Speak Now World Tour

The Speak Now World Tour was the second concert tour by American singer Taylor Swift. It was for her 2010 album Speak Now. It started on February 9, 2011 in Singapore. It ended on March 18, 2012 in Auckland, New Zealand.

Speak Now World Tour

Tour by Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift singing at the concert in Sydney
Location	Asia Europe North America Oceania
Associated album	Speak Now
Start date	February 9, 2011 (2011-02-09)
End date	March 18, 2012 (2012-03-18)
No. of shows	110
Supporting acts	Needtobreathe Hot Chelle Rae Sezairi Sezali Sam Concepcion Tom Dice Emma Marrone Ryan Sheridan Saito Johnny Martin & James The Bright
Attendance	1,642,435
Box office	$123.7 million ($146.01 million in 2021 dollars)[1]
Taylor Swift concert chronology

Album

Speak Now World Tour – Live
Live album by Taylor Swift
Released	November 21, 2011 (2011-11-21)
Genre	Country pop pop rock
Length	79:03 (audio) 139:29 (video)
Label	Big Machine
Director	Ryan Polito
Producer	Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift chronology
Speak Now (2010) Speak Now World Tour – Live (2011) Red (2012)

During the North American concerts, Taylor Swift made an album called Speak Now World Tour – Live. It was released on November 21, 2011, by Big Machine Records. It was her first live album. It has a CD music part and a DVD movie part.^[2]

Track list
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sparks Fly"	5:39
2.	"Mine"	4:19
3.	"The Story of Us"	4:49
4.	"Mean"	4:09
5.	"Ours"	4:05
6.	"Back to December / Apologize / You're Not Sorry"	6:01
7.	"Better than Revenge"	5:44
8.	"Speak Now"	4:09
9.	"Last Kiss"	6:12
10.	"Drops of Jupiter"	5:08
11.	"Bette Davis Eyes"	3:07
12.	"I Want You Back"	1:21
13.	"Dear John"	6:45
14.	"Enchanted"	6:25
15.	"Haunted"	4:49
16.	"Long Live"	6:21
Total length:		1:19:03

Set list

These are the songs that Taylor Swift performed at Omaha night 1.^[3] Most of the tour was similar, but sometimes she changes the setlist. All changes are listed below, and so are the surprise songs.

1. "Sparks Fly"
2. "Mine"
3. "The Story of Us"
4. "Our Song"
5. "Mean"
6. "Back to December" / "Apologize" / "You're Not Sorry"
7. "Better than Revenge"
8. "Speak Now"
9. "Fearless" / "Hey, Soul Sister" / "I'm Yours"
10. "Last Kiss"
11. "You Belong with Me"
12. "Dear John"
13. "Enchanted"
14. "Haunted"
15. "Long Live"

Encore

16. "Fifteen"
17. "Love Story"

Notes

• In Asia and Europe, Taylor Swift did not sing "Mean", "Our Song", and "Haunted" because the stage was too small. She also sang "Fifteen" instead of "Last Kiss".
• In Kansas City, Swift also performed "Superman".^[4]
• On September 27, 2011, "Ours" was added to the set list.^[5]
• In Lexington,^[6] Houston,^[7] and Raleigh,^[8] Taylor Swift also sang "Never Grow Up".
• In Oceania, Taylor Swift also sang "Safe & Sound" in the encore, except during Auckland night 2, where she sang "Eyes Open" instead.^[9]

Surprise covers

Sometimes, after "Last Kiss", Taylor Swift sang a surprise cover of an artist from near the city.

• July 15, 2011 – Toronto: "You Learn" by Alanis Morissette, "Baby" by Justin Bieber and "She's So High" by Tal Bachman^[10]
• July 16, 2011 – Toronto: "Complicated" by Avril Lavigne, "Baby" by Justin Bieber, and "I'm Like a Bird" by Nelly Furtado^[11]
• July 19–20 and 24, 2011 – Newark: "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi^[12]
• July 20 and 24, 2011 – Newark: "Dancing in the Dark" by Bruce Springsteen^[13]
• July 23, 2011 – Newark: "Cowboy Take Me Away" by Dixie Chicks^[14]
• July 28, 2011 – Grand Rapids: "Lose Yourself" by Eminem and "Smile" by Uncle Kracker^[15]
• July 29, 2011 – Indianapolis: "Jack & Diane" by John Cougar Mellencamp and "I Want You Back" by Jackson 5^[16]
• July 30, 2011 – Cleveland: "I Try" by Macy Gray and "My Wish" by Rascal Flatts^[17]
• August 2, 2011 – Washington, D.C.: "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye and "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)" by Mya^[18]
• August 3, 2011 – Washington, D.C.: "Stay (I Missed You)" by Lisa Loeb and "A Sorta Fairytale" by Tori Amos^[19]
• August 6, 2011 – Philadelphia: "Who Knew" by Pink and "Unpretty" by TLC^[20]
• August 9, 2011 – Rosemont: "Sugar, We're Goin Down" by Fall Out Boy^[21]
• August 10, 2011 – Rosemont: "I Want You to Want Me" by Cheap Trick^[22]
• August 13–14, 2011 – St. Louis: "Just a Dream" by Nelly^[23]
• August 18–19, 2011 – Edmonton: "Complicated" by Carolyn Dawn Johnson^[24]

