The Red Tour

The Red Tour

Tour by Taylor Swift
Associated album	Red
Start date	March 13, 2013
End date	June 12, 2014
Legs	4
No. of shows	7 in Asia 6 in Europe 66 in North America 7 in Oceania 86 total
Box office	$150.2 million ($150.39 million in 2016 dollars)[1]
Taylor Swift concert chronology

The Red Tour was the third concert tour by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. Launched in support of Swift's fourth studio album, Red (2012), the tour began on March 13, 2013 in Omaha, Nebraska and concluded on June 12, 2014 in Singapore. This was the first tour by Swift to extend to Muslim countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia.

Background

Swift performing at the Red Tour

On October 25, 2012, in partnership with ABC News on the prime-time TV special All Access Nashville with Katie Couric – A Special Edition of 20/20, Swift announced that she would launch a North American stadium and arena tour in early 2013 in support of her fourth studio album, Red (2012).^[2] During a radio interview with WRVW, Swift mentioned that "It's nothing like any other tour before."

Swift told Billboard: "Of course, you know the tour will be a big representation of this record". "I'm so excited to see what songs the fans like the most and which ones jump to the forefront, because that's the first step. We always see which songs are really the passionate songs and the ones the fans are freaking out over the most, and those are the ones that are definitely in the set list. I can't wait for that."^[3]

Swift used Tom Petty's "American Girl" as her entrance song on her previous tour but now takes the stage to Lenny Kravitz's version of "American Woman".^[4] She sang a cover of The Lumineers's "Ho Hey" nightly, intertwined with her own "Stay Stay Stay".^[5]

Set list

The following set list is representative of the show on March 27, 2013. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour.^[6]

1. "State of Grace"
2. "Holy Ground"
3. "Red"
4. "You Belong with Me"
5. "The Lucky One"
6. "Mean"
7. "Stay Stay Stay"
8. "22"
9. "Starlight"
10. "Everything Has Changed"
11. "Begin Again"
12. "Sparks Fly"
13. "I Knew You Were Trouble"
14. "All Too Well"
15. "Love Story"
16. "Treacherous"
17. "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"

Special guests 

Swift surprised fans throughout the tour with special guests and they perform a duet with Swift.

• March 19, 2013 – St. Louis: "Hey Porsche" with Nelly^[7]
• March 28, 2013 – Newark: "Everybody Talks" with Tyler Glenn of Neon Trees^[8]
• March 29, 2013 – Newark: "Drive By" with Pat Monahan of Train^[9]
• April 19, 2013 – Atlanta: "Both of Us" with B.o.B^[10]
• July 13, 2013 – East Rutherford: "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" with Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy^[11]
• July 26, 2013 – Foxborough: "You're So Vain" with Carly Simon^[12]
• August 19, 2013 – Los Angeles: "Want U Back" with Cher Lloyd and "Brave" with Sara Bareilles^[13]
• August 20, 2013 – Los Angeles: "Closer" with Tegan and Sara^[14]
• August 23, 2013 – Los Angeles: "Anything Could Happen" with Ellie Goulding^[15]
• August 24, 2013 – Los Angeles: "Jenny from the Block" with Jennifer Lopez^[16]
• August 27, 2013 – Sacramento, California: "The Last Time" with Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol^[17]
• September 19, 2013 – Nashville: "I Don't Want This Night to End" with Luke Bryan^[18]
• September 20, 2013 – Nashville: "What Hurts the Most" with Rascal Flatts^[19]
• September 21, 2013 – Nashville: "I Want Crazy" with Hunter Hayes^[20]
• February 1, 2014 – London: "Lego House" with Ed Sheeran^[21]
• February 2, 2014 – London: "Money on My Mind" with Sam Smith^[22]
• February 4, 2014 – London: "Breakeven" with Danny O'Donoghue of The Script^[23]
• February 7, 2014 – Berlin: "I See Fire" with Ed Sheeran^[24]
• February 10, 2014 – London: "Next to Me" with Emeli Sandé^[25]
• February 11, 2014 – London: "Burn" with Ellie Goulding^[26]

