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"I can't wait to see so many of you," the pop star wrote on Instagram.

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Taylor Swift always keeps her promises. Just a couple weeks after unveiling a list of Latin American dates for her bestselling Eras Tour and pledging to schedule even more across the globe, the 33-year-old pop star has now announced a slew of international shows for the trek in 2024.

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Swift first confirmed that the Eras Tour would be going global earlier this month, when the “Anti-Hero” singer announced a Latin American leg of shows in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina also featuring support from Carpenter, whom Swift called a “sweet angel princess.” “Really thrilled to tell you this!!” the pop star wrote in a post to her social media accounts at the time. “Mexico, Argentina and Brazil: We are bringing The Eras Tour to you this year!” she wrote on Instagram at the time.

“LOTS more international dates to come soon, promise!” she added.

Ten days later, Swift added three additional shows to the Latin America leg, which kicks off in early August and picks up in November.

In addition to the new shows, Swifties also have a new album to look forward to in the coming weeks. As announced in May, Swift’s third studio album, Speak Now, will receive the “Taylor’s Version” treatment. Re-recordings of the set’s original tracks drop July 7, as do previously unreleased “Vault” tracks featuring Hayley Williams and Fall Out Boy.

See the full list of new international Eras Tour dates below.

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Taylor Swift announces new Eras Tour dates in Europe, Australia and Asia

By C Mandler

June 20, 2023 / 6:55 PM EDT / CBS News

Pop superstar Taylor Swift  on Tuesday announced new concert dates in Asia, Australia and Europe for her Eras Tour , extending her performances through summer 2024. 

While Swift's tour was originally just over 50 dates, it has now expanded to more than 100, according to Forbes , with the international leg of the Eras Tour kicking off in August this year in Mexico City — after which Swift will hang up her guitar until November before resuming her stadium shows.

EXCUSE ME HI I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY 🙋‍♀️ I can’t wait to see so many of you on The Eras Tour next year at these new international dates! Visit https://t.co/EYBevxhQzH for more information on your registrations, pre-sales and on-sales!! pic.twitter.com/G8zx8QUUAV — Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) June 20, 2023

Swift's Asia shows will begin next year with four nights in Japan's Tokyo Dome, starting on Feb. 7. Then she'll visit Melbourne and Sydney, Australia, as well as Singapore, before embarking on the tour's European leg in May with two shows in Paris. Unless Swift adds even more dates, she'll close out the Eras Tour at Wembley Stadium in London on August 17, 2024. 

The Eras Tour got off to a slightly rocky start when pre-sales for tickets resulted in a lawsuit against Ticketmaster from furious fans , who alleged that the company violated antitrust laws that are designed to protect market competition.

The suit claims that Ticketmaster knowingly sent out pre-sale codes to more fans than it could accommodate. As a result, millions of fans were denied the opportunity to purchase tickets . 

But with Swift playing to sold-out crowds either way, the tour is poised to make her a billionaire  and could end up being one of the highest-grossing tours of all time. According to  Forbes , the Eras Tour might earn Swift a cool $500 million on top of her existing estimated net worth of around $570 million.

Some cities are even seeing economic boosts in their local economies as a result of Swift's tour dates, with CBS Philadelphia reporting spikes in visitor center ticket sales and hotel reservations in Philly.

Swift's Pittsburgh shows from last weekend set a new record for the venue — her tour's second show in the city recorded an attendance of 73,117 at the Acrisure Stadium.

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Taylor Swift Taps Paramore for European Eras Tour Run

Taylor Swift knows we need more — so she’s giving us just that. The singer has added 14 more shows to the European/U.K. leg of her Eras Tour , and announced that Paramore will provide support throughout the trek.

“Really can’t contain my excitement because… we’re adding 14 new shows to The Eras Tour,” Swift wrote on Twitter Wednesday, July 5. “And I get to travel the world doing shows with @paramore !! Hayley and I have been friends since we were teens in Nashville and now we get to frolic around the UK/Europe next summer??? I’m screaming???”

Really can’t contain my excitement because… we’re adding 14 new shows to The Eras Tour. And I get to travel the world doing shows with @paramore !! Hayley and I have been friends since we were teens in Nashville and now we get to frolic around the UK/Europe next summer??? I’m… pic.twitter.com/kl1aijxR2o — Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) July 5, 2023

Last month, Swift added dozens of shows to her Taylor Swift: The Eras stadium tour — bringing the total count of shows to a whooping 104 nights . She also extended her run at Los Angeles’ So-Fi Stadium with a sixth show scheduled for Aug. 7.

The new addition comes after the singer announced shows in Japan, Australia, Singapore, and Europe earlier this week. (See below for the full tour dates.)

“EXCUSE ME HI I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY 🙋‍♀️,” she wrote on Instagram. “I can’t wait to see so many of you on The Eras Tour next year at these new international dates!”

She also added more dates to her already-announced Latin America tour. After wrapping her U.S. dates in Los Angeles on Aug. 9, Swift will head to Mexico City for four straight shows at Foro Sol starting Aug. 24. She’ll then stop in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and both Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo in Brazil in November.

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Joining the artist on her Latin America run and shows in Singapore and Australia will be “sweet angel princess” Sabrina Carpenter.

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Swift first announced the tour last October after she completely took over the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 with Midnights . The added dates, which follow the addition of eight new shows last week, were slotted in “due to unprecedented demand,” according to the singer’s camp.

