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Speak Now World Tour

The Speak Now World Tour was the second concert tour by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, who embarked on it to support her third studio album, Speak Now (2010). It ran from February 9, 2011, to March 18, 2012, and covered 110 shows across Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania.

Location

  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Oceania

Speak Now

February 9, 2011 (2011-02-09)

March 18, 2012 (2012-03-18)

110

1,642,435

$123.7 million ($164.17 million in 2023 dollars)[1]

The set list consisted mostly of songs from Speak Now, with a few numbers from Swift's first two albums, Taylor Swift (2006) and Fearless (2008). Two songs were performed as medleys with music of other artists: "Hey, Soul Sister" by Train, "Apologize" by OneRepublic, and "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz. On several US shows, Swift invited special guests to perform duets onstage with her. Multiple US shows were recorded for a concert film and live album, both titled Speak Now World Tour – Live, released on November 21, 2011.


Music critics generally praised the production and Swift's showmanship and interactions with her audience. According to Pollstar, the Speak Now World Tour was the fourth-highest-grossing tour and the highest-grossing by a female artist of 2011. Billboard ranked it fifth on their list of the top tours of 2011.

During the Asian and European legs, "Mean", "Our Song", and "Haunted" were not performed due to stage reduction. Additionally, "Fifteen" was performed in place of "Last Kiss".

During the show in Kansas City, Swift performed "Superman".

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Starting with the show in Denver, "" was added to the set-list.[16]

Ours

During the shows in Lexington, Houston,[18] and Raleigh,[19] Swift performed "Never Grow Up".

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During the shows in Oceania, "" was performed during the encore, except the second performance in Auckland, where "Eyes Open" was performed instead.[20]

Safe & Sound

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