Taylor Swift

Seven-time Grammy winner and reigning Billboard and American Music Awards Artist of the Year Taylor Swift will kick off the Australian leg of her blockbuster The RED Tour tomorrow (Dec. 4th) at Sydney’s Allianz Stadium. Swift is the first female solo artist in twenty years to undertake a national stadium concert tour of Australia, with the last being Madonna’s Girlie Show tour in 1993.

Swift just wrapped a 3-night run of sold-out shows at Auckland’s Vector Arena, earning rave reviews from New Zealand media.

Swift “was confident, energetic, chatty, and all smiles as she basked in the adoration of her fans, as she lead her troupe of dancers and band members through a fluid, colourful 90-minute set that included multi-level staging, impressive feats of engineering, a carousel, music box, flying sparks, and jumbo screens."  -- NZ Herald

"She's the classy, fresh-air alternative to the modern day pop diva." -- Stuff.co.nz

"You get to live inside a rainbow of glowsticks, heart-shaped confetti and positive life coaching from Professor Swift.  Everything that you need to be happy in life, you can find at a Taylor Swift show." -- coup de main NZ

Taylor Swift’s The RED Tour will include the following Australian dates:

December 4                Sydney, Australia                    Allianz Stadium

December 7                Brisbane, Australia                  Suncorp Stadium

December 11              Perth, Australia                       NIB Stadium

December 14              Melbourne, Australia               Etihad Stadium

Already this year, Taylor played to 1.3 million fans in sold-out stadiums and arenas across the U.S. and Canada on her RED Tour. The RED Tour will travel to the UK and Germany in early 2014.

Just last week, Taylor was the big winner of the night the American Music Awards, taking home four trophies, including the evening’s biggest award, Artist of the Year. Taylor is the first artist in history to win AMA Artist of the Year three times. Also last month, Taylor won four CMA Awards, including the prestigious Pinnacle Award. Taylor was profiled as “The Biggest Pop Star In The World” on the cover of the November 25th issue of New York magazine (read the article here: https://www.vulture.com/2013/11/taylor-swift-reigning-queen-of-pop.html).

Taylor’s album RED, released just over a year ago on Big Machine Records, has sold more than 6 million copies worldwide to date, including more than 1.2 million copies in the U.S. in its first week, scoring the highest first-week sales debut of any album in over a decade. Taylor is the only female artist in music history (and just the fourth artist ever) to twice have an album (2012’s RED and 2010’s Speak Now) hit the 1 million first-week sales figure. With RED, Taylor became the first artist since the Beatles (and the only female artist in history) to log six or more weeks at #1 with three consecutive studio albums.

The Australia and New Zealand portion of The RED Tour is produced and promoted by The Frontier Touring Company. The tour sponsors are Coca-Cola, Qantas Airways and Taylor Swift Fragrances. All will bring fun experiences and opportunities to fans at each show.

Taylor will be joined on the Australian leg of her RED Tour by ARIA Award winning artist Guy Sebastian who picked up gongs for 'Best Australian Live Act' and 'Best Pop Release' at the 2013 ARIA Awards on Sunday night.  International indie-pop sensations Neon Trees will be opening each concert.?
 

Frontier Touring announces that the third and final Taylor Swift concert at Vector Arena on Sunday 1st December will now be a specially seated event.

This will be fans one and only chance to see Taylor Swift in this fully seated environment. This Sunday evening show will also commence one hour earlier that her first two sold out concerts with venue doors opening from 6pm.

Tickets for this show are on sale now. Current ticket holders for Taylor Swifts concert on Sunday 1st December who have enquiries regarding the new seating plan can contact Ticketmaster on 0800 111 999 or through the following email address customer.help@ticketmaster.co.nz . Limited tickets are available for ticket holders who wish to upgrade.

The Frontier Touring Company is excited to announce that due to strong fan demand Taylor Swift has added a third concert to her RED Tour in New Zealand this year!

The concerts on Friday 29th and Saturday the 30th November have both sold out, and now a third concert will be held at Vector Arena on Sunday 1st December. Tickets for the third concert go on sale Thursday 5th September from Ticketmaster.

The 7-time GRAMMY winner and reigning Billboard Artist of the Year’s THE RED TOUR performance features two multi-level stages, elaborate costumes, dancers, aerialists and changing sets. In a concert event that provides non-stop action and state of the art technology, Taylor constantly moves around the venue and uses different stages, giving every audience member a great seat. Taylor plays electric guitar, banjo, piano and acoustic guitar and changes costumes 10 times over the course of the evening. Her set features several songs from her record-breaking RED album, as well as new takes on several other fan favourites.