“Good Morning America, it’s Taylor,” Swift said during the announcement. “I wanted to tell you something that I’ve been so excited about for a really long time and I’ve been planning for ages, and I finally get to tell you I’m going back on tour. The tour is called the ‘Eras’ tour, and it’s a journey through all of my musical eras of my career.”

She gave us 8 shows last week, honey, but we want ‘em all. 💕 Due to unprecedented demand for tickets to #TSTheErasTour , Taylor has added 17 more shows in the US! https://t.co/ebjX0GgXTu pic.twitter.com/1NQeUZ7vml — Taylor Nation (@taylornation13) November 11, 2022

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Across the tour, Swift is being supported in select cities by a combination of special guests including Paramore, beabadoobee, Phoebe Bridgers, girl in red, MUNA, HAIM, GAYLE, Gracie Abrams, and OWENN.

The Eras tour follows the cancelation of her planned 2020 Lover Fest tour, which was originally going to see her make stadium stops in Los Angeles, Boston, and New York, along with Brazil, Denmark, Norway, and Poland. “This is an unprecedented pandemic that has changed everyone’s plans and no one knows what the touring landscape is going to look like in the near future,” she wrote in 2021.

Swift last went the road in 2018 for her massive Reputation Stadium Tour , which saw Swift accompanied by the likes of Charli XCX and Camila Cabello across the United States, the United Kingdom, along with Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. The tour was the highest-grossing music tour by a female artist that year.

Since her last tour, Swift has released four albums and two re-releases: Lover , Folklore , Evermore , Midnights , and Taylor’s Version editions of Fearless and Red with additional songs. In total, she’s dropped 90 tracks of new material, not including collaborations with the likes of Haim and Big Red Machine.

Fans have long wondered what music she’ll be performing on the road, with some theorizing that she’d host a residency in Las Vegas or a music festival where she’d perform different “eras” on different nights.

Along with packing her setlist with songs from Reputation in 2018, she surprised each city with an acoustic rendition of fan favorites like “Red,” “Holy Ground,” and “Wildest Dreams.” At select shows, she also brought out special guests. Shawn Mendes, Selena Gomez, Hayley Kiyoko, and Maren Morris were among the artists to be brought out by Swift.

She previously took her 1989 album on the road for 85 dates, where she was accompanied by the likes of Mendes, James Bay, Vance Joy, and Haim. Before then was The Red Tour in 2013 and 2014, and her Speak Now World Tour from 2011 to 2012.

Taylor Swift The Eras Tour 2023 Europe, Asia, Australia (new dates in bold) Feb. 7 – Tokyo, JPN @ Tokyo Dome Feb. 8 – Tokyo, JPN @ Tokyo Dome Feb. 9 – Tokyo, JPN @ Tokyo Dome Feb. 10 – Tokyo, JPN @ Tokyo Dome

Feb. 16 – Melbourne, AUS @ Melbourne Cricket Ground Feb. 17 – Melbourne, AUS @ Melbourne Cricket Ground Feb. 23 – Sydney, AUS @ Accor Stadium Feb. 24 – Sydney, AUS @ Accor Stadium Feb. 25 – Sydney, AUS @ Accor Stadium March 2 – Kallang, SGP @ Singapore National Stadium March 3 – Kallang, SGP @ Singapore National Stadium

Taylor Swift The Eras Tour 2022 Latin America Dates (Additional Dates Bolded)

Aug. 24 – Mexico City, MEX @ Foro Sol Aug. 25 – Mexico City, MEX @ Foro Sol Aug. 26 – Mexico City, MEX @ Foro Sol Aug. 27 – Mexico City, MEX @ Foro Sol Nov. 9 – Buenos Aires, ARG @ Estadio River Plate Nov. 10 – Buenos Aires, ARG @ Estadio River Plate Nov. 11 – Buenos Aires, ARG @ Estadio River Plate Nov. 17 – Rio de Janeiro, BRA @ Estadio Nilton Santos – Engenhão Nov. 18 – Rio de Janeiro, BRA @ Estadio Nilton Santos – Engenhão Nov. 19 – Rio de Janeiro, BRA @ Estadio Nilton Santos – Engenhão Nov. 24 – São Paulo, BRA @ Allianz Parque Nov. 25 – São Paulo, BRA @ Allianz Parque Nov. 26 – São Paulo, BRA @ Allianz Parque

Taylor Swift The Eras Tour Second Round Additional Dates (Latest Addition Bolded) March 17 – Glendale, AZ @ State Farm Stadium March 24 – Las Vegas, NV @ Allegiant Stadium March 31 – Arlington, TX @ AT&T Stadium April 13 – Tampa, FL @ Raymond James Stadium April 21 – Houston, TX @ NRG Stadium April 23 – Houston, TX @ NRG Stadium April 30 – Atlanta, GA @ Mercedes-Benz Stadium May 7 – Nashville, TN @ Nissan Stadium June 4 – Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field June 9 – Detroit, MI @ Ford Field June 16 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Acrisure Stadium June 23 – Minneapolis, MN @ U.S. Bank Stadium June 30 – Cincinnati, OH @ Paycor Stadium July 7 – Kansas City, MO @ GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium July 14 – Denver, CO @ Empower Field at Mile High Aug. 7 – Los Angeles, CA @ SoFi Stadium Aug. 8 – Los Angeles, CA @ SoFi Stadium Aug. 9 – Los Angeles, CA @ SoFi Stadium

Taylor Swift The Eras Tour Additional Dates April 14 – Tampa, FL @ Raymond James Stadium May 5 – Nashville, TN @ Nissan Stadium  May 14 – Philadelphia, PA @ Lincoln Financial Field  May 21 – Foxborough, MA @ Gillette Stadium  May 28 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium  July 23 – Seattle, WA @ Lumen Field  July 28 – Santa Clara, CA  @ Levi’s Stadium Aug. 3 – Los Angeles, CA @ SoFi Stadium

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This story was updated on June 27 at 11:50 a.m. to include Swift adding a sixth night at So-Fi Stadium in Los Angeles.

