When Taylor Swift 1989 Concert Tour?
Taylor Swift's 1989 World Tour
Taylor Swift in November 2014 revealed that she would be conducting a concert tour for her fifth studio album 1989. The 1989 World Tour began in May 2015, in Tokyo, Japan. On the final tour, Swift gave 85 performances in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. It proved to be Swift’s biggest-grossing and best-selling tour up to that point.
Swift used elements from the 1989 album in the stage design and outfits worn during the 1989 tour. The setting was basic with a catwalk that protruded into the audience that enabled Swift to get close to her fans. Big LED panels and lights were used as the background and the images and colors were in a retro style. Big bows similar to the ones that were in vogue in the 80s, sequined dresses, crop tops, high-waisted shorts, and glittery boots were some of the outfits that Swift wore. In every concert, she switched clothes several times and it reached 36 times throughout the tour.
Some of the songs performed in the 1989 Tour were Welcome to New York, Blank Space, Style, Out of the Woods, All You Had To Do Was Stay, Shake It Off, and Clean, all of which were from Taylor Swift’s 1989 album. She also sang most of the songs she had released in her previous albums including Fearless, Speak Now, and Red. The audience's favorite songs were Love Story, You Belong With Me, Mean, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, I Knew You Were Trouble, 22 and We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together. For the encore, which was performed each night, Swift invited other artists on stage to perform with her. Her friends included The Weeknd, Ellie Goulding, Nelly, Wiz Khalifa, and many other artists who would come and sing the songs they recorded together.
To the many of the places that were toured in 2015, the attendance record of the 1989 Tour was broken. Swift performed for two nights at Soldier Field in Chicago and successfully entertained nearly 75,000 people. They proved this by performing and selling out two nights at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ, with ticket sales of over 149,000. Mariah Carey also managed to set a record for the most sold-out performances at Staples Centre in Los Angeles after performing for more than 200,000 fans within five days. Swift also made history as the first female artist to perform three concerts in Foxborough’s Gillette Stadium with a record crowd of 118 thousand.
During the summer of 2015, Swift performed at different music festivals across the United States and internationally. She performed at the Rock in Rio Festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Rock am Ring Festival in Germany, and the British Summer Time Festival in London’s Hyde Park. Further that year she performed at the Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, Australia, and the Z100 Jingle Ball Tour in the United States during the Christmas season.
Not only did the 1989 Tour set records for attendance but it was also a cash cow as well. It became the highest-grossing tour in the world in 2015 and grossed over $250 million from the North American leg alone. This amount from North America alone grossed more than any other artist performing live worldwide that year. As the international dates were later tallied, the 1989 World Tour was recorded to be the most successful tour of all time for a solo female artist with over $ 345 million gross income from 85 performances. It was the twelfth highest-grossing concert tour of all time. The 1989 World Tour featured 12 countries on 4 continents and attracted more than 2. 3 million people attending the shows.
Most importantly, this particular Tour evoked a warm live reception with critics commending the production, setlist, and most importantly the ability of Swift to captivate audiences of all ages as well as gender. Talking to the fans was singled out as she would converse with the audience in between songs as in the case of Swift. At one point she would bring some fans on stage for a special dance-off or surprise or something to that effect. Some of the reviews highlighted her strong vocals and her ability to sing and play both the guitar and piano. Her personality and humor were also suitable for such large arenas, and The Guardian said that she was “quite possibly the world’s most charismatic pop star. ” Despite such huge live performances, it was very easy to feel close to her because of the narrative lyrics that she sang.
Seen as an Australian wrap-up of Taylor Swift’s 1989 World Tour in December of 2015, the spectacular stadium tour speaks volumes. It broke many records and proved that Swift is not only an unstoppable force on the concert circuit but also in the realm of pop culture. It laid the groundwork for her even more colossal fame at Stadium Tour a few years later. It is one of Swift’s largest concert tour projects to date and is considered one of the most successful concert tours of the 1990s with some of the highest-grossing concerts of all time.
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