Taylor Swift’s THE RED TOUR is earning universally high praise from top critics:

Rolling Stone -- “Seeing Taylor Swift live in 2013 is seeing a maestro at the top of her or anyone's game. No other pop auteur can touch her right now for emotional excess or musical reach. Red [is] the slickest, smartest and just plain best mega-pop statement of our time. Seeing Taylor onstage now is seeing....total commitment, total fan fervor, total connection between audience and performer. A true arena-rock goddess at an amazing peak.”

The New York Times -- “A king-size spectacle, [whose] juxtapositions have power, one theatrical scene after the next. Taylor Swift off-script is very much like Taylor Swift on-script: not just the brains of the operation, but the brawn, too, the unflappable force that ensures stuck landings. Ms. Swift’s voice is stronger than it’s ever been, and also sturdier….she sang vividly from behind a piano, show[ing] credible dark emotion.”

The Village Voice -- “Taylor Swift was born to entertain. Swift remains genuine….which speaks further to her endless appealing nature as a performer.”

The Miami Herald – “Genuinely powerful. Swift seems to have made an astute transition to her new identity of self-determined young woman. Swift came across as sincere and open in a way that made her the modest but adored mistress of a girl-power mega church.”

The Atlanta Journal Constitution – “She’s supremely gifted…..For two hours T-Swizzle thoroughly charmed, entertained, and connected with the audience.”

Orlando Sentinel -- “Visually and musically, this was Swift’s most accomplished production yet.”

The North American portion of THE RED TOUR is currently playing 66 shows (including 13 stadium stops) in 47 cities in 29 states and 3 provinces spanning 6 months in 2013.

Taylor Swift, who writes all of her own songs, is a seven-time GRAMMY winner, and is the youngest winner in history of the music industry’s highest honor, the GRAMMY Award for Album of the Year. She is the only female artist in music history (and just the fourth artist ever) to twice have an album hit the 1 million first-week sales figure, and is the first artist since the Beatles (and the only female artist in history) to log six or more weeks at #1 with three consecutive studio albums. Taylor has an album on Rolling Stone’s prestigious The 50 Greatest Albums of All Time (by women) list, Time magazine has named her one of the 100 Most Influential people in the world, and she is Billboard’s youngest-ever Woman of the Year. Taylor has career record sales in excess of 26 million albums and 75 million song downloads worldwide, and has had singles top both the country and pop radio charts around the globe.

Supporting Taylor Swift on her Red Tour is US band Neon Trees.

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Taylor Swift has confirmed that US chart toppers Neon Trees will be joining her and Guy Sebastian on the Australian leg of her RED tour and will be the main support for the New Zealand shows.

Neon Trees’ lead single ‘Everybody Talks’ raced to #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US and became the band’s second platinum single in Australia, charting in the Top 10 here.  Fresh from their own sold out headline shows in Sydney and Melbourne, their announcement on the Taylor Swift tour is sure to delight their many Aussie fans.

This won’t be the first time that Neon Trees and Taylor Swift have shared a stage however.  Taylor recently invited Neon Trees lead singer Tyler Glenn on stage with her during her RED Tour for a special performance of ‘Everybody Talks,” telling the New Jersey audience that she’d “called up one of my favourite lead singers from my favourite band to sing one of my favourite songs.”

Tyler Glenn recently told Australian music site Getmusic that the band were mutual fans of Taylor’s saying, “we’d known that Taylor had been a fan of ours for a few years, we’d always been a fan of hers, we thought she was clever and she covered ‘Animal’ on her tour for the last record, and we were really surprised by that...she said she wanted me to come sing with her [in Newark]…I was so blown away that everyone was so excited that I was a special guest.”

Neon Trees will open Taylor’s stadium shows across Australia, followed by Guy Sebastian and then the headlining lady herself, Taylor Swift.

Notably, Taylor Swift will be the first solo female in twenty years to undertake a national stadium tour of Australia, with the last being Madonna’s Girlie Show tour in 1993, also promoted by Frontier Touring.