This story was updated July 5 at 12:50 p.m. ET with Swift’s additional U.K./European shows, and news that Paramore would open on the tour.

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Taylor Swift Announces International Eras Tour Dates for 2024

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Taylor Swift has announced her first 2024 dates of the Eras Tour . Next year, Swift will play shows outside of North America, stopping in Singapore, Japan, Australia, and Europe. On June 27, she added an extra date at Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium and eight more nights at previously announced venues in Europe. See all of Taylor Swift’s upcoming tour dates below.

After a troubled ticketing rollout , Swift began the Eras Tour in Arizona in March. She most recently performed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, June 17, and she’ll resume the tour this Friday, June 23, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For now, her last U.S. concert will be at SoFi Stadium on Wednesday, August 9. A couple of weeks later, Swift heads to Mexico for the first of her Latin American concerts.

On July 7, Taylor Swift will release Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) . The new album has guest appearances from Fall Out Boy and Paramore’s Hayley Williams.

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06-23 Minneapolis, MN - U.S. Bank Stadium !@ 06-24 Minneapolis, MN - U.S. Bank Stadium !? 06-30 Cincinnati, OH - Paycor Stadium ~@ 07-01 Cincinnati, OH - Paycor Stadium ~@ 07-07 Kansas City, MO - GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium ~@ 07-08 Kansas City, MO - GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium ~@ 07-14 Denver, CO - Empower Field at Mile High ~@ 07-15 Denver, CO - Empower Field at Mile High ~@ 07-22 Seattle, WA - Lumen Field +@ 07-23 Seattle, WA - Lumen Field +@ 07-28 Santa Clara, CA - Levi’s Stadium +@ 07-29 Santa Clara, CA - Levi’s Stadium +@ 08-03 Inglewood, CA - SoFi Stadium +@ 08-04 Inglewood, CA - SoFi Stadium +? 08-05 Inglewood, CA - SoFi Stadium +% 08-07 Inglewood, CA - SoFi Stadium +@ 08-08 Inglewood, CA - SoFi Stadium +@ 08-09 Inglewood, CA - SoFi Stadium +% 08-24 Mexico City, Mexico - Foro Sol # 08-25 Mexico City, Mexico - Foro Sol # 08-26 Mexico City, Mexico - Foro Sol # 08-27 Mexico City, Mexico - Foro Sol # 11-09 Buenos Aires, Argentina - Estadio Más Monumental # 11-10 Buenos Aires, Argentina - Estadio Más Monumental # 11-11 Buenos Aires, Argentina - Estadio Más Monumental # 11-18 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos # 11-19 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos # 11-24 São Paulo, Brazil - Allianz Parque # 11-25 São Paulo, Brazil - Allianz Parque # 11-26 São Paulo, Brazil - Allianz Parque # 02-07 Tokyo, Japan - Tokyo Dome 02-08 Tokyo, Japan - Tokyo Dome 02-09 Tokyo, Japan - Tokyo Dome 02-10 Tokyo, Japan - Tokyo Dome 02-16 Melbourne, Australia - Melbourne Cricket Ground # 02-17 Melbourne, Australia - Melbourne Cricket Ground # 02-18 Melbourne, Australia - Melbourne Cricket Ground # 02-23 Sydney, Australia - Accor Stadium # 02-24 Sydney, Australia - Accor Stadium # 02-25 Sydney, Australia - Accor Stadium # 02-26 Sydney, Australia - Accor Stadium # 03-02 Singapore, Singapore - National Stadium # 03-03 Singapore, Singapore - National Stadium # 03-04 Singapore, Singapore - National Stadium # 05-09 Nanterre, France - Paris La Défense Arena $ 05-10 Nanterre, France - Paris La Défense Arena $ 05-11 Nanterre, France - Paris La Défense Arena $ 05-12 Nanterre, France - Paris La Défense Arena $ 05-17 Stockholm, Sweden - Friends Arena $ 05-18 Stockholm, Sweden - Friends Arena $ 05-19 Stockholm, Sweden - Friends Arena $ 05-24 Lisbon, Portugal - Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica $ 05-25 Lisbon, Portugal - Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica $ 05-30 Madrid, Spain - Estadio Santiago Bernabéu $ 06-02 Lyon, France - Groupama Stadium $ 06-03 Lyon, France - Groupama Stadium $ 06-07 Edinburgh, Scotland - BT Murrayfield Stadium $ 06-08 Edinburgh, Scotland - BT Murrayfield Stadium $ 06-09 Edinburgh, Scotland - BT Murrayfield Stadium $ 06-13 Liverpool, England - Anfield $ 06-14 Liverpool, England - Anfield $ 06-15 Liverpool, England - Anfield $ 06-18 Cardiff, Wales - Principality Stadium $ 06-21 London, England - Wembley Stadium $ 06-22 London, England - Wembley Stadium $ 06-23 London, England - Wembley Stadium $ 06-28 Dublin, Ireland - Aviva Stadium $ 06-29 Dublin, Ireland - Aviva Stadium $ 06-30 Dublin, Ireland - Aviva Stadium $ 07-04 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Johan Cruijff Arena $ 07-05 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Johan Cruijff Arena $ 07-06 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Johan Cruijff Arena $ 07-09 Zurich, Switzerland - Letzigrund $ 07-10 Zurich, Switzerland - Letzigrund $ 07-13 Milan, Italy - Stadio Giuseppe Meazza $ 07-14 Milan, Italy - Stadio Giuseppe Meazza $ 07-17 Gelsenkirchen, Germany - Veltins-Arena $ 07-18 Gelsenkirchen, Germany - Veltins-Arena $ 07-19 Gelsenkirchen, Germany - Veltins-Arena $ 07-23 Hamburg, Germany - Volksparkstadion $ 07-24 Hamburg, Germany - Volksparkstadion $ 07-27 Munich, Germany - Olympiastadion $ 07-28 Munich, Germany - Olympiastadion $ 08-01 Warsaw, Poland - PGE Narodowy $ 08-02 Warsaw, Poland - PGE Narodowy $ 08-03 Warsaw, Poland - PGE Narodowy $ 08-08 Vienna, Austria - Ernst-Happel-Stadion $ 08-09 Vienna, Austria - Ernst-Happel-Stadion $ 08-10 Vienna, Austria - Ernst-Happel-Stadion $ 08-15 London, England - Wembley Stadium $ 08-16 London, England - Wembley Stadium $ 08-17 London, England - Wembley Stadium $

