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Taylor tweeting on twitter tonight from Kansas City, the full stadium is so big she had to take it in two shots, 70,000 fans.
When was the last time a female artist could fill out stadiums like this, and this is not a one off, I think this is stadium number 9 on her current tour. And the big one is still to come, the cowboy stadium in dallas, estimates are saying she is gonna get close to 100,000 at that one. This girl is fast becoming a legend. @taylorswift13 taylorswift13 This crowd couldn't fit in one shot-- here's the left side: http://yfrog.com/nv4hsrj @taylorswift13 taylorswift13 The right side: (PS I'M SO EXCITED) (and tweeting from under the stage) http://yfrog.com/nxlkczwj |
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Yeah pretty amazing. It's so fantastic to see how far she has come, from struggling at an independent label to selling out stadiums. I would also 100% agree - I think Madonna is the only other woman on the planet that could consistently sell out stadiums like Taylor has. Definitely not the current batch of frauds like Lady Gaga and Katy Perry etc...
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Yeah pretty amazing. It's so fantastic to see how far she has come, from struggling at an independent label to selling out stadiums. I would also 100% agree - I think Madonna is the only other woman on the planet that could consistently sell out stadiums like Taylor has. Definitely not the current batch of frauds like Lady Gaga and Katy Perry etc...
Do you know what she covered last night? ![]() http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsu8wQEfSIA Its pretty funny to hear people talk on different boards, how they believe that Gaga is a bigger star in US than Taylor. Another nice cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r5aAndmkgU |
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Ah thanks for that, very cool choice to sing "Superman". I would never have guessed that would have made It's was on to the Speak Now Tour Setlist at any date.
Gaga's bubble has definitely burst, anyone who thinks she's bigger than Taylor in the US are utterly deluded. Cumulatively Taylor is definitely the biggest female artist in the States, by a long was too. |
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Yeah pretty amazing. It's so fantastic to see how far she has come, from struggling at an independent label to selling out stadiums. I would also 100% agree - I think Madonna is the only other woman on the planet that could consistently sell out stadiums like Taylor has. Definitely not the current batch of frauds like Lady Gaga and Katy Perry etc...
Do you know what she covered last night? Taylor is the biggest female artist on the planet at this moment of time, thats without a doubt. I dont really class any of the current plastic pop artists in the charts as worthy to be mentioned in the same sentence as Taylor. OK gaga may have a bit of talent as she "states" she is a classically trained musician but as an artist she is so far behind taylor in terms of talent its not even worth comparing. As inbeforethelock said she did superman last night, first time ever live, was gonna post a link but inbeforethelock beat me to it
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In case I forget taylor announced there will be a live DVD/CD Blu ray/CD of this tour out in Novemeber.
Not much info at present only that its gonna contain a full concert and have lots of extras, not clear if the blu ray will have any "extra" extras yet. Its gonna be released worldwide with the blu ray being region free as well. The DVD/Blu ray will contain the full show (2hrs 15 mins) whilst the CD will contain 75 minutes of the show, shame the concert is not coming out on 2 CD's but I suppose having 2 CD's plus DVD/Blu Ray will be too much. Many are still saying its gonna be the dallas stadium concert that gonna be on this release but she has had banks of cameras at almost all of her stadium gigs and some of the big arena shows as well. |
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I cannot wait for the Blu Ray of this tour, it is just too visually spectacular not to release it. Taylor and her management really missed a trick last time round not releasing the Fearless tour so this makes up for it.
It has to surely be the Cowboys Stadium gig, the worlds most spectacular stadium. I think the only concern may be how much tickets have actually been sold for the Arlington gig. I'm pretty sure she could sell 100,000+ tickets but I'm not sure if the sales are anywhere near that atm. I think the Sparks Fly video would make me think I would love it to be the Gillette Stadium aswell. |
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I cannot wait for the Blu Ray of this tour, it is just too visually spectacular not to release it. Taylor and her management really missed a trick last time round not releasing the Fearless tour so this makes up for it.
It has to surely be the Cowboys Stadium gig, the worlds most spectacular stadium. I think the only concern may be how much tickets have actually been sold for the Arlington gig. I'm pretty sure she could sell 100,000+ tickets but I'm not sure if the sales are anywhere near that atm. I think the Sparks Fly video would make me think I would love it to be the Gillette Stadium aswell. Your right about the fearless tour but we do get to see that journey to fearless doucmentary on DVD soon which does contain a lot of live stuff from the fearless tour. http://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Swift-J...6979848&sr=8-1 |
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Not sure if you guys have seen these, a few years back from sound relief at sydney cricket ground in Australia.