• August 23–24, 2011 – Los Angeles: "God Only Knows" by the Beach Boys^[25]
• August 23–24 and 28, 2011 – Los Angeles: "The Sweet Escape" by Gwen Stefani^[26]
• August 27, 2011 – Los Angeles: "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes and "This Love" by Maroon 5^[27]
• August 28, 2011 – Los Angeles: "Realize" by Colbie Caillat^[28]
• September 1, 2011 – San Jose: "Drops of Jupiter" by Train^[29]
• September 2, 2011 – San Jose: "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" by Green Day^[30]
• September 3, 2011 – Sacramento: "Untouchable" by Luna Halo^[31]
• September 6, 2011 – Portland: "Closer to Love" by Mat Kearney^[32]
• September 7, 2011 – Tacoma: "You and Me" by Dave Matthews Band^[33]
• September 10, 2011 – Vancouver: "Summer of '69" by Bryan Adams^[34]
• September 11, 2011 – Vancouver: "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" by Alan Jackson^[35]
• September 16–17, 2011 – Nashville: "Nashville" by David Mead^[36]
• September 20, 2011 – Bossier City: "Lucky" by Britney Spears^[37]
• September 21, 2011 – Tulsa: "Swing, Swing" by the All-American Rejects^[38]
• September 27, 2011 – Denver: "How to Save a Life" by the Fray^[39]
• September 28, 2011 – Salt Lake City: "Animal" by Neon Trees^[40]
• October 1–2, 2011 – Atlanta: "Baby Girl" by Sugarland^[41]
• October 4, 2011 – North Little Rock: "Ain't Nothing 'Bout You" by Brooks & Dunn^[42]
• October 5, 2011 – New Orleans: "Breathless" by Better Than Ezra^[43]
• October 8, 2011 – Arlington: "The Boys of Summer" by Don Henley^[44]
• October 11, 2011 – Louisville: "The Back of Your Hand" by Dwight Yoakam^[45]
• October 14, 2011 – Lubbock: "Wide Open Spaces" by Dixie Chicks^[46]
• October 15, 2011 – Oklahoma City: "What Hurts the Most" by Rascal Flatts^[47]
• October 20, 2011 – San Diego: "Dare You to Move" by Switchfoot^[48]
• October 21, 2011 – Glendale: "No Parade" by Jordin Sparks^[49]
• October 22, 2011 – Glendale: "All You Wanted" by Michelle Branch^[50]
• October 25, 2011 – San Antonio: "Run" by George Strait^[51]
• October 26, 2011 – Austin: "Hold On" by Jack Ingram^[52]
• October 30, 2011 – Memphis: "Cry Me a River" by Justin Timberlake^[53]

Special guests

Sometimes, Taylor Swift invited a guest to sing with her on stage. Here is the list of people who sang with her and the name of the song they sang together.

• August 23, 2011 – Los Angeles, California: "Baby" with Justin Bieber
• August 24, 2011 – Los Angeles, California: "I'm Yours" with Jason Mraz
• August 27, 2011 – Los Angeles, California: "Tonight Tonight" with Hot Chelle Rae
• August 28, 2011 – Los Angeles, California: "Super Bass" with Nicki Minaj
• September 10, 2011 – Vancouver, British Columbia: "She's So High" with Tal Bachman
• September 16, 2011 – Nashville, Tennessee: "Bleed Red" with Ronnie Dunn and "That's What You Get" with Hayley Williams of Paramore
• September 17, 2011 – Nashville, Tennessee: "Keep Your Head Up" with Andy Grammer, "Big Star" with Kenny Chesney, and "Just to See You Smile" with Tim McGraw
• October 1, 2011 – Atlanta, Georgia: "Yeah!" with Usher
• October 2, 2011 – Atlanta, Georgia: "Live Your Life" with T.I.
• October 8, 2011 – Arlington, Texas: "Airplanes" with B.o.B
• October 21, 2011 – Glendale, Arizona: "Meant to Live" with Jon Foreman of Switchfoot
• October 22, 2011 – Glendale, Arizona: "The Middle" with Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World
• October 26, 2011 – Austin, Texas: "Sunny Came Home" with Shawn Colvin
• November 5, 2011 – Houston, Texas: "Just a Dream" with Nelly
• November 13, 2011 – Miami, Florida: "Right Round" with Flo Rida
• November 18, 2011 – Columbia, South Carolina: "Alright" with Darius Rucker
• November 21, 2011 – New York City: "Iris" with John Rzeznik of Goo Goo Dolls
• November 22, 2011 – New York City: "Who Says" with Selena Gomez and "Fire and Rain" with James Taylor