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, amount of available tickets and gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts	Attendance	Revenue
North America[27]
March 13, 2013	Omaha	United States	CenturyLink Center Omaha	Ed Sheeran Brett Eldredge	27,877 / 27,877	$2,243,164
March 14, 2013
March 18, 2013	St. Louis		Scottrade Center		28,582 / 28,582	$2,346,203
March 19, 2013
March 22, 2013	Charlotte		Time Warner Cable Arena		14,686 / 14,686	$1,162,733
March 23, 2013	Columbia		Colonial Life Arena		12,490 / 12,490	$996,114
March 27, 2013	Newark		Prudential Center	Ed Sheeran Florida Georgia Line	38,065 / 38,065	$3,565,317
March 28, 2013
March 29, 2013
April 10, 2013	Miami		American Airlines Arena	Ed Sheeran Brett Eldredge	12,808 / 12,808	$1,010,175
April 11, 2013	Orlando		Amway Center		25,617 / 25,617	$2,054,128
April 12, 2013
April 18, 2013	Atlanta		Philips Arena		25,471 / 25,471	$2,048,023
April 19, 2013
April 20, 2013	Tampa		Tampa Bay Times Forum		14,080 / 14,080	$1,132,095
April 25, 2013	Cleveland		Quicken Loans Arena		15,336 / 15,336	$1,247,605
April 26, 2013	Indianapolis		Bankers Life Fieldhouse		13,573 / 13,573	$1,082,042
April 27, 2013	Lexington		Rupp Arena		17,003 / 17,003	$1,342,699
May 4, 2013	Detroit		Ford Field	Ed Sheeran Austin Mahone Brett Eldredge	48,265 / 48,265	$3,969,059
May 7, 2013	Louisville		KFC Yum! Center	Ed Sheeran Florida Georgia Line	15,135 / 15,135	$1,246,491
May 8, 2013	Columbus		Nationwide Arena		14,267 / 14,267	$1,155,170
May 11, 2013	Washington, D.C.		Verizon Center	Ed Sheeran Brett Eldredge	27,619 / 27,619	$2,489,205
May 12, 2013
May 16, 2013	Houston		Toyota Center		12,467 / 12,467	$961,422
May 21, 2013	Austin		Frank Erwin Center	Ed Sheeran Florida Georgia Line	11,916 / 11,916	$935,631
May 22, 2013	San Antonio		AT&T Center		13,974 / 13,974	$1,105,253
May 25, 2013	Arlington		Cowboys Stadium	Ed Sheeran Austin Mahone Florida Georgia Line	53,020 / 53,020	$4,589,266
May 28, 2013	Glendale		Jobing.com Arena	Ed Sheeran Joel Crouse	26,705 / 26,705	$2,239,370
May 29, 2013
June 1, 2013	Salt Lake City		EnergySolutions Arena		14,007 / 14,007	$1,139,360
June 2, 2013	Denver		Pepsi Center		13,489 / 13,489	$1,076,069
June 14, 2013	Toronto	Canada	Rogers Centre	Ed Sheeran Austin Mahone Joel Crouse	87,627 / 87,627	$7,863,310
June 15, 2013
June 22, 2013	Winnipeg		Investors Group Field		33,061 / 33,061	$3,175,430
June 25, 2013	Edmonton		Rexall Place	Ed Sheeran Joel Crouse	25,663 / 25,663	$2,379,870
June 26, 2013
June 29, 2013	Vancouver		BC Place Stadium	Ed Sheeran Austin Mahone Joel Crouse	41,142 / 41,142	$3,974,410
July 6, 2013	Pittsburgh	United States	Heinz Field		56,047 / 56,047	$4,718,518
July 13, 2013	East Rutherford		MetLife Stadium		52,399 / 52,399	$4,670,011
July 19, 2013	Philadelphia		Lincoln Financial Field		101,277 / 101,277	$8,822,335
July 20, 2013
July 26, 2013	Foxborough		Gillette Stadium		110,712 / 110,712	$9,464,063
July 27, 2013
