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Fearless Tour

The Fearless Tour was the first headlining concert tour by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, launched in support of her second studio album, Fearless (2008). Big Machine Records announced the first 52-date North American leg in January 2009; before the tour began on April 23, 2009, in Evansville, U.S., Swift had headlined music festivals in North America. Through 2009, Swift announced additional dates in England, Australia, and Japan, and the Fearless Tour concluded on July 10, 2010, in Cavendish, Canada. Kellie Pickler, Gloriana, and Justin Bieber were supporting acts.

Fearless Tour
Tour by Taylor Swift
Location
  • North America
  • Europe
  • Oceania
  • Asia
Associated albumFearless
Start dateApril 23, 2009 (2009-04-23)
End dateJuly 10, 2010 (2010-07-10)
No. of shows111
Supporting acts
Attendance1.2 million
Box office$66.5 million (99 shows)[1][2] ($90.71 million in 2022 dollars)[3]
Taylor Swift concert chronology

Upon completion, the Fearless Tour drew 1.2 million people in attendance and grossed $66.5 million from 118 shows across 15 months. Several shows were recorded and released for a concert series, Journey to Fearless, which aired on The Hub from October 22 to 24, 2010. Journey to Fearless was later released on DVD and Blu-ray in October 2011.

Background and development Edit

 
Swift performing "Tim McGraw" during the Fearless Tour in 2009

American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's second studio album, Fearless, was released on November 11, 2008, by Big Machine Records; Swift wrote or co-wrote all tracks, including eight written solely by herself. Fearless was a commercial success, peaking atop the Billboard 200 and selling over two million copies in the United States through 2008, making Swift the best-selling musician of the year in the country.[4]

 
Swift performing in Australia in 2010

On January 29, 2009, Big Machine announced the Fearless Tour through Swift's official website, her first tour as a headliner.[5] She had previously opened tours for other country artists such as Rascal Flatts and Brad Paisley.[6][7] According to the press release, Swift would headline festivals such as the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and Florida Strawberry Festival before embarking on a 52-date tour in North America. It was set to commence on April 23, 2009, in Evansville, Indiana, with tickets going on sale from February 6 through Ticketmaster.[4][6] Former American Idol contestant and country singer Kellie Pickler and country band Gloriana were announced as opening acts.[8] The tour took place after Swift, aged 19, finished high school.[7] Rehearsals began in Nashville, Tennessee, one week after the announcement.[9]

The tour kicked off in Evansville, Indiana on April 23, 2009, at Roberts Municipal Stadium. In honor of the kickoff of the sold-out tour, Swift was presented the key to the city of Evansville, and the City Council President declared April 23, 2009 to be "Taylor Swift Day".[10]

In late June, a new show was announced for November 23 at Wembley Arena in London. Swift announced another show in England at Manchester Evening News Arena on November 24,[11] the final and second tour date in the country. It was announced later that singer Justin Bieber would join Swift on the two English dates.[12] While performing at Wembley Arena, Bieber broke his foot while singing the opening lines of "One Time", causing his set to be cut short. Despite his injury, however, Bieber confirmed that he would still perform in Manchester with Swift the following day.[13]

On September 30, it was announced that Swift would return to Australia in February 2010 to play another series of concerts in arenas.[14] On October 8, it was announced that the tour would be extended through June 2, 2010, to include 37 additional shows in North America.[15] It was subsequently confirmed that Justin Bieber would be performing as opening act at the Gillette Stadium show on June 5, 2010.[16]

Production and stage Edit

Swift helped design the stage, including a fairytale castle illuminated by more than one million lumens of light.[17] The tour featured a theatrical presentation of graphics, sets and visual elements also designed by Swift. The show runs nearly 90 minutes, during which Swift plays five different guitars, as well as the piano, and makes multiple costume changes.[5]

Concert synopsis Edit

 
Swift sings "You Belong With Me" in Foxboro, 2010

The show opens with the stage decorated as a school hallway. Swift appears at the top of the stage, in a band uniform, and sings "You Belong With Me". During the climax of the song, dancers remove Swift's outfit to reveal a sparkling, silver dress. "Our Song" and "Tell Me Why" are performed next, following which Swift discusses her high school crush and his girlfriend. The backdrops of the stage turn into a library, where Swift performs "Teardrops on My Guitar". She then sings "Fearless" and exits for a costume change.[citation needed]