Crowd looks awesome and there is a fantastic 10 minute rare performance of change as well, one of taylors finest live moments IMO, and I still say Change is one of the best songs Taylor has ever written. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Str59XDQp6U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79uCfkXcWBY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBNgbIwjQFQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kDJ2e4qBuQ |
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WOW Thanks for posting that, I don't think I have ever seen that before. I remember seeing You Belong With Me from that set but didn't realize she played more than one song, Definitely agree that Change is one of Taylor's finest hours, it is just so inspirational and that nice speech in the middle of that performance sums it up. Fantastic performance!
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WOW Thanks for posting that, I don't think I have ever seen that before. I remember seeing You Belong With Me from that set but didn't realize she played more than one song, Definitely agree that Change is one of Taylor's finest hours, it is just so inspirational and that nice speech in the middle of that performance sums it up. Fantastic performance!
![]() I think thats the only time I have seen change sung live in front of a crowd like that, seen many accoustic performances of it but never electric. Its a great song and Taylor pulls it off fantastically in front of a massive crowd and as you say a very insperational speach in the middle. She has so much energy even with just a four song set. BTW have you seen any of the allure of the seas gig that she performed aboard the biggest cruse liner in the world at the start of the year. Also this was the first live performances of some of the songs from speak now. And it was david cooks first gig on keys Heres the story of us, love the bouncing with Caitlin and you belong to me where she goes in the crowd on the ship. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzve-5bKAQM YBTM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVzoOcfL6QA YBTM Another viewpoint http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31qNWMPklAU This is a great video as well showing exactly the part of the ship she played on, you can also see people hanging out of their cabin balconys watching. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90ZRLI1ZLVQ |
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Taylor before the ACM Honors 2011:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_ICn...layer_embedded Aww. The look on this young girls eyes. ![]() I have seen that "Change" clip before. Definitely very good performance. Preach it, gurl!
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Taylor before the ACM Honors 2011:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_ICn...layer_embedded Aww. The look on this young girls eyes. ![]() I have seen that "Change" clip before. Definitely very good performance. Preach it, gurl! ![]() |
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Taylor sang Ours for the first time ever last night.
I think its my favourate extra track on the deluxe version of speak now, fantastic country style, lovely vibe, beautifully written song. And a 12 string guitar for this song ![]() http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK-IBZKWHhQ Love the lyrics to this song especially the bit in bold Lyrics to "Ours".. Music and Lyrics By SWIFT, Taylor: Elevator buttons and morning air Strangers' silence makes me wanna take the stairs If you were here we'd laugh about their vacant stares But right now, my tongue is theirs Seems like there's always someone who disapproves They'll judge it like they know about me and you And the verdict comes from those with nothing else to do The jury's out, but my choice is you So don't you worry your pretty little mind People throw rocks at things that shine And life makes love look hard The stakes are high The waters rough But this love is ours You never know what people have up their sleeves Ghosts from your past gonna jump out at me Lurking in the shadows with their lip gloss smiles But I don't care, cause right now you're mine And you'll say don't you worry your pretty little mind People throw rocks at things that shine And life makes love look hard The stakes are high The waters rough But this love is ours And it's not theirs to speculate If it's wrong and your hands are tough but they are where mine belong and I'll fight their doubt and give you faith with this song for you Cause I love the gap between your teeth And I love the riddles that you speak And any snide remarks from my father about your tattoos will be ignored Cause my heart is yours So don't you worry your pretty little mind People throw rocks at things that shine And life makes love look hard So don't you worry your pretty little mind People throw rocks at things that shine But they can't take what's ours They can't take what's ours The stakes are high The waters rough But this love is ours |
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But onto the facts.....
TS has sold well in excess of 22M+ albums now and has played to almost 2M people on the speak now tour, speak now is also the biggest selling album in the last 12 months. Adele is a "tesco's artist", taylor swift has a dedicated fan base of millions and is selling out 70K stadiums on tour. I dont think I need to say much else about who is the bigger artist do I ![]() If you wanna start comparing Taylor to other artists in terms of who is biggest you need to bring someone a bit bigger then Adele to the table. Taylor can sell all the stadiums out she wants, but I'll still prefer Rolling in the Dark to anything I've heard of hers. For me, Adele is better than Taylor, but of course that opinion means nothing to anyone else who has their own preferences in what they are looking for in an artist. And certainly my own sense of self-worth, or whether or not I enjoy a particular artists music, has nothing whatsoever to do with how many #1's they get or how many stadiums they sell out. Outside of a few pop artists, most of the music I listen to doesn't even come close to registering on the Billboard 200 or hot 100. |
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This will make a lot of taylor fans roll on the floor laughing, read the opening post of this thead and the comments on taylor.
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1542865 |
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This will make a lot of taylor fans roll on the floor laughing, read the opening post of this thead and the comments on taylor.