August 1, 2013	Des Moines		Wells Fargo Arena	Ed Sheeran Florida Georgia Line	13,368 / 13,368	$1,075,576
August 2, 2013	Kansas City		Sprint Center		26,412 / 26,412	$2,093,172
August 3, 2013
August 6, 2013	Wichita		Intrust Bank Arena	Ed Sheeran Casey James	12,231 / 12,231	$983,882
August 7, 2013	Tulsa		BOK Center		10,949 / 10,949	$868,955
August 10, 2013	Chicago		Soldier Field	Ed Sheeran Austin Mahone Casey James	50,809 / 50,809	$4,149,148
August 15, 2013	San Diego		Valley View Casino Center	Ed Sheeran Casey James	10,872 / 10,872	$948,541
August 19, 2013	Los Angeles		Staples Center		55,829 / 55,829	$4,734,463
August 20, 2013
August 23, 2013
August 24, 2013
August 27, 2013	Sacramento		Sleep Train Arena		12,795 / 12,795	$1,138,103
August 30, 2013	Portland		Moda Center		13,952 / 13,952	$1,084,760
August 31, 2013	Tacoma		Tacoma Dome		20,348 / 20,348	$1,584,049
September 6, 2013	Fargo		Fargodome		21,073 / 21,073	$1,661,578
September 7, 2013	St. Paul		Xcel Energy Center		28,920 / 28,920	$2,320,937
September 8, 2013
September 12, 2013	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum		13,650 / 13,650	$1,109,253
September 13, 2013	Raleigh		PNC Arena		13,941 / 13,941	$1,088,612
September 14, 2013	Charlottesville		John Paul Jones Arena		12,689 / 12,689	$997,216
September 19, 2013	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena		41,292 / 41,292	$3,336,545
September 20, 2013
September 21, 2013
Oceania[28]
November 29, 2013	Auckland	New Zealand	Vector Arena	Neon Trees	30,799 / 30,799	$3,100,290
November 30, 2013
December 1, 2013
December 4, 2013	Sydney	Australia	Allianz Stadium	Guy Sebastian Neon Trees	40,930 / 40,930	$4,096,060
December 7, 2013	Brisbane		Suncorp Stadium		38,907 / 38,907	$3,895,810
December 11, 2013	Perth		nib Stadium		21,827 / 21,827	$2,364,080
December 14, 2013	Melbourne		Etihad Stadium		47,257 / 47,257	$4,547,250
Europe[29][30]
February 1, 2014	London	England	The O2 Arena	The Vamps	74,740 / 74,740[lower-alpha 1]	$5,829,240[lower-alpha 1]
February 2, 2014
February 4, 2014
February 7, 2014	Berlin	Germany	O2 World	Andreas Bourani	10,350 / 10,350	$755,006
February 10, 2014	London	England	The O2 Arena	The Vamps	[lower-alpha 1]	[lower-alpha 1]
February 11, 2014
Asia[30]
May 30, 2014	Shanghai	China	Mercedes-Benz Arena	N/A	12,793 / 12,793	$1,864,934
June 1, 2014	Saitama	Japan	Saitama Super Arena	CTS	20,046 / 20,046	$1,837,147
June 4, 2014	Jakarta	Indonesia	MEIS Ancol	Nicole Zefanya	8,130 / 8,130	$1,481,473
June 6, 2014	Manila	Philippines	Mall of Asia Arena	Meg Bucsit	9,775 / 9,775	$1,511,662
June 9, 2014	Singapore		Singapore Indoor Stadium	Imprompt-3	16,344 / 16,344[lower-alpha 2]	$2,524,080[lower-alpha 2]
June 11, 2014	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Stadium Putra	IamNeeta	7,525 / 7,525	$998,608
June 12, 2014	Singapore		Singapore Indoor Stadium	Imprompt-3	[lower-alpha 2]	[lower-alpha 2]
Total					1,702,933 / 1,702,933 (100%)	$150,184,971