The next segment begins with Swift, in a red dress, and a male dancer on red armchairs, where she sings "Forever & Always". Swift leaves and changes into a teal gown and crosses the audience during a performance of "Hey Stephen". At the B-stage, she performs "Fifteen" and "Tim McGraw" on a guitar. Swift then returns to the main stage for "White Horse".[citation needed]

Swift and her dancers re-emerge in Renaissance attire for a performance of "Love Story", during which the singer changes into a white gown and follows with "The Way I Loved You". Afterwards, Swift changes into a purple mini-dress. At a piano at the top of the stage, she performs "You're Not Sorry" with elements of Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around...Comes Around" as her dancers, in black, perform acrobatics on the bottom stage. "Picture to Burn" and "Change" are sung next, the former with fire-like backdrop visuals, and Swift exits for a final costume change.[citation needed]

During the encore, Swift appears on top of the stage in a black gown, performing "I'm Only Me When I'm With You" with her supporting acts Gloriana and Kellie Pickler; during shows in 2010, Swift sings "Today Was a Fairytale" alone. She then recalls an ex who cheated on her in a speech to the audience, transitioning into "Should've Said No". During the performance, rain falls from above the stage, and Swift closes the show by leaving the stage as curtains are drawn.[citation needed]

Records and commercial performance Edit

Tickets for the first shows for the Fearless Tour went on sale in early February 2009 and sold out almost instantly. On February 6, 2009, tickets went on sale for the May 22 date at Los Angeles’ Staples Center and sold out in two minutes.[18] Tickets for several dates and venues, including Madison Square Garden, went on sale the following week and sold out in a record time of one minute.

 
Swift (wearing red) plays the part of a princess during the performance of her hit song "Love Story"

[19][20][21][22][23] Swift is also one of the only artists to have sold out the Save Mart Center in less than ten minutes.[24] In total, The Fearless Tour covered 118 shows over 15 months.[25] It grossed $66,246,496 from over 89 reported shows and an audience of 1,207,887.[26][27][28][29]

 
Swift performing in her iconic purple dress

Journey to Fearless Edit

Journey to Fearless is a three-part music documentary miniseries starring American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift that originally aired on The Hub starting on October 22, 2010.[30] The complete 135-minute special was released on Blu-ray and DVD through Shout! Factory on October 11, 2011.[31][32]

Certification Edit

Certifications for Journey to Fearless
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[33] Platinum 15,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Set list Edit

The following is the standard 2009 set list.[citation needed]

  1. "You Belong with Me"
  2. "Our Song"
  3. "Tell Me Why"
  4. "Teardrops on My Guitar"
  5. "Fearless"
  6. "Forever & Always"
  7. "Hey Stephen"
  8. "Fifteen"
  9. "Tim McGraw"
  10. "White Horse"
  11. "Love Story"
  12. "The Way I Loved You"
  13. "You're Not Sorry" (contains elements of "What Goes Around... Comes Around")
  14. "Picture to Burn"
  15. "Change"
 
Fans admire Taylor Swift's Fearless trailer

Encore

  1. "I'm Only Me When I'm with You" (with Kellie Pickler and Gloriana)
  2. "Should've Said No"

Notes Edit

  • During the show in Los Angeles on May 22, 2009, Swift performed "Your Body Is a Wonderland" and "White Horse" with John Mayer.[34]
  • During the show in Nashville on September 12, 2009, Swift performed "The Way You Love Me" with Faith Hill.[35]
  • "Change" was removed from the set list on October 1, 2009.
  • "I'm Only Me When I'm with You" was removed from the set list on November 23, 2009.
  • "Today Was a Fairytale" was added to the set list for the 2010 shows.[36]
  • During the shows in Evansville on April 23, 2009,[37] and Moline on May 8, 2010,[38] Swift performed "The Best Day".
  • During the show in Brisbane on February 4, 2010, Swift performed "Two Is Better Than One".[39]
  • During the show in Los Angeles on April 15, 2010, Swift performed "Hot n Cold" with Katy Perry.[40]
  • During the show in Foxborough on June 5, 2010, Swift performed "Jump then Fall".[41]