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Taylor Swift Announces Even More International Eras Tour Dates: 'I Can't Wait'

The "Lavender Haze" singer will perform in Europe, Asia and Australia in 2024

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Taylor Swift is taking her Eras Tour across the pond and around the world!

On Tuesday, the "Anti Hero" singer unveiled a slew of international shows in 2024 in Europe, Asia and Australia.

After a break in December and January, the tour will kick back up again in Tokyo, Japan — and will follow with stops in major cities like Melbourne, Australia; Sydney, Australia; Singapore; Paris; Stockholm, Sweden; Lisbon, Portugal; Madrid, Spain; Lyon, France; Edinburgh, Scotland; Liverpool, United Kingdom; Cardiff, U.K.; London; Dublin; Amsterdam; Zürich; Milan; Gelsenkirchen, Germany; Hamburg, Germany; Munich; Warsaw and Vienna. She'll wrap the tour with two final shows in London in August 2024.

Sabrina Carpenter , who released her latest album,  Emails I Can't Send , last year, will join Swift on the road as her  opening act across all dates, including the previously announced Latin American shows .

"EXCUSE ME HI I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY 🙋‍♀️ I can’t wait to see so many of you on The Eras Tour next year at these new international dates!" Swift, 33, wrote on Instagram.

The new dates come after Swift announced her first international leg in Latin America earlier this month. At the time, she teased that there were "LOTS more international dates to come soon, promise!"

For more information on ticket sales visit TaylorSwift.com/tour .

Swift is currently midway through the U.S. dates of her Eras Tour, and will continue this weekend with two shows in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She kicked things off in March and is set to wrap this leg in Los Angeles on Aug. 9.

Her shows have been  star-studded affairs , with everyone from  Miles Teller ,  Drew Barrymore ,  Reese Witherspoon  and  Paul Rudd  stepping out to catch her three-hour-long sets.

Swift is gearing up for the July 7 release of  Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) , which will include six brand-new songs from the vault.

Earlier this month, a report from Fortune predicted that the Eras tour could potentially  generate $4.6 billion for local economies  throughout the U.S. based on how much ticket holders are spending to attend each show.

Meanwhile, stars like Flavor Flav revealed that they planned to catch the Eras Tour twice .

"Before I met Taylor Swift, I’ve always been a big fan of her music anyway, though," Flav told TMZ of their first encounter at the  iHeartRadio Awards in March .

"Just like I'm a big fan of  Christina Aguilera , or  Gwen Stefani , or I love me some  Miley Cyrus . You know what I'm sayin'? You’ll find me at their concerts, too. And a lot of people thought it was kind of weird seeing me at a Taylor Swift concert, I guess because of my age... But, you know, when it comes down to music, it has no age. Music don't have no age."

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Taylor Swift has added three more shows in Singapore for the Asia leg of the Eras tour, bringing the total number of concerts she’ll play in the Southeast Asian city-state to six.

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On Sunday (June 25), concert promoter AEG Presents Asia took to social media to announce the new 2024 tour dates, added due to “overwhelming response”. On top of the existing March 2-4 shows, she’ll play three new concerts from March 7-9. All Sabrina Carpenter . Singapore will be the tour’s only stop in Southeast Asia, per AEG Presents.

Fan registration for the general on-sale has begun here and ends 12pm local time on June 28. UOB Cardmembers pre-sales, which have a limited number of tickets available, kick off from 12pm local time on July 5 until 9am on July 7. General tickets will go on sale from 12pm local time on July 7 via Ticketmaster . Only access code holders will be able to purchase tickets in this general on-sale.