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
June 9, 2014	Bangkok	Thailand	Impact Arena	Political Unrest.[31]

Records

Swift became the first solo female artist in 20 years to headline a national stadium tour through Australia, with the last being Madonna's The Girlie Show World Tour in 1993.^[32] Swift performed to an at capacity crowd of over 40,900 fans at the Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Australia, becoming the first female artist in history to sell out the stadium since it was opened in 1988.^[33]

The Red Tour also became the highest-grossing tour by a country artist in history, bringing in an overall gross of $150 million surpassing the prior country artist record held by double-billed Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Soul2Soul tour that brought in $141 million.^[34]

Notes

1. The score data is combined from the shows held at the The O₂ Arena on February 1, 2, 4, 10, and 11.
2. The score data is combined from the shows held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on June 9 and 12.

References

1. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Development Project. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
2. "Red Tour Announcement & Details!". Taylor Swift. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
3. "Taylor Swift to Outdo Herself on 'Red' Tour: 'I Like for It to Be Big'". Billboard. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
4. "Taylor Swift's 'Red' Tour: Her Amps Go Up to 22 | Rob Sheffield". Rolling Stone. March 20, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
5. Caramanica, Jon (March 28, 2013). "Music Review: Losing Her Audio, but Never Her Nerve". The New York Times. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
6. Sheffield, Rob (2013-10-18). "Taylor Swift's 'Red' Tour: Her Amps Go Up to 22 | Rob Sheffield". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
7. Stanisci, Grace (2013-03-22). "Taylor Swift performs 'Hey Porsche' with Nelly on stage". Yahoo! Music Canada.
8. Franko, Vanessa (2013-03-29). "Taylor Swift And Tyler Glenn (Of Neon Trees) Gets Everyone Talking With Their Duet". The Press Enterprise.
9. Sciarretto, Amy (2013-03-30). "Taylor Swift Performs 'Drive By' With Train's Pat Monahan in New Jersey". Taste of Country.
10. Lee, Christina (2013-04-20). "Taylor Swift Joined By B.o.B In Atlanta: Watch Them Perform "Both Of Us"". Idolator.
11. Obenschain, Philip (2013-07-13). "Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump appeared as surprise guest at New Jersey Taylor Swift concert". Idolator.
12. Colemon, Miriam (2013-07-26). "Carly Simon Joins Taylor Swift for 'You're So Vain'". Rolling Stone.
13. Sciarretto, Amy (2013-08-20). "Taylor Swift Joined by Cher Lloyd + Sara Bareilles in L.A. [VIDEO]". Pop Crush.
14. Aguila, Justino (2013-08-21). "Taylor Swift Surprises L.A. With Tegan and Sara: Watch 'Closer' Performance". Billboard.
15. Wete, Brad (2013-08-24). "Taylor Swift Surprises Staples Center Audience with Ellie Goulding Duet: Watch Here". Billboard.
16. Oldenburg, Ann (2013-08-25). "Jennifer Lopez joins Taylor Swift on stage". USA Today.
17. "Taylor Swift Joined By Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody During Sacramento Tour Show – Video". Capital FM. 2013-08-28.
18. Sciarretto, Amy (2013-09-20). "Taylor Swift and Luke Bryan 'Don't Want This Night to End' at Nashville Red Concert". Taste of Country.
19. Sciarretto, Amy (2013-09-21). "Taylor Swift and Rascal Flatts Team Up for 'What Hurts the Most' in Nashville". Taste of Country.
20. Sciarretto, Amy (2013-09-22). "Taylor Swift and Hunter Hayes Get 'Crazy' at Final U.S. Date of the Red Tour". Taste of Country.
21. "Ed Sheeran Joins Taylor Swift For Surprise Duet On Opening Night Of 'Red' UK Tour – Video". Capital FM. 2014-02-02.
22. "Taylor Swift Joined By Sam Smith For 'Money On My Mind' During 'Red' UK Tour – Video". Capital FM. 2014-02-03.
23. "Taylor Swift Joined By Danny O'Donoghue During London O2 Arena Show – Video". Capital FM. 2014-02-05.
24. "The RED Tour Berlin: Fraulein Swift and Ed Sheeran See Fire at Berlin's O2". The Swift Agency. 2014-02-07.
25. "Taylor Swift Performs 'Next To Me' With Emeli Sande On 'Red' UK Tour In London". Capital FM. 2014-02-11.
26. Scott, Jason (2014-02-12). "Taylor Swift & Ellie Goulding perform 'Burn' onstage at the O2 Arena". AXS.
27. North American leg of The Red Tour:
    • "Billboard Biz: Current Boxscore". Billboard. April 3, 2013. Archived from the original on April 3, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
    • "Billboard Biz: Current Boxscore". Billboard. April 17, 2013. Archived from the original on April 20, 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
    • "Billboard Biz: Current Boxscore". Billboard. May 15, 2013. Archived from the original on May 18, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
    • "Billboard Biz: Current Boxscore". Billboard. May 22, 2013. Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
    • "Billboard Biz: Current Boxscore". Billboard. May 29, 2013. Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
    • "Billboard Biz: Current Boxscore". Billboard. June 5, 2013. Archived from the original on June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
    • "Billboard Biz: Current Boxscore". Billboard. June 19, 2013. Archived from the original on June 19, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
    • "Billboard Biz: Current Boxscore". Billboard. July 10, 2013. Archived from the original on July 12, 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
    • "Billboard Biz: Current Boxscore". Billboard. July 24, 2013. Archived from the original on July 24, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
    • "Billboard Biz: Current Boxscore". Billboard. July 31, 2013. Archived from the original on August 2, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
    • "Billboard Biz: Current Boxscore". Billboard. August 14, 2013. Archived from the original on August 15, 2013. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
    • "Billboard Biz: Current Boxscore". Billboard. September 4, 2013. Archived from the original on September 5, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
    • "Billboard Biz: Current Boxscore". Billboard. September 11, 2013. Archived from the original on September 14, 2013. Retrieved September 11, 2013.
    • "Billboard Biz: Current Boxscore". Billboard. September 24, 2013. Archived from the original on September 29, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
28. "Billboard Biz: Current Boxscore". Billboard. January 1, 2014. Archived from the original on January 5, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
29. "Billboard Biz: Current Boxscore". Billboard. April 2, 2014. Archived from the original on April 2, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
30. "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. July 2, 2014. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
31. "Taylor Swift". Billboard. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
32. Frontier Touring. "Taylor Swift 2013 Australia & New Zealand | Tickets, Concert Dates, Pre-sale & Tour Information | Frontier Touring Australia & New Zealand". Frontiertouring.com. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
33. "Taylor Swift Is First Female Artist In History To Sell Out Sydney's Allianz Stadium". December 5, 2013. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
34. "Taylor Swift's Red Wraps as All-Time Country Tour". July 3, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2014.