Tour dates Edit

List of concerts[42][43][44][45][46]
Date City Country Venue Opening acts Attendance Revenue
April 23, 2009 Evansville United States Roberts Municipal Stadium Gloriana
Kellie Pickler
7,463 / 7,463 $360,617
April 24, 2009 Jonesboro Convocation Center 7,822 / 7,822 $340,328
April 25, 2009 St. Louis Scottrade Center 13,764 / 13,764 $650,420
April 28, 2009 Alexandria Bishop Ireton High School
April 30, 2009 North Charleston North Charleston Coliseum 8,751 / 8,751 $398,154
May 1, 2009 Jacksonville Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena 11,072 / 11,072 $507,012
May 2, 2009 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum 9,436 / 9,436 $437,313
May 6, 2009 London England Shepherd's Bush Empire 6,789 / 6,789 $401,328
May 7, 2009
May 14, 2009 Spokane United States Spokane Arena Gloriana
Kellie Pickler
10,798 / 10,798 $482,146
May 15, 2009 Seattle KeyArena 12,061 / 12,061 $528,637
May 16, 2009 Portland Rose Garden Arena 13,226 / 13,226 $613,284
May 17, 2009 Nampa Ford Arena 8,970 / 8,970 $413,622
May 21, 2009 Glendale Jobing.com Arena 13,052 / 13,052 $647,923
May 22, 2009 Los Angeles Staples Center 13,648 / 13,648 $720,940
May 23, 2009 Paradise[a] Mandalay Bay Events Center 8,311 / 8,311 $551,051
May 24, 2009 San Diego Valley View Casino Center 10,174 / 10,174 $502,689
May 26, 2009 Salt Lake City EnergySolutions Arena 13,042 / 13,042 $555,207
June 4, 2009[b] New Brockton BamaJam Farms
June 11, 2009 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion Gloriana
Kellie Pickler
17,619 / 17,619 $608,438
June 12, 2009 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum 14,641 / 14,641 $690,959
June 24, 2009[c] Oshkosh Ford Festival Park
June 25, 2009[d] Cadott Amphitheatre Concert Grounds
July 8, 2009 Calgary Canada Pengrowth Saddledome Gloriana
Kellie Pickler
July 9, 2009[e] Edmonton Commonwealth Stadium 33,910 / 44,500 $2,540,906
July 10, 2009[f] Craven Big Valley Park
July 11, 2009 Winnipeg MTS Centre Gloriana
Kellie Pickler
11,369 / 11,369 $512,487
July 16, 2009[g] Twin Lakes United States Country Thunder Festival
July 17, 2009 Columbus Value City Arena Gloriana
Kellie Pickler
July 18, 2009 Charleston Charleston Civic Center
July 23, 2009[h] Cheyenne Cheyenne Frontier Days Arena Kellie Pickler
July 24, 2009 Rapid City Barnett Arena Gloriana
Kellie Pickler
July 25, 2009[i] Minot North Dakota State Fair Grandstand
August 1, 2009 Philadelphia Wachovia Spectrum Gloriana
Kellie Pickler
August 7, 2009[j] Detroit Lakes Soo Pass Ranch Brooks & Dunn
Craig Morgan
August 9, 2009 Omaha Qwest Center Omaha Gloriana
Kellie Pickler
August 22, 2009[k] Chelmsford England Hylands Park
August 23, 2009[k] Weston-under-Lizard Weston Park
August 27, 2009 New York City United States Madison Square Garden Gloriana
Kellie Pickler
13,597 / 13,597 $976,062
August 28, 2009 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena 7,507 / 7,507 $296,306
August 29, 2009 University Park Bryce Jordan Center
August 30, 2009 Louisville Freedom Hall
September 3, 2009 Duluth Arena at Gwinnett Center
September 4, 2009 Greenville Bi-Lo Center
September 5, 2009 Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena
September 9, 2009 Lafayette Cajundome
September 10, 2009 Bossier City CenturyTel Center
September 11, 2009 Birmingham BJCC Arena
September 12, 2009 Nashville Bridgestone Arena 14,269 / 14,269 $642,387
September 25, 2009 Dallas American Airlines Center 13,794 / 13,794 $628,062
September 26, 2009 North Little Rock[l] Verizon Arena 13,978 / 13,978 $654,089
September 27, 2009 Tulsa BOK Center
October 1, 2009 Pittsburgh Mellon Arena