“We encourage all fans to register now until 28 June, 12pm (SGT), including UOB Cardmembers, for a chance to purchase tickets during the General On-sale,” AEG Presents said.

Singapore! Due to overwhelming response, we are thrilled to announce 3 additional shows for Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour! Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour 🗓 2, 3 & 4 March 2024 🗓 7, 8 & 9 March 2024 [NEW DATES ADDED] 📍National Stadium ✨Supported by Sabrina Carpenter pic.twitter.com/Qbo88CwXdP — AEG Presents Asia (@aegpresentsasia) June 25, 2023

Buyers are limited to purchasing four (4) tickets. Tickets that are illegally resold may be rendered invalid, with refusal of entry. Ticket prices have yet to be announced.

Prior to Singapore, she will also perform in Japan from February 7 till February 10 at the Tokyo Dome. Carpenter is not slated to support these dates.

Taylor Swift’s Asian ‘Eras’ 2024 tour dates are: 

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February 7 – Tokyo Dome – Japan February 8 – Tokyo Dome – Japan February 9 – Tokyo Dome – Japan February 10 – Tokyo Dome – Japan March 2 – Singapore National Stadium – Singapore March 3 – Singapore National Stadium – Singapore March 4 – Singapore National Stadium – Singapore March 7 – Singapore National Stadium – Singapore – NEW DATE March 8 – Singapore National Stadium – Singapore – NEW DATE March 9 – Singapore National Stadium – Singapore – NEW DATE

Swift’s Singapore shows come as part of larger announcement of international Eras Tour dates that include stops in South America, Europe, the UK and Australia.

Taylor Swift announced the ‘Taylor’s Version’ re-recording of her third album, ‘Speak Now’, revealing it onstage during the Nashville stop of her ‘Eras’ tour in May. It is set to arrive on July 7, with Fall Out Boy and Paramore’s Hayley Williams confirmed as featured guests.

She last released her latest album ‘Midnights’ in October 2022. The record scored a four-star review from NME ’s Hannah Mylrea, who wrote: “After a foray into a different sonic world, on Swift’s return to pure pop she still shimmers.”

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Taylor Swift just dropped the international dates of her famed The Eras Tour.

Starting August 2023, the American pop star will be taking her historic concert tour across cities in South America, Asia, Australia, and Europe. In her return to Asia and Australia in 2024, the 'Anti-hero' act will be performing in Tokyo, Singapore, Melbourne, and Sydney. 

EXCUSE ME HI I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY 🙋‍♀️ I can’t wait to see so many of you on The Eras Tour next year at these new international dates! Visit https://t.co/EYBevxhQzH for more information on your registrations, pre-sales and on-sales!! pic.twitter.com/G8zx8QUUAV — Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) June 20, 2023

Primary Ticketing Presale: Tuesday, 27 June, 10am (JST) to Monday, 10 July, 11.59pm (JST) All the info you'll need here 🎫 https://t.co/8lb0qtBwvj #TokyoTSTheErasTour #TSTheErasTour #TaylorSwift — AEG Presents Asia (@aegpresentsasia) June 20, 2023

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The GRAMMY-winning singer-songwriter comes back to Tokyo for a 4-night residency at the Tokyo Dome from 7 to 10 February 2024 . Tickets start at JPY 18,800 and will be available via the presale on 27 June, 10 AM JST to 10 July, 11:59 PM JST. Find out more here.

Singapore! Due to overwhelming response, we are thrilled to announce 3 additional shows for Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour! Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour 🗓 2, 3 & 4 March 2024 🗓 7, 8 & 9 March 2024 [NEW DATES ADDED] 📍National Stadium ✨Supported by Sabrina Carpenter pic.twitter.com/Qbo88CwXdP — AEG Presents Asia (@aegpresentsasia) June 25, 2023

For her one-and-only stop in Southeast Asia, Swift will be making her way back to Singapore. With six concert dates at the National Stadium on 2-4 and 7-9 March 2024, thousands of fans from across the region are expected to make the trip for the historic concert tour.

Tickets will be available for presale on 5 July, 12 PM SGT to 7 July, 9 AM SGT. General sales start on 7 July, 12 PM SGT. Register here . Tickets are priced at  SGD 108 (CAT 6), SGD 168 (CAT 5), SGD 248 (CAT 4), SGD 288 (CAT 3) SGD 328 (CAT 2),  and SGD 348 (CAT 1). 

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2AM who do you love? 👀💜 We’re enchanted to announce @taylorswift13 is returning to Australia in 2024 with Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour presented by Crown! PLUS she's bringing @SabrinaAnnLynn with her across all Australian dates! 🎫 https://t.co/ACaBMg7KU8 pic.twitter.com/XtGOnfNldD — Frontier Touring (@frontiertouring) June 20, 2023

In Australia, the pop artist will be playing a total of 5 shows – two shows in Melbourne (Melbourne Cricket Ground) and three concerts in Sydney (Accor Stadium. Like the Singapore leg, all Australia shows will feature supporting act Sabrina Carpenter.

Presales are happening on 26 and 28 June, while general sales will take place on 30 June – 10 AM for Sydney and 2 PM for Melbourne. Find out more here.

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It’s official — Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour movie is heading to China, the last major market the pop star has yet to conquer in 2023.