Taylor Swift was the big winner at the recent Billboard Music Awards, sweeping the top all-genre categories and taking home eight awards. Taylor won Top Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist (her second win in this category in three years), Top Female Artist, Top Digital Songs Artist, Top Billboard 200 Album (for RED), Top Country Artist, Top Country Album (for RED), and Top Country Song (for “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”).

Released in October of last year, RED has already sold more than 5.8 million copies worldwide, including 1.2 million in the U.S. in its first week of release, music’s biggest first-week sales number in more than a decade. Called “the slickest, smartest and just plain best mega-pop statement of our time” by Rolling Stone, and “sublime….required listening” by Entertainment Weekly, RED set a new worldwide iTunes record for highest ever first-week album sales, and reached #1 on iTunes and national sales charts in 50 countries around the globe.

Tickets to The RED Tour are on sale now, with some shows close to sell out.  Hurry – because you don’t want to miss out on this one!

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Following the recent announcement by The Frontier Touring Company that global sensation Taylor Swift will tour Australia and New Zealand on THE RED TOUR in 2013, comes the exciting news that one of Australia's greatest singers and performers Guy Sebastian will join Taylor on her stadium tour as the special guest.

Sebastian will play all shows on the Australian leg of The Red Tour throughout November and December 2013 with General Public tickets on sale Tuesday 21 May.

With ten headline Australian tours, six platinum plus selling studio albums, a Greatest Hits and live DVD under his belt, Guy Sebastian needs no formal introduction.

During his career Sebastian has received 17 ARIA Awards nominations, including Single of the Year, Best Male Artist and Best Pop Release, winning Highest Selling Single ARIA Awards for "Angels Brought Me Here" and "Who's That Girl". His now eight times platinum smash "Battle Scars" is Sebastian's sixth number one single in Australia and went on to receive three 2012 ARIA Music Award nominations including Best Male Artist and Best Pop Release for "Battle Scars", and Song of the Year for "Don't Worry Be Happy".

Guy Sebastian is the only Australian male artist to have ever achieved six number one singles and two number one albums in chart history!

Guy couldn't be more pumped about the tour "I'm thrilled to be announced for the Australian leg of Taylor's The Red Tour and I am looking forward to being part of a tour that has had fans so excited across the world. Taylor's such an incredible performer and I can't wait to hit the road with her this December."

Currently in the middle of his 'Get Along' national tour of Australia which included nine sold out metro city shows earlier this year, Guy is ready to show off his Battle Scars as he prepares to wow the nation with an electrifying set of his hit singles and crowd favourites.

Don't miss Taylor Swift live on The Red Tour of Australia and New Zealand with very special guest Guy Sebastian (Australian shows only). Stay tuned for the opening act announcement soon.

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Taylor Swift's Kiwi fans sent the web into a frenzy today snapping up all available pre-sale tickets in just minutes to her The Red Tour Auckland date on November 29. To meet the massive demand for tickets a second show for Saturday 30 November at Vector Arena was immediately added and tickets will be available in the pre-sale for the new date from 4.30pm NZST. Tickets from both show 1 and show 2, in all price types, will also be available through the general public on-sale on Tuesday 21 May.

The 7-time GRAMMY winner and international superstar Taylor Swift last week announced she would be bringing THE RED TOUR to New Zealand and Australia. Australia and New Zealand are the first international markets outside of the USA to be announced for THE RED TOUR.

Taylor Swift's THE RED TOUR performance features two multi-level stages, elaborate costumes, dancers, aerialists and changing sets. In a concert event that provides non-stop action and state of the art technology, Taylor constantly moves around the venue and uses different stages, giving every audience member a great seat. Taylor plays electric guitar, banjo, piano and acoustic guitar and changes costumes 10 times over the course of the evening. Her set features several songs from her record-breaking RED album, as well as new takes on several other fan favourites.

Taylor Swift's THE RED TOUR is earning universally high praise from top critics:

Rolling Stone -- "Seeing Taylor Swift live in 2013 is seeing a maestro at the top of her or anyone's game. No other pop auteur can touch her right now for emotional excess or musical reach. Red [is] the slickest, smartest and just plain best mega-pop statement of our time. Seeing Taylor onstage now is seeing....total commitment, total fan fervor, total connection between audience and performer. A true arena-rock goddess at an amazing peak."

The New York Times -- "A king-size spectacle, [whose] juxtapositions have power, one theatrical scene after the next. Taylor Swift off-script is very much like Taylor Swift on-script: not just the brains of the operation, but the brawn, too, the unflappable force that ensures stuck landings. Ms. Swift's voice is stronger than it's ever been, and also sturdier....she sang vividly from behind a piano, show[ing] credible dark emotion."