October 2, 2009 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena
October 3, 2009 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena 15,524 / 15,524 $743,492
October 8, 2009 Indianapolis Conseco Fieldhouse 13,373 / 13,373 $634,876
October 9, 2009 Rosemont Allstate Arena 26,265 / 26,265 $1,150,896
October 10, 2009
October 11, 2009 Minneapolis Target Center 13,563 / 13,563 $623,975
November 23, 2009 London England Wembley Arena Justin Bieber
November 24, 2009 Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena
February 4, 2010 Brisbane Australia Brisbane Entertainment Centre Gloriana 11,334 / 11,334 $956,505
February 6, 2010 Sydney Acer Arena 27,030 / 27,030 $2,030,640
February 7, 2010
February 8, 2010 Newcastle Newcastle Entertainment Centre 7,180 / 7,180 $555,396
February 10, 2010 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena 23,493 / 23,493 $1,627,510
February 11, 2010
February 12, 2010 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,066 / 9,066 $585,352
February 17, 2010 Tokyo Japan Zepp Tokyo
March 4, 2010 Tampa United States St. Pete Times Forum Gloriana
Kellie Pickler
13,861 / 13,861 $793,049
March 5, 2010 Orlando Amway Arena 11,101 / 11,101 $598,581
March 7, 2010 Sunrise BankAtlantic Center 13,453 / 13,453 $777,442
March 10, 2010 Austin Frank Erwin Center 11,928 / 11,928 $642,705
March 11, 2010 Dallas American Airlines Center 14,022 / 14,022 $742,954
March 12, 2010 Corpus Christi American Bank Center Arena 8,423 / 8,423 $501,169
March 18, 2010 Philadelphia Wachovia Center 30,360 / 30,360 $2,002,321
March 19, 2010
March 20, 2010 Charlottesville John Paul Jones Arena 11,858 / 11,858 $664,305
March 26, 2010 Auburn Hills[m] The Palace of Auburn Hills 29,125 / 29,125 $1,711,591
March 27, 2010
March 28, 2010 Cincinnati U.S. Bank Arena 11,208 / 11,208 $645,592
March 31, 2010 Oklahoma City Ford Center 11,795 / 11,795 $675,184
April 1, 2010 Wichita Intrust Bank Arena 11,208 / 11,208 $610,801
April 2, 2010 Kansas City Sprint Center 13,781 / 13,781 $761,110
April 6, 2010 Denver Pepsi Center 25,991 / 25,991 $1,497,135
April 7, 2010
April 10, 2010 Fresno Save Mart Center 11,706 / 11,706 $649,488
April 11, 2010 San Jose HP Pavilion 12,744 / 12,744 $716,726
April 15, 2010 Los Angeles Staples Center 27,518 / 27,518 $1,736,197
April 16, 2010
April 29, 2010 Lexington Rupp Arena 17,966 / 17,966 $1,024,223
April 30, 2010 Columbia Colonial Life Arena 13,429 / 13,429 $755,475
May 1, 2010 Raleigh RBC Center 13,895 / 13,895 $752,303
May 6, 2010 Des Moines Wells Fargo Arena 13,264 / 13,264 $738,280
May 7, 2010 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center 14,914 / 14,914 $846,111
May 8, 2010 Moline iWireless Center 10,641 / 10,641 $610,668
May 12, 2010 Newark Prudential Center 26,065 / 26,065 $1,742,669
May 13, 2010
May 14, 2010 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 25,831 / 25,831 $1,713,529
May 15, 2010
May 20, 2010 Ottawa Canada Scotiabank Place 13,376 / 13,376 $873,206
May 21, 2010 Toronto Air Canada Centre 30,458 / 30,458 $2,497,690
May 22, 2010
May 25, 2010 Houston United States Toyota Center 23,493 / 23,493 $1,290,926
May 26, 2010
May 29, 2010[n] Baton Rouge Tiger Stadium
June 1, 2010 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center Gloriana
Kellie Pickler
27,290 / 27,290 $1,824,743
June 2, 2010
June 5, 2010 Foxborough Gillette Stadium Gloriana
Justin Bieber
Kellie Pickler
56,868 / 56,868 $3,726,157
June 19, 2010 Nassau The Bahamas Imperial Ballroom Gloriana
Kellie Pickler
July 10, 2010[o] Cavendish Canada Cavendish Beach Festival Grounds 35,000 / 35,000
Total 1,207,887 / 1,218,477 (99.13%) $66,246,496