The smash-hit concert film, which already has earned over $250 million worldwide, is set to receive a wide release in China’s cinemas Dec. 31, New Year’s Eve. The announcement was made in Beijing on Friday at 13:13 (or 1:13 p.m.), a reference to Swift’s much-beloved lucky number.

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Most major Western stars are affectionately known to Chinese fans by local nicknames. Swift is lovingly referred to as “Meimei,” a play on words that reference both the Chinese word for “unlucky” (a reference to her early career tangle with Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards and occasional chart disappointments) and “beautiful.” Chinese fans are, thus, “Meimeis” rather than Swifties.

Unlike in the U.S., where AMC Theatres served as both the distributor and exhibitor for The Eras Tour , circumventing the Hollywood studios, Swift’s film is being released in China via more conventional means. Alibaba Pictures, the entertainment subsidiary of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, acquired the rights to the concert movie via Trafalgar Releasing. The Chinese company is releasing the film in partnership with the state distributor China Film Group.

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Taylor Swift Eras tour angers southeast Asia as Singapore scores lucrative six-night residency

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Taylor Swift’s ongoing Eras concerts have sparked a diplomatic row after Singapore guaranteed a lucrative six-night residency – at the expense of its disgruntled neighbours.

The deal, thought to be worth around £14m has led to a backlash among the city-state’s neighbours due to an exclusivity clause negotiated by prime minister Lee Hsien Loong, which prevents her from performing anywhere else in southeast Asia .

The popstar is playing six shows in Singapore from 2 to 9 March, under a deal that has been branded “unfriendly” by critics in Thailand and the Philippines, who complain that they are being deprived of the tourist boom brought by Swift’s tour.

Last month, Filipino lawmaker Joey Salceda said the deal, for which Swift is reportedly being paid an incentive worth £2.3m per show, “isn’t what good neighbours do”.

Speaking from the Australian city of Melbourne, where he is attending an Asean leaders’ summit, Lee confirmed that Swift was provided with “certain incentives” from a government fund established to rebuild Singapore’s tourist industry after the Covid pandemic.

While he declined to say how much the deal was worth, Lee said he didn’t regard it as unfriendly towards his neighbours.

“It has turned out to be a very successful arrangement. I don’t see that as being unfriendly,“ he said, suggesting a neighbouring country might have done the same had they got there first.

“Sometimes one country makes a deal, sometimes another country does. I don’t explicitly say ‘you will come here only on condition that you’ll not go to other places,’” he added.

He also suggested that Australia might have made similar “mutually acceptable, sensible arrangements” with Swift when she performed in Sydney and Melbourne ahead of her Singapore shows.

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“If that’s what’s needed to be done to get an outcome which is mutually beneficial and which, from Singapore’s point of view, serves not just to grow the economy but also to bring in visitors and goodwill from all over the region, I don’t see why not,” he said.

“If we had not made such an arrangement, would she have come to someplace else in southeast Asia or more places in southeast Asia? Maybe, maybe not. These are things that she will decide.”

The Independent has contacted Swift’s representatives for comment.

The “Anti-Hero” singer is currently preparing to release her latest album, The Tortured Poet’s Department, which she announced upon winning her 13th Grammy Award at the 2024 ceremony in February . It is due for release on 19 April.

Her Eras tour has made headlines around the world for its impact on local economies, with cities experiencing booms in tourism and hospitality around each of her stops.

Last year, Forbes reported that she had achieved billionaire status , in part thanks to the Eras tour along with her “Taylor’s Version” re-recorded albums and her box office smash concert film.

The publication describes Swift’s brand as “essentially a multinational conglomerate with the world’s most devoted customer base”.

It was also noted that Swift is one of the few performers to achieve billionaire status on music and performance alone.

She embarks on the longawaited European leg of her Eras tour in May , starting in Paris, with her UK shows taking place this June.

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Taylor Swift Adds International Eras Tour Dates With Support From Sabrina Carpenter

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Taylor Swift shared the first round of international tour stops for her Eras Tour on Friday morning.

Swift will play three dates in Mexico’s Foro Sol stadium starting Aug. 24 and will also run through Argentina and Brazil, with a closing show on Nov. 26 in São Paulo, Brazil at Allianz Parque. The Latin American dates will see support for pop singer Sabrina Carpenter .

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Really thrilled to tell you this!! Mexico, Argentina and Brazil: We are bringing The Eras Tour to you this year! Sweet angel princess  @SabrinaAnnLynn will be joining us on all of the shows! Visit https://t.co/sWLDCJoj1P for more information on your registrations, pre-sales and… pic.twitter.com/yraYdo1Q26 — Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) June 2, 2023

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General on-sale for Argentina will begin on June 6 at 10 a.m. (local) and ticket presales for Brazil begin June 6 at 10 a.m. (local). Fans who purchased tickets in Brazil that were canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic will have the opportunity to access an exclusive pre-sale for the purchase of tickets starting on June 6 at 10 a.m. local. This presale period will run until June 7.

Starting June 12 at 10 a.m. (local) while supplies last, the general public may be given an opportunity to purchase tickets if currently available inventory remains following the pre-sales.

