Speak Now World Tour

Speak Now World Tour

Tour by Taylor Swift
Associated album	Speak Now
Start date	February 9, 2011
End date	March 18, 2012
Legs	4
Number of shows	7 in Asia 11 in Europe 80 in North America 12 in Oceania 110 total
Box office	US $123,678,576 ($126.78 million in 2016 dollars)[1]
Taylor Swift concert chronology

The Speak Now World Tour was the second concert tour by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. Also referred to as the Speak Now World Tour 2011 and the Speak Now World Tour 2012, the tour was launched in support of her third studio album, Speak Now (2010). The tour visited Asia, Europe, North America, and Oceania. The tour ranked tenth in Pollstar's "Top 50 Worldwide Tour (Mid-Year)", earning over $40 million.^[2] At the conclusion of 2011, the tour placed fourth on Pollstar's annual "Top 25 Worldwide Tours", earning $104.2 million with 100 shows.^[3] This made Speak Now World Tour the highest grossing female and solo tour of 2011.

Background

I’m so excited to go back out on tour again in 2011! The 'Fearless Tour' was so much fun and even more unforgettable than I ever imagined, and I can't wait to get back out and play my new music from Speak Now! The fans have been so amazing and I'm thrilled to play in new cities around the world and meet even more of my fans in 2011!^[4]

While promoting Speak Now, Swift mentioned her excitement for her upcoming tour. She stated the tour was going to be "big" and "extensive".^[5] On November 23, 2010, various media outlets—including Billboard magazine announced the second tour by Swift.^[6] It follows her successful Fearless Tour which played for over 100 dates in over five countries. The tour marked the singer's first tour to perform in stadiums. Before the tour commenced, Swift performed "The Allure of Taylor Swift" aboard the MS Allure of the Seas at the Allure of the Seas Aquatheater, as a part of Royal Caribbean Cruises in January 2011.^[7] Swift used Tom Petty's "American Girl" as her entrance song.^[8]

Setlist

Asian/Europe^[9][10] 

1. "Sparks Fly"
2. "Mine"
3. "The Story of Us"
4. "Back to December" (contains elements of "Apologize" and "You're Not Sorry")
5. "Better Than Revenge"
6. "Speak Now"
7. "Fearless" (contains elements of "Hey, Soul Sister" and "I'm Yours")
8. "Fifteen"
9. "You Belong with Me"
10. "Dear John"
11. "Enchanted"
12. "Long Live"
13. "Love Story"

North America^[11] 

1. "Sparks Fly"
2. "Mine"
3. "The Story of Us"
4. "Our Song"
5. "Mean"
6. "Back to December" (contains elements of "Apologize" and "You're Not Sorry")
7. "Better Than Revenge"
8. "Speak Now"
9. "Fearless" (contains elements of "Hey, Soul Sister" and "I'm Yours")
10. "Last Kiss"
11. "You Belong with Me"
12. "Dear John"
13. "Enchanted"
14. "Haunted
15. "Long Live"

Encore

16. "Fifteen"
17. "Love Story"

Special guests^[12] 

Swift surprised fans throughout the tour with special guests and they perform a duet with Swift.

• August 23, 2011 - Los Angeles, California: "Baby" with Justin Bieber
• August 24, 2011 - Los Angeles, California: "I'm Yours" with Jason Mraz
• August 27, 2011 - Los Angeles, California: "Tonight Tonight" with Hot Chelle Rae
• August 28, 2011 - Los Angeles, California: "Super Bass" with Nicki Minaj
• September 10, 2011 - Vancouver, British Colombia: "She's So High" with Tal Bachman
• September 16, 2011 - Nashville, Tennessee: "Bleed Red" with Ronnie Dunn and "That's What You Get" with Hayley Williams of Paramore
• September 17, 2011 - Nashville, Tennessee: "Keep Your Head Up" with Andy Grammer, "Big Star" with Kenny Chesney, and "Just to See You Smile" with Tim McGraw
• October 1, 2011 - Atlanta, Georgia: "Yeah!" with Usher
• October 2, 2011 - Atlanta, Georgia: "Live Your Life" with T.I.
• October 8, 2011 - Arlington, Texas: "Airplanes" with B.o.B
• October 21, 2011 - Glendale, Arizona: "Meant to Live" with Jon Foreman of Switchfoot
• October 22, 2011 - Glendale, Arizona: "The Middle" with Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eats World
• October 26, 2011 - Austin, Texas: "Sunny Came Home" with Shawn Colvin
• November 5, 2011 - Houston, Texas: "Just a Dream" with Nelly
• November 13, 2011 - Miami, Florida: "Right Round" with Flo Rida
• November 18, 2011 - Columbia, South Carolina: "Alright" with Darius Rucker
• November 21, 2011 - New York City, New York: "Iris" with John Rzeznik of Goo Goo Dolls
• November 22, 2011 - New York City, New York: "Fire and Rain" with James Taylor and "Who Says" with Selena Gomez

