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Taylor Swift Extends Already Massive ‘Speak Now’ Tour


Taylor Swift, who is in the final week of the European leg of her blockbusterSpeak Now World Tour, announced today that in response to strong fan demand she will extend the North American portion of the tour by 16 dates, and will now headline 78 shows in stadiums and arenas in 63 cities in 42 states and provinces in the US and Canada this year.
Tickets for shows already put on sale were gone in minutes, including stadium shows in Detroit, Foxboro (MA), and Philadelphia, and 4-night runs at the Prudential Center in Newark and at Los Angeles’ Staples Center. The Speak Now World tour, launched February 9th in Singapore, kicks off in the US on May 27th with two sold-out shows at the Qwest Center in Omaha and now wraps with two shows at Madison Square Garden just before Thanksgiving.

Tickets for the added North American shows will go on sale in the coming weeks. Adam Brand will open the September 24th and the November dates, and David Nail will open the added October shows.

A complete listing of all of the dates of the TAYLOR SWIFT SPEAK NOW WORLD TOUR 2011 is available at www.taylorswift.com. The dates added to the tour include the following:

DATE CITY VENUE
September 20 Bossier City, Louisiana CenturyTel Center
October 14 Lubbock, Texas United Spirit Arena
October 15 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Oklahoma City Arena
October 20 San Diego, California Valley View Casino Center
October 21 & 22 Phoenix, Arizona Jobing.com Arena
October 25 San Antonio, Texas AT&T; Center
October 26 Austin, Texas Frank Erwin Center
October 30 Memphis, Tennessee FEDEX Forum
November 5 Houston, Texas Minute Maid Park
November 12 Tampa, Florida St. Pete Times Forum
November 13 Miami, Florida American Airlines Arena
November 17 Raleigh, North Carolina RBC Center
November 18 Columbia, SC Colonial Life Arena
November 21 & 22 New York, NY Madison Square Garden

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