Eras Tour International Dates August 24 Mexico City, Mexico Foro Sol August 25 Mexico City, Mexico Foro Sol August 26 Mexico City, Mexico Foro Sol November 9 Buenos Aires, Argentina Estadio River Plate November 10 Buenos Aires, Argentina Estadio River Plate November 18 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Estádio Nilton Santos November 25 São Paulo, Brazil Allianz Parque November 26 São Paulo, Brazil Allianz Parque

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Taylor Swift's Singapore leg spurs bad blood in SE Asia. Neighbors can't shake it off

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Taylor Swift performs during her Eras Tour at the National Stadium on March 2 in Singapore. Ashok Kumar/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Mana hide caption

Taylor Swift performs during her Eras Tour at the National Stadium on March 2 in Singapore.

HONG KONG — Pop star Taylor Swift is in Singapore this week, performing six sold-out shows in the city state. But the concerts — and what the government did to secure them — have sparked some bad blood between Singapore and neighboring Southeast Asian countries and territories.

Singapore this week confirmed it negotiated a deal with Swift's concert promoters, paying an undisclosed sum of money to ensure that Singapore was her only stop in the region.

Rumors of the exclusive deal had sparked outcry among Southeast Asian neighbors, with a Philippine lawmaker demanding an explanation, Thailand's prime minister claiming Singapore paid millions of dollars per concert for the deal, and Hong Kong's chief executive insisting his city was still an attractive destination for mega events.

Singapore's prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, defended the exclusive deal at a press conference on Tuesday.

"A deal was reached. And so it has turned out to be a very successful arrangement. I don't see that as being unfriendly," he said at an Asian summit in Melbourne.

Lee added that an "incentive" had been paid for the deal. The Singapore Tourism Board declined to comment on the amount, citing business confidentiality. AEG Presents, Swift's concert promoter, did not respond to a request for comment.

Following Lee's remarks, Philippine lawmaker Joey Salceda told a local newspaper that Singapore was operating by "the law of the jungle" and not the law of a "neighborhood of countries bound by supposed principles of solidarity and consensus."

Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines typically enjoy smooth diplomatic relations. They are all members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN , a regional economic and security bloc.

Underneath the heated rhetoric is a growing industry worth billions of dollars. Event tourism — like Swift's concerts — brings in a lot of money for cities. Research firm Business Markets Insights expects the Asia Pacific events market to grow to nearly 550 billion dollars by 2028.

Fans of singer Taylor Swift take pictures next to an installation in the "Eras Tour Trail" that depicts different eras of the pop star's career, at the Marina Bay Sands complex in Singapore, on Feb. 28. More than 300,000 Swifties from Singapore and neighboring countries will attend the U.S. superstar's six sold-out Eras Tour shows at the National Stadium from March 2-9. Roslan Rahman/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Fans of singer Taylor Swift take pictures next to an installation in the "Eras Tour Trail" that depicts different eras of the pop star's career, at the Marina Bay Sands complex in Singapore, on Feb. 28. More than 300,000 Swifties from Singapore and neighboring countries will attend the U.S. superstar's six sold-out Eras Tour shows at the National Stadium from March 2-9.

"Event tourism is a key trend," said Erica Tay, an economist in Singapore with Malaysia-based Malayan Banking Berhad, or Maybank.

Younger travelers crave experiences, more than stuff, and are more likely to travel to a city to attend a concert or watch a sporting event, she said. "By hosting Taylor Swift and other A-list acts, I think Singapore is building its credentials to be an event tourism hub," she added.

Tay estimates Swift's concerts will bring in $370 million in tourism receipts to the country

in a little over a week, while the pop star is in town.

When nearby cities see the multimillion dollar boost they are missing out on, it prompts some soul searching.

Last month, Hong Kong's chief executive, John Lee, was asked by reporters about Singapore's efforts to get Swift, and whether Hong Kong is being ambitious enough when it comes to securing mega events.

"We know we'll be competing with different cities. And we'll ensure we're attractive enough and competitive enough," he said.

Until that happens, Hong Kong is losing out on fans spending big bucks to see performers like Coldplay , Ed Sheeran and now Taylor Swift — top acts that skipped Hong Kong, but played in Singapore.

Husband and wife Haseeb Khan and Audie Wibowo paid about $450 each for their Swift tickets, plus another $300 each for flights from Hong Kong. They plan to stay with family in Singapore.

Taylor Swift fans, known as a Swifties, take photos as they arrive for the first of the pop star's six sold-out Eras Tour concerts at the National Stadium in Singapore on March 2. Roslan Rahman/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Taylor Swift fans, known as a Swifties, take photos as they arrive for the first of the pop star's six sold-out Eras Tour concerts at the National Stadium in Singapore on March 2.

"I think it's totally worth it," said Khan. "It's Taylor Swift, it's like a once-in-a-generation tour."

Wibowo, a self-described long-time Swiftie, said she has never traveled so far for a music concert before, but was determined to go to one of Swift's Singapore shows.

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"Even if my family wasn't there, my friends weren't there, if we didn't have anything in Singapore to go to, we would still go," she said.

It was a similar story for 13-year-old Anoushka and her mom Neha Malik. Malik used loyalty points for their flights from Hong Kong to Singapore, to offset the steep price they paid of about $750 per ticket.

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"It is a big splurge, but it's kind of like birthday, Christmas, everything rolled into one," she said. "Better to have one big memory which will last forever."

Getting nearby Swifties to fly in and splurge on her concerts is exactly what Singapore officials wanted.