Arm lyrics

During the North American and Australasian tour legs, Swift wrote different song lyrics, and occasionally quotes from famous speeches and movies, on her left arm for each performance. She has said that the lyrics should be viewed as a nightly "mood ring"^[13] and The New Yorker has cited the practice as an example of Swift's "keen understanding of what fuels fan obsession in the first place: a desire for intimacy between singer and listener".^[14]

Acoustic cover versions

Swift performed many acoustic cover versions during her North American tour. In each city, she paid tribute to a homegrown artist.^[15] She has said the cover versions allowed her to be "spontaneous" in an otherwise well-rehearsed show: "You'll have a lot of people who will come to more than one show, and I want them to get a different experience every time."^[16]

Shows

Taylor Swift's Speak Now Tour graphic is displayed on the scoreboard screen at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri on September 24, 2011.

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, amount of available tickets and gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Revenue
Asia[17]
February 9, 2011	Singapore		Singapore Indoor Stadium	8,964 / 8,964	$916,850
February 11, 2011	Seoul	South Korea	Olympic Park Gymnastics Arena	4,725 / 4,725	$385,374
February 13, 2011	Osaka	Japan	Osaka-Jo Hall	6,953 / 6,953	$758,113
February 16, 2011	Tokyo		Nippon Budokan	15,955 / 15,955	$1,738,227
February 17, 2011
February 19, 2011	Manila	Philippines	Smart Araneta Coliseum	12,667 / 12,667	$859,037
February 21, 2011	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	AsiaWorld–Arena	12,573 / 12,573	$1,030,633
Europe[17][18]
March 6, 2011	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National	4,622 / 4,622	$219,212
March 7, 2011	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Ahoy	4,799 / 4,799	$248,314
March 9, 2011	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spectrum	8,650 / 8,650	$815,246
March 12, 2011	Oberhausen	Germany	Konig-Pilsener Arena	6,082 / 6,082	$370,028
March 15, 2011	Milan	Italy	Mediolanum Forum	2,982 / 6,000	$153,303
March 17, 2011	Paris	France	Zénith de Paris	3,598 / 3,598	$201,781
March 19, 2011	Madrid	Spain	Palacio de los Deportes	3,962 / 3,962	$251,864
March 22, 2011	Birmingham	England	Genting Arena	9,339 / 9,339	$508,854
March 25, 2011	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Odyssey Arena	8,058 / 8,058	$379,001
March 27, 2011	Dublin	Ireland	The O2	8,681 / 8,681	$419,806
March 29, 2011	Manchester	England	Manchester Evening News Arena	11,622 / 11,622	$580,558
March 30, 2011	London		The O2 Arena	15,265 / 15,265	$891,152
North America[19]
May 27, 2011	Omaha	United States	Qwest Center	26,992 / 26,992	$1,717,104
May 28, 2011
May 29, 2011	Des Moines		Wells Fargo Arena	13,149 / 13,149	$862,771
June 2, 2011	Sunrise		BankAtlantic Center	24,077 / 24,077	$1,582,951
June 3, 2011
June 4, 2011	Orlando		Amway Center	12,262 / 12,262	$791,980
June 7, 2011	Columbus		Nationwide Arena	14,817 / 14,817	$955,259
June 8, 2011	Milwaukee		Bradley Center	13,748 / 13,748	$897,042
June 11, 2011	Detroit		Ford Field	47,992 / 47,992	$3,453,549
June 14, 2011	St. Paul		Xcel Energy Center	28,977 / 28,977	$1,913,737
June 15, 2011
June 18, 2011	Pittsburgh		Heinz Field	52,009 / 52,009	$4,009,118
June 21, 2011	Buffalo		First Niagara Center	14,487 / 14,487	$966,749
June 22, 2011	Hartford		XL Center	12,436 / 12,436	$810,165
June 25, 2011	Foxborough		Gillette Stadium	110,800 / 110,800	$8,026,350
June 26, 2011
June 30, 2011	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum	14,789 / 14,789	$990,701
July 1, 2011	Knoxville		Thompson–Boling Arena	13,754 / 13,754	$903,875
July 14, 2011	Montreal	Canada	Bell Centre	13,439 / 13,439	$1,254,230
July 15, 2011	Toronto		Air Canada Centre	30,144 / 30,144	$3,036,000
July 16, 2011
July 19, 2011	Newark	United States	Prudential Center	51,487 / 51,487	$3,875,463