Notes Edit

  1. ^ Labeled as the Las Vegas show in several sources, disregarding the technical city boundaries.
  2. ^ This concert was a part of BamaJam.
  3. ^ This concert was a part of the Country USA Festival.
  4. ^ This concert was a part of the Chippewa Valley Country Fest.
  5. ^ This concert was a part of Commonwealth Country.
  6. ^ This concert was a part of the Craven Country Jamboree.
  7. ^ This concert was a part of the Country Thunder Festival.
  8. ^ This concert was a part of the Cheyenne Frontier Days.
  9. ^ This concert was a part of the North Dakota State Fair.
  10. ^ This concert was a day two of WE Fest.
  11. ^ a b This concert was part of the V Festival.
  12. ^ Labeled as the Little Rock show in several sources, disregarding the technical city boundaries.
  13. ^ Labeled as Detroit shows in several sources, disregarding the technical city boundaries.
  14. ^ This concert was part of the Bayou Country Superfest.
  15. ^ This concert was part of the Cavendish Beach Music Festival.

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Fearless Tour news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Fearless Tour was the first headlining concert tour by American singer songwriter Taylor Swift launched in support of her second studio album Fearless 2008 Big Machine Records announced the first 52 date North American leg in January 2009 before the tour began on April 23 2009 in Evansville U S Swift had headlined music festivals in North America Through 2009 Swift announced additional dates in England Australia and Japan and the Fearless Tour concluded on July 10 2010 in Cavendish Canada Kellie Pickler Gloriana and Justin Bieber were supporting acts Fearless TourTour by Taylor SwiftLocationNorth America Europe Oceania AsiaAssociated albumFearlessStart dateApril 23 2009 2009 04 23 End dateJuly 10 2010 2010 07 10 No of shows111Supporting actsKellie Pickler Gloriana Justin BieberAttendance1 2 millionBox office 66 5 million 99 shows 1 2 90 71 million in 2022 dollars 3 Taylor Swift concert chronologyOpening act Tour 2006 09 Fearless Tour 2009 10 Speak Now World Tour 2011 12 Upon completion the Fearless Tour drew 1 2 million people in attendance and grossed 66 5 million from 118 shows across 15 months Several shows were recorded and released for a concert series Journey to Fearless which aired on The Hub from October 22 to 24 2010 Journey to Fearless was later released on DVD and Blu ray in October 2011 Contents 1 Background and development 2 Production and stage 3 Concert synopsis 4 Records and commercial performance 5 Journey to Fearless 5 1 Certification 6 Set list 6 1 Notes 7 Tour dates 8 Notes 9 References 10 External linksBackground and development Edit nbsp Swift performing Tim McGraw during the Fearless Tour in 2009American singer songwriter Taylor Swift s second studio album Fearless was released on November 11 2008 by Big Machine Records Swift wrote or co wrote all tracks including eight written solely by herself Fearless was a commercial success peaking atop the Billboard 200 and selling over two million copies in the United States through 2008 making Swift the best selling musician of the year in the country 4 nbsp Swift performing in Australia in 2010On January 29 2009 Big Machine announced the Fearless Tour through Swift s official website her first tour as a headliner 5 She had previously opened tours for other country artists such as Rascal Flatts and Brad Paisley 6 7 According to the press release Swift would headline festivals such as the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and Florida Strawberry Festival before embarking on a 52 date tour in North America It was set to commence on April 23 2009 in Evansville Indiana with tickets going on sale from February 6 through Ticketmaster 4 6 Former American Idol contestant and country singer Kellie Pickler and country band Gloriana were announced as opening acts 8 The tour took place after Swift aged 19 finished high school 7 Rehearsals began in Nashville Tennessee one week after the announcement 9 The tour kicked off in Evansville Indiana on April 23 2009 at Roberts Municipal Stadium In honor of the kickoff of the sold out tour Swift was presented the key to the city of Evansville and the City Council President declared April 23 2009 to be Taylor Swift Day 10 In late June a new show was announced for November 23 at Wembley Arena in London Swift announced another show in England at Manchester Evening News Arena on November 24 11 the final and second tour date in the country It was announced later that singer Justin Bieber would join Swift on the two English dates 12 While performing at Wembley Arena Bieber broke his foot while singing the opening lines of One Time causing his set