Beyond an economic boost, there's also the reputational lift Swift's presence brings.

"Her endorsement of Singapore, you know, will really put the country on the map for hundreds of millions of her fans," said Tay, the economist.

"It's hard to put a value on it, but I think it's really positive."

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Mike Ives reported from Seoul, Muktita Suhartono from Bangkok and Camille Elemia from Manila

Taylor Swift has descended on Southeast Asia, or one small part of it at least: All of her six sold-out shows are in Singapore, the region’s wealthiest nation.

Many of her fans in this part of the world, which is home to more than 600 million people, are disappointed. But the Singapore leg of Ms. Swift’s wildly popular Eras Tour , which began last weekend and ends on Saturday, is a soft power coup and a boost for the country’s post-pandemic economic recovery.

The shows — and the undisclosed price that Singapore paid to host them — have also generated diplomatic tension with two of its neighbors, Thailand and the Philippines.

Last month, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin of Thailand said publicly that Singapore had paid Ms. Swift up to $3 million per show on the condition that she play nowhere else in Southeast Asia. A lawmaker in the Philippines later said that was not “what good neighbors do.”

Singapore pushed back. First its culture minister said the actual value of the exclusivity deal — which he declined to name — was “ nowhere as high .” The country’s former ambassador at large later called the criticism “ sour grapes .” And on Tuesday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told reporters that he did not see the deal as diplomatically “unfriendly.”

But that was no solace to dejected fans.

“I sometimes think ‘When will I get to experience this?’” said Sherin Nya Tamara, 26, a Swift fan in Jakarta, Indonesia, who has liked the singer since 2011 but has never seen her perform live. “I was hoping there would be additional dates and that Jakarta would be included, but nope.”

At a time when Southeast Asian governments are dealing with tensions over the South China Sea and the fallout from a brutal war in Myanmar, among other serious issues, the controversy over Ms. Swift’s Singapore shows is “kind of refreshing,” said Susan Harris Rimmer, a law professor who has studied soft power in the region.

“It’s nice to see them arguing about something this fun, I guess, instead of really, deeply difficult things,” added Professor Harris Rimmer, who teaches at Griffith University in Australia. “But it does show there is tension and jealousy and rivalry.”

Ms. Swift’s concerts in Singapore, which follow her stops in Japan and Australia , would have been a big deal anyway. But they took on geopolitical overtones last month, when Mr. Srettha said at a business forum that Singapore had paid the artist as much as $3 million per show in order to guarantee that they would be her only tour stops in Southeast Asia.

Mr. Srettha said that he had learned the details of Singapore’s grant to the artist from the concert promoter, AEG Presents. Representatives for the promoter and for Ms. Swift did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Tuesday.

An exclusivity deal around a concert, a kind of noncompete agreement known as a “radius clause,” is standard practice in the music industry, said Susan Abramovitch, the head of the entertainment and sports law division at the international law firm Gowling WLG.

“That being said, this territorial exclusivity is more typically measured in hundreds of miles from a city rather than covering entire neighboring countries,” she said, adding that the scope of the Singapore deal was a kind of “Taylor-esque magnification” of the industry standard.

It hasn’t been received well outside Singapore.

Late last month, a lawmaker in the Philippines generated headlines by saying that he had asked the country’s Department of Foreign Affairs to discuss the exclusivity clause with the Singaporean government, saying that it had come at the expense of neighboring countries.

The lawmaker, Rep. Joey Salceda, said this week that he had raised the issue after realizing how difficult and expensive it would be for Filipinos, including members of his own staff, to attend the concerts.

“ASEAN’s core principles are solidarity and consensus,” he said in an interview, referring to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. “What happened? They even used their tourism board to block other nations.”

Asked on Tuesday how much the grant was worth, the Singaporean government did not directly address the question. But the Tourism Board and the Culture Ministry said in a joint statement that Ms. Swift’s concerts, for which more than 300,000 tickets had been sold, would likely “generate significant benefits” for the domestic economy.

Prime Minister Lee was also asked about the grant on Tuesday at an ASEAN conference in Australia. He said it had been funded by a post-Covid tourism recovery effort and that he did not see the exclusivity clause as being “unfriendly” to other countries.

“If we had not made such an arrangement, would she have come to someplace else in Southeast Asia or more places in Southeast Asia?” he said, speaking in Melbourne. “Maybe, maybe not.”

News of the regional backlash to the grant was reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal , The Diplomat and other news outlets.

Professor Harris Rimmer said that, financial incentives aside, Singapore is a logical place for Swift to play in Southeast Asia, in part because it is safe for young female fans and has excellent transport links to the rest of the region. She said Ms. Swift’s glamorous mystique also fits nicely with Singapore’s efforts to promote itself as the “glamour kitten of Asia.”

“I don’t think she needs Singapore’s money, at this point,” she added.

Some Swifties have made their peace with the singer’s limited itinerary in their region. Mostly.

Jose Bunachita, 30, a writer in the Philippine city of Cebu, said that he saw Ms. Swift in Japan last month, and that his 11-day trip there had cost around $1,500. “I had the time of my life singing my heart out,” he said.

Still, he said, “I also feel like it would have been more of a fun experience if a majority of the concertgoers had been fellow Filipino Swifties.”

Sui-Lee Wee contributed reporting.

Mike Ives is a reporter for The Times based in Seoul, covering breaking news around the world. More about Mike Ives

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