July 20, 2011
July 23, 2011
July 24, 2011
July 28, 2011	Grand Rapids		Van Andel Arena	11,012 / 11,012	$724,854
July 29, 2011	Indianapolis		Conseco Fieldhouse	13,329 / 13,329	$877,175
July 30, 2011	Cleveland		Quicken Loans Arena	14,873 / 14,873	$976,954
August 2, 2011	Washington, D.C.		Verizon Center	29,303 / 29,303	$2,068,789
August 3, 2011
August 6, 2011	Philadelphia		Lincoln Financial Field	51,395 / 51,395	$4,268,678
August 9, 2011	Rosemont		Allstate Arena	26,112 / 26,112	$1,909,603
August 10, 2011
August 13, 2011	St. Louis		Scottrade Center	27,965 / 27,965	$1,850,159
August 14, 2011
August 18, 2011	Edmonton	Canada	Rexall Place	25,336 / 25,336	$2,136,270
August 19, 2011
August 23, 2011	Los Angeles	United States	Staples Center	54,900 / 54,900	$3,927,154
August 24, 2011
August 27, 2011
August 28, 2011
September 1, 2011	San Jose		HP Pavilion	24,827 / 24,827	$1,825,448
September 2, 2011
September 3, 2011	Sacramento		Power Balance Pavilion	12,432 / 12,432	$934,326
September 6, 2011	Portland		Rose Garden	13,610 / 13,610	$903,445
September 7, 2011	Tacoma		Tacoma Dome	19,904 / 19,904	$1,289,430
September 10, 2011	Vancouver	Canada	Rogers Arena	26,030 / 26,030	$2,190,680
September 11, 2011
September 16, 2011	Nashville	United States	Bridgestone Arena	28,178 / 28,178	$1,841,134
September 17, 2011
September 20, 2011	Bossier City		CenturyLink Center	11,510 / 11,510	$728,546
September 21, 2011	Tulsa		BOK Center	12,546 / 12,546	$907,573
September 24, 2011	Kansas City		Arrowhead Stadium	48,562 / 48,562	$3,148,046
September 27, 2011	Denver		Pepsi Center	12,908 / 12,908	$834,916
September 28, 2011	Salt Lake City		EnergySolutions Arena	13,720 / 13,720	$896,946
October 1, 2011	Atlanta		Philips Arena	26,244 / 26,244	$1,726,661
October 2, 2011
October 4, 2011	North Little Rock		Verizon Arena	13,566 / 13,566	$856,123
October 5, 2011	New Orleans		New Orleans Arena	12,943 / 12,943	$830,289
October 8, 2011	Arlington		Cowboys Stadium	55,451 / 55,451	$4,337,062
October 11, 2011	Louisville		KFC Yum! Center	14,848 / 14,848	$1,003,828
October 14, 2011	Lubbock		United Spirit Arena	10,419 / 10,419	$710,426
October 15, 2011	Oklahoma City		Chesapeake Energy Arena	11,592 / 11,592	$758,364
October 20, 2011	San Diego		Valley View Casino Center	10,834 / 10,834	$792,634
October 21, 2011	Glendale		Jobing.com Arena	27,029 / 27,029	$1,826,025
October 22, 2011
October 25, 2011	San Antonio		AT&T Center	13,851 / 13,851	$901,535
October 26, 2011	Austin		Frank Erwin Center	11,999 / 11,999	$752,078
October 29, 2011	Lexington		Rupp Arena	16,237 / 16,237	$1,041,935
October 30, 2011	Memphis		FedExForum	12,604 / 12,604	$820,036
November 5, 2011	Houston		Minute Maid Park	42,095 / 42,095	$3,435,756
November 11, 2011	Jacksonville		Veterans Memorial Arena	11,785 / 11,785	$749,099
November 12, 2011	Tampa		St. Pete Times Forum	13,695 / 13,695	$914,300
November 13, 2011	Miami		American Airlines Arena	12,153 / 12,153	$786,904
November 16, 2011	Charlotte		Time Warner Cable Arena	14,272 / 14,272	$920,903
November 17, 2011	Raleigh		RBC Center	13,567 / 13,567	$866,056
November 18, 2011	Columbia		Colonial Life Arena	12,807 / 12,807	$828,231
November 21, 2011	New York City		Madison Square Garden	29,652 / 29,652	$1,988,411
November 22, 2011
Oceania[20]
March 2, 2012	Perth	Australia	Burswood Dome	15,142 / 15,142	$1,878,530
March 4, 2012	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre	8,589 / 8,589	$1,075,370
March 6, 2012	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre	19,870 / 19,870	$2,416,030
March 7, 2012
March 9, 2012	Sydney		Allphones Arena	27,900 / 27,900	$3,420,360
March 10, 2012
March 12, 2012	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena	33,793 / 33,793	$4,151,650
March 13, 2012
March 14, 2012
March 16, 2012	Auckland	New Zealand	Vector Arena	32,585 / 32,585	$2,888,560
March 17, 2012
March 18, 2012
Total				1,642,435 / 1,642,435	$123,678,576

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