Cities of the world, brace yourselves. Make ready the emergency shutdown plans, for internationally renowned pop star and sentient Etsy store Taylor Swift is going on tour.
Swift will be heading out to support the chart-topping and actually pretty great new album 1989. (And when we say chart-topping, we really mean it: The album is set to earn the largest single-week sales since 2002, and may even beat the all-time single-week sales record for a female album currently held by Britney Spears’ Oops!…I Did It Again.) Swift revealed on Good Morning America last week that she was in the early stages of planning a tour, saying, “I am excited about announcing things when I can announce them,” in one of her classic demonstrations of Wittgensteinian linguistic logic puzzles. However, she saved the official announcement for today and an excited tweet, promptly followed by the less-exciting immediate crashing of her website in response to that tweet.
Beginning May 20 in Bossier City, Louisiana, Swift will play a handful of shows in the U.S. before heading to Europe, then return to unite America for the remainder of the summer and fall. She will then pause, giving the world time to recover from such an onslaught of Swiftian intensity, before heading to Australia in December. Vance Joy is opening all the North American shows, and Shawn Mendes will appear at several stops, as well. There is no word yet on whether she will become the Global Welcome Ambassador of every city she stops in, but let’s go ahead and assume that will happen.
Also worth noting: If you were hoping to celebrate by listening to some Taylor Swift on Spotify, you’re out of luck. Time reports that Swift has pulled all of her albums from the streaming site, following an op-ed she wrote for The Wall Street Journal in which she spoke out against free music sharing. (Shake it off, Spotify; you’ve still got her one song from The Hunger Games soundtrack.)
The entire list of tour dates is below. Pre-sale tickets can be purchased by American Express cardholders and subscribers to her email list before the general public, in case you’re chomping at the bit to secure your seat. European ticket pre-sales begin November 4, and American pre-sales on November 7.
Announced dates:
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