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1542865 Anyway, Taylor killing it on her tour. ![]() Billboard Boxscore 10/8/2011 1 Taylor Swift, Needtobreathe, Josh Kelley Rogers Arena Vancouver, British Columbia Sept. 10-11, 2011 $2,190,680 26,030 / 26,030 2 / 2 $90.25, $80.16, $35.29 The Messina Group/AEG Live 2 Taylor Swift, Needtobreathe, Charlie Worsham Bridgestone Arena Nashville, Tenn. Sept. 16-17, 2011 $1,841,134 28,178 / 28,178 2 / 2 $69.50, $59.50, $25 The Messina Group/AEG Live 3 Taylor Swift, Needtobreathe, Josh Kelley HP Pavilion San Jose, Calif. Sept. 1-2, 2011 $1,825,448 24,827 / 24,827 2 / 2 $79.50, $69.50, $25 The Messina Group/AEG Live 4 Elton John Credit Union Place Summerside, Prince Edward Island Sept. 14-15, 2011 $1,512,040 11,409 / 11,409 2 / 2 $150.72, $90.23, $70.06 evenko/Live Nation 5 Taylor Swift, Needtobreathe, Josh Kelley Tacoma Dome Tacoma, Wash. Sept. 7, 2011 $1,289,430 19,904 / 19,904 1 / 1 $69.50, $59.50, $25 The Messina Group/AEG Live 6 Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band DTE Energy Music Center Clarkston, Mich. July 21, 2011 $1,122,216 15,299 / 15,299 1 / 1 $137.50, $37.50 Palace Sports and Entertainment 7 Britney Spears, Nicki Minaj, Jessie and the Toy Boys, Nervo Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, Mich. July 28, 2011 $989,737 13,144 / 13,144 1 / 1 $350, $149.50, $89.50, $29.50 Live Nation/Palace Sports and Entertainment 8 Motley Crue, Bret Michaels, Doc Neeson Sydney Entertainment Centre Sydney, Australia Sept. 23, 2011 $971,382 7,267 / 7,500 1 / 0 $164.47, $134.74 McManus Entertainment 9 Taylor Swift, Needtobreathe, Josh Kelley Power Balance Pavilion Sacramento, Calif. Sept. 3, 2011 $934,326 12,432 / 12,432 1 / 1 $79.50, $69.50, $25 The Messina Group/AEG Live 10 Elton John Centre 2000 Sydney, Nova Scotia Sept. 13, 2011 $912,908 6,447 / 6,500 1 / 0 $149.80, $89.68, $69.64 evenko/Live Nation 11 Taylor Swift, Needtobreathe, Josh Kelley Rose Garden Portland, Ore. Sept. 6, 2011 $903,445 13,610 / 13,610 1 / 1 $69.50, $59.50, $25 The Messina Group/AEG Live |
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I would love to know just how much Taylor has grossed from this tour all in worldwide.
Its gotta be a big, nice fat nine figure amount I know a few months back only U2 had grossed more then her. |
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I would love to know just how much Taylor has grossed from this tour all in worldwide.
Its gotta be a big, nice fat nine figure amount I know a few months back only U2 had grossed more then her. Just a bit of info!
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Not really a fan of Taylor, but I've been lurking and just want to mention that the last I heard it had done in and around $100 million worldwide, so not quite as big as U2, Gaga, Madonna, etc. but she's doing really well. Taylor's only real problem with touring worldwide is that she struggles to sell big outside of the US, which means we probably won't see her name on the highest grossing of all time lists.
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I think Taylor has grossed a lot more than 100M so far on the Speak Now tour, she has been grossing around 8M per stadium show and I think she has played 9 stadiums now. So that alone is over 70M from just stadiums alone.
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Considering the biggest tour of all time (which ended this year) was taking about $6.5 million per show, I sincerely doubt Swift has been taking in anywhere near that. Madonna's prices are ridiculous, and even she wasn't taking in that.
I don`t think she makes much more than 100 mil from her tour, although she has still Australia and NZ next year. I hear that South-America is on the cards as well. But she will make huge money from her fragrance and live CD/DVD that she has out in November. She made 45mil last time around according to Forbes. I expect her to triple that. |
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I think she meant back-to back stadium shows like she had @Gillette. She grosses circa 4 mil per stadium show.
I don`t think she makes much more than 100 mil from her tour, although she has still Australia and NZ next year. I hear that South-America is on the cards as well. But she will make huge money from her fragrance and live CD/DVD that she has out in November. She made 45mil last time around according to Forbes. I expect her to triple that. Damn you Britney!
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User was the latest lucky artist blessed to perform with Taylor and her band last night at her Atlanta gig.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_k1AJ08c7U And the talented one performed a rockin accoustic version of one of my fav songs ever, baby girl by sugarland http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z10kf6CwWTE |
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Taylor playing The Cowboys Stadium tonight!! Undoubtedly the most exciting stop of the Speak Now Tour so far. Cannot wait to see pics of the crowd and see how many of the 100,000 capacity she can fill up. She is also the only female artist to play the stadium since it's opening
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