The Village Voice -- "Taylor Swift was born to entertain. Swift remains genuine....which speaks further to her endless appealing nature as a performer."

The Miami Herald - "Genuinely powerful. Swift seems to have made an astute transition to her new identity of self-determined young woman. Swift came across as sincere and open in a way that made her the modest but adored mistress of a girl-power mega church."

The Atlanta Journal Constitution - "She's supremely gifted.....For two hours T-Swizzle thoroughly charmed, entertained, and connected with the audience."

Orlando Sentinel -- "Visually and musically, this was Swift's most accomplished production yet."

The North American portion of THE RED TOUR is currently playing 66 shows (including 13 stadium stops) in 47 cities in 29 states and 3 provinces spanning 6 months in 2013.

Taylor Swift, who writes all of her own songs, is a seven-time GRAMMY winner, and is the youngest winner in history of the music industry's highest honor, the GRAMMY Award for Album of the Year. She is the only female artist in music history (and just the fourth artist ever) to twice have an album hit the 1 million first-week sales figure, and is the first artist since the Beatles (and the only female artist in history) to log six or more weeks at #1 with three consecutive studio albums. Taylor has an album on Rolling Stone's prestigious The 50 Greatest Albums of All Time (by women) list, Time magazine has named her one of the 100 Most Influential people in the world, and she is Billboard's youngest-ever Woman of the Year. Taylor has career record sales in excess of 26 million albums and 75 million song downloads worldwide, and has had singles top both the country and pop radio charts around the globe.

New Zealand fans will be treated to a top level production as seen by fans at Taylor's indoor shows across the States. A very limited number of premium Pit tickets will be sold for each show, which will allow fans 16 years and over access to an exclusive standing area surrounded by Taylor's stage. The Auckland shows will have GA Standing on the floor and fully reserved seating in the first and second elevation.

Pre-sale tickets are on sale via frontiertouring.com/taylorswift until Wednesday 15 May 3pm NZST (or earlier if pre-sale allocation is exhausted). General public tickets go on sale Tuesday 21 May at 9am NZST.

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PACKAGE 1: The RED Ultimate Experience

- 1x Incredible Top Price Reserved Ticket in the Lower Level *
- 1x Autographed Copy of 'Red' - Taylor Swift's Fourth Studio Album

- 1x Entry Into the Official Preshow VIP Party, Which Includes:
   - Separate Preshow VIP Lounge - Let's Have a Blast Before the Show!
   - Food & Drinks Galore - Expect All of Your Favourite Foods and Drinks**
   - Don't Forget the Lollies - A World of Lollies Awaits You
   - Preshow Prizes & Giveaways - Includes Memorabilia & Limited Edition Items (Subject to Availability)
   - On-site VIP Paparazzi to Capture the Preshow Action & Moments
   - Dedicated On-site VIP Preshow Host

- Exclusive On-site VIP Perks
   - VIP Priority Check-In***(Where Available)
   - Separate VIP Entrance *** (Where Available)

- 1x Premium Taylor Swift VIP Gift Bag
   - Created Exclusively for Taylor Swift VIP Package Purchasers
   - Gift Bag Also Contains One Commemorative VIP Laminate & Matching Lanyard

* Please note venue seating configurations may vary market-by market.
** Preshow VIP Party includes complimentary selection of foods and Non-Alcoholic beverages
*** VIP Priority Check-In Separate Entrance may not be available in all markets due to restrictions

OFFER 2: The RED Bonus Package

- 1x Top Price Reserved Ticket *

- 1x Premium Taylor Swift VIP Gift Bag
   - Created Exclusively for Taylor Swift VIP Package Purchasers
   - Gift Bag Also Contains One Commemorative VIP Laminate & Matching Lanyard

*Please note venue seating configurations may vary market-by-market

VIP PACKAGE DISCLAIMER INFORMATION
Please note that The RED Ultimate Experience purchasers and The RED Bonus Package purchasers will be contacted via email a few days prior to the actual show date with additional details specific to their VIP package program. Information will be sent to the email address provided at the time of purchase. Your details of contact must be submitted at the time of purchase and be correct. Please note that if you do not receive an email a few days prior to the event, please contact Ticketmaster/Ticketek for your information.

