First Dates on Taylor's FEARLESS Tour 2010 Sell Out in Minutes

October 23, 2009

The first tickets for Taylor Swift’s FEARLESS 2010 TOUR went on sale this morning, and all tickets for the 15 shows put on sale were gone within minutes, including four shows in the New York area that all sold out in two minutes. The sold out shows include arenas in Newark (2 shows), Uniondale, NY (2 shows), Philadelphia (2 shows), Houston (2 shows), Detroit (2 shows), Washington DC, Dallas, Kansas City, Austin, and Corpus Christi.

Taylor, who at 19 is the youngest artist in history to be nominated for the Country Music Association’s prestigious Entertainer of the Year Award, is taking her FEARLESS 2010 TOUR on the road for 37 shows in 29 cities in 22 states and provinces in the US and Canada, plus seven dates in Australia. Taylor’s good friend, American Idol finalist Kellie Pickler, again joins Taylor as a featured artist on all of the North American FEARLESS dates, and top selling new artist of 2009 Gloriana returns to open all of the shows.

A complete listing of tour dates is available on www.taylorswift.com and on www.myspace.com/taylorswift.

All of the shows on Taylor’s first headlining tour, the FEARLESS 2009 TOUR, sold out in minutes, including every available seat in Madison Square Garden in just 60 seconds.

In other Taylor news, earlier this week she was honored by her songwriter peers as the Nashville Songwriters Association International’s Songwriter/Artist of the Year, her second time to win the prestigious award. With six nominations, Taylor is the leading nominee for this year’s American Music Awards, and she has four nominations for the upcoming CMA Awards.

Taylor is set to host Saturday Night Live (NBC) on November 7th, and will also serve as the show’s musical guest that evening. Taylor joins a small group of artists who have pulled double duty on the show, including Justin Timberlake, Sting and Janet Jackson. The last time a female country artist was tapped to both host and perform was Dolly Parton, twenty years ago.

Taylor’s other upcoming television appearances include:
October 27 Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
October 29 The Ellen Degeneres Show (syndicated)

The North American FEARLESS Tour is produced and promoted by The Messina Group (TMG.) TMG is a partner of AEG Live, one of the top live entertainment companies in the world, which produces world tours featuring internationally renowned artists and regional concerts and festivals. The Australian shows of the FEARLESS Tour are promoted by Michael Coppel Presents.

Big Machine will release an enhanced version of Taylor’s Fearless album, a CD/DVD dual set entitled Fearless Platinum Edition, on October 27th.