in history of the music industry's highest honour, the Grammy® Award for Album of the Year, Taylor Swift has career record sales in excess of 40 million albums and 130 million song downloads, and is one of the top 5 selling digital music artists worldwide. 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 honour twice.

THE 1989 WORLD TOUR

DATE
5 May
6 May
15 May
CITY
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Las Vegas, NV
VENUE
Tokyo Dome
Tokyo Dome
Rock in Rio USA
20 May
Bossier City, LA 
CenturyLink Center
22 May
Baton Rouge, LA
LSU Tiger Stadium
30 May
Detroit, MI
Ford Field
2 June
Louisville, KY
KFC Yum! Center
3 June
Cleveland, OH
Quicken Loans Arena
6 June
Pittsburgh, PA 
Heinz Field
8 June
Charlotte, NC 
Time Warner Cable Arena
9 June
Raleigh, NC 
PNC Arena
13 June
19 June
Philadelphia, PA
Cologne, Germany
Lincoln Financial Field
Lanxess Arena
20 June
Cologne, Germany
Lanxess Arena
21 June
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ziggo Dome
23 June
Glasgow, UK
The SSE Hydro
24 June
Manchester, UK
Arena
27 June
London, UK
British Summertime Hyde Park
29 June
Dublin, Ireland
3Arena
30 June
Dublin, Ireland
3Arena
6 July
Ottawa, ON 
Canadian Tire Centre
7 July
Montreal, QC
Bell Centre
11 July
East Rutherford, NJ
MetLife Stadium
13 July
Washington, DC 
Nationals Park
18 July
Chicago, IL
Soldier Field
24 July
Foxborough, MA 
Gillette Stadium
25 July
Foxborough, MA 
Gillette Stadium
1 August
Vancouver, BC 
BC Place Stadium
4 August
Edmonton, AB
Rexall Place
5 August
Edmonton, AB
Rexall Place
8 August
Seattle, WA 
CenturyLink Field
15 August
Santa Clara, CA 
Levi's Stadium
17 August
Glendale, AZ 
Gila River Arena
18 August
Glendale, AZ 
Gila River Arena
25 August
Los Angeles, CA 
Staples Center
26 August
Los Angeles, CA 
Staples Center
29 August
San Diego, CA 
PETCO Park
4 September 
Salt Lake City, UT
Energy Solutions Arena
5 September 
Denver, CO 
Pepsi Center
6 September
Denver, CO 
Pepsi Center
9 September 
Fargo, ND 

Fargodome
11September 
St. Paul, MN
Xcel Energy Center
12 September 
St. Paul, MN
Xcel Energy Center
16 September 
Indianapolis, IN
Bankers Life Fieldhouse
17 September 
Columbus, OH
Nationwide Arena
18 September
Columbus, OH
Nationwide Arena
21 September 
Kansas City, MO 
Sprint Center
22 September 
Kansas City, MO 
Sprint Center
25 September 
Nashville, TN 
Bridgestone Arena
26 September 
Nashville, TN 
Bridgestone Arena
2 October 
Toronto, ON
Rogers Centre
3 October 
Toronto, ON
Rogers Centre
8 October 
Des Moines, IA 
Wells Fargo Arena
9 October 
Omaha, NE
CenturyLink Center
10 October
Omaha, NE
CenturyLink Center
13 October
St. Louis, MO
Scottrade Center
14 October
St. Louis, MO
Scottrade Center
17 October
Dallas, TX 
AT&T Stadium
20 October 
Lexington, KY
Rupp Arena



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