to be cut short Despite his injury however Bieber confirmed that he would still perform in Manchester with Swift the following day 13 On September 30 it was announced that Swift would return to Australia in February 2010 to play another series of concerts in arenas 14 On October 8 it was announced that the tour would be extended through June 2 2010 to include 37 additional shows in North America 15 It was subsequently confirmed that Justin Bieber would be performing as opening act at the Gillette Stadium show on June 5 2010 16 Production and stage EditSwift helped design the stage including a fairytale castle illuminated by more than one million lumens of light 17 The tour featured a theatrical presentation of graphics sets and visual elements also designed by Swift The show runs nearly 90 minutes during which Swift plays five different guitars as well as the piano and makes multiple costume changes 5 Concert synopsis Edit nbsp Swift sings You Belong With Me in Foxboro 2010The show opens with the stage decorated as a school hallway Swift appears at the top of the stage in a band uniform and sings You Belong With Me During the climax of the song dancers remove Swift s outfit to reveal a sparkling silver dress Our Song and Tell Me Why are performed next following which Swift discusses her high school crush and his girlfriend The backdrops of the stage turn into a library where Swift performs Teardrops on My Guitar She then sings Fearless and exits for a costume change citation needed The next segment begins with Swift in a red dress and a male dancer on red armchairs where she sings Forever amp Always Swift leaves and changes into a teal gown and crosses the audience during a performance of Hey Stephen At the B stage she performs Fifteen and Tim McGraw on a guitar Swift then returns to the main stage for White Horse citation needed Swift and her dancers re emerge in Renaissance attire for a performance of Love Story during which the singer changes into a white gown and follows with The Way I Loved You Afterwards Swift changes into a purple mini dress At a piano at the top of the stage she performs You re Not Sorry with elements of Justin Timberlake s What Goes Around Comes Around as her dancers in black perform acrobatics on the bottom stage Picture to Burn and Change are sung next the former with fire like backdrop visuals and Swift exits for a final costume change citation needed During the encore Swift appears on top of the stage in a black gown performing I m Only Me When I m With You with her supporting acts Gloriana and Kellie Pickler during shows in 2010 Swift sings Today Was a Fairytale alone She then recalls an ex who cheated on her in a speech to the audience transitioning into Should ve Said No During the performance rain falls from above the stage and Swift closes the show by leaving the stage as curtains are drawn citation needed Records and commercial performance EditTickets for the first shows for the Fearless Tour went on sale in early February 2009 and sold out almost instantly On February 6 2009 tickets went on sale for the May 22 date at Los Angeles Staples Center and sold out in two minutes 18 Tickets for several dates and venues including Madison Square Garden went on sale the following week and sold out in a record time of one minute nbsp Swift wearing red plays the part of a princess during the performance of her hit song Love Story 19 20 21 22 23 Swift is also one of the only artists to have sold out the Save Mart Center in less than ten minutes 24 In total The Fearless Tour covered 118 shows over 15 months 25 It grossed 66 246 496 from over 89 reported shows and an audience of 1 207 887 26 27 28 29 nbsp Swift performing in her iconic purple dressJourney to Fearless EditJourney to Fearless is a three part music documentary miniseries starring American singer songwriter Taylor Swift that originally aired on The Hub starting on October 22 2010 30 The complete 135 minute special was released on Blu ray and DVD through Shout Factory on October 11 2011 31 32 Certification Edit Certifications for Journey to Fearless Region Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 33 Platinum 15 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone Set list EditThe following is the standard 2009 set list citation needed You Belong with Me Our Song Tell Me Why Teardrops on My Guitar Fearless Forever amp Always Hey Stephen Fifteen Tim McGraw White Horse Love Story The Way I Loved You You re Not Sorry contains elements of What Goes Around Comes Around Picture to Burn Change nbsp Fans admire Taylor Swift s Fearless trailerEncore I m Only Me When I m with You with Kellie Pickler and Gloriana Should ve Said No Notes Edit During the show in Los Angeles on May 22 2009 Swift