Shows

List of shows^{[54][55][56][57]}

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts	Attendance	Revenue
February 9, 2011	Singapore		Singapore Indoor Stadium	Sezairi Sezali	8,964 / 8,964	$916,850
February 11, 2011	Seoul	South Korea	Olympic Gymnastics Arena	—	4,725 / 4,725	$385,374
February 13, 2011	Osaka	Japan	Osaka-Jo Hall		6,953 / 6,953	$758,113
February 16, 2011	Tokyo		Nippon Budokan		15,955 / 15,955	$1,738,227
February 17, 2011
February 19, 2011	Quezon City	Philippines	Smart Araneta Coliseum	Sam Concepcion	12,667 / 12,667	$859,037
February 21, 2011	Hong Kong	China	AsiaWorld–Arena	Saito Johnny	12,573 / 12,573	$1,030,633
March 6, 2011	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National	Tom Dice	4,622 / 4,622	$219,212
March 7, 2011	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Sportpaleis van Ahoy		4,799 / 4,799	$248,314
March 9, 2011	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum	—	8,650 / 8,650	$815,246
March 12, 2011	Oberhausen	Germany	König Pilsener Arena	Martin & James	6,082 / 6,082	$370,028
March 15, 2011	Milan	Italy	Mediolanum Forum	Emma Marrone	3,421 / 5,585	$153,303
March 17, 2011	Paris	France	Zénith	—	3,598 / 8,500	$201,781
March 19, 2011	Madrid	Spain	Palacio de los Deportes	The Bright	3,962 / 3,962	$251,864
March 22, 2011	Birmingham	England	LG Arena	Martin & James	9,339 / 9,339	$508,854
March 25, 2011	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Odyssey Arena	Ryan Sheridan	8,058 / 8,058	$379,001
March 27, 2011	Dublin	Ireland	The O2		8,681 / 8,681	$419,806
March 29, 2011	Manchester	England	Manchester Evening News Arena	Martin & James	10,488 / 11,622	$580,558
March 30, 2011	London		The O2 Arena		15,265 / 15,681	$891,152
May 27, 2011	Omaha	United States	Qwest Center Omaha	Needtobreathe	26,992 / 26,992	$1,717,104
May 28, 2011
May 29, 2011	Des Moines		Wells Fargo Arena		13,149 / 13,149	$862,771
June 2, 2011	Sunrise		BankAtlantic Center		24,077 / 24,077	$1,582,951
June 3, 2011
June 4, 2011	Orlando		Amway Center		12,262 / 12,262	$791,980
June 7, 2011	Columbus		Nationwide Arena		14,817 / 14,817	$955,259
June 8, 2011	Milwaukee		Bradley Center		13,748 / 13,748	$897,042
June 11, 2011	Detroit		Ford Field		47,992 / 47,992	$3,453,549
June 14, 2011	Saint Paul		Xcel Energy Center		28,977 / 28,977	$1,913,737
June 15, 2011
June 18, 2011	Pittsburgh		Heinz Field		52,009 / 52,009	$4,009,118
June 21, 2011	Buffalo		First Niagara Center		14,487 / 14,487	$966,749
June 22, 2011	Hartford		XL Center		12,436 / 12,436	$810,165
June 25, 2011	Foxborough		Gillette Stadium		110,800 / 110,800	$8,026,350
June 26, 2011
June 30, 2011	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum		14,789 / 14,789	$990,701
July 1, 2011	Knoxville		Thompson–Boling Arena		13,754 / 13,754	$903,875
July 14, 2011	Montreal	Canada	Bell Centre		13,439 / 13,439	$1,254,230
July 15, 2011	Toronto		Air Canada Centre		30,144 / 30,144	$3,036,000
July 16, 2011
July 19, 2011	Newark	United States	Prudential Center		51,487 / 51,487	$3,875,463
July 20, 2011
July 23, 2011
July 24, 2011
July 28, 2011	Grand Rapids		Van Andel Arena		11,012 / 11,012	$724,854
July 29, 2011	Indianapolis		Conseco Fieldhouse		13,329 / 13,329	$877,175
July 30, 2011	Cleveland		Quicken Loans Arena		14,873 / 14,873	$976,954
August 2, 2011	Washington, D.C.		Verizon Center		29,303 / 29,303	$2,068,789
August 3, 2011
August 6, 2011	Philadelphia		Lincoln Financial Field		51,395 / 51,395	$4,268,678
August 9, 2011	Rosemont		Allstate Arena		26,112 / 26,112	$1,909,603
August 10, 2011
August 13, 2011	St. Louis		Scottrade Center		27,965 / 27,965	$1,850,159
August 14, 2011
August 18, 2011	Edmonton	Canada	Rexall Place		25,336 / 25,336	$2,136,270
August 19, 2011
