Speak Now World Tour

The Speak Now World Tour was the second concert tour by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, and it was launched in support of her third studio album Speak Now (2010). The Speak Now tour began on February 9, 2011 in Singapore and the tour ended on March 18, 2012 in Auckland, New Zealand.

Speak Now World Tour

Tour by Taylor Swift
Location	Asia Europe North America Oceania
Associated album	Speak Now
Start date	February 9, 2011 (2011-02-09)
End date	March 18, 2012 (2012-03-18)
No. of shows	110
Supporting acts	Needtobreathe Hot Chelle Rae Sezairi Sezali Sam Concepcion Tom Dice Emma Marrone Ryan Sheridan Saito Johnny Martin & James The Bright
Attendance	1,642,435
Box office	US $123.7 million ($146.01 million in 2021 dollars)^[1]
Taylor Swift concert chronology
Fearless Tour (2009–10) Speak Now World Tour (2011–12) The Red Tour (2013–14)

The tour received positive reception from critics, lauding the visuals as well as Swift's connection with her audience and stage performance. It was ranked 10th in Pollstar's "Top 50 Worldwide Tour (Mid-Year)", earning over $40 million.^[2] At the conclusion of 2011, the tour was placed fourth on Pollstar's annual "Top 25 Worldwide Tours", earning $104.2 million with 100 shows.^[3] This made it the highest-grossing female and solo tour of 2011.

Multiple dates across the North American leg were recorded and released for a concert film and live album—both entitled Speak Now World Tour – Live—on November 21, 2011.

Background and development

 

View of the North America/Oceania version stage for Speak Now World Tour. The Asia/Europe tour having different stage.

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 that 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 MV Allure of the Seas at the Allure of the Seas Aquatheater, as a part of Royal Caribbean Cruises on January 21, 2011 in Cozumel, Mexico.^[7] Swift used Tom Petty's "American Girl" as her entrance song.^[8]

Arm lyrics

 

Swift performing during the Speak Now World Tour in 2012 with lyrics from Natasha Bedingfield's "Neon Lights" on her arm

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"^[9] 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".^[10]

Acoustic cover versions

Swift performed many acoustic cover versions during her North American tour. In each city, she paid tribute to a homegrown artist.^[11] 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."^[12]

Set list

The following set list is from the May 27, 2011 show in Omaha, Nebraska. It is not intended to represent all dates throughout the tour.^[13]

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"

Notes

• During the Asian and European legs, "Mean", "Our Song", and "Haunted" were not performed. Additionally, "Fifteen" was performed in place of "Last Kiss".
• During the show in San Jose, Swift covered Train's "Drops of Jupiter".^[14]
• Starting with the concert in Denver, "Ours" was added to the set-list.
• During concerts in Oceania, "Safe & Sound" was performed during the encore, except the second performance in Auckland, where "Eyes Open" was performed instead.

Special guests

Swift surprised fans throughout the tour with special guests, and they performed 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 Columbia: "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 Eat 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: "Iris" with John Rzeznik of Goo Goo Dolls
• November 22, 2011 – New York City: "Who Says" with Selena Gomez and "Fire and Rain" with James Taylor

Tour dates

List of concerts showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, attendance (tickets sold / total available), and gross revenue^{[15][16][17][18]}

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts	Attendance (tickets sold / available)	Revenue
Asia
February 9, 2011	Singapore		Singapore Indoor Stadium	Sezairi Sezali	8,964 / 8,964	$916,850
February 11, 2011	Seoul	South Korea	Olympic Gymnastics Arena	N/A	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	Quezon City	Philippines	Smart Araneta Coliseum	Sam Concepcion	12,667 / 12,667	$859,037
February 21, 2011	Hong Kong		AsiaWorld–Arena	Saito Johnny	12,573 / 12,573	$1,030,633
Europe
March 6, 2011	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National	Tom Dice	4,622 / 4,622	$219,212
March 7, 2011	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Sportpaleis van Ahoy		4,799 / 4,799	$248,314
March 9, 2011	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum	N/A	8,650 / 8,650	$815,246
March 12, 2011	Oberhausen	Germany	König Pilsener Arena	Martin & James	6,082 / 6,082	$370,028
March 15, 2011	Milan	Italy	Mediolanum Forum	Emma Marrone	3,421 / 5,585	$153,303
March 17, 2011	Paris	France	Zénith de Paris	N/A	3,598 / 3,598	$201,781
March 19, 2011	Madrid	Spain	Palacio de los Deportes	The Bright	3,962 / 3,962	$251,864
March 22, 2011	Birmingham	England	LG Arena	Martin & James	9,339 / 9,339	$508,854
March 25, 2011	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Odyssey Arena	Ryan Sheridan	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	Martin & James	10,488 / 11,622	$580,558
March 30, 2011	London		The O2 Arena		15,265 / 15,681	$891,152
North America
May 27, 2011	Omaha	United States	Qwest Center Omaha	Needtobreathe	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	Saint 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 Arena		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^[a]	Atlanta		Philips Arena		26,244 / 26,244	$1,726,661
October 2, 2011^[a]
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^[b]	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		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^[c]	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	26,652 / 26,652	$1,988,411
November 22, 2011
Oceania
March 2, 2012	Perth	Australia	Burswood Dome	Hot Chelle Rae	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					1,639,137 / 1,642,435 (99.8%)	$123,678,576

Notes

1. The concerts on October 1 and 2, 2011 in Atlanta at the Philips Arena was originally scheduled for July 9 and 10, 2011, however due to illness the show was postponed.
2. The concert on October 11, 2011 in Louisville at the KFC Yum! Center was originally scheduled for July 2, 2011, however due to illness the show was postponed.
3. The concert on November 16, 2011 in Charlotte at the Time Warner Cable Arena was originally scheduled for July 8, 2011, however due to illness the show was postponed.

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