performed Your Body Is a Wonderland and White Horse with John Mayer 34 During the show in Nashville on September 12 2009 Swift performed The Way You Love Me with Faith Hill 35 Change was removed from the set list on October 1 2009 I m Only Me When I m with You was removed from the set list on November 23 2009 Today Was a Fairytale was added to the set list for the 2010 shows 36 During the shows in Evansville on April 23 2009 37 and Moline on May 8 2010 38 Swift performed The Best Day During the show in Brisbane on February 4 2010 Swift performed Two Is Better Than One 39 During the show in Los Angeles on April 15 2010 Swift performed Hot n Cold with Katy Perry 40 During the show in Foxborough on June 5 2010 Swift performed Jump then Fall 41 Tour dates EditList of concerts 42 43 44 45 46 Date City Country Venue Opening acts Attendance RevenueApril 23 2009 Evansville United States Roberts Municipal Stadium GlorianaKellie Pickler 7 463 7 463 360 617April 24 2009 Jonesboro Convocation Center 7 822 7 822 340 328April 25 2009 St Louis Scottrade Center 13 764 13 764 650 420April 28 2009 Alexandria Bishop Ireton High School April 30 2009 North Charleston North Charleston Coliseum 8 751 8 751 398 154May 1 2009 Jacksonville Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena 11 072 11 072 507 012May 2 2009 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum 9 436 9 436 437 313May 6 2009 London England Shepherd s Bush Empire 6 789 6 789 401 328May 7 2009May 14 2009 Spokane United States Spokane Arena GlorianaKellie Pickler 10 798 10 798 482 146May 15 2009 Seattle KeyArena 12 061 12 061 528 637May 16 2009 Portland Rose Garden Arena 13 226 13 226 613 284May 17 2009 Nampa Ford Arena 8 970 8 970 413 622May 21 2009 Glendale Jobing com Arena 13 052 13 052 647 923May 22 2009 Los Angeles Staples Center 13 648 13 648 720 940May 23 2009 Paradise a Mandalay Bay Events Center 8 311 8 311 551 051May 24 2009 San Diego Valley View Casino Center 10 174 10 174 502 689May 26 2009 Salt Lake City EnergySolutions Arena 13 042 13 042 555 207June 4 2009 b New Brockton BamaJam Farms June 11 2009 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion GlorianaKellie Pickler 17 619 17 619 608 438June 12 2009 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum 14 641 14 641 690 959June 24 2009 c Oshkosh Ford Festival Park June 25 2009 d Cadott Amphitheatre Concert GroundsJuly 8 2009 Calgary Canada Pengrowth Saddledome GlorianaKellie PicklerJuly 9 2009 e Edmonton Commonwealth Stadium 33 910 44 500 2 540 906July 10 2009 f Craven Big Valley Park July 11 2009 Winnipeg MTS Centre GlorianaKellie Pickler 11 369 11 369 512 487July 16 2009 g Twin Lakes United States Country Thunder Festival July 17 2009 Columbus Value City Arena GlorianaKellie PicklerJuly 18 2009 Charleston Charleston Civic CenterJuly 23 2009 h Cheyenne Cheyenne Frontier Days Arena Kellie PicklerJuly 24 2009 Rapid City Barnett Arena GlorianaKellie PicklerJuly 25 2009 i Minot North Dakota State Fair Grandstand August 1 2009 Philadelphia Wachovia Spectrum GlorianaKellie PicklerAugust 7 2009 j Detroit Lakes Soo Pass Ranch Brooks amp DunnCraig MorganAugust 9 2009 Omaha Qwest Center Omaha GlorianaKellie PicklerAugust 22 2009 k Chelmsford England Hylands Park August 23 2009 k Weston under Lizard Weston ParkAugust 27 2009 New York City United States Madison Square Garden GlorianaKellie Pickler 13 597 13 597 976 062August 28 2009 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena 7 507 7 507 296 306August 29 2009 University Park Bryce Jordan Center August 30 2009 Louisville Freedom HallSeptember 3 2009 Duluth Arena at Gwinnett CenterSeptember 4 2009 Greenville Bi Lo CenterSeptember 5 2009 Charlotte Time Warner Cable ArenaSeptember 9 2009 Lafayette CajundomeSeptember 10 2009 Bossier City CenturyTel CenterSeptember 11 2009 Birmingham BJCC ArenaSeptember 12 2009 Nashville Bridgestone Arena 14 269 14 269 642 387September 25 2009 Dallas American Airlines Center 13 794 13 794 628 062September 26 2009 North Little Rock l Verizon Arena 13 978 13 978 654 089September 27 2009 Tulsa BOK Center October 1 2009 Pittsburgh Mellon ArenaOctober 2 2009 Grand Rapids Van Andel ArenaOctober 3 2009 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena 15 524 15 524 743 492October 8 2009 Indianapolis Conseco Fieldhouse 13 373 13 373 634 876October 9 2009 Rosemont Allstate Arena 26 265 26 265 1 150 896October 10 2009October 11 2009 Minneapolis Target Center 13 563 13 563 623 975November 23 2009 London England Wembley Arena Justin Bieber November 24 2009 Manchester Manchester Evening News ArenaFebruary 4 2010 Brisbane Australia Brisbane Entertainment Centre Gloriana 11 334 11 334 956 505February 6 2010 Sydney Acer Arena 27 030 27 030 2 030 640February 7 2010February 