VIP merchandise can be collected on the evening of the event at the venue. The RED Bonus Package holders will receive a voucher for their gift bag at the time of purchase. To collect your gift bag you will need to present this voucher on the evening of the event at a designated pick up point at the venue. The purchaser will be notified prior to the show with details of collection. The RED Ultimate Experience purchasers will receive their gift bags at the pre-show party. All preshow VIP programs & times may vary market-by-market and are subject to modification at any time for any reason. Please note that you must be of legal age to consume alcohol, additional (local) restrictions may apply. Valid Identification is always required for consumption of alcohol. VIP Priority Check-in & Separate VIP Entrance may not be available in all markets due to restrictions. All sales are final. There are no refunds or exchanges for package purchasers under any circumstances. All packages are non-transferable. Please note, that the information provided at the time of purchase (email, address, etc) is the same information that will be utilised for individual contact requirements. Please note that the artist, tour promoter, ticketing company, venue or any other affiliated parties are not responsible for out dated or inaccurate information provided by the consumer at the time of purchase. Commemorative VIP laminates are for commemorative purposes only. The VIP laminate does not gain or authorise access into the venue, VIP or any backstage areas.

PACKAGE 1: The RED Ultimate Experience

- 1x Incredible top price reserved floor ticket in the first twenty-five (25) rows*
- 1x Autographed copy of 'Red' - Taylor Swift's fourth studio album

- 1x Entry into the Official Preshow VIP Party, which includes:
   - Separate preshow VIP Lounge - Let's have a blast before the show!
   - Food & drinks galore - expect all of your favourite food and drinks**
   - Don't forget the lollies - a world of lollies awaits you
   - Preshow prizes & giveaways - includes memorabilia & limited edition items (subject to availability)
   - On-site VIP paparazzi to capture the preshow action & moments
   - Dedicated on-site VIP preshow host

- Exclusive On-site VIP Perks
   - VIP priority check-in***(where available)
   - Separate VIP entrance ***(where available)

- 1x Premium Taylor Swift VIP Gift Bag
   - Created exclusively for Taylor Swift VIP package purchasers
   - Gift Bag also contains 1x commemorative VIP laminate & matching lanyard

* Please note venue seating configurations may vary market-by market.
** Preshow VIP Party includes complimentary selection of foods and Non-Alcoholic beverages
*** VIP Priority Check-In Separate Entrance may not be available in all markets due to restrictions

PACKAGE 2: The RED Bonus Package

- 1x Amazing Top Price Reserved Ticket on the Floor or Lower Level *

- 1x Premium Taylor Swift VIP Gift Bag
   - Created Exclusively for Taylor Swift VIP Package Purchasers
   - Gift Bag Also Contains 1x Commemorative VIP Laminate & Matching Lanyard

*Please note venue seating configurations may vary market-by-market

VIP PACKAGE DISCLAIMER INFORMATION
Please note that The RED Ultimate Experience purchasers and The RED Bonus Package purchasers will be contacted via email a few days prior to the actual show date with additional details specific to their VIP package program.

Information will be sent to the email address provided at the time of purchase. Your details of contact must be submitted at the time of purchase and be correct. Please note that if you do not receive an email a few days prior to the event, please contact Ticketmaster/Ticketek for your information.

VIP merchandise can be collected on the evening of the event at the venue. The RED Bonus Package holders will receive a voucher for their gift bag at the time of purchase. To collect your gift bag you will need to present this voucher on the evening of the event at a designated pick up point at the venue. The purchaser will be notified prior to the show with details of collection. The RED Ultimate Experience purchasers will receive their gift bags at the pre-show party.

All preshow VIP programs & times may vary market-by-market and are subject to modification at any time for any reason. Please note that you must be of legal age to consume alcohol, additional (local) restrictions may apply. Valid Identification is always required for consumption of alcohol. VIP Priority Check-in & Separate VIP Entrance may not be available in all markets due to restrictions.

All sales are final. There are no refunds or exchanges for package purchasers under any circumstances. All packages are non-transferable. Please note, that the information provided at the time of purchase (email, address, etc) is the same information that will be utilised for individual contact requirements.

Please note that the artist, tour promoter, ticketing company, venue or any other affiliated parties are not responsible for out dated or inaccurate information provided by the consumer at the time of purchase. Commemorative VIP laminates are for commemorative purposes only. The VIP laminate does not gain or authorise access into the venue, VIP or any backstage areas.