August 23, 2011	Los Angeles	United States	Staples Center		54,900 / 54,900	$3,927,154
August 24, 2011
August 27, 2011
August 28, 2011
September 1, 2011	San Jose		HP Pavilion		24,827 / 24,827	$1,825,448
September 2, 2011
September 3, 2011	Sacramento		Power Balance Pavilion		12,432 / 12,432	$934,326
September 6, 2011	Portland		Rose Garden Arena		13,610 / 13,610	$903,445
September 7, 2011	Tacoma		Tacoma Dome		19,904 / 19,904	$1,289,430
September 10, 2011	Vancouver	Canada	Rogers Arena		26,030 / 26,030	$2,190,680
September 11, 2011
September 16, 2011	Nashville	United States	Bridgestone Arena		28,178 / 28,178	$1,841,134
September 17, 2011
September 20, 2011	Bossier City		CenturyLink Center		11,510 / 11,510	$728,546
September 21, 2011	Tulsa		BOK Center		12,546 / 12,546	$907,573
September 24, 2011	Kansas City		Arrowhead Stadium		48,562 / 48,562	$3,148,046
September 27, 2011	Denver		Pepsi Center		12,908 / 12,908	$834,916
September 28, 2011	Salt Lake City		EnergySolutions Arena		13,720 / 13,720	$896,946
October 1, 2011[a]	Atlanta		Philips Arena		26,244 / 26,244	$1,726,661
October 2, 2011[b]
October 4, 2011	North Little Rock		Verizon Arena		13,566 / 13,566	$856,123
October 5, 2011	New Orleans		New Orleans Arena		12,943 / 12,943	$830,289
October 8, 2011	Arlington		Cowboys Stadium		55,451 / 55,451	$4,337,062
October 11, 2011[c]	Louisville		KFC Yum! Center		14,848 / 14,848	$1,003,828
October 14, 2011	Lubbock		United Spirit Arena		10,419 / 10,419	$710,426
October 15, 2011	Oklahoma City		Chesapeake Energy Arena		11,592 / 11,592	$758,364
October 20, 2011	San Diego		Valley View Casino Center		10,834 / 10,834	$792,634
October 21, 2011	Glendale		Jobing.com Arena	27,029 / 27,029	$1,826,025
October 22, 2011
October 25, 2011	San Antonio		AT&T Center	13,851 / 13,851	$901,535
October 26, 2011	Austin		Frank Erwin Center	11,999 / 11,999	$752,078
October 29, 2011	Lexington		Rupp Arena	16,237 / 16,237	$1,041,935
October 30, 2011	Memphis		FedExForum	12,604 / 12,604	$820,036
November 5, 2011	Houston		Minute Maid Park	42,095 / 42,095	$3,435,756
November 11, 2011	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	11,785 / 11,785	$749,099
November 12, 2011	Tampa		St. Pete Times Forum	13,695 / 13,695	$914,300
November 13, 2011	Miami		American Airlines Arena	12,153 / 12,153	$786,904
November 16, 2011[d]	Charlotte		Time Warner Cable Arena	14,272 / 14,272	$920,903
November 17, 2011	Raleigh		RBC Center	13,567 / 13,567	$866,056
November 18, 2011	Columbia		Colonial Life Arena	12,807 / 12,807	$828,231
November 21, 2011	New York		Madison Square Garden	26,652 / 26,652	$1,988,411
November 22, 2011
March 2, 2012	Perth	Australia	Burswood Dome	Hot Chelle Rae	15,142 / 15,142	$1,878,530
March 4, 2012	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre		8,589 / 8,589	$1,075,370
March 6, 2012	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre		19,870 / 19,870	$2,416,030
March 7, 2012
March 9, 2012	Sydney		Allphones Arena		27,900 / 27,900	$3,420,360
March 10, 2012
March 12, 2012	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena		33,793 / 33,793	$4,151,650
March 13, 2012
March 14, 2012
March 16, 2012	Auckland	New Zealand	Vector Arena		32,585 / 32,585	$2,888,560
March 17, 2012
March 18, 2012
Total					1,639,137 / 1,649,435 (99.2%)	$123,678,576

Notes

1. This concert was originally supposed to happen on July 9, 2011. It was postponed because Taylor Swift was sick.
2. This concert was originally supposed to happen on July 10, 2011. It was postponed because Taylor Swift was sick.
3. This concert was originally supposed to happen on July 2, 2011. It was postponed because Taylor Swift was sick.
4. This concert was originally supposed to happen on July 8, 2011. It was postponed because Taylor Swift was sick.