8 2010 Newcastle Newcastle Entertainment Centre 7 180 7 180 555 396February 10 2010 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena 23 493 23 493 1 627 510February 11 2010February 12 2010 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9 066 9 066 585 352February 17 2010 Tokyo Japan Zepp Tokyo March 4 2010 Tampa United States St Pete Times Forum GlorianaKellie Pickler 13 861 13 861 793 049March 5 2010 Orlando Amway Arena 11 101 11 101 598 581March 7 2010 Sunrise BankAtlantic Center 13 453 13 453 777 442March 10 2010 Austin Frank Erwin Center 11 928 11 928 642 705March 11 2010 Dallas American Airlines Center 14 022 14 022 742 954March 12 2010 Corpus Christi American Bank Center Arena 8 423 8 423 501 169March 18 2010 Philadelphia Wachovia Center 30 360 30 360 2 002 321March 19 2010March 20 2010 Charlottesville John Paul Jones Arena 11 858 11 858 664 305March 26 2010 Auburn Hills m The Palace of Auburn Hills 29 125 29 125 1 711 591March 27 2010March 28 2010 Cincinnati U S Bank Arena 11 208 11 208 645 592March 31 2010 Oklahoma City Ford Center 11 795 11 795 675 184April 1 2010 Wichita Intrust Bank Arena 11 208 11 208 610 801April 2 2010 Kansas City Sprint Center 13 781 13 781 761 110April 6 2010 Denver Pepsi Center 25 991 25 991 1 497 135April 7 2010April 10 2010 Fresno Save Mart Center 11 706 11 706 649 488April 11 2010 San Jose HP Pavilion 12 744 12 744 716 726April 15 2010 Los Angeles Staples Center 27 518 27 518 1 736 197April 16 2010April 29 2010 Lexington Rupp Arena 17 966 17 966 1 024 223April 30 2010 Columbia Colonial Life Arena 13 429 13 429 755 475May 1 2010 Raleigh RBC Center 13 895 13 895 752 303May 6 2010 Des Moines Wells Fargo Arena 13 264 13 264 738 280May 7 2010 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center 14 914 14 914 846 111May 8 2010 Moline iWireless Center 10 641 10 641 610 668May 12 2010 Newark Prudential Center 26 065 26 065 1 742 669May 13 2010May 14 2010 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 25 831 25 831 1 713 529May 15 2010May 20 2010 Ottawa Canada Scotiabank Place 13 376 13 376 873 206May 21 2010 Toronto Air Canada Centre 30 458 30 458 2 497 690May 22 2010May 25 2010 Houston United States Toyota Center 23 493 23 493 1 290 926May 26 2010May 29 2010 n Baton Rouge Tiger Stadium June 1 2010 Washington D C Verizon Center GlorianaKellie Pickler 27 290 27 290 1 824 743June 2 2010June 5 2010 Foxborough Gillette Stadium GlorianaJustin BieberKellie Pickler 56 868 56 868 3 726 157June 19 2010 Nassau The Bahamas Imperial Ballroom GlorianaKellie Pickler July 10 2010 o Cavendish Canada Cavendish Beach Festival Grounds 35 000 35 000Total 1 207 887 1 218 477 99 13 66 246 496Notes Edit Labeled as the Las Vegas show in several sources disregarding the technical city boundaries This concert was a part of BamaJam This concert was a part of the Country USA Festival This concert was a part of the Chippewa Valley Country Fest This concert was a part of Commonwealth Country This concert was a part of the Craven Country Jamboree This concert was a part of the Country Thunder Festival This concert was a part of the Cheyenne Frontier Days This concert was a part of the North Dakota State Fair This concert was a day two of WE Fest a b This concert was part of the V Festival Labeled as the Little Rock show in several sources disregarding the technical city boundaries Labeled as Detroit shows in several sources disregarding the technical city boundaries This concert was part of the Bayou Country Superfest This concert was part of the Cavendish Beach Music Festival References Edit 2009 Year End Top 50 Worldwide Concert Tours PDF Archived from the original PDF on September 9 2016 Retrieved September 27 2017 2010 Year End Top 50 Worldwide Concert Tours PDF Archived from 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Announces Tour Dates MTV Archived from the original on November 4 2014 Retrieved November 4 2014 Staff 5 1 2009 CMT com Taylor Swift Reflects on Her Concert at a Virginia High School CMT News Retrieved November 21 2020 Preston By John April 26 2009 Taylor Swift the 19 year old country music star conquering America and now Britain The Daily Telegraph Retrieved April 15 2023 Taylor Swift 2010 Tour Dates July 14 2010 Archived from the original on July 14 2010 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link Rain greets concertgoers on last day of festival theguardian pe ca Archived from the original on March 28 2014 Retrieved January 11 2022 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fearless Tour Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fearless Tour amp oldid 1180028874 Journey to Fearless, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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