TaylorSwiftfanswerewellawarethattheiridolwouldsoonannounceatourtosupport“Midnights,”herchart-toppingtenthalbum,whichhasdominatedradioandrecordchartsworldwide.
SwiftwillkickoffTheErasTouronMarch18atStateFarmStadiuminGlendale,Arizona.
Otherstadiumstopsonthe27-datetourincludeLasVegas,Arlington,Texas,Atlanta,Philadelphia,Chicago,andLosAngeles,wheretheU.S.legconcludesonAugust5.
Paramore,beabadoobee,PhoebeBridgers,andHaimareamongtheopeningacts.
TicketsforalldateswillgoonsaleonNovember18at10a.m.(localtime).
CapitalOnecardholdershaveaccesstoapresalefromNovember15to17.
SwiftistakingpartinTicketmaster’sVerifiedFanprogramme,whichallowsfanstoregisterforapresaleuntilNovember9at11:59p.m.ET.
Ticketpriceswillrangefrom$49to$449,withVIPpackagesrangingfrom$199to$899.
Swift’sfirstliveperformancesinceher“Reputation”stadiumtourin2018,whichtookheracrosstheUnitedStates,theUnitedKingdom,Canada,Australia,andJapan.
Swifthasreleasedthreealbumssincethat53-datetour,inadditionto“Midnights”:thesynth-popheavy“Lover,”aswellasapairoffolk-centricreleasesheavyonstorytelling,“Folklore”and“Evermore.”
TaylorSwiftreturnstopopwiththepoetic‘Midnights,’hermostpersonalalbumtodate.
Swift’splanstotourinsupportof“Lover,”whichwasreleasedinAugust2019,werethwartedbythepandemic,whichmeansshehasfouralbumsthatshehasneverperformedlive.
Swift’s13-track“Midnights”album(plussevenadditionalsongsonthe“3a.m.Edition”)brokenumerousrecordsinitsfirstweekofrelease.
AccordingtoLuminate,thedatacompanythatservicesBillboard,thealbumsoaredtoNo.1onBillboard’s200albumchartwiththebiggestsalesweekforanyalbuminnearlysevenyears,earning1.57millionequivalentalbumunitsintheUnitedStates.
Inadditiontobeingthebest-sellingalbumoftheyear,“Midnights”hadthebiggestsalesweekforanalbumsince,well,Swift’s“Reputation”in2017.
TaylorSwiftfeedsthefanbasebyreleasingsevennewsongsfrom‘Midnights.’
SwiftmademorecharthistoryonMonday,becomingthefirstartistinhistorytoholdthetoptenspotsontheBillboardHot100.(keepinginmindthatrecordcompaniesusedtostaggersinglesreleases).
Thesingerwasflooredbytheachievement,whichshesharedonsocialmedia.
Herpopswirlofinternalscrutiny,“Anti-Hero,”takesthetopspot,with“LavenderHaze,”“SnowontheBeach”(withLanaDelRey),“Question…?”and“Bejeweled”roundingouttheTop10.
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